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Member News & Events
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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).
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2008
Keystone State Games .....
There
have been some changes to the format. For more information check the
following link (click
here).
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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 .....
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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)
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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
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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
 
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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
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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, 2 5-18, 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 …..
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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)
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2007 PIAA State Volleyball Championships .....
Here are the brackets and pool play
from the PIAA site.
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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).
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Time |
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District 1 & 12 |
Villa Maria Academy |
Tuesday, November
27, 2007 |
7:00 pm |
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District 2 vs
District 4 |
Tunkhannock High School |
Saturday, November 17, 2007 |
7:00 pm |
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District 3 |
Red Lion
High School |
Sunday, November 18, 2007 |
2:00 pm |
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District 5 vs
District 9 |
Punxsutawney High School |
Saturday, November 24, 2007 |
6:00 pm |
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District 6 vs
District 10 |
Clarion
High School |
Friday, November 16, 2007 |
TBA |
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District 7 & 8 |
North Allegheny High School |
Saturday, November 17, 2007 |
6:30 pm |
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District 11 (A&AA
vs AAA) |
Martz Hall in Pottsville |
Sunday, November 11, 2007 |
4:00 pm |
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Results -
Links
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The following links will provide results for various levels of the
volleyball community
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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.
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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).
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The Volleyball Handbook by Bob Miller
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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.
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