The girls headed West the second week in April getting a taste of California volleyball for the SoCal Qualifier held in Anaheim, California.  As expected, they ran into some very competitive teams.

Seeded #9 going into the tournament out of 33 teams.  The girls placed 2nd in the first day's pool, while tying for 2nd during the second day's pool.  After beating Laguna Beach in a playoff, the girls from Cincinnati earned their way into the Gold Bracket.  

Athough Club Cincinnati finished 7th facing the strong teams from Southern California, the girls showed their competitive side by beating "951 Elite" in 2 games during the Gold Bracket pool play.  The 951 Elite team finished second behind WAVE in the championship game.

Results below:

POOL #1 PLAY

vs. Club West 16 Elite 25-14 25-23 W 

vs. Spectrum 16's Black 25-6 25-10 W

vs. City Beach 20-25 21-25 L

POOL #2 PLAY

vs. KJ 16 Baden 25-18 25-18 W

vs. Laguna Beach 16 Hava 16-25 25-2 15-8 W 

vs. Vision 16 Gold 12-25 23-25 L

vs. Power Play 16-Black 25-20 22-25 15-9 W

vs. Laguna Beach 25-22 W (Playoff)

As the saying goes......."the show must go on...." and this was true in the 2008 Big South Qualifier held in Atlanta, Georgia.  After a tornado hit the Atlanta downtown area one week prior to the event, organizers worked around the clock to make sure "the show was on".  Although, the venue changed from the Georgia World Congress Center to the Georgia International Convention Center by the airport, the tournament ran as planned. 

Club Cincinnati, seeded #7 in the tournament and #2 in their pool, went to work winning the pool in day one and beating a very talented #1 seed Front Range team from Houston, Texas.

Day two also found the girls from Cincy challenged as they faced teams from Alabama, Houston and Tampa.  Finding themselve in a three way tie for first, Tampa Bay won the pool by game %.  This lead to a playoff game between Houston and the Cincy Girls.  Cincinnati came off of a great match from Tampa Bay beating them in two and carried the momentum into the Houston game and secured a place into the Gold Bracket for the final day.

Day three Club Cincinnati split the 3 team pool beating Willowbrook, but losing to Northern Lights in 3 placing them second in the pool and losing to KC Extreme for 4th place.

The Big South Qualifies the top 3 teams to Nationals in the Open Division.  KC qualified in the Mid East Qualifier the week prior, so Club Cincinnati was granted the Bid to the National Tournament held in Dallas Texas in the first week of July.

Results below:

POOL #1 PLAY

vs. Southwest Illinios 25-23 25-21 W 

vs. Tampa UNITED 25-14 26-24 W

vs. Front Range  19-25 25-23  15-10 W

POOL #2 PLAY

vs. Alabama Elite 25-15 19-25 15-6 W

vs. Houston Jrs. 21-25 25-22 21-23 L 

vs. Tampa Bay 26-24 25-21 W

vs. Houston Jrs. 25-20 W (Playoff)

Club Cincinnati opened pool play at the President's Day Cup in Dayton, Ohio in normal fashion of solid power volleyball.  After beating the first 4 teams of the 6 team pool, they found themselves winning the game one of the final match of the pool against KIVA White.

However, serving ended up being the subject of the match.  After missing muliple serves the KIVA team took game two.  Club C continued to struggle missing 11 serves in game three and ending in 2nd place in their pool moving them to the Silver Bracket.

Bouncing back in true form the Cincinnati Ladies took the next two matches winning the Silver Bracket and placing 4th in the tournament.

Results below:

POOL PLAY

vs. So County Bandits 25-14 25-19 W 

vs. Team Z Navy  25-16 25-16 W

vs. NKYVC  25-10  25-17 W

vs. Impact VBC 25-16 25-13 W

vs. KIVA White  25-18 20-25 11-15 L 

Capital Sports Center in Indianapolis, Indiana was the site for the 2008 Central Zone Shootout #2.  The 16s division displayed 8 teams of talent where 7 teams participated in the JO National Championships last July in Minneapolis, Minn.

Club Cincinnati faced a tough Circle City Purple (#26 at Nationals-Open div) to start the tourney dropping both games.  But then came back swinging taking the next two matches in pool play against NKYVC (#23 at Nationals-Open div) and Team Z Orange (#13 at Nationals-American div)

For the crossover match, Club Cincinnati met one of their arch rivals from Louisville, KIVA Red (#5 at Nationals-Open div).  With KIVA taking the first game, the Cincinnati team fought back winning the second and third for the match placing them 3rd in the tournament. 

Follow the team as they next play in Dayton on February 16th-17th at the President's Day Cup.  Below you will find the CZ Shootout #2 results:

POOL PLAY

vs. Circle City  20-25  17-25 L

vs. Team Z Orange  25-14  25-21 W

vs. NKYVC  25-10  25-22 W

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Club Cincinnati wins the Mayer Daley Festival volleyball tournament in Chicago between the 2007 holidays. 

 The 16-1 National Team from Sports Express (SPEX) played in the 17 year old bracket and opened with a tough win over Rolling Thunder 17 Blue.  After winning Friday's 4 team pool play, Club Cincinnati went on to beat two more teams in Saturday's pool play.

This brought a rematch in the championship game with Rolling Thunder 17 Blue (NW Chicago Suburbs) and Club Cincinnati.  The 17 yr old team came out in the first game with something to prove winning 25-18, however Cincinnati came back in a tight second game taking it 25-22.  The third and deciding game saw the team from Sports Express taking command winning 15-10.

Congrats to the girls:

(backrow from left to right: Coach Ronnie Mahlerwein, Lauren Deutch, Dani Reinert, Paige Penrod, Jaimie Wulfeck, Liz Barton; front row left to right: Ashley Robinson, Meredith Garda, Jade Henderson, Alex Shipley and Katie Groh)

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2008 JO (Club Cincinnati 16-1 National)

Date                                         Tournament                              Location

12/28-29/07                  Mayer Daley Festival       Chicago, Ill     (1st Place in 17yr)

1/27                               Central Zone Shootout      Indianapolis, In  (#3/8)

2/15-17                          President’s Day Cup           Dayton, Oh  (#4/18)

2/23-24                        Central Zone Championships  Indianapolis, In (#5/21)

3/21-23                         Big South Qualifier             Atlanta, Ga (#4/19) Qualified for Nationals

3/28-30                        JVDA Showcase                  Wisconsin Dells, Wi (#9/68)

4/11-13                          So California Qualifier       Anaheim, Ca

5/11                              OVR Regional                     Columbus, Oh

6/15-19                         AAU Jr. Championships       Orlando, Fl

6/30-7/3                      USAV Championships               Dallas, Tx