NCSAA Soccer and Volleyball Championships
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - Saturday, October 26, 2024
2024 NCSAA Soccer and Volleyball Championships
 | Boys' Varsity Soccer October 23-26, 2024
Monday, September 30, 2024 |
Date: October 23-26, 2024
Soccer Championships - October 23-25 (Wednesday though Friday) - at Athletes in Action
Volleyball Championships - October 24-26 (Thursday through Saturday) - at Cedarville University
Registration Deadline:
The 2024 NCSAA Soccer and Volleyball Championships will have divisions for boys' varsity soccer, girls' varsity soccer, and girls' varsity volleyball teams. Teams from any region of the country are eligible to attend.
This tournament will be limited to a maximum of 24 boys' varsity soccer, 8 girls' varsity soccer, and 48 girls' varsity volleyball teams.
The final registration deadline is September 30, 2024 (or as soon as the tournament reaches full capacity). At that time we will close registration to begin making the brackets and schedule for the tournament.
Tournament Format:
- This tournament will be limited to a maximum of 24 boys' varsity soccer, 8 girls' varsity soccer, and 48 girls' varsity volleyball teams -- and will include a maximum of four boys' soccer, two girls' soccer, and six girls' volleyball divisions.
- Soccer Divisions: Teams will be placed into divisions based upon the results of group play or Opening Round match-up games, or based on pre-tournament seeding (depending upon the total number of teams registered).
- Volleyball Divisions: Divisional breakdown will be determined by pre-tournament seeding and then the results of pool play.
- Homeschool teams are welcome to participate, as long as their players meet our eligibility requirements. (1 - All players must be regular members of your team during the season. 2 - High school graduates are not permitted to participate with your team. 3 - All team members must be homeschooled or not a member of any other school or homeschool soccer or volleyball team.) If you are a homeschool team that is interested in participating, please be sure that your players meet these requirements. Feel free to call for clarification, if necessary.
- Age Eligibility: A student-athlete shall be ineligible for participation upon attaining the age of nineteen years, with the following exception: if the age of 19 is attained on or after July 1, the student-athlete shall be eligible, age-wise, to compete through that school year.
Tournament Features and Information:
Tournament Description:
- The NCSAA Soccer and Volleyball Championships offers an exciting post-season championship tournament experience -- in a Christ-centered environment -- for your soccer and volleyball teams. Highly-organized and hosted at excellent facilities, this event allows teams of all sizes and levels to finish their seasons with the challenge and reward of a competitive post-season tournament.
Tournament Format:
- This tournament is open to Christian and private schools from any region of the country. The tournament will be limited to a maximum of 24 boys' varsity soccer teams, 8 girls' varsity soccer teams, and 48 girls' varsity volleyball teams, which will compete in as many as four boys' soccer, two girls' soccer, and six girls' volleyball divisions.
- Boys and girls in grades 7-12 are eligible to compete.
- Girls will be permitted to participate with your boys' soccer team if your school does not have a girls' soccer team in attendance.
- Each soccer team will typically play three games during the tournament. Each volleyball team will typically compete in a full slate of pool play, and then match play to follow. (This typically consists of pool play, to be followed by at least two matches -- but the format may vary, depending on the format of each year's pool of teams.) If you have any concern regarding the number of games or matches your team might play, please give us a call.
Closing Ceremony and Awards:
- All participating teams will be recognized during each division's closing ceremony, which will also include a special time of recognition and prayer for each team's senior athletes. Each senior athlete will receive a special gift from NCSAA.
- Awards will be presented to the 1st and 2nd place teams in each division.
- A number of players from each team will be named to an All-Tournament Team and will be presented with specially-designed NCSAA All-Tournament Team patches to recognize their selection to this team. Each team will also have the opportunity to nominate players for consideration for the annual NCSAA All-American Teams.
- The NCSAA Coaches' Award will also be awarded to players throughout the tournament. These awards will be given by the coaches of the participating teams, as a way to recognize and encourage athletes who demonstrate noteworthy effort, leadership, encouragement, determination, humility, courage, grace, and other qualities of Biblical discipline in their play. This program allows us to encourage coaches to be intentional in "building into the lives" of the players who are competing this weekend.
Christ-Centered Environment and Team-Building Opportunities:
- The opportunity to go away to a tournament provides a great time for teammates to grow closer, and we structure our tournaments to encourage team growth. We are intentional about providing a consistent spiritual challenge for your athletes throughout the event -- from the devotional challenge at the evening program, to the spirit of mutual encouragement and healthy competition typically displayed at this event, to the unified time of team prayer for senior athletes at the closing ceremony. This NCSAA event is distinctive in its goal of being more than just an athletic event; we desire that your players deepen their relationships with God and their teammates during their time here!
Beneficial Exposure for Your Athletes:
- We send out the tournament results (and the all-tournament team) to many college coaches following the event, and various coaches typically attend the event, as well. This opportunity presents your players with a great chance to be seen by college coaches, scouts, and recruiters.
Location:
Athletes in Action
651 Taylor Drive
Xenia, OH 45385
NOTE: The address above is for the Athletes in Action Retreat Center and office location. Soccer games will be played at the Sports Complex, which is adjacent to this property -- but has a different street address (1197 South Detroit Street, Xenia, OH 45385). Volleyball matches will be played nearby at Cedarville University (251 N. Main Street, Cedarville, OH 45314).
The soccer teams will enjoy playing on Athletes in Action's world-class synthetic turf fields, and the volleyball teams will play all of their matches at Cedarville University. Teams may choose to stay in the dormitories on the beautiful Athletes in Action campus (limited availability) or in local hotels.
Check out details about the Athletes in Action facilities via the links below:
Team Registration Fee (per team, per event):
$500 for NCSAA full member schools (paying members)
$550 for non-member schools
Your registration fee is non-refundable, except in the event of the cancellation of the tournament.
All teams are expected to pay their full registration fees by the registration deadline date. Any exceptions to this rule must be discussed with and approved by NCSAA. If you have any questions regarding this procedure (or if you are already late with your payment), please contact us ASAP.
Individual Athlete Fee:
$25 per athlete
* Each team pays athlete fees for a maximum of 20 athletes. You are welcome to have more than 20 athletes on your team, but you will not need to pay athlete fees for athletes past 20 total.
Individual athlete fees are due the week before the tournament; we'll be in touch with you to let you know when the payment deadline is arriving. You can mail those fees in ahead of time, or you can pay online via PayPal.
(Most schools have their athletes contribute to cover this fee.) If you have any questions regarding these fees, please contact us ASAP.
Withdrawals:
We understand that occasionally there may be reason for a team to withdraw from a tournament, after having already registered. If any team must withdraw after already registering for the tournament, that team still will be expected to honor its commitment to pay the full team registration fees. NCSAA must budget based on the number of registered teams, and all fees for all registered spots are critical in order to plan for and conduct a successful tournament. Thanks for your understanding of this!
In addition, any team that withdraws from a tournament one week (or less) before the start of a tournament will be required to pay an additional $250 late withdrawal fee (per team), in order to allow us to recoup extra expenses that will we incur in such a circumstance. If you do have to withdraw after having registered, please do so as early as possible -- to avoid this extra fee.
Lodging and Meals:
Teams that need overnight lodging have the option of staying in the dormitories at the Athletes in Action Retreat Center, or at local hotels. There is limited availability on the AIA campus, so this is available first-come, first-serve.
- The Athletes in Action Retreat Center offers retreat-style overnight housing for teams, perfect for tournament-style team bonding. Teams can stay within walking distance of the fields in dorm-style accommodations, including free access to recreation areas and meeting rooms.
- Team Dorm Plan - $90 per person - Rooms provided for the nights of October 24 and 25 - Linens, towels, and pillows are provided in each room.
- All Inclusive Meal Plan - $93.50 per person - Includes lunch & dinner on October 24; breakfast, lunch & dinner on October 25 and breakfast & lunch on October 26.
- Meal Plan without Dinner - $62.50 per person - Includes lunch on October 24; breakfast & lunch on October 25 and breakfast & lunch on October 26.
- AIA Premium Plan - $170 per person - Combine the Team Dorm Plan and All Inclusive Meal Plan.
- AIA Regular Plan - $145 per person - Combine the Team Dorm Plan and Meal Plan without Dinner.
- Reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis, and you should make your meals arrangements when you call for reservations. Contact Monica Gorman at monica.gorman@athletesinaction.org to book your team's reservation.
- If you have a need for additional (or different) nights of lodging, or additional meals, you will need to inquire directly with Athletes in Action about that possibility.
CLICK HERE for a list of suggested hotels around the Xenia and Cedarville areas. You are welcome to use any hotel that you'd like; this list is just provided as a help to you.
The following lodging facilities have partnered with this NCSAA tournament, so if you are looking for a place to stay and would like to consider these options, as a way to express gratitude for their support, you could do so:
Baymont by Wyndham
Huber Heights, OH 45424
937-237-1888
Hope Hotel
4404 Chidlaw Rd
Dayton, OH 45433
937-879-2696
Super 8 by Wyndham Vandalia/Dayton International Airport
550 E National Rd Vandalia, OH 45377
937-918-4046
The following restaurant is also an NCSAA partner for this event, and we would recommend them for your consideration for your team's meals when at the event:
Old Scratch Pizza
2450 Dayton Xenia Rd, Beavercreek, OH 45434
937-956-6025
Directions:
Athletes in Action is located at 651 Taylor Drive, Xenia, OH 45385. - CLICK HERE for directions to the Athletes in Action Sports Complex.
(NOTE: The address above is for the Athletes in Action Retreat Center and office location. For those teams staying at the AIA dormitories and / or eating meals on campus, you should use the above address. You can walk over to the soccer fields from the dormitories.)
Soccer games will be played at the Sports Complex, which is adjacent to this property -- but has a different street address. The address for the AIA Sports Complex gate is 1197 South Detroit Street, Xenia, OH 45385. - CLICK HERE for directions to the Athletes in Action Sports Complex.
Volleyball matches will be played nearby at Cedarville University, which is located at 251 N. Main Street, Cedarville, OH 45314. - CLICK HERE for directions to Cedarville University.
If you need further assistance with directions to the Athletes in Action Sports Complex, please call Athletes in Action at 937-352-1234.
If you need further assistance with directions to Cedarville University, please call Cedarville at 937-766-7700.
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