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NCAA Volleyball Championships -  PSU Men Come Up Winners .....
 

Top-ranked Penn State won it's first NCAA men's volleyball championship in 14 years, rallying from a first game loss by scores of 27-30, 33-31, 30-25, 30-23 over the second-ranked Pepperdine Waves. Penn State also became the second school to win NCAA men's and women's titles in the same academic year. Stanford accomplished the feat in 1997.

PSU Web Site ..... http://gopsusports.cstv.com/sports/m-volley/psu-m-volley-body.html

PSU Web Site Article ..... http://gopsusports.cstv.com/sports/m-volley/recaps/050308aaa.html

Pepperdine Web Site ..... http://www.pepperdinesports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18500&SPID=10828

Game Quotes ..... http://ucirvinesports.cstv.com/sports/m-volley/recaps/050308aac.html

Los Angeles Times Article ..... http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition/la-sp-volley4-2008may04,0,6223876.story

ESPNU Article ..... http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3380520

NCAA.com Article ..... http://www.ncaa.com/volleyball-mens/article.aspx?id=226924

 

Emails From Coach .....
 

Read Coach Pavlik's thoughts from the semis and finals (click here).

 

 

2008 Keystone State Games .....
 

There have been some changes to the format. For more information check the following link (click here).

 

 

AVCA High School All-American Team .....
 

The American Volleyball Coaches Association is putting together its second annual senior All-American Team. Perhaps there are potential candidates in Pennsylvania ????

..... Click here for information and nomination procedures .....

 

 

2008 Penn State Volleyball Coaches Clinic .....
 

The Penn State Volleyball Coaching staff will be hosting its annual Coaches Clinic August 1-2 on the campus of Penn State University. The first session will begin at 2:00 on the 1st and the clinic will run through 4:00 on the 2nd. Contact the Penn State Sports Camp office for a brochure at 814-865-0561 or email them at sportcampinfo@outreach.psu.edu. For program content, contact Russ Rose at 814-863-7474. Cost is $75 and this can count toward Act 48 hours for professional educators (11 hours). Put it on your calendar. You won't be sorry. Great way to get ready for the girls season ….. Click here for more information and to register


 

 

2008 NIRSA Division II Collegiate Club Championships ..... 

The Messiah College men’s volleyball club team captured the NIRSA Div II Championships April 10-12th in Dallas Texas.  The Div II field is the small college championship for men’s collegiate club teams.  Other notable finishes are Millersville University with a 9th place finish & who lost to Messiah in the Gold Bracket and Drexel University who finished 17th, winning the Silver Bracket. Check out the links below for more details …..

http://www.messiah.edu/club_sports/mens_club_volleyball/

http://www.messiah.edu/club_sports/mens_club_volleyball/nationalchamps.html

http://www.nirsa.org/sports/volleyball/sport_club/2008/Default.aspx

  

 

 

Top Ten Poll & Tournament Results .....

Coaches are asked to submit information that could have a bearing on the top ten poll. Continuing the format from the fall, there will be a Top Ten ranking for both AA and AAA. Tournament and match results for consideration should be emailed to Scott Trumbauer (eastern part of state) or Bob Miller (western part of state). Click on names for email link. Submissions should be by 3:00 PM each Sunday. Results will be posted on the PVCA web site Monday evening ….. Also, don't forget to keep the web site informed of what's going on. Tournament results should be emailed to this site (click here) for us to post in the results section.

Top Ten Poll    .....    Tournament Results

 

 

2008 Summer Camps

Attention all coaches and athletes. Athletes - If you are headed to camp this summer, check out our listing of summer volleyball camps in Pennsylvania. Check back from time to time as this page is constantly being updated. If you host a camp and it is not listed, get this site the info, and it will be posted. Kindly submit information using the format from camp page. Don't miss this chance for some easy, free advertising.  ….. (Click here for camp link)

 Tri-State Camp @ Robert Morris University

 

 

2008 PVCA Annual Clinic @ Penn State ..... Ryan Patton Workshop

Received the following email from Ryon ..... I told people who attended my clinic session on 2/9 that if they e-mailed me if they wanted me to send them the charts I use and discussed. Many people did, but I was on the road to prevent a quick reply. In the meantime, my e-mail at school has switched where it is being stored (from my PC to a Mercyhurst server, apparently) and I’ve lost all old messages…so I don’t know who to send my stuff to. Is there any way you can post this so that people can perhaps get in touch with me again so that I can send them the charts? I’ll even send them to people who didn’t attend my session! Thanks - Ryan Patton, Head Volleyball Coach, Mercyhurst College, (814) 824-2227, rpatton@mercyhurst.edu 

 

 

2008 PVCA Annual Clinic @ Penn State .....

What a weekend. .....  Russ Rose, Larry Bock and Melissa Myers kicked things off Friday afternoon, reminding us that coaching is much more than technique, systems and X's and O's..... Some snow on Saturday got us off to a nervous start but all the speakers showed up and all the Hall of Fame Inductees made it. With some musical chairs going on the last few years, everything under one roof on Saturday went well ….. A great luncheon including the induction of the 2008 Hall of Fame members ..... PSU men win two matches. Can't believe there have ever been more people in South gym! Even Dr. Tom Tait was present. What a great home court advantage. And Saturday, one could again stretch their legs with a return to Rec Hall. And with the spotlight on the men, there was still time to recognize the women's championship (for more information concerning the PSU men, check out our "Emails from Mark") ..... And of course, great presentations by great clinicians - from collegiate's best to our own home grown high school experts .... The clinic was an organizational masterpiece put together by Karen Price. Thanks to Tod and Donna McPherson for coordinating the facilities and luncheon. Thanks to Jay Heefner for hosting the Hall of Fame ceremony. Thanks to Don Barton and his staff for coordinating the registration. Finally, thanks to Bob Miller and Rich Schall for the many tasks they take care of during the weekend.

Various observations and thoughts from the weekend ..... ….. Approximately 200 coaches attended the clinic ….. Names of athletes for the PVCA scholarships should be forwarded to Rich Schall. Include name and school of the athlete, as well as their coach's name ..... It was decided to change the PVCA Regional All-Star matches from a district versus district format to single events for each district ….. Procedures for selecting the Girls' All-State Teams will be revised to include a single meeting with a committee of coordinator and representatives from throughout the state ….. PVCA lifetime membership will be raised from $100 to $200 effective July 1, 2008. The $100 price will be in effect until the end of June ….. Discussions are still ongoing concerning the optional use of a colored ball and the format for the state championships ….. Bob Kasun of Altoona will replace Jay Heefner as newsletter editor, with the hope of adding sponsors and color photographs to the publication. Special thanks to Jay for his work over the years. Members are urged to submit information from all levels of our sport (high school, club and college). It is, after all, our newsletter …..      

Rich Schall is Pennsylvania Proud .....

We all know how proud Rich is of his family and grandchildren. He is equally proud to announce that as of this weekend, the PVCA has a membership of 571. This is the highest number ever!! Let's all continue to help keep this number growing. I'm sure we know of potential members within our own schools, league and districts.

 

 

PVCA Hall of Fame Class of 2008 Inducted  .....

The PVCA has inducted the class of 2008 into the Pennsylvania Volleyball Hall of Fame. Had to be one of the best luncheons. The recipients were funny, emotional and inspiring. John Quinn and Paul Bull reminded us of the people from the past who paved the way.  Jenn Flynn Oldenburg showed how important this game is in our lives. The 3 teams showed that Pennsylvania is the hotbed of collegiate volleyball. Donna Pfeifer surely has a future on "Last Comic Standing". Sue Masenheimer and Cindy Rinehart, representing the York Officials Chapter, demonstrated that coaches and officials alike, are at the core of high school volleyball. Coaches of the state championship teams set the bar for what we aspire to be. The new members are listed below. Past members can be seen at the following link (click here).

Paul J. Bull (Official & Player), Jennifer Flynn Oldenburg (Ohio State and National Team Player), John T. Quinn (Coach, Official & Player), 2007 Penn State Women's Team, 2006 Penn State Men's Team, 2005 Juniata Women's Team. Additional areas of recognition included Donna Pfeifer (Rich Schall Lifetime Service Award) and York County Officials Chapter (PVCA Benefactor Award).  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See the following link for photos from the luncheon (click here)

 

 

PIAA Volleyball Steering Committee Meeting .....
 
Bob Miller attended the PIAA steering committee meeting on December 20, 2007. The following items were discussed .....

* Motion made to retain our competitions at 24 instead of the new 22.

* We will begin the new two year cycle with the start of the girls’ 2008 season. The cut off numbers for “A” are 1-187, “AA”188-424, “AAA” are 425 and above. Schools may choose to play up but may not move down! Using District 7 as an example- “A” lost one state qualifying representative and “AAA” lost one state qualifying representative. The playoff structure is in its first draft but for example District 3 has 3 reps playing in the Western Regional and District 1-4 is in the Western Regional.

* A motion was made to have a two week playoff system. No teams would play until the Saturday following District playoffs. The format on that Saturday would be to bring 4 teams to 4 sites, in each classification, and play a round robin of three games against each opponent. The top two teams from each site would move on. (This is the format that had been taking place for the quarter finals- the past three years at Central York High School). The next regional match-up would take place on the following Wednesday. The semi-finals would be held on Saturday morning for all classifications at the newly selected site. The finals would follow the semi finals on Saturday afternoon and evening.

* We are still pursuing the optional use of a red-white-blue ball for match and tournament play. The NFHS has not, as of yet, authorized the placement of their stamp on the colored balls- Their meeting is in January.

* We are asking that Districts provide coaches with a form to be used by the coaches to evaluate officials after each match.
 

 

2007 PVCA Girls All-State Teams .....
 
The 2007 PVCA All-State Teams have been announced. Special thanks to all who participated in this enormous task. Congratulations to the many athletes, coaches, and programs that were recognized. Many tough choices and difficult decisions. We did our best ..... The Selection Committee

The athletes and their teams are listed in our Results Pages. Email us and we will send you the complete listings in an MS Word attachment. Put Send All-State Team in the subject ..... Triple A (AAA) ..... Double A (AA) ..... Single A (A)
 

 

Penn State ..... NCAA Champions !!!

As Yogi Berra said "This is like deja vu all over again." In 1999, Penn State beat Stanford for its first ever NCAA title. Fast forward to 2007 and "deja vu", Penn State again beats Stanford. While it appeared there may again be a three game sweep, this year it took all five games (30-25, 30-26, 23-30, 19-30, 15-8). Check out the links below. Russ was also named 2007 Division I AVCA National Coach of the Year.

Brackets ..... http://www.ncaasports.com/volleyball/womens/brackets/viewable/straight64_dyn/2007/DI

NCAA Volleyball Championships ..... http://www.ncaasports.com/volleyball/womens

Match Article ..... http://gopsusports.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/recaps/121607aaa.html

Quotes  ..... http://www.ncaasports.com/volleyball/womens/story/10532410

 

 

PA Gatorade Player of the Year

Senior Helen Fitzpatrick, who helped Merion Mercy to the PIAA Class AA girls' volleyball championship, has been named the Gatorade player of the year for Pennsylvania. For more details and to view the entire list, see the links below.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/high_school/20071212_Shes_setting_up_at_the_top.html

http://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/playeroftheyear/state.php?sprt=VB

 

 

New Classifications Announced  .....

The PIAA has announced the new sport classifications for 2008-09 and 2009-10. Schools have until December 14, 2007 to upgrade their classification. The links below will spell out the details, as well as the classifications for volleyball schools.

Press Release .....  http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/2008_2009_and_2009_2010_Multi_Class_Sports_Parameters.pdf

All Sports ..... http://www.piaa.org/news/details.aspx?ID=832

Girls Volleyball ..... http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/2008_2009_Girls_Volleyball_Report.pdf

Boys Volleyball ..... http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/2008_2009_Boys_Volleyball_Report.pdf

 

 

2007 PIAA State Volleyball Championships  .....

Another season comes to an end with two exciting days of competition. Three new state
champions have been crowned. AAA - Allentown Central Catholic defeated Garden Spot (25-14, 25-16, 25-12). AA - Merion Mercy defeated Maplewood (25-17, 25-18, 25-21). A - Reading Central Catholic defeated Cochranton (20-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-18, 15-8). Congratulations to coaches Laurie Corcoran (AAA), Rich Johnson (AA), Shannon McNeil (A) and their staffs as well as the runnerup coaches Dennis Werner (AAA), Sheila Bancroft (AA) and Marci Malliard (A).

Comments from the Championships ….. Many teams brought supportive groups of fans, but the largest and most colorful goes to Garden Spot, enjoying their first state appearance ….. The new pool play format on Friday appeared to be an improvement. It made a shorter day for each of the three classifications ….. The benches on Friday were repositioned to allow hitters some more room to approach but they kept the scoring tables were they had been ….. PCN again did their usual great job of televising all three championships. Check the PCN schedule for rebroadcasts. Special thanks to Parkland coach Mike Krouse and Gary Sutton for their announcing skills ….. Andrew Schall was present for his first volleyball match. Who is Andrew? Ten day old son of Mike and Sarah Schall and grandson of Rich Schall and nephew of North Allegheny semifinalist coach Dan Schall. So what took you so long to get him to a volleyball contest? ….. Reading Central Catholic was the first team in the rally score era to win a championship after losing the first two games and winning the last three. They were also the first team to win back to back championships …..

 

 

2007 PVCA State Championship All-Tournament Teams  .....

Participating coaches in the PIAA Championships voted and selected the following teams. The All-State teams will be posted in the coming weeks.

AAA - Erin Leaser MVP (Allentown Central Catholic), Holly Leaman Outstanding Defensive Player (Garden Spot), Julie Boblits (Susquehannock), Kylie Carrington (Susquehannockj), Becky Guman (Allentown Central Catholic), Maria Horning (Garden Spot), Jackie Lang (North Allegheny), Laura McFadden (Allentown Central Catholic), Maria Nolan (North Allegheny), Ashley Schnader (Garden Spot)

AA - Danielle Carrozza MVP (Merion Mercy), Kristina Purcell Outstanding Defensive Player (Merion Mercy), Alex Brehony (Brandywine Heights), Danielle Brunot (Maplewood), Helen Fitzpatrick (Merion Mercy, Julie Fye (Huntingdon), Angela Groshner (Maplewood), Anna McCurdy (Maplewood), Brittni Speck (Huntingdon)

A - Krissy Wrobel MVP (Reading Central Catholic), Briana Butterworth Outstanding Defensive Player (Northern Cambria), Leirin Baker (Cochranton), Lauren Dalton (Cochranton), Nicole Pelesky (North Star), Amanda Schmidt (North Star), Adrienne Stigura (Reading Central Catholic), Jennifer Valeria (Northern Cambria), Rachel Schleicher (Reading Central Catholic)

 

 

2007 PIAA State Volleyball Championships  .....

Here are the brackets and pool play from the PIAA site.

Classification

PIAA Link

   
AAA Pool Play http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/2007_AAA_Girls_Pool_Play_Results.pdf
AAA Brackets http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/2007_AAA_Girls_Volleyball_Bracket.pdf
   
AA Pool Play http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/2007_AA_Girls_Pool_Play_Results.pdf
AA Brackets http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/2007_AA_Girls_Volleyball_Bracket.pdf
   
A Pool Play http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/2007_A_Girls_Pool_Play_Results.pdf
A Brackets http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/2007_A_Girls_Volleyball_Bracket.pdf

 

 

PVCA 2007 Regional All-Star Matches  .....

For the third year, the PVCA will be sponsoring Regional All-Star Matches. The following two districts will have a combined matches - Districts 1 & 12,  Districts 7 & 8. The following districts will compete against each other - District 2 vs District 4, District 5 vs District 9, District 6 vs District 10. District 3 will hold their own and District 11 will play A & AA versus AAA. The waiver form for players may be printed from the following link (click here)). As times and places for matches are finalized, kindly email this site with the information or call Scott K. Musselman (1-717-244-5233).

Match

Site

Date

Time

 

 

 

 

District 1 & 12

 Villa Maria Academy

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

7:00 pm

District 2 vs District 4

 Tunkhannock High School

Saturday, November 17, 2007

7:00 pm

District 3

Red Lion High School

Sunday, November 18, 2007

2:00 pm

District 5 vs District 9

 Punxsutawney High School

Saturday, November 24, 2007

6:00 pm

District 6 vs District 10

Clarion High School

Friday, November 16, 2007 

TBA

District 7 & 8

 North Allegheny High School

Saturday, November 17, 2007 

6:30 pm 

District 11 (A&AA vs AAA)

Martz Hall in Pottsville

Sunday, November 11, 2007

4:00 pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results - Links  .....

The following links will provide results for various levels of the volleyball community

Mens Collegiate Volleyball  Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
  http://www.eivavolleyball.com/landing/index
   
Mens Collegiate Club Volleyball National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association
  http://www.nirsa.org/sports/volleyball/sport_club/2007/Default.aspx
   
Womens Collegiate Volleyball Big Ten Conference
  http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/big10-w-volley-body.html
   
.......... Big East Conference
  http://www.bigeast.org/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19400&KEY=&SPID=11224&SPSID=92535
   
.......... Atlantic Ten Conference
  http://atlantic10.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/atl10-w-volley-body.html
   
.......... Patriot League
  http://patriotleague.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/patr-w-volley-body.html
   
.......... Pennsylvania State Athletic Association
  http://www.psacsports.org/women/volley.html
   
.......... Centennial Conference
  http://www.centennial.org/volleyball/index.html
   
.......... Pennsylvania Athletic Conference
  http://www.thepaconline.org/sports_volleyball.php
   
.......... Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
  http://www.caccathletics.org/sports/wvball/index
   
.......... Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
  http://www.amcconf.org/vb2007.htm
   
Boys Club  Volleyball Keystone Region Volleyball Association
   http://www.krva.org/html/b_results.html
   
Girls Club Volleyball Keystone Region Volleyball Association
  http://www.krva.org/html/g_results.html
   
.......... Ohio Valley Region
   http://www.ovr.org/juniors/results.php

 

 

PVCA Scholarships Awarded .....

Six $500 scholarships were awarded at the 2007 PIAA State Volleyball Championships. The criteria of financial need, contribution to the team, academic performance and personal character are considered for nominations. The six "winners" were drawn randomly ….. The four girls are Tiffany Smith (Redbank Valley), Hollie Matejcek (Whitehall), Leah Crimi (Notre Dame), and Leslie Biondo (North Pocono). The two boys are Zach Cantrel (Cumberland Valley) and David Stumpf (Penn Trafford) ….. The recipients will receive their $500 after successful completion of the first semester at college ….. Since the inception of the scholarship program in 1994, awards totaling over $33,000 have been presented.

 

 

Emails from Mark ..... Get The Inside Scoop

From time to time Mark Pavlik sends out emails updating folks on what is going on with the Penn State men's volleyball program. This section contains email that Coach Pavlik sends to friends and alumni of PSU. Because of this, they may contain references that only the "insiders" know about. However, if you want to keep up to date from the "inside", click the following link and enjoy. (click here).

 

 

 

The Volleyball Handbook by Bob Miller .....

We all know Bob Miller ….. retired North Allegheny coach, member of the PVCA Hall of Fame, president of our association and on and on. Now a new title - author. His new book, The Volleyball Handbook - Winning Essentials for Players and coaches, is published by Human Kinetics. For a mere $19.95 (& S/H) you can have 248 pages of all the stuff that made North Allegheny one of the premier, if not the premier, high school program in the state. This is a must have book for your volleyball library ….. For more details and/or to order online (click here). ….. To order by phone, call Human Kinetics toll free 1-800-747-4457, Monday - Friday, 7 am to 7 pm, CST.