Homeschool Co-ed Volleyball Tournaments in Pennsylvania

During the 2009-2010 school year, there are at least 4 volleyball tournaments scheduled:

• October 30, 2009, fall tournament organized by the United Sports Training at the United Sports Training Center in Downingtown. For info contact Scott Zeigler (szeigler@go2ustc.com; 610-466-7100) at the sports center.
• PA Homeschoolers Thirteenth Annual Central PA Spring Volleyball Tournament will be on Monday April 5, 2010, at Messiah College near Harrisburg.
• PA Homeschoolers First Annual Eastern PA Spring Volleyball Tournament will be on Monday April 19, 2010, at United Sports Training Center near Downingtown.
• PA Homeschoolers Seventh Annual Western PA Spring Volleyball Tournament will be on Monday May 3, 2010, at Monroeville Sports near Pittsburgh.

• Until about 3pm, scheduling will be done on the fly. At first teams will be scheduled in the order that they appear. After that, a computer program will schedule teams to play with other teams that have similar records. Each match will be best 2 out of 3 (15 point game) matches. Teams will play either 3 or 4 matches during this time period.
• At about 3pm, the playoffs between the top 4 teams will begin with the first place team playing the fourth place team and the second place team playing the third place team. Other teams will play consolation matches against a team that is adjacent to them in the standings with the match determining which team will finish ahead in the standings. Playoff and consolation matches will be best 2 out of 3 (15 point game), or 1 game matches to 25 points, or one game to 15 points, depending upon whether the tournament is running ontime.
• At about 5pm, the winners of the playoff matches between the top four teams will play championship matches.
• At about 5:45pm, there will be an awards ceremony. At the ceremony the first through third place teams in each division will get plaques and the members of the all-tournament teams in the A divsions (as voted by the A division coaches) will receive certificates.
• After the tournament, each team will be mailed certificates for each member, suitable for being included in a homeschool portfolio. The certificate will state the player's name and team and the placement of his or her team in the final standings.

Note: We have almost unlimited space at our Eastern PA tournament (up to 12 nets), but limited space at our Central PA (7 nets) and Western PA (4 nets) tournaments. As a result, we have the following special rule: Any teams that wish can participate in all three PA Homeschoolers spring tournaments or in just one tournament, but if a team just wants to participate in two tournaments, one of those two will have to be PA Homeschoolers Eastern PA Tournament (the April 19 2010 tournament). In other words, you can't participate in both the Western and Central tournaments unless you also participate in the Eastern PA tournament.