NCSAA Great Lakes Classic

Saturday, September 12, 2015

VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT DETAILS

Location:

All volleyball matches will be played at Geneva College. Directions are available HERE.

What You Need to Provide:

Medical Waiver Forms – The parent / guardian of each player MUST complete an online Athlete Waiver Form. No player will be permitted to participate in any NCSAA tournament if NCSAA does not have a completed, current, and valid form on file for that player. Please make your players and their parents aware of this requirement now, so that they can begin going online and submitting their forms. All forms must be submitted by 11:30 PM on Sunday, September 9. You can access the Athlete Waiver Form by clicking HERE.
Scorebook Keeper – You’ll be responsible for providing one person to keep your team scorebook during each of your matches. Please have that person check in at the scorer’s table, with your team’s information completed in the scorebook, at the end of the preceding match. Thanks for helping us in this way! If this presents a major problem for your team, please call us right away.
Volleyballs – You’ll need to bring your own balls for warm-up, and we'll plan on using the participating teams' best available balls for match play.
Water Bottles – You’ll be responsible for bringing your own filled water bottles to the gym. Some locations may have water provided, but please don't count on that. (There is a water fountain in the hallway outside of the gym, as well.)
Medical Kits – We hope to have an athletic trainer on site, but you will be responsible for bringing your own medical supplies. If you need to be taped up before a match, please be sure to have your own supplies for this.
Line Judges - Please plan to have someone available to help assist the officials (if requested) as a line judge during your matches. Thanks for your help!

Registration / When You Arrive:

On-site tournament registration will take place beginning at 7:00 AM on Saturday, in the lobby of Metheny Fieldhouse, at Geneva College. Please arrive an hour before your first scheduled match time, in order to allow time for on-site registration. At this time you will receive your coaches' packets (very important!) and final schedules (reflecting any recent changes), verify that all of your athletes are eligible to participate, and be provided with important tournament information.

Schedule:

The tournament schedule will be posted on Tuesday, September 1. CLICK HERE to access the tournament schedule. Match results will be posted online throughout the tournament, so that your athletes' families and other fans can follow the results of the tournament via this online link.

Please contact us now if you have any questions about the schedule.

Match Start Times:

The times listed on the tournament schedule are the start times for the matches. In order to keep the tournament on schedule, we must begin each match on time. If your team is late for your scheduled match, you may be required to forfeit the match. Please allow plenty of time to arrive on time for each of your matches.

Each team will receive a full warm-up period (5-5-2) before their first match of each day; warm-up periods will then be abbreviated (3-3-1) throughout the rest of the day.

Game Play Specifics:

Girls in grades 7-12 are eligible to participate.

The tournament format will be round-robin pool play between six teams, with championship and third-place matches to follow. Each team will play each other team; those matches will be best-of-three games. After round-robin play, the teams will be ranked according overall record in pool play (number of matches won and lost); the #1 and #2 ranked teams will play in the championship match, and the #3 and #4 ranked teams will play in the third-place match. (These final matches will also be best-of-three games.)

Two-team ties within round-robin play will be broken by head-to-head result. Ties between three or more teams will be broken first by record in matches against one another in pool play, then by total game differential in matches against one another in pool play, then by overall game differential in all pool-play matches, then by total point differential in all pool-play matches, then by coin toss.

Rally scoring will be used; each game will be played to 25 points (must win by two points). In the third game of best-of-three matches, the final game will be played to 15 points (must win by two).

Match play and other matters will generally follow NFHS rules. If you have any questions regarding match play or any other matters concerning this tournament, please contact NCSAA in advance of your arrival at the tournament, and/or discuss those matters with the tournament officials before you play. Thanks so much!

Closing Ceremony and Awards:

A closing ceremony will follow the conclusion of the championship match. Please plan to stay for the closing ceremony, if possible.

The first-place and second-place teams will receive NCSAA championship and runner-up banners.

All teams will be recognized during the closing ceremony, which will also include a special time of recognition and prayer for the coaches of all teams.

NCSAA Coaches’ Award:

The NCSAA Coaches' Award will be presented 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, integrity, 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 in the event.

Admission:

There is no admission fee at this tournament. We welcome your fans to attend and support the teams!

Team Devotions:

At on-site registration you will receive a special devotional booklet for each of your players, which you can use for joint team devotional times throughout the day. We encourage you to use these materials to challenge your athletes to spend time in God’s Word, as well as to set aside some time to talk and pray together (as a team).

Tournament T-Shirts:

Official 2015 NCSAA Great Lakes Classic T-shirts will be available for purchase at the tournament (for $15 each). A very limited number of T-shirts will be available for purchase at the tournament, so if you intend to purchase T-shirts, please get them early in the weekend! (For those of you who arrive on Friday and will be at the soccer games, these will be available on Friday, and may sell out on that day -- so ask for them early.)

Facility Host:

Geneva College has graciously agreed to host this NCSAA tournament. Please encourage your team to be mindful of this generosity in the way that you treat their facilities; we want to be excellent stewards of the gymnasiums and entire facility, in order to reflect Christ in how we care for what is entrusted to us...and so that we can be welcomed back to these facilities in future years. Thank you!

Lodging and Meals:

All teams previously received information regarding options and pricing for lodging for this tournament. If you have not yet made arrangements for lodging (and need assistance doing so), or if you have any questions or concerns, please contact NCSAA right away at 724-846-2764.

We also plan to have a Meals Booklet available for your team, upon your arrival at the tournament. This will include suggestions for restaurants in the local area, as well as discounts at restaurants that have made those available for tournament teams. We hope this will help to provide you with some options to find affordable meal options in the area.

Tournament Sponsors:

Special thanks to our tournament sponsors – Portage Learning, Barclay College, and Davis College.

NCSAA Contact Numbers:

Office: 724-846-2764 (until 4:00 PM on Thursday, September 10)

Tournament Cell Phone: 724-581-3679 (only from Friday, September 11 through Saturday, September 12)

Not a member? Join Now