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I spent today watching volleyball at SOU (although today’s photo is from last month). Although most of the teams were Southern Oregon club teams, one was made up of mostly SOU volleyball players and alumni. It was fun watching my little (6’2″) 16-year old (#4 in this photo) go up against players like Sarah Holgen and Paulla Pinheiro.
Next up (March 27-29, 2015) is a tournament in Spokane, Washington during spring break.
Today is the 17U mOcean Volleyball Club’s second tournament in Grants Pass (North Valley High School). At the last tournament, in Santa Clara, there weren’t any familiar foes, but most of today’s games will pit girls against former and future teammates as there is representation from about six or seven different high schools on this mOcean team.
After just four practices, mOcean’s 17U team fared well in their first time playing competitively as a group, ending the tournament with a 12-3 mark. (The girls usually play against each other as they are from seven different high schools in California and Southern Oregon, but this is their first time working together.) They have two local tournaments to iron out some kinks before heading south again for the President’s Day weekend tourney in San Mateo next month where they will likely face some of the same (mostly SF Bay Area) teams.
@NCVAVolleyball
No word yet on tomorrow’s brackets, but the mOcean 17U team got through pool play without a loss today. The #2 seed lost to mOcean twice so mOcean should be one of the top seeds in the top bracket for Sunday’s double elimination tournament.
@SOURaiders
Cue the Ozzy…
Saturday the Raiders will head over to Klamath Falls to take on Oregon Tech. The SOU men are ranked #10 and the women are #14. While neither OIT team is in the rankings, they aren’t far out and are never easy to beat on their home court.
Meanwhile, I’ll be heading over a different mountain on Friday, the Siskiyou Pass, as the mOcean volleyball club 17U team gets its first taste of competition in the California Kickoff Tournament in Santa Clara.