PVA 17s finish 5th at JVDA!

Congratulations to the PVA 17s on their fifth place (tie) finish in the 17 Club division at the JVDA Championships in Louisville, KY! The team finished the event with a 10-2 record, played very strong for nearly every match, but struggled in the quarterfinals on the last day. While enjoying a great JVDA tournament and the Louisville area, the team also got the attention of quite a few college coaches.

PVA congratulates the 17s on a great finish to their season!

2nd Day Report - 17s at JVDA

PVA 17s went 2-1 on their second day at the JVDA Championships. Although losing their last match of the day, they played strong and have momentum going into the third day of play. Their 5-1 record at JVDAs keeps them in the top quarter.

GO PVA 17s!!

17s off to great start at JVDA

PVA 17s have traveled to Louisville, KY for their last tournament of the season at the JVDA Championships.  The team just finished their first day of matches, today, and went 3-0....off to a great start!  Their next matches are tomorrow morning in the Expo center.

GOOD LUCK PVA 17s!

PVA 18s are Happy Volley Champions!

PVA 18s entered Happy Volley as the defending champions and held their #1 seed to become 2-time Champions of Happy Volley! Throughout the weekend, they were undefeated and only let 2 games go to their opponents.

Their finish led PVA to a "third overall" club finish for the weekend!

This was the last tournament for the 18s team and the last club event for the 10 seniors. We wish all of the PVA seniors the best of success with their collegiate careers!

PVA 17s Happy Volley wrap up

The PVA 17s team competed in the 17s/18s division at Happy Volley. They finished 3rd overall by advancing to the semi-finals. One of the highlights was a great win over CAVA 17 Elite.

A special thank you to the 17s team for stopping by the 14s team dinner on Saturday evening!

The 17s play in their final event of the season June 26-30 at the JVDA Championships in Louisville, KY.

GOOD LUCK PVA 17s!

15 Navy at Happy Volley

The 15 Navy team finished their season at Penn State over Memorial Day Weekend. Friday night they tied for 3rd in their pool and then battled out "come from behind" wins in both tie-breaker games to earn 1st place in the pool. The girls really worked hard and used a series of very tough serves to over-come a 0-8 defecit in the 2nd tie-breaker! They were rewarded not only with a great win, but also with a team photo with two of the Penn State players!

PVA congratulates the 15 Navy parents and players for a season of hard work, enthusiasm and commitment!

We extend a special thank you to coaches Kara & Kim for their effort, skill and enthusiasm!

Go PVA 15 Navy!

15 White Happy Volley wrap up

The 15White team finished their season at Penn State with a full weekend of challenges and fun. They improved their seed on Saturday, struggled in a tough pool on Sunday, and then came back on Monday with a great 2-1 win over Time Out Red Rush 15s to advance to the semi-finals of their bracket.

Overall, they finished soundly in the top half of the age group, which included 16 yr old teams as well. We are proud of the players & parents for their effort and commitment during the season!

A special thank you to coaches Kara and Carolyn for their dedication and hard work!

Go PVA!

PVA 14s at Happy Volley

The 14's finished their season with a bang after winning three matches in a row on the final day of play at Penn State and went home with medals around their necks for their efforts. After advancing on Saturday, the team drew a tough pool on Sunday and then came out strong on Monday with three big wins over Crosscourt, Atlantic Valley, and Revolution to finish top of the bracket.

PVA extends a special congratulations to the 14s players & parents for their commitment of time and effort towards a great 14s season! Way to go!

And a very special thank you to coaches Joann & Amy for giving their time, enthusiasm and talent to the team!

Mariah Henley on Prep Volleyball

Congratulations to PVA 17s player, Mariah Henley, for being named on the PrepVolleyball.com "2009 Defensive Dandies - Dandy Lions" list.

The "Dandy Lions" as described in the article are "all-around high school or club talents who project as back row animals at the next level."

To read more about the Dandy Lions and Mariah's listing, go to http://prepvolleyball.com/content/view/2195/154/

An extra congratulations to Mariah for catapulting her Ursuline Academy soccer team to the Delaware State Finals last week by scoring the winning goal in the 4th overtime to win the state semi-finals!

Way to go Mariah!

PVA 18s Bid & Regionals Report

PVA 18s competed in the KRVA Bid Tournament on May 2nd & 3rd in Williamsport, PA. Despite some tough matches, the team was able to reach the semi-finals in the Gold bracket by winning an exciting quarter-final match over Synergy LV 18s. When the team ran out of subs at the end of game 2, DS/Setter Justine McNulty, at 5'4", stayed in the rotation and came in to play middle in the front row - and saved the win for PVA!

The PVA 18s participated in the KRVA Open Regional Championships on May 9th at Penn State University. Despite missing 2 players, they swept their pool and then lost a tough match against Valley Forge in the semi-finals to finish tied for 3rd overall.

The 18s will finish their 2009 season (and club volleyball careers) at the Happy Volley Championships over Memorial Day weekend in State College, PA.

Go PVA 18s!

PVA 17s Bid Report

PVA 17s competed in the KRVA Bid Tournament on May 2nd & 3rd in Williamsport, PA. The team went "all out" for the PVA Social and certainly out-dressed the rest of us (see photo)! In the gym, they had some great matches and beat CAVA and Xceleration very convincingly. Unfortunately, they had a tough loss in a close match against Valley Forge in the quarter-finals.


The 17s compete this weekend in Greensboro, NC in the MAPL #4 and then play over Memorial Day weekend in the Happy Volley Championships in State College, PA.


The 17s will complete their season with a trip to Louisville, KY the end of June to compete in the JVDA Championships.

Go PVA 17s!

PVA 15 Navy Bid & Regionals Report

PVA 15 Navy competed in the KRVA Bid Tournament on May 2nd & 3rd in Williamsport, PA. The weekend got a rocky start, most likely due to a new rotation because of injuries, but Sunday ended on a high note. "The girls really came together as a team and played awesome," reports Coach Kara. "I was so proud of them for rising to the challenge and working hard." The team reached the semi-finals of the Silver bracket and finished tied for 9th overall in a tough field of teams.

PVA 15 Navy competed in the KRVA Open Regional Championships on May 10th at Penn State University with Assistant Coach Kim taking over the reigns. Despite challenges due to injuries, the team again battled into the semi-finals of the Silver bracket. PVA is proud of the girls for their effort and enthusiasm!

The team competes in their final event of the 2009 season at the Happy Volley Championships over Memorial Day weekend in State College, PA.

Go PVA 15 Navy!

14s Bid Report

The PVA 14s team experienced their first KRVA Bid Tournament on May 2nd & 3rd in Williamsport, PA. The travel tournament was a fun and challenging experience, starting with an impromtu round of musical chairs during the PVA Social on Friday night. The 14s played in the "dome" along with the 17s & 18s, so it was fun to be able to watch the older girls play. The girls played a lot of volleyball and had some great moments! After 2 days of volleyball, they advanced to the semi-finals of the silver division and finished tied for 7th overall against a lot of strong competition. PVA is proud of the team's effort and enthusiasm! We especially liked what Coach Joann calls the "matrix move" they do together whenever they make a kill (see photo with this article).

The 14s play their last event of the 2009 season at the Happy Volley Championships over Memorial Day weekend in State College, PA.

Go PVA 14s!

Justine McNulty commits to DeSales!

PVA congratulates Justine McNulty on her decision to continue her volleyball career at DeSales University! A Division III school located in Center Valley, PA, DeSales women's volleyball participates in the Freedom Conference. In 2008, the DeSales Bulldogs advanced to the conference championship match. We look forward to following Justine's collegiate career!

Lindsay Palm commits to Elizabethtown!

PVA congratulates Lindsay Palm on her commitment to play volleyball at Elizabethtown College! Elizabethtown is a Division III school located in Elizabethtown, PA. The volleyball team was the 2007 Commonwealth Conference Champions. We look forward to following Lindsay's collegiate career!

Congrats Lindsay!

Meredith Riddell commits to James Madison!

PVA congratulates Meredith Riddell on her commitment to play volleyball at James Madision University. James Madision is a Division I school located in Harrisonburg, VA and participates in the Colonial Athletic Association. Meredith joins PVA teammate Sara Dougherty on the team. We look for to following Meredith's collegiate career!

Congrats Meredith!

Stanton-Ameisen commits to Case Western!

PVA congratulates Olivia Stanton-Ameisen on her decision to continue playing volleyball at Case Western Reserve University next fall! Located in Cleveland, Ohio, Case Western Reserve is a Division III school participating in the University Athletic Association. We look forward to following Olivia's collegiate career!

Congrats Olivia!

Fagan will participate in USAV Girls' Youth Training Camp

PVA 17s DS, Erica Fagan, elected to participate in the USA Volleyball High Performance Program tryouts at the NEQ. Erica was excited to learn today that she has been selected to participate in the USAV Girls' Youth Training Camp which will take place at Davidson College in North Carolina in July.

Congrats Erica!

NEQ Results

In a long-overdue report, PVA reflects on the club's results at the NorthEast Qualifier held in Baltimore, MD April 10-12 and 17 -19. The above photo is off the 15 White team at the NEQ.

The younger teams played in the first weekend. The 14s had their first national qualifier experience and finished tied for 40th in the 14 club division. 15 Navy tied for 39th and 15 White tied for 53rd in the 15 club division. Many of the PVA players made the holiday weekend a family event and took advantage of the opportunity to enjoy time with their families in the gym and off the court.

The older teams played in the second weekend of competition. The 17s braved the open division and by the luck of the draw ended up in arguably the toughest first-day pool of the division. They hung in there and finished the weekend in 26th place.

The 18s teams had a great weekend and were one win short of earning a bid in the club division. They finished tied for 5th place.

The PVA teams all play next in the KRVA Bid Tournament in Williamsport this weekend, May 2 & 3.

GO PVA!

Kassi Wirth commits to St. Peters!

PVA congratulates Kassi Wirth on her commitment to play volleyball at St. Peter's College. Located in Jersey City, NJ, St. Peters is a Division I school and competes in the MAAC (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). We look forward to following Kassi's collegiate career!

Meg Cook commits to Rider!

PVA congratulates Meg Cook on her commitment to play volleyball at Rider University! Rider, located in Lawrenceville, NJ, is a Division I school and competes in the MAAC (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). We look forward to following Meg and her collegiate career!

Alexa Campbell commits to Pitt!

PVA congratulates Alexa Campbell on joining the volleyball program at the University of Pittsburgh! Pitt is a Division I program in the Big East Conference. During the 2008 season, the Panthers advanced to the semi-finals of the Big East Championship tournament. We look forward to following Alexa and her collegiate career!

18s & 17s -- 4/5 Tournament Results

The PVA 18s & 17s competed in the Elizabethtown College 18 Open this past weekend.

Both teams came out of pool play in the gold bracket to meet each other in the semi-finals. Coach Josh said the best competition of the day in the gym was the PVA teams battling it out in the semis. PVA 17s won 18-16 in the third game. The 17s then lost a tough Finals match to Slammers. The picture included with this post is of both teams after their semi-final match.

The 17s & 18s take the court next on April 17th-19th at the NorthEast Qualifier in Baltimore.

GO PVA!

PVA 14s - 4/4 Tournament Results

PVA 14's finished 2nd in the Silver Bracket at the Push the Rock Tournament on 4/4.
Coach Joann reports that Olivia Aizen and Elizabeth Hollander helped the team with their strong, consistent serving. Lauren Blachowski and Abby Mummert led the team with kills.

The PVA 14s take the court next at the NorthEast Qualifier this weekend in Baltimore.

Go PVA!

PVA 15 White - 3/29 results

PVA congratulates the 15 White team on their best finish in a local tournament so far this season as they competed on March 29th in the CAVA Classic 15 Open! The team finished second in pool play, advanced to the Gold Bracket playoffs and finished tied for 3rd. Way to go, girls!

Sara Dougherty commits to James Madison!

In a late report (blog editors' omission) PVA reports that Sara Dougherty decided in the fall to continue her volleyball career at James Madison University. James Madison is a Division I school located in Harrisonburg, VA and participates in the CAA (Colonial Athletic Association). We look forward to following Sara's collegiate career!

PVA 18s mentioned on PrepVolleyball.com

PVA 18s team and several players were mentioned in the PrepVolleyball.com March 19 "Court Report". PrepVolleyball.com is a national club and high school volleyball discussion forum and includes additional features such as rankings, court reports from large tournaments, player articles, etc.

"PVA 18s finished tied for 5th, with two big wins over Clash 17 and Piedmont 17 and a very close loss to Triangle 18. Fast-improving Kassi Wirth, a 6-2 unsigned senior middle, showed herself to be a great blocker, coming up with big stuffs throughout the tournament for PVA. 5-9 OH Alexa Campbell, another unsigned senior, scored at will from the outside off of just about every block she faced. Meredith Riddell, a 6-0 RS, seemed to put balls away for every game point…PVA 18s, which finished in the bottom third at the first MAPL, has finished in the Gold the past two and could be a tough team to beat in the club division at NEQ and in Keystone Region."

GO PVA!

PVA 14s finish 3rd at CAVA Open

A court-side report from Coach Joann: PVA 14's had their best finish so far this season ending up tied for 3rd in the Gold Bracket. This was an amazing accomplishment considering the team was missing one girl home sick and had two on the court who were also not feeling well. The girls are showing off their new, team-designed PVA warm up tshirts and their matching socks!

In Today's paper....

The Central Delco edition of the weekly TownTalkNews that was published today contains a picture of some PVA 14s players on page 16.

Despite our best efforts to identify players' hometowns when submitting the photo, the caption under the picture is not quite right. A little PVA trivia -- which player is actually a Swarthmore resident?

You can only see this photo in the print paper (it's not available online), which means you'd have to live in central delco to get it.....so I've also included it below.

In other news - the PVA 14s and 15Navy team compete on Saturday and we wish them good luck and safe travels!

GO PVA!

Dollings commits to Loyola College!

PVA congratulates Christina Dollings on her commitment to play volleyball at Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland! The Loyola Greyhounds play Div. I volleyball in the MAAC (Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference). We look forward to following Chrstina's collegiate career!

Mid-March Tournament Results Update

Three PVA teams have competed in March thus far.



The 15 White team battled out some tough wins and losses at the LAVA 15s Mixed event in Lancaster on March 7th. They finished the day in 4th place in their 5-team pool.



The 18s team traveled to Raleigh, NC on March 14 & 15 to participate in the MAPL #3 event. They had a great win over Piedmont, finishing tied for 5th in the gold bracket.




The Ides of March were kind to the 17s, as they participated in the East Stroudsburg Classic for 18s on March 15th. They had some great wins during the day over 17s & 18s teams and finished 2nd in the tournament (team photo below).




We wish our 14s and 15 Navy teams good luck as they compete this coming weekend!

Alexa Garrity signs with Lock Haven!

PVA congratulates senior Alexa Garrity on her decision to play volleyball next fall at Lock Haven University! The 2008 Lock Haven volleyball team was undefeated in PSAC East Conference play and finished their season as the NCAA Div. II Atlantic Region Semifinalists. We look forward to following Alexa's career!

Way to go Alexa!

PVA 17s & 18s at MAPL #2

The 17s & 18s teams traveled to Richmond, VA this weekend to participate in the second 2-day MAPL event. This power league gathers some of the strongest teams on the Atlantic coast from PA to the Carolinas. This weekend 36 total teams competed (16 - 18s are not divided into age brackets).

Both teams had a great weekend! The 18s had big wins over Revolution 18-1 and Virginia Elite 18-1 to finish 5th overall. The 17s battled out wins over Revolution 18-1 and Clash 17s before losing in the Silver Bracket finals. They finished 10th overall.

Congrats Girls!!

2/28 - PVA 15 Navy & PVA 14 Results

The 15 Navy and 14s teams both traveled to Easton, PA to participate in the CAVA Classic on Feb. 28th.

Despite missing 2 players for the day, the PVA 14s had a strong showing and finished the day by winning the finals of the Silver Bracket! The team photo after the win is included in this post.

15 Navy battled some tough competition and finished the day with a strong showing in 3rd place.

Congrats Girls!

PVA 14s - early February events

PVA 14s participated in their first event of the season on Feb. 1st at the CAVA New Year Revolution, and while they struggled in the win column that day, they seemed to learn alot.

The 14s second event was the very next weekend on Feb. 8th at the Renegades 14 Open. The team had a great day and finished 6th overall!

Some great pics from that event are now spread around the PVA website.

Go PVA 14s!

President's Day Weekend Tournaments

Our PVA teams were busy over the President's Day Weekend as 4 out of 5 teams participated in 3-day tournaments. The 18s & 17s took a cross-country trip to participate in the Las Vegas Classic against a strong field of opponents and under the watchful eyes of many college recruiters.

The 15 Navy & 15 White teams traveled to Washington DC to participate in the Capitol Hill Classic. 15 Navy finished 5th overall and 15 White finished 21st overall -- congrats on a great weekend!

Go PVA!

See a PVA player on a national website!

2008 18s team member, Libby Woffindin, has a featured picture on the PrepVolleyball.com website. You need to be a prepvolleyball member to see it, but you can find her photo by clicking on the "register for the las vegas unsigned seniors showcase" link at http://www.prepvolleyball.com/.



It's a bigger, better version of this --- (-:

Sara Dougherty commits to James Madison Univ!

PVA extends congratulations to Sara Dougherty, a libero/defensive specialist, on the PVA 18s team! Sara will be joining the James Madison University team next fall. James Madison is a Division I school located in Harrisonburg, VA and participating in Colonial Athletic Association conference.

CONGRATS SARA!

PVA Invitational

PVA hosted the PVA Invitational on Jan. 17th & 18th at Villanova University. Despite the near-record low temps outside, the competition on the courts was pretty intense! We hosted 28 teams along with their family members. We also had college coaches attending from at least 68 different colleges. A full list of tournament results as well as a list of college coaches in attendance can be found at the PVA Invitational website. The success of this tournament occurred in no small part because of the many contributions of PVA's families and coaches. Again, thank you!

PVA is proud to report that our 18s team finished 8th and our 17s team finished 4th. Congrats to Alexa Campbell for being named to the 18s All-Tournament Team! Congratulations also go out to Mariah Henley and Megan Lowry for being named to the 17s All-Tournament Team!

A great start to what we hope will be a fantastic season!

GO PVA!