Nebraska 12 Intrateam Tournament 09

Format: Five minute warm-up. Most matches are the best of two sets with a 10 point match tiebreaker instead of a third set. On the second week some matches not involving traveling team playoffs may be 8 game pro sets. There is a 2 minute break after split sets, with no coaching allowed. No new balls will be given for third sets. Matches may begin as early as fifteen minutes prior to scheduled time, so please check in at least fifteen minutes before your scheduled match time. If you have a tiebreaker, please ask for an official. There are 4 boys and 4 girls round robin groups. The 4 players in each group will play each member of their group.

Please be aware this is a 2 weekend tournament to be held on the weekends of Feb 7-8, and Feb 20-22. On the weekend of February 7 & 8, all matches will begin after12 noon Saturday, continue into Saturday evening, and end Sunday by 12 noon. The majority of the matches will be held on Saturday, with a few matches scheduled on Sunday morning. The Second weekend of the event matches will also be held Saturday afternoon and evening, and Sunday morning. Based on results from the competition on the first weekend, players will be regrouped on the second weekend to determine final placement.

For Girls, there are 8 spots available for the travelling team. Those players in the Gold group are now on the travelling team. In the Girls Silver group, the top 3 finishers will be on the travelling team. The last place player in Girls Silver may be challenged by the first place finisher of the Bronze group for the final open spot if those two players have not played yet in this two week event. In the Boys, the first 2 spots go to returning number 1 and 2 players David Liu and Kevin Cahoy, there are 6 remaining spots available for the travelling team. All in the Gold group are on the travelling team. In the Boys Silver, the top place finisher of the Silver is assured of a travelling spot. The final spot will be determined by the following process: The second place player in the Silver group may be challenged by the top finisher in the Bronze group unless the Bronze player has lost to any of the Silver 2nd, 3rd or 4th place players during this tournament. If the Bronze top finisher has lost to any of the 2nd,3rd or 4th players, there will be no challenge and the Silver 2nd place will get the final travel spot. After all matches are done prior to the challenge round,if a player is unable to be on the travelling team, and has won a spot, that player will be pulled out of the order of placement to determine if there will be a challenge match with the remaining players using the above criteria.

The results of these matches will determine who the top eight for boys and girls will be for the traveling team to Oklahoma City, Memorial Day Weekend, for the Missouri Valley 12 Team Championships. Qualifying players are expected to go to Oklahoma City, and if there is a problem should immediately notify Larry Newton at 402-3972587. Nebraska has won three and placed second twice in the last five 12 Team Championships. All players who qualify for the travel team are required to play in the Nebraska 12 Endorsement tournament in May, unless there are age eligible or endorsement issues, to help establish the final rankings. Eight places for boys, and eight for girls, are eligible for Oklahoma City. NOTE: From past experience, those players (Boys & Girls) finishing within the top 12 to 16 have a good chance to go to the Oklahoma event as an alternate. Nebraska is usually notified 2-3 weeks prior. All players have an excellent opportunity to play. (However you may be representing a team other than Nebraska). All players in the tournament are eligible to participate in the team practices.

Traveling Team placement: Please remember, even if you do not make the traveling team, everyone has the opportunity as an alternate for a chance to go to the Oklahoma event. Girls placement: The top 8 place finishers will be on the Travelling team Boys placement: The top 6 place finishers will be on the boys travelling team. The top 2 spots are already taken by the first and second place players from last year, David Liu and Kevin Cahoy. A more specific deion on which groups place where will be posted on this web site on the weekend of the final competition.

Boys 1. David Liu 2. Kevin Cahoy 3.Sean Padios 4.Christopher Dean 5.Stavros Piperis 6.Caleb Shudak 7.Cameron Spurrier 8.Jacob Winger 9.Brock Dillon 10.John Loughran 11.Skylar Lowe 12.Thomas Kennedy 13.Bruno Keip 14.Kyle Crowl 15.Nathan Singh 16.Mitchell Mallet-Hiatt 16.Jack Camenzind 16.Nicholas Tran Girls 1. Teresa Kaiser 2.McKinney Harwood 3.Sadie Goering 4.Kaley Clark 5.Bianca Lowe 6.Sydney Harlow 7.Abby Bergsten 8.Lizzie Harwood 9.Julia Tatten 10.Mary Kate Mulhall 11.Gayathri Evani 12.Tatem Miller 13.Claire Neil 14. Jessamyn Proulx-Morin 15.Tyranny Miller 16.Xindi Chen