22nd Annual Las Vegas Invitational

Women’s Volleyball Tournament

August 24 & 25, 2012

Welcome to the 22ndannual Las Vegas Invitational Women’s Volleyball Tournament. All coaches must attend a tournament meeting which will be held at 1:00 at each site on Friday, August 24. Tournament packets will be reviewed and any last minute changes will be made at this time. The team pools, time schedule, and tie-breaker procedure is as follows.

Pools A-D at Las Vegas High School – 6500 E. Sahara Ave., LV, NV 89142

Pool APool B

1. Westlake1. Bishop Gorman

2. Sierra Vista2. Buhach Colony

3. Cedar City3. Basic

4. Chaparral4. Arbor View

5. Legacy5. Sunrise Mt

Pool CPool D

1. Spanish Springs1. Reed

2. JW North2. Las Vegas

3. Palo Verde3. Durango

4. Rancho4. Moapa Valley

5. Virgin Valley5. Canyon View

Pools E-G at Green Valley High School – 460 Arroyo Grande, Henderson, NV 89014

Pool EPool F

1. Golden Valley1. Green Valley

2. Coronado2. Carson City

3. Shadow Ridge3. Sylmar

4. Boulder City4. Pahrump

5. Calvary Chapel5. Desert Oasis

Pool GPool H

1 Skyline1. Clovis North

2. Bonanza2. Centennial

3. Faith Lutheran3. Foothill

4. Liberty4. Meadows

5. Lake Mead Christian School5. Western

Pool Play:

Everyone will play each team in their pool two out of three games. The first two games will be 25 point rally scoring with a cap of 27 points. The third game will be rally scoring to 15, no cap. High School Federation Rules apply.

Everyone will be expected to help with the refereeing by providing 2 linesmen, 1 scorekeeper, and one person to operate the visible scoreboard. The times listed below are approximate. Games may start earlier. Be ready to play!

The warm up for each team’s first match will be 8 minutes; each team will receive 4 minutes on the net. After your first match on either day the warm up will be 3 minutes per team. Playing order, refereeing assignments, and times will be the same for all pools and will be as follows:

Playing order for 5 team pools:

Friday - 24thReferee Team

1:30 p.m.2 vs 41

2:30 p.m. 1 vs 52

3:30 p.m. 3 vs 45

4:30 p.m.1 vs 23

5:30 p.m.3 vs 54

6:30 p.m.1 vs 45

7:30 p.m.2 vs 34

Saturday, August 25

8:30 a.m.4 vs 53

9:30 a.m.1vs 32

10:30 a.m.2 vs 51

Final tournament brackets will be determined by pool number and pool record 1st and 2nd place teams frompool play will qualify for the top 16 (Gold/Championship Division). 3rd,and 4th, place teams will qualify for the Consolation Division. 5th place teams will be placed in the Challenger Division. For the four team pools, the challenger match will determine final bracket position.

**If a team should depart early from tournament on Saturday, the team they competed against in the match preceding their departure will move forward in the bracket in their place.

Tiebreaker procedure

Two way tie: The winner of the head-to-head competition is the higher seed.

Three way tie: (1) record of games won

**If this results in one team being eliminated from the tie and the other two teams remain tied then the head to head results from the two tied teams will determine place finish.

(2) record of games lost

*If this results in one team being eliminated from the tie and the other two teams remain tied then the head to head results from the two tied teams will determine place finish.

(3) Overall number of points scored by tied teams against each other in pool play

Awards:

Awards will be given for first and second place winners of each division. Ten all-tournament players will be selected along with one tournament MVP.

All courts will have 16 available balls for warm-ups (8 per team). No food or drink will be allowed in the gym other than water bottles. There will be a concession stand set up outside the gym if players and guests would like to buy snacks and drinks. All food must remain outside – coolers/boxes of food must remain outside the lobby. A trainer will be available at each site, but teams should have their own training supplies.

Admission:

Adults tickets $6.00

Students $3.00

Children under 8 years old will be granted free entry.

Valid CCSD Employee ID and NIAA Passes are accepted with photo ID.

No Family Passes Accepted