NCSAA Soccer and Volleyball Championships

Thursday, October 27, 2011 - Saturday, October 29, 2011

2011 NCSAA Soccer and Volleyball Championships

Girls' Varsity Soccer
Boys' Varsity Soccer
Girls' Varsity Volleyball

October 27-29, 2011
Family First Sports Park (Erie, PA)

Final Registration Deadline - Monday, October 17, 2011

Date: October 27-29, 2011

Registration Deadline:

The 2011 NCSAA Soccer and Volleyball Championships is open to girls' varsity soccer, boys' varsity soccer, and girls' varsity volleyball teams. Teams from any region of the country are welcome to attend.

This tournament will be limited to a maximum of 16 girls' varsity soccer, 24 boys' varsity soccer, and 24 girls' varsity volleyball teams. Register soon in order to be sure to claim a spot!

The final registration deadline is October 17, 2011. At this time we will close registration to begin making the brackets and schedule for the tournament.

Tournament Format:

This tournament will be limited to a maximum of 16 girls' varsity soccer, 24 boys' varsity soccer, and 24 girls' varsity volleyball teams -- and will include a maximum of two girls' soccer, three boys' soccer, and three girls' volleyball divisions.
Soccer Divisions: Teams will be placed into divisions (Division 1, Division 2, or Division 3) based upon the results of pool play or Opening Round match-up games, or based on pre-tournament seeding (depending upon the total number of teams registered).
Volleyball Divisions: Divisional breakdown (Division 1, Division 2, Division 3) will be determined by the results of pool play.
Homeschool teams are welcome to participate, as long as their players meet our eligibility requirements. (1 - All players must be regular members of your team during the season. 2 - High school graduates are not permitted to participate with your team. 3 - All team members must be homeschooled or not a member of any other school soccer or volleyball team.) If you are a homeschool team that is interested in participating, please be sure that your players meet these requirements. Feel free to call for clarification, if necessary.

Tournament Features and Information:

Tournament Description:

The NCSAA Soccer and Volleyball Championships offers an exciting post-season championship tournament experience -- in a Christ-centered environment -- for your soccer and volleyball teams. Highly-organized and hosted at excellent facilities, this event allows teams of all sizes and levels to finish their seasons with the challenge and reward of a competitive post-season tournament -- and also provides significant opportunity for your players to gain exposure to college coaches and recruiters.

Tournament Format:

This tournament is open to Christian and private schools from any region of the country. The tournament will be limited to a maximum of 16 girls' varsity soccer teams, 24 boys' varsity soccer teams, and 24 girls' varsity volleyball teams, which will compete in as many as two girls' soccer, three boys' soccer, and three girls' volleyball divisions.
Boys and girls in grades 8-12 are eligible to compete. You may obtain a waiver (verbal approval) for 7th grade athletes to participate, if necessary, by contacting NCSAA in advance of the tournament.
Girls will be permitted to participate with your boys' soccer team if your school does not have a girls' soccer team in attendance.
Each soccer team will play three or four games during the tournament. Each volleyball team will play extensive pool play, and then at least two full matches. If you have any concern regarding the number of games or matches your team might play, please give us a call.
Soccer Skills Contests: A special evening of soccer skills contests (Ball-Handling Challenge and Penalty Kick Shootout) will be held on Friday night.
Volleyball Skills Contests: A special evening of volleyball skills contests (Server's Challenge and Set and Hit Contest) will be held on Friday night.

Closing Ceremony and Awards:

All participating teams will be recognized during each division's closing ceremony, which will also include a special time of recognition and prayer for each team's senior athletes. Each senior athlete will receive a special gift from NCSAA.
Awards will be presented to the 1st and 2nd place teams in each division.
A number of players from each team will be named to an All-Tournament Team and will be presented with specially-designed NCSAA All-Tournament Team patches to recognize their selection to this team. Each team will also have the opportunity to nominate players for consideration for the annual NCSAA Super-Regional and All-American Teams.

Christ-Centered Environment and Team-Building Opportunities:

We provide a consistent spiritual challenge for your athletes throughout the event -- from the devotional challenges at the Opening Program and the Friday evening skills contests, to the unique Scripture reading and devotional booklet provided to all of your athletes for their use during each day of the event, to the spirit of mutual encouragement and healthy competition typically displayed at this event, to the ministry and outreach opportunities presented (as part of the NCSAA Hearts and Minds Project) to your team during the event, to the unified time of team prayer for senior athletes at the Closing Ceremony. This NCSAA event is distinctive in its goal of being more than just an athletic event; we desire that your players deepen their relationships with God and their teammates during their time here!
Various Christian colleges and universities will be present at the tournament to interact with the student-athletes. This will provide your student-athletes with an opportunity to learn more about a variety of Christian colleges (many of which have committed to supporting your schools as NCSAA Christian College Sponsors during the year). Teams that attend our tournaments have remarked that this feature has been very valuable, as the event doubles as an opportunity to expose your athletes to the value of and options for Christian education beyond high school.

Beneficial Exposure for Your Athletes:

Each team's top athletes will be recognized in the "Players to Watch" section of the packet given to all college coaches who attend the event (as well as many college coaches that request these materials after the tournament). This opportunity presents your players with a great chance to be seen by college coaches, scouts, and recruiters.
Select games and matches from the tournament will be broadcast live online (via live video on iHigh.com, and/or via audio broadcast on the NCSAA web site). College coaches are able to follow these games and matches online, providing additional recruiting exposure for top teams and athletes -- and parents and fans are able to watch their teams play!

Location:

Family First Sports Park
8155 Oliver Road
Erie, PA 16509

Family First Sports Park houses sixteen (16) outdoor soccer fields and (4) regulation high school hardwood volleyball courts at its facility in Erie, PA. The 80-acre property also includes two indoor soccer fields, numerous indoor and outdoor basketball courts, a Fun Center (with many indoor attractions that are open at this time of year -- miniature golf, arcade, inflatables, and more), Golf Dome, and a variety of other activities -- so you'll have plenty to do while you're at the tournament!

Check out details about the Park via the links below:

Team Registration Fee (per team, per event):

$350 for NCSAA member schools
$425 for non-member schools

Your registration fee is non-refundable, except in the event of the cancellation of the tournament.

Ask about our new Team Sponsorship Program, if you'd like more information about how your team can receive some assistance to help reduce the cost of your tournament fees and other expenses (travel, lodging, meals) for the tournament. We'd be happy to send you some information on this new money-saving resource!

All teams are expected to pay their full registration fees by the registration deadline date. Any exceptions to this rule must be discussed with and approved by NCSAA. If you have any questions regarding this procedure (or if you are already late with your payment), please contact us ASAP.

Individual Athlete Fee:

$25 per athlete (NCSAA member schools), $30 per athlete (non-member schools)

The individual athlete fee covers:

Tournament Fees -- Provision of all tournament activities and services to the athlete. Our costs in putting on this tournament exceed the total amount of entry fees collected, so the athlete fees help to pay the costs of this event.
Free Admission -- We encourage parents and families to come out to see their teams play, and the athlete fees allow us to offer free admission (for all three days of the tournament). We are happy to be able to make attendance of the tournament games affordable for your families!

Individual athlete fees are due upon your arrival at the tournament. (Most schools have their athletes contribute to cover this fee, as it covers families' admission and other player expenses.) If you have any questions regarding these fees, please contact us ASAP.

Withdrawals:

We understand that occasionally there may be reason for a team to withdraw from a tournament, after having already registered. If any team must withdraw after already registering for the tournament, that team still will be expected to honor its commitment to pay the full team registration fees. NCSAA must budget based on the number of registered teams, and all fees for all registered spots are critical in order to plan for and conduct a successful tournament. Thanks for your understanding of this!

In addition, any team that withdraws from a tournament three days (or less) before the start of a tournament will be required to pay an additional $200 late withdrawal fee (per team), in order to allow us to recoup extra expenses that will we incur in such a circumstance. If you do have to withdraw after having registered, please do so as early as possible -- to avoid this extra fee.

Lodging and Meals Costs:

All teams are required to use one of the following options for their lodging and meals during the tournament (with the exception of local teams that will commute to the park from home each day).

NCSAA requires that teams make their lodging arrangements through FFSP; this agreement with the Park allows us to make the cost of facilities affordable for us -- and, thus, to keep the registration cost for all teams at an affordable level. In the event that the Family First Housing and Conference Center fills, teams may then make their own lodging arrangements. Any team that chooses to make its own lodging and meals arrangements elsewhere (before the time when the Housing and Conference Center fills) will still be required to pay Independent Lodging Arrangement fees (Option #2) listed below.

All teams must contact Rob Marx at Family First Sports Park in order to make their lodging and meals arrangements. The contact numbers are 814-397-6999 (cell) or 814-866-5425, ext. 230 (office).

Housing and Conference Center Option: $85 per person (3 nights), $65 (2 nights)

The 3-night fee covers each person's lodging (at the Family First Sports Park Housing and Conference Center) for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights -- as well as meals for Thursday and Friday (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), and Saturday (breakfast only). The 2-night fee covers lodging for Thursday and Friday nights, as well as meals for Friday (breakfast/lunch/dinner) and Saturday (breakfast only).
This fee also provides each person with a 2-day pass to the Fun Center attractions.
If you need to add on Saturday night lodging, you can do that for an extra $15 per person. Please communicate this to the Park staff, when you make your reservations.
Each team staying in the Housing Center is required to have its coaches staying on-site, as well.
Space is the Housing Center is limited, so be sure to call soon if you want to reserve rooms for your teams to stay on-site.
You will pay Family First Sports Park directly for your housing and meals. You will not pay NCSAA for these costs.
Visit the Family First Sports Park web site via this link for more information about the Housing and Conference Center.

Independent Lodging Arrangement Option: $25 per athlete

If you would rather make reservations at a hotel of your choosing (or if you have some other option for lodging), you may pay an extra $25-per-athlete fee to NCSAA (in addition to the standard Individual Athlete Fees), in lieu of selecting Option #1 above. This is a fee that we are required to pay to Family First Sports Park, as part of our rental agreement, which allows us to keep the cost of facility rental low -- and, thus, to keep the registration cost for all teams at an affordable level.
This option does not provide you with any meals; you will be responsible for your own meals.
This option does not provide you with any passes to the Fun Center attractions. If you wish to use those attractions, you will need to pay separately.
Erie hotels tend to fill quickly, so please be sure to make your decision soon if you are planning to select this option.
If you use the Independent Lodging Arrangement, you must contact NCSAA (as soon as possible) to notify us of your decision…and make your payment of $25 per athlete directly to NCSAA.

Directions:

Family First Sports Park is located at 8155 Oliver Road, Erie, PA 16509.

From Pittsburgh and South:
Take I-79 North to Exit 178A (I-90 East, toward Buffalo). Follow to Exit 24 (Peach Street - old exit 6). Then turn right, and proceed to Oliver Road (at the next traffic light -- 0.4 miles). Turn right onto Oliver Road, and the Park will be on your left side (0.2 miles).

From Buffalo and East:
Take I-90 West to Exit 24 (Peach Street - old exit 6). Then turn left, and proceed to Oliver Road (at the next traffic light -- 0.4 miles). Turn right onto Oliver Road, and the Park will be on your left side (0.2 miles).

From Cleveland and West:
Take I-90 East to Exit 24 (Peach Street - old exit 6). Then turn right, and proceed to Oliver Road (at the next traffic light -- 0.4 miles). Turn right onto Oliver Road, and the Park will be on your left side (0.2 miles).

If you need further assistance with directions, please call 1-888-8GO-PARK.

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