Thurs. - Day Five of Competition

The 16-1’s played in their final match of Festival playing in a 2/3 set match. They finished the tournament by moving up from their initial seeding of 31st and finished 22nd overall in the tournament. Considering the injuries they experienced over the last few days it was a respectable finish as teammates stepped up to contribute to their overall result.

The 15’s and 16-2’s enjoyed a nice day off and came to support our other teams as the 14’s and 15’s competed in divisional seedings for their final competition on Friday. Our 14’s group played in pool play again today with yet another opportunity to improve on their overall standings. Tournament seedings resulted with our 14-2’s and 3’s playing each other in pool play. After the morning wave concluded, the 14-1’s, 2’s, and 3’s all maintained their seed positions from the previous day.

Today was also the tournament finals for the Gold Division brackets for the 14-18’s age groups. Each of the final’s were at the US Airways Center which is also the home of NBA’s Phoenix Suns. Our club entered the in our “safety green” shirts (“highlighter’s” by some) and for anyone in the arena, There was no doubt where Excel Volleyball Club was sitting the the 12,000 seat facility. As a group, we watched some high level volleyball in the 17’s & 18’s divisions with Bonneville VBC from ID winning the 17’s final while Saddleback VBC dominated the 18’s event vs. San Diego VBC.