The Official Newsletter of the Ohio Valley Region of USA Volleyball Winter 1999/2000 In This Issue • From the CEO...... 2 OVR hosts USA Nationals in 2000
• Commissioner’s Corner...... 2 The USA Open Volleyball Champion- A and B Men’s and Women’s Champion- ships for the year 2000 will be held ships – 5/27-5/30 • Volleyball Web Addresses...... 2 at the Columbus convention Center AA and BB Men’s and Women’s Champi- and the Ohio Valley Region will onships – 5/31-6/3 • Patterns of Growth...... 3 serve as the Local Host Committee. Even age Master’s/Senior’s Age Group Other cities in the running for the Championships (30s, 40s, 50s, etc.) – • Adult Regional Photos...... 3-9 event were Denver and Kansas City. 5/27-5/30 Odd age Master’s/Senior’s Age Group • Boys’ High School Tournament The tournament will take place on 30 Photos...... 12 Championships (35s, 45s, 55s, etc.) – Nationals courts at the Convention Center. 5/31-6/3 Competition begins on Saturday, • Jr Regional Photos...... 9,10-11,16 May 27 and runs through Saturday, Meetings for the JO/Youth Division of June 3. The Headquarter Hotels will • USA Rule Changes...... 13 USAV will run Saturday, May 20 – be the Hyatt Regency and the Monday, May 22; the Regional Opera- • From the Referee’s Stand...... 14 Crowne Plaza Hotels. The Hyatt is tions Division meetings will run Tuesday, adjacent to the Convention Center May 23 – Friday, May 26, and the referee • OVR Teams at USA Nationals...... 15 (attached via walkway), and the and scorekeeper meetings and clinics Crowne Plaza is across the street will be held Friday, May 26 with times to • Air City Tournament...... 16 connected by a skywalk. be announced. All meetings are open to the public with the exception of a very • BOD Meeting Highlights...... 17 This is a great opportunity for all of few executive sessions. our adult members to experience the • USA Volleyball News Services...... 3 Open Championships. Play is This is both a great achievement for the available to all divisions from AA to OVR as well as a great challenge. A • Board of Director’s Listings...... 19 B, as well as age group champion- huge number of volunteers will be ships for 30 and over players and needed to staff the event, so mark your up. With the Championships divided calendars now! Watch for more informa- into two sessions, players (if you feel tion in upcoming issues of the newsletter up to it) can play in two age group and on the OVR home page at championships because the odd www.ovr.org. You can also visit USA years (35+, 45+, etc.) play in one Volleyball at www.usavolleyball.org and session, and the even years (30+, download a pre-tournament packet. 40+, etc.) play in the opposite section. You can also choose to play in a play level (AA, A, etc.) and an age group championship providing CO-ED Division at USA Open that they fall in opposite sessions. OVR Newsletter Contest Championships in 2000 Can you name the four officials in this picture? The winner will receive an OVR The recently released schedule of The USA Open Championships in Columbus prize package. Entries can be mailed to the events for the 2000 USA National publication editor or e-mailed to Championships will be as follows: will include a new category of CO-ED. The [email protected]. Entry deadline regular Co-Ed Championships will run 5/27-5/ is 12/31/99. The winner will be randomly Open Men’s and Women’s Champi- 30 and Reverse Co-Ed will run in the opposite chosen from the entries that correctly identify onships – 5/29-6/1 session on 5/31-6/3. all four referees. Ohio Valley Region of USA Volleyball 2 From the CEO
Ron Wyzynski - Commissioner’s
Dear Members, Corner
The 2000 season is here, and the OVR office and board of By Bob Price - directors are busy preparing for another outstanding year of volleyball activities. Last season registration records were The 2000 season will be a season of established in the individual category (9600+) and team total (925+). Registration information for this season will be challenges and changes. The first mailed early October. If we missed you please contact the USA Open Championship of the new region office at (888) 873-9478. For convenience please use millennium will be hosted by the our web page www.ovr.org as much as possible. This site Ohio Valley Region. All of you should contains a wealth of information and is updated almost daily. consider entering a team in the National Championship. You do not For our adult teams the region is hosting the 2000 Open Championships at the Columbus Convention Center at the end have to be a true Regional Cham- of May through the beginning of June. This 2 part event at a pion to qualify. If you have never venue most of you have participated in is available to all AA-B participated in this event, now is your teams as well as age categories. All OVR teams are eligible to chance to take part in the ultimate enter. Please check our website regularly for updated infor- volleyball experience. If playing is not mation. The region will also be hosting tournaments for adult an option and you want to be a part teams (Michelle Fox – Coordinator) at Kent State after the registration tournaments (January 8-9 and January 15-16). of it, we need your help! Emi Vishoot Tentative dates are January 29, February 5-6, February 26- is functioning as the volunteer co- 27 and March 11-12. Sign up early and check www.ovr.org for ordinator, please check the web site competition levels. for information. The changes for the new season are extensive. The new Our junior population in 1999, players and coaches, who scoring system, officiating mechan- represent the bulk of our membership, participated in more than 300 sanctioned events. These events also included our ics, scorekeeping and some rule national bid qualifier and record setting junior championships. changes are making it difficult for me to recognize our game! These What’s new for 2000 – rally scoring and officiating changes, changes were mandated by the please attend a free clinic (see Referee’s Chair article). This National office and we're hoping they is a must to keep the region moving forward. are open for review at the seasons' As always, have a great season. end. The Ohio Valley Region repre- sents the largest adult population in Ronald Wyzynski the country. It is our hope that the quality and number of events offered will provide you with a satisfactory Volleyball Web Addresses season. I want to encourage all members to be knowledgable about The Ohio Valley Region Web address: www.ovr.org www.usavolleyball.org – USA Volleyball the rules of the game, and the www.volleyball.org – Volleyball WorldWide policies and procedures of the OVR. www.cvu.com – Collegiate Volleyball Update – Men’s and Women’s We all must demonstrate good www.volleyball.com – Guest Book, Tournaments, etc. sportsmanship and appropriate www.vball.net – Michael Solovy’s Volleyball Page behaviors no matter how intense the www.xnet.com/~schneid/vball/shtml – Schneid’s Volleyball Page competition becomes. I want all of www.volleyball.org/usav/rolly.html – Rolly Keenan’s volleyball Page www.fivb.ch – FIVB, includes rulebook (PDF format) our members to play hard and play www.olympic-usa.org – U>S> Olympic Committee often! www.beachmania.com – AVP Newsletter
Ohio Valley Region of USA Volleyball 3 Patterns of Growth in the Ohio Valley Region Steven J. Donahue Hello! My name is Stephen J. Donahue and I have served on the Board of Directors for eight years. I am one of the people who truly work behind the scenes. For the past six years I have done the computer registration for the OVR and the number of registrations has increased every year. In addition, both the number of teams and percentage of female participation have increased significantly. The charts shown below offer some interesting facts about the growth of the Ohio Valley Region. TOTAL OHIO VALLEY REGION, INC. MEMBERSHIP: TOTAL NUMBER OF TEAMS: • Membership has increased 141% from 4007 members • The number of teams increased 81.5% from 530 teams in 1993 to 9670 members in 1999 in 1994 to 962 teams in 1999 • The number of junior players has increased 253% from • The percentage of junior teams has grown from 57% of 2005 players in 1993 to 7075 players in 1999 the total number of teams in1994 to 81% of the • Junior players and coaches represented 83.5% of the total number of teams in 1999 OVR membership in 1999 • The number of junior female teams has grown 160% • Junior players represented 73% of the OVR member- from 293 teams in 1994 to 763 teams in 1999 ship in 1999 • The number of adult teams decreased 22% from 230 • The number of male players has decreased 8.5% from teams in 1994 to 180 teams in 1999 1537 players in 1994 to 1416 players in 1999
Total Membership for 1999 TOTAL FEMALE MEMBERSHIP: Junior Junior Coach Regular Collegiate • Females represented 85.4% of the Ohio Valley Female 6909 610 610 125 Region membership in 1999 Male 166 395 837 18 • The number of female players has increased 119% from 3763 players in 1993 to 8254 players in 1999 Total 7075 1005 1447 143
1999 Regional Championships Men’s AA Men’s AA 2nd place CHAMPIONS
SIX BUCKS KATTUS/OUTSIDERS 5-Brian Whiteside, 2-Dave Chapman, 10-Dan Row 1: 9-Jeff Moody, 7-Scott Thomas, Jim Passon Mihacevich, 7- Jason Oliver, 3-Chris Van Arsdale, 8- Row 2: 12-Mike Torch, 17-Marlin Weisenbarger, 20- Adam Spitznagle Rob Ebright, 14-Todd Daignault
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1999 Regional Championships Men’s A
Men’s A Gold OVR 2nd place CHAMPIONS
KATTUS/MIZUNO PITTSBURGH BLACK Row 1: Tom Silbernagle, Rick Honeyman, Niles Row 1: 4-Val Pennington, 12-Bill Fitch, 5-Greg Lockley Richards, Eric Krauss, Mascot -Kendyl Krauss Row 2: 6-Mike Rumbaugh, 3-Jeff Yurko, 18-Sean Row 2: Dan Jeffers, Mike Albright, Patrick Nartker, Rob Clements, 9-Scott Grubbs Gatrell Regional Men’s A silver 2nd place CHAMPIONS
CLUELESS YOUNGSTOWN/MIZUNO Row 1: 12-Ben Wendt, 2-Jason Sigala, 1-Bill Woodward, Row 1: 18-Brian Ferry, 5-Mark Schneider, 14-Adam 5-Angel Umali Masternick Row 2: 8-Neil Ferreri, 3-Kyle Louks, 10-Eric Miracle, Row 2: 2-Joe Maslyk, 6-Greg Powell, 4-Rod Sheffer 11-Derek Newman Championships
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1999 Regional Championships Men’s BB
Men’s BB Gold 2nd place CHAMPIONS
MARION VBC ICE Row 1: 4-Derek Bolinger, 21-Keith Atherton, Row 1: 37-Drew Teanan, 8-Danny Shankel 1-John Brown, 11-Duane Holben Row 2: 7-John Rodgers, 10-Matt Boarman, 14-Chuck Row 2: 6-Dennis Gallogly, Dan Holestine, Cort Mussleman, 23-Mark Donaldson, 13-Kevin Troyer Bradburg Regionals
Men’s BB Silver 2nd place CHAMPIONS
DOMAIN ADVANCE THIRD DEGREE Row 1: 12-Matt Riffel, 24-Nick Rose Row 1: 7-Tim Gallagher, 5-Mike Mewhinney, Row 2: 4-Mike Lorenz, 6-Pat Hale, 10-Jeff 9-Lee Beaumont Robinson, 7-Mick Humston Row 2: 12-Frank Matusak, 3-Paul Synenkyj, 6-Rick Mindzora, 10-Gene Traxler
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1999 Regional Championships Men’s B
Men’s B Gold 2nd place CHAMPIONS
BUDWEISER FLYING BORSKI BROS. Row 1: 7-Keith Whitaker, 6-Mike Tudosie, 4-Dave Row 1: 5-Tony Goolsby, 8-David Rowell Peterson Row 2: 3-Dave Duricky, Jack Tamburello, 22-Dan Byers, Row 2: 8-Keith Hoffman, 1-Craig Phillips, 3-Joe Pike, 9-Teddy Ruxpin 2-Steve Miday OVR Regional Championships Men’s B Silver 2nd place CHAMPIONS
DIRTY BIRDS NEWARK VBC Row 1: 23-Matt White, 6-Chris Borling Row 1: Bill Lamar, 2-Chad Gibson, 1-Jason Bannworth Row 2: 11-Brian King, 9-Jim Dziczkowski, 25-Rich Row 2: 9-Bill Helfer, John Boeckl, 4-Mike Svatora Zurowski, 4-Tim Pressley
Ohio Valley Region of USA Volleyball 7 1999 Regional Championships women’s aa Women’s AA Gold 2nd place CHAMPIONS
KATTUS WESTWAY Row 1: 12-Darlene Eismann, 14-Janet Haneberg Row 1: 7-Kristi Conlon, 5-Stacie Cunningham Row 2: 4-Lori Keller, 8-Sue Silbernagel, 9-Dionne Pettit, Row 2: 3-Alisha Bable, 6-Cass Dixon, 2-Janet Jaeger, 5-Sheila Nussbaum 8-Amy Filiagg
women’s AA Silver 2nd place CHAMPIONS
FARRA’S HVW Row 1: 5-Kara Dinn, 15-Kim Atherton, 17-Susan Coscarelly Row 1: 15-Jess Price, 4-Erin Blubaugh, 1-Marla Kemler Row 2: 3-Stephanie Pettit, 10-Jen Moore, 9-Carrie Moness, Row 2: 13-Valori Dunn, 14-Lee Ann Weber, 18-Carol Smith 4-Jodie Whitney
From the Women’s Tournament Diector Michelle Fox
Welcome to a new season of USAV Volleyball! I hope you are all excited to get out on the court and play. As always, it is my goal to keep the competition within the women's brackets as fair and even as possible. That will even be more critical with the new rally scoring system that we will be using this season, where all matches will be rally scoring games to 25 points.
There are already many tournaments listed on the schedule, with plenty of opportunities to play for teams at all levels. If you are interested in hosting a tournament, please contact me. See the Adult Tournament Packet which is posted on the OVR web site for information on what is involved in running a tournament. If you have access to a gym, you can run a tournament!
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1999 Regional Championships woMen’s a women’s a gold 2nd place CHAMPIONS
THE DEVELOPMENT CENTER TEAMWERKS Row 1: 2-Kim Koman, 1-Carrie Boerio, 3-Jenny Kipker Row 1: 99-Vicki Culotta, 18-Angela Dechant, 5-Sherry Row 2: 8-Rhonda Slotta, 6-shelley Benson, 4-Kellie Zigo, O’Callaghan, 26-Kathy Harris 5-Wendy Asp Row 2: 8-Ann Jackson, 22-Becky Blue, 7-Shelly Miller, 24-Dee Dee Wodecki, 3-Kelley Hartley
WoMen’s A silver 2nd place CHAMPIONS
TEAM TEQULIA ROOF SPORTSWEAR Row 1: 7-Leslie Hartman, 4-Heather York, 8-Patti Leugers Row 1: 5-Michelle Fox, 6-Julie Claypool, 15-Megan Gill Row 2: 2-Tracy Budd, 13-Jennifer Grace, 21-Caroline Row 2: 7-April Walkley, 11-Holly Kotlin, 3-Jen Fernandez, drees, 5-Chrissy York 10-Yontami Jones
Ohio Valley Region of USA Volleyball 9 1999 Regional Championships woMen’s BB AND B woMen’s bb 2nd place CHAMPIONS
BUCK - ALUM CHARLESTON - TOTAL CHAOS Row 1: 2-Sara Adkins, 3-Sara Scott, Amy Kucharski Row 1: 4-Robin Tignor, 1-Jessica Peddie, 3-Deanna Hamilton Row 2: 1-Sarah Conn, 4-Diane Steiger, 8-Brittany Row 2: 2-Stacey Johnson, 5-Lori Mourier, 7-Cindy Bryant, Van Deusen 8-Cathy Hicks. Not pictured - Kristi Legg woMen’s B 2nd place CHAMPIONS
RENEGADES DOMAIN/RED DOGS Row 1: 6-Karen Horwatt, 12-Denise Schmidt, 24-Kathy Snarey Row 1: 4-Joanne Lakomski, 8-Karen Kordish Row 2: 23-Deb Speakman, 3-Suzy Holmes, 7-Cathy Stasik, Row 2: 5-Natalie Travis, 6-Amanda McInturff, 2-Cary 9-Deb Hayen Sppes, 1-Megan Higgins 1999 Junior Regional Championships 13 Gold Division Champs MIZUNO CINCY CLASSICS SILVER Row 1: 18-Karlee Wyrick, 20-Lauren MacArther, 7-Lisa Gregory, 2-Katie Garber Row 2: Gary Litzler, 14-Brittany Starkey, 11-Susan Kurtz, 15- Danielle Meyer, 6-Molly Slepitza, Gina Litzler
Junior Regional Championship photos were sent in by the coaches, not all teams in all divisions are represented. Congratulations to all champions! More Junior Regional Photos on Pages 10,11 and 16.
Ohio Valley Region of USA Volleyball 10 1999 Junior Regional Championships 14 Club Titanium Division Champs 14 Club Plutonium Champs
Y-VOLLEY MIZUNO CINCY CLASSICS WHITE - 14s Row 1: 6-Colleen Funk, 7-Rachel Sabo, 9-Madison Omahne Row 1: 17-Ashley Morgan, 11-Eryn Speed, 20-Abby Wersel Row 2: 2-Veronica Jatsek, 5-Jaclyn Snyder, 8-Nicole Battaglia, Row 2: Asst. Coach-Heidi Reisenberg, 21-Kelly Menner, 2-Meaghan 3-Diana Feitl, 4-Jennifer Bennett Mooney, 13-Dawn Lower, 5-Megan Shuba, Head Coach-Juliann Herron
14 Club Bronze Division Champs 14 Club Silver Division Champs
COVE NORTH SHORE RED Row 1: 15-Lindsay Jenkins, 14-Rachel Rodebeck, 8-Alexis Row 1: 9-Stephanie Winkel, 18-Tiffany Woudstra, 46-Kim Stall, 7-April Rittenhouse, 6-Natalie Hinton Zanotto, 13-Victoria Kasten Row 2: Coach-Judy Hahn, 12-Toni Roberts, 13-Stacie Robinstine, Row 2: Becky Spear, 23-Caroline Smith, 42-Jenny Eckert, 21-Erin 10-Erin Schaffner, 11-Kristen Kilicky, 18-Christy Palitto, Coach-Dory Conter, 45-Jamie Eckert, 3-Elise Gardner Jenkins
15 Club Silver Division Champs STARS AND SPIKES - 15s Row 1: 10-Kaila Stratton, 22-Kendra Caskie, 12-Lacey Klear, 14-Amanda Borer Row 2: 32-Coach Kim Myers, 40-AShley Wietholter, 8-Kylie Hakin, 44-Katey Wilhelm, 42- Kelly Krienbrink
Ohio Valley Region of USA Volleyball 11 1999 Junior Regional Championships 13 Platinum Division Champs 15 Club Copper Division Champs
NORTHWEST OHIO JRS - 13s NKVC - 15 Black Row 1: Ashley Lentz Row 1: 9-Brittany Barlage, 3- Lydia Fleck, 7-Ashley Lammers Row 2: 1-Trisha Slusser, 61-Alishia GAnger, 18-Kay Varno, Manager-Brad Row 2: 1-Megan Metzner, 5-Abby Homan, 6-Katie Fleck, 2-Lindsay Row 3: 37-Beth Mumaw, 51-Danika Davies, 6-Jessica Hoelsher, 4-Katie Elking, 8-Joanna Schwieterman, 4-Ashley Caffer Wierwille, Coach JoAnn Bambauer
Junior Regional Championship photos were sent in by the coaches, not all teams in all divisions are represented. Congratulations to all champions! More Junior Regional Photos on Pages 9 and 16.
college coaches and spectators were not there to watch Rockets On a Roll at USA Junior Nationals us. However, word travels fast, and by the time we were by Kathy R. Kleinhuizen 5-0 they were there to watch this quirky team from Greater Cincinnati work hard to stay alive and pull off Prior to stepping on to the court at Nationals, the KVT another win. Rockets set only one goal and that was to be the hardest working team in the gym. The Rockets are proof positive We hope that our performance will generate additional th that hard work pays off with a 5 place finish in the 16 visibility for the OVR and Greater Cincinnati Volleyball so Open Gold Division at New Orleans. that all the players get a better opportunity to achieve their goals, especially in the area of recruiting. As for the In pool play KVT went 5-1 after defeating Utah Jrs., KJVA, Rockets, the major lesson we learned in all of this is that Austin Jrs., Nike Heartland and Sierra Pacific. The anything is possible if you put everything into it…it overall tournament record was 5-2 after losing to sounds like a cliché but it’s the truth. Munciana Banana Slugs (#1 seed) in pool play and to Circle City in the quarterfinals. This outstanding effort The KVT Rockets 17’s will be putting everything into it landed Lindsey Macke (setter) and Michelle Davis again and get back to Nationals for the third straight year. (Outside Hitter) on the 16 Open All Tournament Team; an So congratulations to the members of the Rocket family. honor they will never forget. You earned every point, every game, and every match and a 5th place National finish. WAY TO GO! The reason this is so extraordinary is because we were such an anomaly at Nationals compared to the other KVT Roster: Laura Bogenschutz (S), Michelle Davis teams. Here we were an unknown club, only 7 players, (OH), Susie Grout (OH), Kelly Knueven (MB), Holly no sponsor, no matching fear and a fan section that would Kreyling (MB), Lindsey Macke (S), Amber Wilkins (RS), not stop growing as the tournament went on. When the Head Coach – Kathy Kleinhuizen, Asst. Coach – Kirsten first match started it was obvious at courtside that the Werner.
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A boys High School tournament was held during the Adult Regional Champion- ships in April to give high school boys exposure to USA volleyball.
CARROLL PATRIOTS KENT ROOSEVELT VARSITY Row 1: 4-Chris Woolery, 18-Ben Sprauer, 12-Bob Row 1: 12-Josh Swartzlander, 44-Chris Stroble, 4- Keck, 1-Gary Fisher, 2-David Bereda Erik Nieman, 8-Jeff Harrell Row 2: Coach-Melissa Rowlett, 11-Randy Worley, 14- Row 2: 24-Chris Lewis, 34-Troy Damicone, 32-John Nick Scott, 19-Chris Rowlett, 20-Bill Humston, 13-Eric Wells, 25-Dan Barabas Drerup Row 3: Head Coach-Jeff Thompson, 21-Jim Sweeney, 33-Will Harper, 7-Billy Russell, 22-Matt Burns, 3- Giacomo Furlani, Asst. Coach-Tony Mosca
UPPER ARLINGTON GOLDEN BEARS Row 1: 26-Ty Kuamoo, 8-Jason fistick, 6-Paul Headley, 13-Andy Snouffer, 12-Bryan Smeenk, 5-Brody Donovan Row 2: 25-Seth Heydlauff, 28-Clark Belfanti, 9-Kyle VANDALIA BUTLER AVIATORS Evans, 22-Doug Hanke, 19-Mark Hanke Row 1: 9-Aaron Prine, 6-Andy Wirick, 13-Clint Miller, Row 3: Head coach-Rod Ebright, 32-Andy Merritt, 2- 11-Scott Langford Jamie North, 23-Will Hogan, 10-Mark Seidelman, 11- Row 2: Jenna Miller, Asst. Coach-Mike Koehl, Head Tim Baker, 17-Matt Prescott, asst. Coach-Steve Roeder Coach-Bill Miller, 15-Jon MIller, 7-Tony Priser, Bonnie Prine, Danielle MIller
Ohio Valley Region of USA Volleyball 13 Significant USA Volleyball Rule Changes back zone, it is not counted as a substitution. These replace- ments are unlimited. Only the player whom he/she replaced may for 1999-2000 replace the Libero. After the Libero is replaced, he/she must stay out one rally before replacing another player in the back zone. Rule 3.1 Ball Characteristics Replacements may take place: 1) at the start of the game after The ball may now be constructed with synthetic leather and the the 2nd referee has checked the line-up and 2) while the ball is appearance characteristics are now “It shall be uniform and light out of play before the 1st referee blows the whistle for service. in color or a combination of light colors.” Rule 11.4 Exceptional Substitution Rule 4.1.1 Open Team Composition The priority for using players as an exceptional substitute now For USA Volleyball Open Competition, each team has the includes the Libero player as the last priority for use. option to register on their roster one specialized defensive player “Libero” Rule 12.4.5 Ball “out” The rule now specifies that the ball is “out” when it touches a Commentary 5.1.1 Visible Undergarments player then contacts the floor outside the boundary lines on that If undergarments are worn and are visible, they must now be player’s side of the net; and specifies that the “touch” signals “similar,” not “identical,” and the same color for any team [Signals 6 and 7] should be used to indicate this fault. members who wear them. Rule 13.2 Consequences of a fault Rule 7 Scoring System 13.2.1 now states that the consequence of a fault is a loss of rally Rule 7 is amended to reflect the change to all rally scoring. The [Signal 1]. The opponent of the team committing the fault wins best of three or best of five games will win matches. Each non- the rally and scores a point. deciding game will be won by the team that first scores 25 points with a minimum two-point advantage (no scoring cap). If Rule 17.5.2 Execution of the Service there is a deciding game, it will be won by the team that first The server must contact the ball within eight seconds after the scores 15 points with a minimum two-point advantage (no first referee’s whistle for service. scoring cap). Point will be scored on each rally. If the receiving team wins the rally, they score a point and gain the serve. Rule 24.1 Categories of Misconduct Rule 24.1.1 states that minor misconduct offenses are not subject Rule 9 Team Line-Up to sanctions. It is the first referee’s duty to prevent the teams from When a team uses the option to register a Libero player, the approaching the sanctioning level by issuing a verbal or hand Libero’s number must also be indicated on the line-up sheet of signal warning to the team through the game captain. This the first game, along with the numbers of the six starting warning is not a penalty and has no immediate consequences. It players. should not be recorded on the score sheet.
Rule 11.2.2 United States Rules - Modified Substitutions Rule 24.5 Sanction Cards Fifteen substitutions are maximum permitted each team in each 24.5.1 Warning Verbal or hand signal only game, and unlimited individual entries are permitted within 24.5.2 Penalty Yellow card those fifteen team subs. 24.5.3 Expulsion Red card 24.5.4 Disqualification Yellow and red cards held together Rule 11.3 The Libero Rule 11.3 is amended to reflect the use of the Libero Defensive Rule 25.2.3 Referee Signals Player in the United States Rules. Any team participating in Immediately after a referee blows the whistle to signal the end of Open Competition has the option to register a Libero player on a rally, that referee indicates with the official hand signals [Rule its roster. Regular substitutions remain limited to six team subs 30]; If the fault is whistled by the first referee, he/she will indicate: and one individual entry per player. Only one Libero will be a. the team to serve, allowed per team. There are special rules if the Libero player is b. the nature of the fault, and injured and cannot continue. The Libero player’s number must c. the player at fault, if necessary. be placed on the line-up sheet for the first game of each match, The second referee will follow the first referee’s hand signals by in addition to the numbers for the starting six players. The repeating them. Libero player must wear a uniform of a different and contrasting If the fault is whistled by the second referee, he/she will indicate: color and/or design than that of the rest of the team in order to a. the nature of the fault, be readily recognized on the court. b. the player at fault, if necessary, and Libero Playing Actions: The Libero may replace any player in a c. following the first referee’s hand signals, the team to serve. back row position. The Libero may not serve, block or attempt In this case, the first referee will not show the nature of the fault to block. The Libero may not complete an attack-hit from or player at fault. anywhere if at the moment of contact the ball is entirely higher In the case of a double fault, either referee must indicate: than the top of the net. A teammate may not complete an a. the nature of the faults, attack-hit on a ball, if the ball is contacted when it is completely b. the players at fault, if necessary, and higher than the net, if it is coming from an overhead pass c. the team to serve as shown by the first referee’s hand signals using the fingers by the Libero if the Libero sets while in the repeated by the second referee. front zone. The ball may be freely attacked if the Libero makes the same set from behind the front zone. Rule 30 Official Hand Signals Libero Replacements: When the Libero replaces a player in the Some signals have changed and faults added to signal diagrams.
Ohio Valley Region of USA Volleyball 14 From the Referees’ Stand USAV Rule Changes for 1999-2000 are outlined in the Rick Laskey article on page 13. Congratulations to our newest Junior National Referees: Dan I would like to thank the many people who have helped Litteral (Tipp City, OH) who was successful at the Mid-East me so far. Lee Beaumont, Ron Wyzynski, Bob Price, Qualifier in Indianapolis this Spring and Jimmy McKinzey Bill Zehler, and Rick Laskey have been very helpful. (Cincinnati, OH) who earned his badge at the Junior Na- tionals in New Orleans this Summer. Ron Moose was evalu- ated at the boys session in New Orleans and was invited to An update of the Tournament Director's Handbook and try for his National rating at the U.S. Open Championships Application for Sanction will be completed and mailed to in Columbus next May. Way to go, Ron! Club Directors during October. Anyone else wishing to Kudos also to our newest National Referees awarded their run a tournament, please email ([email protected]) patch at the 1999 Men's Collegiate Club National Champi- or call me (937-615-0959) to receive the handbook. onships (NIRSA's) in College Park, MD - Joseph Salak, Jr (Pittsburgh, PA) and Emi Vishoot (Dayton, OH). Joe Salak, Bid Tournament dates and sites are currently being dis- Jr also received his PAVO National rating at the National cussed and hope to be established by November. My Rating Site at Duquesne University in early September. goal is to have all Bid Tournaments completed by April 16. Tentative sites include Toledo, Kent, Westerville, The free, mandatory, all-day (9am to 6pm) officials' clinics Oxford and Youngstown. Anyone wishing to host a Bid will be held at Westerville South High School on Saturday, Tournament, please contact me. December 4, 1999, and at a the Kresge The- ater on the campus of Carlow College in Pitts- I am currently accepting applications burgh on Sunday, December 5, 1999. Al- for OVR sanctioned Junior tourna- though there still will be make-up clinics in “There are signifi- ments. December 1 is the anticipated first date for internet listing of junior January and February at Kent State, Ohio cant changes in Northern, and the University of Dayton, there tournaments at the OVR web site will be a $20 fee for attending a make-up clinic rules, mechanics, (http://www.ovr.org). I will use Lee's by an existing OVR referee. scorekeeping, and mailing list for the publishing of the scorekeeping, and junior tournament schedule. Trial run The latest list of OVR referees, rule changes techniques for the for this will be sometime in late Octo- for the upcoming season, and the latest infor- upcoming USAV ber-early November. I may need help with this. I look forward to helping the mation on officials' clinics and rating sessions season.” can be found on our website at: www.ovr.org tournament directors and club coaches. All professional referees in the OVR have been mailed a dues reminder letter and questionnaire over For the mandatory USAV clinics this December you will the summer. If you did not receive yours in the mail, please have a choice - December 4 at Westerville South H.S. let me know ASAP. Please renew your OVR membership in or December 5 at Carlow College in Pittsburgh. Details a timely manner. Your membership expires October 31 of will be in your renewal packet which will be mailed next each year. Remember that you MUST attend a USAV clinic week if you have not already received it at one of the EACH YEAR and pass the Form A test EACH YEAR. college clinics. Please make plans to attend either Dec. 4 or Dec. 5 from 9am to 6pm. As you probably have There are significant changes in rules, mechanics, already heard, the scoresheet is completely new and scorekeeping, and techniques for the upcoming USAV sea- there are several significant changes in rules and me- son. Please review the USAV rule changes listed below and chanics. If you cannot attend Dec. 4 or Dec. 5, there will plan on attending one of the USAV clinics in December. If be a $20 charge to attend one of the make-up clinics in you want to get a head start on learning the new USAV January or February. scoresheet you may download a copy from the USAV website at: http://www.usavolleyball.org/pub/downloads.htm If you know of any prospective USAV referees, please have them attend one of the two Dec. clinics. The new scoresheets can be found under the headings In- door Score Sheet - International Single Game and Interna- Please make note of my new e-mail address: tional Deciding Game. The instructions for the new [email protected] scoresheets can be found at: http://www.usavolleyball.org/ pub/rule_book.htm The new USAV Rulebook itself is avail- Have a great season! able for download at the same site. Rick Laskey
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Dexter Chiropractic After four years of playing at the US Open Championships, Dexter Chiropractic finally By Denise La Monte came home with a medal. Dexter finished second in the Women’s BB Silver Division. 41 teams traveled to San Jose, CA to compete in the Women’s BB division at the end of May. In pool play Dexter defeated Sugargliders from Sugarland, TX; Tigers from Rochester, NY; and Latitude Attitude from Laguna Beach, CA. Dexter lost to Downstate VBC of Chappaqua, NY; Harborside of Boston, MA and Set to Kill of Springfield, MO. Dexter was part of a three-way tie for third place but finished 5th in pool play after the tiebreakers were calculated. The top three teams of each pool went to the Gold Division, the next three to the Silver Division and the last two from each pool to the Bronze Division. Dexter went undefeated going in to the finals of the Silver Division by beating Wicked Wahines of RVC from Richmond, VA (15-4, 15-8), Nucombers from Sykesville, MD (15-8, 15-13), Kungaloosh from North Providence, RI (15-9, 15-8) and MIT Women’s Volleyball from Cambridge, MA (17-15, 15-12). In the finals lost to UREZ of Chicago, IL (9-15, 6-15) and fell in the deciding game 14-16. Once again we had a great time and would like to thank the Ohio Valley Region for their continued support. We’d like to send special thanks to Emi Vishoot for checking in on us and cheering for us when she was “allowed.” We’d also like to thank Terry Pictured: Denise LaMonte, Terri Turner, Melinda Miller and Steve DiBacco and the rest of the Ohio Valley teams for coming over to Lasure, Chana Tepe, Katherine Tome, Kim Antill watch us play and cheer us on. Not pictured: Christie Hughes Congratulations to the rest of the Ohio Valley teams who made the trip! We’re looking forward to Nationals in 2000 in Columbus! No Touch - Men’s A
Shawn Spencer - Men's A Team, No Touch: This was our team's third trip to the national championships and every year it continues to be an exciting and challenging event. The level of play was certainly outstanding this year at San Jose and we were pleased to finish first in our opening pool with a 2-1 record. This qualified us to compete for the championship in the Gold Division. Although our matches were close and we had opportunities to advance, we finished with only one win and two losses in our playoff pool and finished ninth place in our division.
Miami Valley Masters 50’s Rick Laskey
Seeded 4th in our 6-team pool, we faced such powerhouses as Outrigger (who were seeded 5th in our pool, but eventually won the Gold Division!), Kings Mountain Fog, and Roof. We finished in 6th place in our pool and 23rd overall, putting us in the Silver Bracket. Losing to Six Pack in the first round put us in the losers' bracket where we struggled back defeating Down East and Facedig before meeting up with Six Pack again, who proceed- ing to put us out of the tournament.
Playing with the Miami Valley Masters in San Jose were: setters Rick Laskey (Xenia, OH) and Jacque Henes (Dayton, OH), Kneeling, left to right: 52-Terri Miller, 1-Rick Laskey, middle hitters Terry Miller (Dayton, OH) and Lyman Johnson Manager-Emi Vishoot, 4-Steve Crane Standing, left to (Conshohocken, PA), and outside hitters Steven DiBacco (Huber right: 17-Steve DiBacco, 5-John Newman, 8-Tom Fulton, Heights, OH), Tom Fulton (Troy, OH), John "Newmo" Newman (Kent, OH), and C.L. "Steve" Crane (Houston, TX). 9-Jacque Henes, 6-Lyman Johnson
Ohio Valley Region of USA Volleyball 16 56th Annual 1999 Junior Regional Air City Tournament Championships Invitations and entry forms will be mailed by mid-Decem- Copper Division Champs ber for this year's Air City Tournament, scheduled for Sat- urday, February 12 and Sunday, February 13 at the Univer- sity of Dayton, Wright Patterson AFB, the Athletic Domain, and other Dayton area sites. The entry fee is $75 per team. Five or six-team brackets will be formed to play a round- robin starting at 9:00 a.m. each day. Divisions are: Satur- day: Men's AA and A (Invitational), Women's AA and A (In- vitational), Sunday: Men's BB and B, Women's BB and B. Teams must be registered in advance with USAV to partici- pate. For entry forms and further information, please contact: Rick Laskey, 900 Brush Row Rd., Xenia, OH 45385-9554, (937) 372-8878 (home/fax), [email protected] (e-mail) or check the OVR website at: http://www.ovr.org/mw/ BLUE CHIP WHITE - 12s tournaments.html. The tournament committee Row 1: 9-Kari Horn, 4-Annie Kathman, 5-Krista Williams reserves the right to choose the teams (in AA and A) and Row 2: 3-Sarah Wood, 6-Megan Kirkpatrick, 2-Samantha set up the brackets from all paid entries received by the Washam Row 3: Coach-Jenny Weaver, 7-Amy Keirle, 10-Meg entry deadline, Monday, January 31, 2000 at 7:00 p.m. Free Donnelly, 1-Becky Hendrian, Coach-Kelly Begley officials' clinics for player referees and a make-up clinic for professional referees will be held Friday, February 11, 2000 in Room 10 of the University of Dayton Fieldhouse starting Silver Division Champs promptly at 6:30p.m.
BOD Voting Results Voting for the Board of Directors took place April 10-11 at the Adult Regionals and also at the Junior Championships on May 1-2 and May 8-9. The total number of ballots cast was 419. The top five vote getters serve a three year term which expires in the year 2002.
Bill Zehler 297 Terry Miller 273 GLASS CITY VBC - 13 DIAMOND Glenn Purdy 226 Row 1: 5-Megan Cherry, 1-Karlie Herron, 27-Nikki Kulka Bob Dickenson 140 Row 2: 23-Nikki Markowski, 3-Lauren Soldner, 33-Jocelyn Keith Burke 127 Blijzak, 10-Sidney Sterling Ed Hine 126 Row 3: 20-Kelsey Hall, Coach-Tim Bauer, 4-Amanda Jim Evans 119 Jennings Junior Regional Championship photos were sent in by the coaches, not all teams in all divisions are represented. Congratulations to all champions! More Junior Regional Photos on Pages 9 and 16.
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Highlights of the August 14, JUNIOR TOURNAMENT PACKAGE: The packet is to be made available some time in October via the 1999 Board Meeting Internet web page: http://www.ovr.org/juniors/juniors.html 2000 SEASON TOURNAMENT RECOMMENDATIONS: Present were: Lee Beaumont, Bob Dickenson, Steven The OVR Board recommends that teams with illegal uniforms be DiBacco, Steve Donahue, Al Herbert, Rick Laskey, Terry Miller, allowed to play their pool matches but that they forfeit those matches. Bob Price, Glenn Purdy, Ron Wyzynski, Emi Vishoot,. For seeding purposes for playoffs, all forfeited games are recorded Absent were: Michelle Fox, Patty Salvatore, Pam Washburne, as 0-25. Leigh Washburne, Bill Zehler Guests: Tom Kohl, Jeff Belmonte The OVR Board recommends that adult tournament format be 5 team pools with 2 ˆ 25 point rally scored games. Playoffs will be best of 3 Bob Price called the meeting to order at 9:15 am. games with the first two games 25 points and the third is 15 points.
REGISTRATION: Keith Burke was elected to finish the term of Men's Tournament Our total registration for the 1999 season was 9,657 members. Director. More registrations with summer camps are yet to be added. Registration is completed October 31st. We should end up BOYS JUNIOR PROGRAM about 9,800 and may be the largest region in the country. Our Emi Vishoot distributed a letter and other forms for Boys number of bids to next year’s Junior Nationals will depend upon JuniorTournaments. These tournaments will be run from October our final registration for this year. We could receive as many as through February. A Regional Championship will be held in February. 5 bids per division. The Board needs to consider a new position of Boys Junior Program Director. USA OPEN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS OVR will be hosting the 2000 USA Open Volleyball Champion- RESIGNATION OF BOARD MEMBERS: ships in Columbus May 27 through June 3rd. The event will Two OVR Board members (Jeff Yeager and Lee Beaumont {Effective include a new category of CO-ED, which will be run during the 8/15}) offered their resignations. A series of potential Board mem- second half of the tournament. There will be 30 courts in the bers were offered and discussed. After discussion, Jeff Belmonte CCC and two more courts in Batelle Hall. There is concern that and Shelley Lemaster were elected to replace the departed Board these will not be enough courts given the additional CO-ED members. category. Ron and the Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau have offered 8 additional courts in the Veteran‚s JUNIOR NATIONAL NEWS: Memorial Building about 3 blocks from the CCC. These courts Jeff Belmonte announced the deadline for registration information for would only be used for the second part of the tournament (May teams qualifying for the Junior Nationals Tournament is the Thursday 31 through June 3rd.). This offer is being considered by USA BEFORE the last National Qualifier (April 27th, 2000). The Region Volleyball. One of the concerns is a potential lack of officials. had some difficulties last year with getting all of our qualified teams OVR officials (Regional and Junior National) may want to keep (from our Bid Tournaments) entered correctly and on-time. This also the tournament dates open since you will probably be able to means that ANY team participating at the final Qualifier will need to work as 2nd officials. Emi Vishoot and Terry Miller will work as enter their registration information with the National Office even local Volunteer Coordinators. before the Qualifier begins. So that if they place high enough at the Qualifier, that they can then attend the National Tournament. May JUNIOR TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: 8th is the deadline for the OVR to notify that National Office which Lee Beaumont resigned his position as Junior Tournament teams are qualified from our Bid Tournaments. Director due to moving to North Carolina for a new job. The responsibilities of this position were defined: CAP CLINICS: •Coordinate all Juniors Tournaments Bob Price informed the Board that the OVR will probably be hosting •Publish Junior Tournament Packet CAP I & CAP II clinics on January 8 and 9th in Columbus. Club •Run Bid Tournaments Directors will need to be trained and certified in administration of a •Help run Junior Championships with Bill Zehler club organization. •Run the Kent State Annex Juniors Tournaments •Make budget for this function OVR HANDBOOK: •Work with Art for team seedings Rick Laskey supplied a tentative outline for the Region’s Handbook. •Keep Tournament Schedule updated via email and the Internet Individuals responsible for portions of the Handbook are to send their Tom Kohl was elected to replace Lee Beaumont as Junior portions to Pam and Leigh Washburne, the Region’s Publications Tournament Director. Editors. The Washburnes are working on the Fall Newsletter, which will be distributed to all adult and junior members. There will not be a DUE PROCESS PROCEDURE: separate Juniors Newsletter. Bob Dickenson distributed an updated draft of the Due Process Procedure document. Emi Vishoot distributed her recom- mended changes. Emi was charged with updating the original draft and passing it on to Ron W. Ron with then give it to the Region’s lawyer for review. The Procedure will be discussed further at the October Meeting.
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Ohio Valley Region of USA Volleyball 19 OVR Board of Directors Executive Director/CEO Women’s Tournament Director Other Board Members: Ronald J. Wyzynski Michelle Fox Shelley Lemaster (fulfilling Jeff 315 Johnson Road 4516 Stagecoach Trail Yeager’s term) Kent, OH 44240 Copley, Oh 44321 9576 Wells Road 888/873-9478 (toll free) 330/666/8709 home Plain City, OH 43065 330/678-4601 home 330/666/0089 fax (614) 873-1672H 330/688-6461 work E-mail: [email protected] (614) 876-4277W 330/673-2514 fax E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Junior Tournament Director Tom Kohl Bob Dickenson Commissioner/President 955 E. Snodgrass Road 825 Stonequarry Road Bob Price Piqua, OH 45356 Vandalia, OH 45377 496 Illinois Avenue (937) 773-7273 937/890-6814 home Westerville, OH 43081 E-mail: [email protected] 937/890-6815 fax 614/882-2468 home/fax E-mail: [email protected] 614/895-6040 work Publications Editors E-mail: [email protected] Pam Washburne Alan Herbert Leigh Washburne 4440 Merlin Avenue Registrar 22350 Natasha Lane Uniontown, OH 44685 Ron Wyzynski, see above South Lyon, MI 48178 330/896-3205 home 248/437-4263 home E-mail: [email protected] Referees’ Chair 248/437-0655 fax Rick Laskey E-mail: [email protected] Glenn Purdy 900 Brush Row Road 1201 Melrose Xenia, OH 45385-9554 Webmaster Lima, OH 45801-3439 937/372-8878 voice/fax Nick Nystrom 419/225-3421 home E-mail: [email protected] 3945 Stonecliff Drive E-mail: [email protected] Monroeville, PA 15146 Scorekeepers’ Chair 412/372-1817 home Patty Salvatore Terry Miller E-mail: [email protected] 9905 Whitewood Road 6340 Frederick Pike Brecksville, OH 44141 Dayton, OH 45414 MIS Director 216/526-1295 home 937/890-7109 home/work Stephen J. Donahue E-mail: [email protected] 5401 Rochelle Drive Junior Program Director Stow, OH 44224 Jeff Belmonte (fulfilling Lee Bill Zehler 330/342-3951 home/fax Beaumont’s term) 1376 Oxford-Trenton Road E-mail: [email protected] 412/635-9869 Hamilton, OH 45013 E-mail: [email protected] 513/726-6739 home/fax Junior Tournaments Results E-mail: [email protected] Coordinator Emi Vishoot Art Faura PO Box 24142 Men’s Tournament Director PO Box 799 Huber Heights, OH 45424 Keith Burke Oxford, OH 45056 (937) 236-1554 4785 Lake Forrest Blvd. Apt 1B 5123/524-2283 voice/fax (937) 236-6710 fax Westerville, OH 43081 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] (614) 818 9465 voice (614) 818-2665 fax Treasurer E-mail: [email protected] Larry Smith 3919 Wyoga Lake Road Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44224
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The Back Page - Guest Commentary
As we move into the year 2000 we are confronted by a dizzying array of changes in all aspects of life. Beginning with the 2000 season we will have all rally point games for matches at all levels of play in Juniors and adults. This will bring a great deal of grumbling about how this will affect the game on both the play and officiating side. Coaches and players will say it will make all teams less aggressive. If you teach your players to play every point the same and not pay attention to the score, there is no reason to get tentative.
Officials have to learn a new combination of signals, which is a different sequence than at either the high school or college level. The reasoning behind the changes are many including bringing us up to the level of the International game. The changes in signaling are for the spectator’s advantage, as they will know who gets the ball, and then what the fault is. Also, with rally scoring, tournament direc- tors will better be able to predict the timing of their matches. This will allow the use of facilities that perhaps are only open until 6 p.m. because of leagues or other reasons. Because of this, we should see more facilities being used for volleyball and as a result more opportunities for both juniors and adults to play.
Now more than ever, the scorekeeping at the junior level must be improved to facilitate matches. Coaches should remain at the score’s table with their kids when it is their turn to provide the referee support. Emphasis on scoring will be much higher this year during all officiating clinics. Please help make the 2000 season an enjoyable one. Let’s embrace the changes and help grow the game.
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