All players and staff listed on your roster will be verified by the USAV National office. Players and Staff need to be in the USAV Webpoint Region registration system. If you have questions concerning this, contact your Region office to verify that your data has been placed in Webpoint.
Prior to beginning play, a coach, team rep or club director must confirm his/her team's presence at the tournament and present their barcoded Check In Form from Signuptoplay.com. An example of the Barcoded Check In Form can be viewed by clicking here.
Check In will be in the lobby of the Minneapolis Convention Center on Thursday, April 15 or Thursday April 22 from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. Late Check In is from 7 a.m. to 11:00am Friday April 16 or Friday April 23, however we do not recommend you wait until then.
All teams who play in the AM wave, must be checked in prior to 7:30 am on the first day of the tournament. Teams not checked in by that time will be dropped from the schedule and not put back in. This includes teams who do not play or ref the first match.
All teams who play in the PM wave, must be checked in prior to 11:00 am on the first day of the tournament. Teams not checked in by that time will be dropped from the schedule and not put back in. This includes teams who do not play or ref the first match in the PM wave.
We strongly urge all teams to check in on the evening prior to the tournament start date to avoid any problems or lines. This means that if you do not check in on the evening prior and you miss a match on the first morning morning due to check in problems or a long line, it is your responsibility. If you are not arriving in the Twin Cities until late at night we suggest that you send a representative to check in for you on earlier in the evening. If you do not check in on the evening before the event we strongly advise you to check in at 7:00 am on the morning of play. Please understand that the wait on first morning of play could be long (there will only be one person handling checkin that morning), and that a last minute schedule change could cause you to have to play immediately. We will not hold any games waiting for you to check in, regardless of how long the line may be.
Please do not call us and ask if you can check in late, the answer will be that you may check in at any time during the above stated hours.
To Check In you must have your preprinted, Barcoded Check In form. The Check In form must have all players and staff listed. No handwritten changes will be accepted on the Check In Form. There are no computers at check in to print out the form. You must print it out from Signuptoplay.com before you come, or you will need to go to Kinko's or your hotel and print it out.
The complete instructions for printing out the Check In Form, along with other requirements are found by clicking here
During the check in process, the coach, team rep, or club director must sign the team's roster, verifying that all the information contained on the roster is both complete and correct, and that all coaches for the team are Impact or CAP certified. The person signing for the team is responsible for verifying that everything is correct and true on the roster. Teams are advised that any penalties for incorrect information will be assessed regardless of who signed the roster.
No team will be permitted to play until the check-in process is completed. All games will be scored as a forfeit until a team has completed check in.
The roster for any team winning a bid will be frozen as submitted at registration. The Qualifier will send a copy of this roster to the JNC Director of Competition following the conclusion of the Qualifier as the team's official roster for JNC's.
There is no coaches meeting at the Mizuno Northern Lights Qualifier.
The Minneapolis Convention Center has instituted a "No Cooler Policy". Participants and spectators will not be permitted to bring coolers/food into any part of the Convention Center. Please inform all players, parents and coaches of this policy.
This No Cooler Policy is NOT being instituted by Northern Lights. It is a Convention Center Policy. Northern Lights will not answer any questions concerning this policy. All questions and comments about this policy should be directed to the Minneapolis Convention Center staff.
The official schedule is the schedule found on the Real Time website display at www.midwestvolleyball.com, and also found at the Results Stations at the Convention Center. Be sure you check the website each evening, or the results computers at the Convention Center. There will be no printed postings at any site. If you want a paper schedule, be sure you print it out before you leave and bring it with you.
We promise to post the entire schedule on this website no later than Wednesday night before the tournament. We will make every attempt to post it earlier! Our goal is to post the schedule on Monday night before the tournament, if we have all of the information.
Practice courts will be available on Thursday evening April 15th and Thursday evening April 22nd from 4:30 pm until 8:30 pm (this means practice will end at 8:30 pm). Teams may come to the Minneapolis Convention Center between 4:30 pm and 8:30 pm to practice. Practice courts are available on a first come first serve basis on the 1/2 hour in Halls B,C, & D . The maximum time a team may have on the court is 1 hour, and all courts change at 5:30, 6:30, & 7:30 regardless of how long you have been on the court.
For safety reasons our set up has to be 100% complete before we will allow any courts to be used. Therefore we reserve the right to cancel or delay the start of practice sessions should we deem it necessary.