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The 16-1's and 16-2's started their tournament today, while the 17-1's were in day 3 of their tournament.
161 started off on rocky footing and against a tough team. They lost their first match of the day to A5 in two straight sets. They then rebounded to win the next match against City Beach in two straight sets. Their third match of the day was against MAVA and they won that in two straight sets. They finished the 2-1 and in good shape for tomorrow. They will play again in the morning and have the afternoon free. To keep advancing they really need to win at least 2 if not all 3 of their matches tomorrow.
162 was seeded #2 in the 16 National Division. Unfortunately after today they are no longer seed #2. They went 0-3 today. Their first match was against Absolute and although the scores were very close, 29-27 & 26-24, we lost that match. Their second match was against Club One and they went 3 sets with them but lost in the third 15-12. Their final match was against Premier and they once again went 3 sets only to lose in the last set 15-13. The way the pool will rank out it is pretty much a given that they will not advance towards the Gold after tomorrow, unless something really strange happens.
The 17-1's had a great day today. They started the day as seed #20 and finished it as seed #1! Here's how they did it. They won their two pool play matches against Willowbrook and WestBend Power. Both of them they won in two sets but in both they had one set that was very close at 29-27 and 27-25. By winning the pool they took over seed #1. They then had to play a challenge match in the afternoon against Force Volleyball. Force is a very physically big team, but the 17-1's defeated them in two sets 25-20 and 25-15. By winning this Challenge match they are in the Gold Championship Bracket of 8 teams. They are the third team we have placed in the Gold Brackets at this Championship! If they win their first match on Thursday at 8am they will medal.