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!