Wave 2 of AAU Boys Nationals kicked off today at Orlando and similarly to Wave 1, there has been a lot of exciting action already.  Another reminder that open divisions in 15-18s are now 6 pools of 8 teams and top 4 finishers in each pool will have a shot at a Gold Bracket.

17 Open – Results

Top 5 teams MVVC, C2 Attack, 949, Coast, and MB Surf all took care of business early and went 3-0 and Coast, MB Surf and C2 did not drop a set yet.  One of the top seeds Balboa Bay did suffer an upset as they went 2-1 today after losing a close match to St James Boys 15-13 in the 3rd.      Other teams that are still undefeated after the first day include :  Team Rockstar 17 Rockstar, Triangle Boys 17 Black (who are playing without their star player Thomas Demps as he is training with U19 USA National Team), 630 Volleyball 17-1, The St. James Boys 17 N and Academy 17O Under Armour.  Academy team is seeded #37 in the tournament and 7th in their pool but came out swinging and is looking to be 16 Open SASCVBC-like Cinderella story of the 17s tournament.  We will follow this very closely.  We think they were under-seeded greatly but not our call!  The teams that need to turn it around in a hurry are Outrigger (1-2), NCVC (0-3), Rockstar Gold (1-2) (Playing up because someone needed to fill in the spot) and GSL Elect 17 Josh (0-3).  These teams were all seeded in top 4 in pools and need a lot of wins in their remaining pool matches to stay alive for Gold Bracket

15 Open – Results

Lots of undefeated teams in 15s Open after the first day and lots of 3 set matches.  Teams were playing from 7:30 AM until 2 PM for some of them.  These teams are still undefeated:  Team Rockstar 15 Rockstar, BVA – Lions 15-1, GVA Boys 15u Pink, Cinci Attack 15 Black, BORINQUEN COQUI 15-1M, MB Surf ASICS 15’s 1, COAST Boys 15-1 Chris, Bay to Bay 15-1, MVVC B 15 Red, Balboa Bay 15Blue, AZ Fear 15 SB. 

Of the top seeds #3 630 lost to Borinquen Coqui and in process may have lost their star outside hitter Tommy Clifford who came out with an ankle injury.  Hope its nothing serious and he can come back and help his team during nationals.   #6 HPSTL lost a tight game to AZ Fear and similarly to Balboa Bay 17s lost 15-13 in the 3rd set.  

Top half seeds that need to turn it around quickly include Legion (1-2), Excel (0-3) and Outrigger (1-2) who have their work cut out for them tomorrow to make up some ground.  However, we should remember that MOD 16s went 1-2 on the first day and ended up with a 3rd place medal at the end.  

More pleasant surprises of the day were #32 Warren Sixpack and #33 SNVF who both had upset victories and went 2-1 on the day.

14 Open – Results

Only a couple of upsets here as top seeds mostly went undefeated including, Team Rockstar 14 Rockstar, HPSTL B14 Royal, Bay to Bay 14-1, SC Legends 14-Elite, COAST Boys 14-1 Bela, INDOOR Black, SASVBC B 14 MAYA, MB Surf ASICS 14’s 1

VAQUEROS 14M Carlos, Cinci Attack 14 Black, SPVB B14 Elite, Venom Havoc 14u Boys were all top seeds who lost today and will have to start their pool play tomorrow from 2nd spot.  

Top Club of the Day

MB Surf (9 Match Wins, 0 Match Losses; 18 sets won, 0 sets lost across 14s, 15s, 17s  Open divisions, Avg Point % of 1.4)

Top Performance of the Day

TBD, lots of volleyball going on here still 🙂

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For more data on boys’ nationals please take a look at this spreadsheet: 

Boys National Championships DataSheet