VOLLEYBALL NEWS:

MVSA Announces Our First Summer Grass Program for MVSA Club Players!

MVSA will host weekly, grass doubles volleyball over the summer for girls, ages 14 through 18 as of 9/1/20 (U13-U17 for the past club season), and with a current MVSA club affiliation. This is intended to be an informal and relaxed departure from the rigors of your indoor Club/HS schedule. Please see our Summer Grass info sheet for more details.

UPDATE (6/12/20) - The State and Montgomery County have indicated that they will allow activities such as our Summer Grass Program sooner than expected. As a result, we now plan to have the first evening of play on June 23rd.

UPDATE (6/9/20) - MVSA still intends to host the weekly Summer Grass Program when conditions allow us to do so responsibly. County and State regulations still prohibit gatherings larger than 10 people and we don't expect the restrictions to be lifted until June 30th at best. If so, we hope to begin the program July 7th.

MVSA Teams Qualify for 2020 USAV Nationals!

MVSA announces that five teams qualified for the 2020 USAV Girls Junior National Championships before the event was cancelled. CHRVA made the bid selections based on tournament results prior to the season being suspended. Despite the disappointment of not being able to compete in Dallas, we are proud of the teams earning this select invitation. Congratulations to 15 Starz, 13 Wahoo!, 12 Vortex, 12 Firecrackers, and 11 Chaos!

Multiple MVSA Teams Medal at Capitol Hill Classic

The Capitol Hill Classic is the largest tournament in the Washington DC area. With over 1000 teams participating the competition is tough. That makes the strong performances of multiple MVSA teams even more impressive. This year, we had four teams medal including:

Wahoo! - 3rd Gold Open 13s

Charge - 3rd Gold Open 14s

Wild - 3rd Gold Club 15s

Starz - 2nd Gold Patriot 15s

Congratulations also to our players who were presented with individual honors:

Kaki Hubeny won Best Server for 15s Club

Camilla Galeano won Best Server for 15s Patriot

MVSA Teams Have Great Success at Monument City Classic

In the first multi-day tournament of the season, MVSA teams across all age groups saw great success, including multiple podium finishes in both Open and Club divisions. Congratulations to all the teams on a successful start to the season!

Wahoo! - 3rd Gold Open
Heat - 3rd Bronze Open
Dynamite - 1st Silver Club
Charge - 2nd Gold Open
Wild - 3rd Gold Club
Starz - 1st Gold Club
Riot - 2nd Bronze Open
Xtreme - 2nd Flight 3 Club
Fusion - 2nd Flight 4 Open
Fierce - 3rd Gold Open
Sparks - 3rd Bronze Club
Blizzard - 4th Bronze Open
Storm - 3rd Bronze Open

Congratulations to Wahoo! on their 3rd place finish in Gold Open!

Congratulations to Charge on their 2nd place finish in Gold Open! The finals was a three set nail-biter that ended in extra points.

Congratulations to Wild on their third place finish in Gold Club. Their gold playoff loss was to the eventual winner and fellow club team, MVSA Starz. Wild rallied to win the consolation match to take 3rd place!

Congratulations to Starz on their 1st place finish in Gold Club. Their only loss of the weekend came on the first day of the tournament and was quickly forgotten when they beat that same team in the finals!

Congratulations to Fierce on their 3rd place finish in Gold Open!

MCPS 2019 All-County Players

Congratulations to:

2nd Team

Alexandra Campero (Magruder) - Blizzard
Kate Burk (Walter Johnson) - Storm

Honorable Mention

Gwen Eustace (Sherwood) - Fierce
Haley Phillips (Churchill) - Storm
Karina Yung (Walter Johnson) - Storm
Kathryn Deist (Gaithersburg) - Blizzard
Sage Barnedo (Springbrook) - Fusion
Samantha Rodriguez (Blair) - Fierce
Sarah Schaupp (Magruder) - Storm

Congratulations also to Magruder on their first 3A State Championship. Well done Colonels!

Coach Juan is AVCA-Diversity Award Winner!

MVSA is proud to announce that Coach Juan Alcivar is CHRVA's Diversity Award recipient presented by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Juan was chosen by the CHRVA nominating committee for his service to the entire volleyball community. In addition to being the head coach for our 16s Xtreme team, Juan is the head coach at Prince George's Co. Northwestern HS along with coaching and mentoring for CYC Youth, Gaithersburg Rec, and other outreach programs of inclusiveness. Juan will attend AVCA's Annual Convention in Pittsburgh, PA along with other award winners from across the country. Congratulations Coach Juan!

MVSA Capital Festival 2020 Dates Announced

MVSA will host its annual Capital Festival tournament this coming May at the Discovery Sports Center. Please visit our Capital Festival page for all the details. New this year, we will have a U13 division.

We will be partnering with the Side Out Foundation again this year. We want to make this event about more than just volleyball. We hope to see you there!

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Summer Grass Updates

We will be posting regular updates about your grass program below. This will include cancellations due to weather as well as other topics.

6/24/20 - Thank you to everyone who came out yesterday. It was so great to hear the laughter and see the joy again. See you next week!

6/23/20 @ 5:30pm - Just a heads up that play will be delayed until 30 minutes after the last thunder heard at the field.

6/23/20 - Today is the first day of our Summer Grass Program! Please join us if you played on an MVSA club team U13-U17 this past club season. Remember to bring a completed waiver with you. We hope to see you there!

COVID-19 Updates

We will be posting regular updates below. We appreciate your patience and support as we navigate this very difficult situation.

6/20/20 - Refund checks have already started going out. They are being generated on a per-team basis but there is no specific order to the teams (i.e., not youngest to oldest or similar). We should make it through all the teams in the next two weeks. Be aware, if you have multiple daughters in our program, you will receive separate checks for each.

6/8/20 - The refund process has started and we are hopeful that it will be finished in the next few weeks. Refunds will be issued via check and will be sent to the address we have on record for each family. Please be aware that refunds have been calculated on a per-team basis and take into account a number of factors. We appreciate your patience as we work through this highly unusual effort.

5/21/20 - USA Volleyball has canceled the Girls Junior National Championships. This effectively ends the season for nearly all MVSA teams. The MVSA Board is discussing refund options and will make an announcement detailing the specifics soon. We are saddened that the season has come to an end like this but hope that everyone is staying healthy, safe, and active. The next season will be here before you know it!

5/15/20 - USA Volleyball has released new "return to play" guidelines. This guidance goes into effect today and supersedes any previous instructions. Local rules still apply so all Montgomery County and Maryland restrictions against large gatherings still prevent any team volleyball activities. CHRVA has cancelled all Bid Regionals and NEQ has been cancelled as well.

5/8/20 - MCPS gyms are closed through June 15th. CHRVA bid regionals, NEQ, ECC, and the National tournaments (USAV and AAU) are currently still scheduled to occur. We are hopeful that the situation will be more clear when USAV's restriction on sanctioned events ends on May 22nd.

5/5/20 - USA Volleyball announced that the restriction on all USAV and Region sanctioned in-person events, activities, etc has been extended until May 22nd.

4/22/20 - Montgomery County has cancelled community use for all school gyms through May 20th.

4/17/20 - Adventist HealthCare Fieldhouse (fka Discovery Sports Center), has extended their closure until May 15th. As a result, our 2020 MVSA Capital Festival 14s and 15s tournaments are now cancelled.

4/6/20 - CHRVA has cancelled all tournaments through 5/4. As a result, the MVSA Capital Festival I (13s & 16s) is now cancelled. While fully understanding that the suspension may be extended further, we are still planning to hold the Capital Festival II tournaments (14s & 15s) on 5/9 & 5/10 if USAV/CHRVA, the state of Maryland, and the venue all deem it safe.

3/25/20 - Maryland has extended the closure of all state schools through April 24th.

3/20/20 - Even with USAV extending cancellations through April 15th, MVSA is hopeful the current club season will be able to resume at some point. While that is our hope, we are also planning for the possibility that the season will be cancelled. In the event this happens, MVSA will offer a partial refund of the club fee to all eligible families. Further details will be provided if and when it becomes necessary. Above all, we hope everyone is safe and doing well.

3/19/20 - USAV has extended their cancellation of all events, including practices, through April 15th.

3/14/20 - USAV has eliminated sanctioning for all USAV related activities. This includes BOTH tournaments AND practices. As a result, all practices are cancelled through March 31st even in situations where we have a gym.

3/13/20 - Due to the closure of schools, all MVSA practices are cancelled through Monday, March 30th. Lake Marion will be OPEN this coming Sunday (3/15) and will then also close for two weeks (through 3/29). We will make further announcements regarding future practice dates as we get more information.

3/12/20 - CHRVA has cancelled all region-sanctioned tournaments for the next two weeks (through 3/22). MVSA practices are still on for those teams that choose to practice at their discretion.

Emergency School Closures:

MVSA follows school closings as announced on the MCPS website. Please check the MCPS Emergency Information page for current school closings.

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