2010 Team Track

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13-2 Starfish Guppies Finish Strong at Columbus

Aaahh...shiny and expensive...leave it to the Starfish Guppies to use all of their mettle to medal in an expensive metal category. At $1500.00 an ounce platinum is pricey, but watching the Guppies use every ounce of energy to win first place in the platinum bracket was priceless. Healthy players gave extra effort to help the teammates that were playing injured and the whole team re-energized with a piece of birthday cookie cake mid-tourney. Coach
Megan even delivered a straightforward attitude-adjustment talk to the parents, which had the same effect as the cookie cake but without the sugar. 
Coach, players, parents...great season! What a finish!

16-1 finishes Second in Gold  at Columbus Regional's

The 16-1 team finished second in the Gold Division at the Columbus Regional Tournament. 

16-1 Wins Gold  at Premier Invitational in Maumee

The 16-1 team began Saturday day winning two matches and losing 1 match to finish second in Pool play.  After repooling, the 16-1 team won their first match of the new pool.  On Sunday, the 16-1 team won 1 match and lost 1 match to finish second in their pool and earning a place in the Gold tournament.  The team had to play the number 1 team from pool play in their first match of the Gold Tournament.  The 16-1 team lost the first set, and then won the second and third sets to take the semi-final match and advance.  The 16-1 team came from behind in set 1 of the final match to win a thriller 26-24.  The team lost the second set. The team regrouped and won the third set and the Gold.  Congratulations to the team and coaches. 

13-1 Wins Gold at Nothin' But Net in Cincinnati 

The 13-1 team began the day winning three matches to finish first in Pool play.  The team advanced to the Gold tournament.  The 13-1 team won the first match in 2 games.  In the semi-final match, the 13-1 team won the match in the third and final set to advance to the finals.  The 13-1 team had to again work hard and gather up additional energy to win in the third and final set of the match.  Congratulations to the team and coaches.    

12-1 Wins Gold At Premier

          It took the team a little while to wake up but once they did they did not look back.  In our first match we struggled with serves and were a little out of sink.  However it did not take long for us to get our rhythm.  Every opponent we faced went down in two sets.  Our pool play was so dominate a few teams we faced were kept to single digits.  The gold medal round did not look too different from pool play.  We faced an SJVC team that appeared to be a little competition but in the end they could not keep their game up.  We beat them in two to win it all!!!!

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2nd Time in Tiffin … 2nd in Gold Again

          It started out like many of 12-1’s tournaments this season.  We faced many teams and took them out in 2 sets.  We faced Black Swamp first and won the first set 25-9.  They tried to rally back in game 2 but we pulled off the win 25-20.  MSVB and North Shore were the next two teams that we defeated in two straight sets.  We reached the gold medal round pretty confident in our play and confident in our serves.  We beat Premier quickly only to face a tougher Black Swamp team.  We were able to keep our momentum going and defeat them.  We saved it all for the final round.  We knew we had to face a very dominate Oiler Attack team.  We had been watching them knock out opponents all day.  We had to shake the case of the jitters and dig ourselves out of a 14-2 hole.  We dug out and rallied back only to loose the first set 25-19.  We fought hard but lost the second set 25-14.  Second again…T-shirts again…sense of pride in doing our best again.  Great Job Girls You Made All of Us Proud!!!!!

16-1 Wins Gold  at The Total Athlete in Mentor

The 16-1 team began the the day winning two matches and losing 1 match to finish second in Pool play.  The team had to play the number 1 (and OVR higher ranked) team from pool 2 to start the Gold tournament.  After loosing a close first game, the team refocused and won the second game.  Playing scrappy in the third game, the 16-1 team knocked off Academy Volleyball Club.  In the Gold Finals, the 16-1 team lost the first game to Maverick Volleyball Club.  Again with great effort, the 16-1 team won the second game of the match to force a third and decisive game.  The team refocused and dug up a little extra energy and won the third game and the match to take the Gold.  Congratulations to the 16-1 team and the coaches.

STARFISH GUPPIES AT PREMIER ...

The Starfish Guppies tied for third in gold at Premier on 4/17. Not much else to say, except - bring back the Starfish Guppy cheer, girls!

STARFISH GUPPIES AT FRANKLIN...

The Starfish Guppies were determined to pack as much volleyball and drama
into one day as possible by winning with scores like 29-27 and taking 2 teams to a third set in pool play. Had this tight-knit team cooked up some devious plan to play in rollercoaster mode just to test their parents and their unflappable coach? By tournament time they had Coach Megan sweating so much she put her hair in a ponytail and got tough. She even (gasp!) told the girls to "...dive because that's what kneepads are for."  Oblivious to standings and unfazed by the close games, the Guppies just kept swimming along, perfecting their pre-game floor-pounding cheer and winning the first match of the tournament in 3 sets (of course!). They finally lost and finished up tied for third in gold. During Monday night practice Coach Megan enforced diving and guaranteed knee pad usage with an extended game of touch two, which the Gups of course thoroughly enjoyed.

Keep it up Starfish Guppies!

I Told You So… 12-1 Won Gold at UT

12-1 moved through pool play winning every match.  It seemed effortless to defeat each opponent.  They played fluidly and in sync defeating most opponents in two sets and keeping a few to single digits.  Every member of the team did their part to bring the team to gold medal round. 

It was an exciting gold round with some unbelievable serving.  We took the first set quickly 25-9.  Then the other team rallied back and won game 2 in a nail bitter 25-23.  In the end we proved to be too much for the TVC team.  We won 15-8 in game 3 and took the Gold!!!!!!

12-1 2nd in Gold in Tiffin

The 12-1 team showed up in Tiffin ready to do battle.  All through pool play they showed off their skills.  They worked together and handily defeated each competitor that faced them on the other side of the net with very few matches going to three.  They even had a few strong wins against an Outer Limits Team, keeping them to single digits with their beastie serving streaks.  In the end it came down to GlassCity vs. Black Swamp for the gold.  Although they looked great and fought hard they couldn’t take away the win.  They did however take away a t-shirt and a sense of pride that they showed and did their best.  Great Job Girls!!!!!!

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8-1 “Wins One”

“Ace Ace in your Face” was echoing in UT’s Health Ed Gym this Saturday.  This phrase was chanted several times throughout 8-1’s 2nd tournament.  The spunky 8 team hung tough all day getting many serves and passes over the net.  At one point the crowd erupted in applause and cheers when 8-1 won a set against our own 10-2 team (25-22).  Although they came 7th out of 7 that small victory showed what big winners they really are. Super Job Girls!!!

8-1 “Small But Mighty”

They may have lost every match at the Lucas County Rec Center on February 27th but they never lost their spunky personalities and hope for a win.  They were in constant movement on and off the court.  This spirited team moved their feet and hit the ball over the net more than a few times.  We had a few times when we had “two hits and over” (hey that’s almost “three and over”).  A few of the seasoned 8 year old players got some hard earned points with their awesome serves.  Words of wisdom and instruction flew off the bench from the coaches.  But perhaps the most profound piece of wisdom came from our smallest player…When asked why she didn’t call the ball she replied “I couldn’t Coach…I got gum in my mouth” :)  8-1 was a fun team to watch.  They are the future “Super Stars” of Glass City.

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15 Early Birds finish second in Gold

The 15 EB team played their final tournament on Sunday, March 7th at UT.  The girls finished first in their pool and won their first match in tournament play. In the gold bracket final match, the girls came up against a very tough Black Swamp team.  But we dug up some powerful hits, made some timely blocks, and had some awesome sets resulting in nice hits of our own.  We won the first set, lost the second set 27-25, and played hard, but ultimately lost the third set.  The girls had a fantastic season, as they were able to play for gold in every tournament.  We want to thank our fabulous coaches -- Coach Dana and Coach Joe.

15 Early Birds Finish third in Gold

The fifteen early birds played at UT on Sunday, Feb. 28th.  Pool play finished up with the girls winning all their matches.  Though they let the second set of the third match slip away, they redeemed themselves winning set three with a score of 15-0, (great serving Delaney).  Unfortunately they couldn't keep that momentum going into tournament, losing a good battle in the gold bracket. As always, the girls showed great hustle, determination, and team unity.  They are as gracious in victory as they are in defeat.  A classy bunch of girls. 

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13-3 Pictures from President's Cup

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14-1 Black Wins Bronze at President’s Cup

THE GLASS CITY VOLLEYBALL CLUB 14-1 BLACK TEAM HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE PRESIDENT’S CUP TOURNAMENT IN COLUMBUS. POOL PLAY WAS CHALLENGING FOR THE GIRLS AT TIMES AS THEY LEARNED TO PLAY AS A TEAM AND WORK ON COMMUNICATION. IN POOL PLAY THEY PLAYED 3 NATIONAL TEAMS, AND ONE REGIONAL TEAM, AND HELD THEIR OWN, ENDING UP IN THE BRONZE DIVISION FOR SUNDAY’S TOURNAMENT PLAY.  SUNDAY THE GIRLS WORKED WELL AS A TEAM AND WENT THROUGH THE BRONZE DIVISION AND FINISHED IN A SOLID FIRST PLACE.  FOR THE FIRST TOURNAMENT AS A TEAM, THEY DID A GEAT JOB AND LOOK FORWARD TO ADDING MORE MEDALS TO THEIR NEW COLLECTION.

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17 Early wins Wild Weekend tournaments

The 17 Early team had a wild weekend of tournaments February 19-21.  On Friday night, the 17 Early team played in a Sorority Volleyball Tournament at the University of Toledo.  Playing various positions, the girls had fun and won the tournament.  They received Pizza as their prize for winning the charity event.

  On Saturday, the 17 Early team played at the Lucas County Recreation Center in Maumee.  The team played well not loosing a set while working their way to winning Gold. 

  On Sunday, the 17 Early team played short handed due to the death of a very popular Eastwood parent, but that could not stop this team.  They swept the entire weekend moving the team to an 8th place ranking in the OVR.  The team has won three out of four tournaments on the year.  Congratulations Coach Tony and the 17 Early team. 

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13-4 Tournament at Old Fort 2/27/10

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16-2 Wins Gold at Blackswamp

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13-4 Tournament at Norwalk 2/20/10

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13-4 Celebrity Waitresses

          The 13-4 team serves up a hot meal at Charlie's.  

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14 Early gets 2nd in Gold

          It was a short commute but a long road to success for the 14 Early Team at Premier.  Each match was fought point for point.  Serves were looking good but even with the great serves we battled to the 3rd set many times only to end up with a loss.   In one of the 3rd sets, against a strong Buckeye team, we even went 19-17…unfortunately 14 E did not get he win that time. Our girls did not give up.  At the end of the day we faced the SJVC Pink Panther team for the gold.  They were the only team to beat us in 2 all day.  They proved to be a tough competitor again in the gold round…defeating us in 2 again.  Although it was a stress filled day for ALL involved, we are a group that will not be shaken.  The girls are ready for their next chance to dominate the court.

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12-1 Reaches for Gold in 1st Tournament

          Although they did not get 1st in gold they made an impressive debut.  The girls received 5th in gold in Dayton …not too bad for a group of girls that barely knew each other a few weeks previous to arriving at their 1st match.  It was a tough start.  The girls seemed to be finding their place and rhythm on the court early on, in day one of pool play.  After a few matches the girls began to gel on the court and they really came alive, winning the majority of their sets the rest of the day.  They were a fun team to watch.  They had great passes, serves, sets, and spikes.  On day 2 of play they faced a dominate Kentucky team and held their own.  They did not come away with the win but they did not make it easy for Kentucky to defeat them.  After pool play the team continued their amazing display of teamwork.  Dayton was great opportunity for the girls to gel on and off the court.  I have a strong feeling that these girls will be no strangers to gold this year.  They will be a team to watch.

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Glass City 15-2 Update

The Glass City 15-2’s are off to a great start!  The girls have had many team building activities including a very successful Celebrity Waitressing event, bonding and goal setting over team dinner, and a detailed collaboration in designing their own unique team apparel (paid for by the money earned at Charlie’s)!  Armed with a team slogan of “Hakuna Matata” these girls are ready to face the gauntlet of the 2010 Tournament Season!!! 

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16-1 Wins Silver at President's Cup

The 16-1 team won the Silver tournament at the President's Cup in Columbus on February 13 & 14th.  The team went 3-2 in pool play, loosing in a close match to MAVA (the defending champion for the prior 2 years) and Legacy who finished first and second in the Gold tournament.  In tournament play, the 16-1 team won all three matches to capture first in Silver.  Congratulations to Coach Steve and the 16-1 girls for their outstanding play. 

13-2 Columbus Tourney

 The 13-2 team won first place in the gold bracket for team bonding. Lime
green shoelaces, sweet air-brushed shirts paid for with waitressing money, a
customized ace cheer, and freeze tag in the lobby helped pull this team
together. They got to know each other well enough to get to the bronze
bracket, and we expect big things in the future as their team spirit grows.
Kudos to the parents for maintaining a straight face as they loudly cheered  
on their Starfish Guppies!  

 15 Early Birds Finish Second in Gold
After a cold and blustery Friday night, the 15 Early Birds played at Maumee on Saturday, Feb. 6th.  The 15 EBs have played in the gold finals in every tournament so far this year, and this day would be no different.  Though the girls fell just a bit short of their goal to win gold, the girls should be proud of their accomplishments and second place finish and....."birthday girl" Tierney McClure did a great job at middle to help celebrate her 14th birthday!

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17 Early Birds Win Gold in Columbus

    On January 31st the 17 EB team won Gold at the Buckeye Volleyball Center.  After spending Saturday night eating, swimming, and playing games -- (though some had to cheat to win) the girls were ready for volleyball on Sunday morning.  They breezed through pool play without losing a single game.  As the day progressed, comments from other teams and officials were made all admiring the girls' team spirit, unity, and style of play.  Tournament play proved to be a tough challenge as both matches went to three games.  They had to battle back and make some crucial plays at key times to pull out a well deserved victory. Congratulations Tony and the 17 Early Birds!

15 Early Birds Win Gold in Columbus
   On January 30th the 15 EB team traveled to Columbus to play at the Buckeye Volleyball Center and they won GOLD!  After finishing second in gold the week before, the team was determined to win it all.  The girls stormed their way through pool play winning all of their matches.  They were more than ready for tournament play as superb passing, beautiful sets (to all five attackers), thunderous hits, and of course timely blocking lifted them to victory.  Congratulations coaches and players!