AAU Boys Nationals lastly ended yesterday after a tremendous 8 days of competitors. 1427 groups throughout the nation, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands took half on this unimaginable occasion which has grown by leaps and bounds over the past 5 years.
AAU placed on an excellent present, with an up to date championship courts expertise, new scoreboards, and a few fancy medal award ceremonies.
First lets speak in regards to the final day of of Wave 2 after which will dive deeper in some numbers and undergo all of the division winners, greatest groups, and many others…
17 Open – Outcomes
After 3 days of extremely aggressive and shut video games the Championship Division solely had one 3-set match and that occurred in quarterfinals between Triangle Boys 17 Black and C2 Assault who went on to win 2-1 (25-19, 19-25, 11-15). All the different matchups have been straight set affairs and by no means actually appeared doubtful. Balboa Bay allowed greater than 21 factors solely as soon as and that was in semifinals towards C2 who they defeated 25-17, 25-23. They defeated #1 seed within the match MVVC 2-0 (25-19, 25-20) within the ultimate.
15 Open – Outcomes
In contrast to the 17s division, 15 Open Championship Division was stuffed with twists and turns.
First MB Surf ASICS 15’s 1 beat Rockstar 15s 2-0 as their clear play carried them all through the match. Rockstar made plenty of hitting, setting and repair errors and it was simply an excessive amount of to beat as they went down 25-21, 25-19.
Within the matchup of massive and bodily groups, Bay to Bay vs. Coast, Bay to Bay squeaked out the primary set 25-23 after which midway by the second set their blocking actually got here alive and the sport went from shut 9-9 rating to 14-9 in matter of minutes. After that Coast simply couldn’t cease the hitting of Bay to Bay sufficient to get again into the match and went down 25-17 within the second set.
Balboa Bay 15Blue was medical of their QF matchup vs. SC Legends 15-Elite they usually received 2-0 (25-14, 25-14).
Essentially the most thrilling Quarterfinal featured the one two non-California Championship Division groups, MOD B15 Blue and Borinquen Coqui 15-1M. This was an excellent matchup that featured plenty of backwards and forwards drama as the 2 groups battled level for level all through the three units. MOD struck first by successful 26-24 on a service ace after which Borinquen Answered by successful a 25-23 second set on a service error by MOD. MOD bought the early lead within the third set and by no means appeared again bringing the sport to a detailed with a 15-11 win and incomes their place in high 4 groups within the nation.
Each Semifinals went to three units as MB Surf outlasted Bay to Bay 2-1 (25-23, 23-25, 15-13) and simply made a few much less errors. This was a nervy match on either side and it was clear that each groups have been feeling the stress of the Nationwide Championship semifinal. Within the different semifinal, Balboa Bay beat MOD 2-1 (24-26, 25-17, 15-8). This recreation was nonetheless very shut halfway by second set however then various uncharacteristic errors by MOD led to their downfall.
Within the Last, MB Surf as soon as once more performed amazingly and received an excellent and shut match 2-0 (25-21, 26-24) vs. Balboa Bay and thereby successful the nationwide title!
Winners of all Divisions
12 Membership – GVA Boys 11u Darkish Blue
12 Open – MB Surf ASICS 12’s 1
13 Membership – PREVA 13-1 Carlos Rivera
13 Open – Bay to Bay 13-1
14 Membership – Bay to Bay 14-Membership
14 Open – SASVBC B 14 MAYA
14 Premier – Bayou Boys 14u
15 Membership – 315 VC 15-1
15 Elite – Bay to Bay 15-Membership
15 Open – MB Surf ASICS 15’s 1
15 Premier – Bay to Bay 15-Premier
16 Membership – Balboa Bay 16Red
16 Elite – OCVC 16-1
16 Open – Pulse 16-G
16 Premier – LVC 16BLACK
16 Choose – SMBC Shack 16 Molten
17 Membership – Evolution 17 Elite
17 Elite – Northern Lights 17-1 Boys
17 Open – Balboa Bay 17Blue
17 Premier – Balboa Bay 17White
18 Membership – Pilipa’a 18’s
18 Elite – PEVA Boys 18 Elite
18 Open – MB Surf ASICS 18’s 1
18 Premier – Niagara Frontier 18 Gold
Prime Performing Golf equipment
Balboa Bay – Common Last Standing of 4.83 throughout 12 groups, 96 matches received, 32 matches misplaced, 3 division winners
MB Surf – Common Last Standing of seven.57 throughout 7 groups, 57 wins, 16 losses, 3 division winners
Bay to Bay – Common Last Standing of 8.2 throughout 21 groups, 161 wins, 66 losses, 4 division winners
Arizona Concern – Common Last Standing of 9 throughout 9 groups, 64 wins, 27 losses
MOD Volleyball Membership – Common Last standing of three.67 of their 3 open degree highschool groups, 22 wins, 8 losses
Greatest Gainers (Preliminary Seed to Last Standing)
12 Membership – Aspire 12 Thanos, Seeded 14th, Completed fifth
12 Open – EXCEL 12 Purple, Seeded twentieth, Completed third
13 Membership – JJVA Boys 13 AAU, Seeded thirty fourth, Completed fifteenth
13 Open – Cinci Assault 13 Black, Seeded sixteenth, Completed fifth
14 Membership – Device Metropolis 14 Orange, Seeded sixtieth, Completed fifth
14 Open – SG ELITE BOYS 14 ELITE, Seeded twenty eighth, Completed fifth
14 Premier – Pilipa’a 14’s, Seeded fortieth, Completed eleventh
15 Membership – 315 VC 15-1, Seeded twenty eighth, Completed 1st!
15 Elite – SCVC 15Quiksilver, Seeded forty first, Completed third
15 Open – SNVF U15 MOUNT ADAMS, Seeded thirty third, Completed eleventh
15 Premier – SASVBC B 15 BRIAN, Seeded thirty ninth, Completed third
16 Membership – HVA 16 Efficiency Blue, Seeded 79th, Completed fifth
16 Elite – OK Cost 16 UA Boys, Seeded sixty fourth, Completed nineteenth
16 Open – MVP 16 Black, Seeded forty seventh, Completed twenty first
16 Premier – Gents of Kiwi 16, Seeded eighty fifth, Completed nineteenth
16 Choose – RVA Boys 16 Navy, Seeded twenty third, Completed third
17 Membership – Vegas United B17White, Seeded sixty fourth, Completed eleventh
17 Elite – Mintonette Sports activities b.71, Seeded 67th, Completed thirteenth
17 Open – MOD B17 Blue, Seeded forty fourth, Completed fifth
17 Premier – A2 17 Purple, Seeded seventy fifth, Completed third
18 Membership – Shoreline 18Boys Nationwide, Seeded 68th, Completed nineteenth
18 Elite – TC 18-1 Gold Chelsea, Seeded 72nd, Completed thirteenth
18 Open – AJAXVB 18-1 Gold, Seeded forty sixth, Completed twenty ninth
18 Premier – JAX SKYLINE 18B Royal, Seeded 82nd, Completed twenty first
Hardest and Weakest Preliminary Open Swimming pools (Most and Least Wins by the Preliminary Pool Groups within the match)
Hardest
16 Open (common wins by a pool 40 – Pool R1F (46 wins) – (PW 118 16-Aaron, Pinnacle 16 McKay, Phoenix 16 Jennings, Bay to Bay 16-1, MAVS 16 Purple, SMASH Boys 16-1, TORRIMAR 16-1 EFRAIN, SASVBC B 16 JAYCE)
Weakest
15 Open (common wins by a pool 39.8 – Pool R1C (31 wins) – (BORINQUEN COQUI 15-1M, GSL 15 Elect – Andy, MDJRS 15 Boys Black, OMNI 15-1 Nationwide, Cinci Assault 15 Black, WAVE 15-Q, 630 Volleyball 15-1, Miami United 15N Jonathan)
Lowest seeded groups to win a medal in Open (excessive seeds do imply one thing)
MOD B15 Blue, seeded eleventh, third Place
Pulse 16-G, seeded tenth, 1st Place
That’s a wrap mates, hope you loved these recaps and see you in just a few months when the membership season kicks off once more! As at all times in case you have any questions in regards to the information contact me at gordan@volleyballmag.com
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For extra information on boys’ nationals please check out this spreadsheet:
Boys Nationwide Championships DataSheet
