February 16, 2020 – By NJP
Day Two Update from the 2020 Atlantic Northeast Bid Tourney at Spooky Nook…
18U OPEN
POOL 2: Warren SixPack 18-2 seeded 19th went 3-2 overall with a big win over the #9 Lehigh Valley Inferno 25-19 and 25-22. Vanguard Gold appears to be an outstanding squad as they stopped 18-2 in two straight. Warren SixPack 18-2 will move to the Diamond Bracket and will try to win two games to finish 11th. Club Lehigh Inferno seeded 9th with 2 NJ players finished 1-2 on day 1 and 1-1 on day 2 leaving them in the Ruby bracket and will need to win 2 games to finish 19th overall.
POOL 3: Warren SixPack 18-1 seeded 3rd breezed through all five opponents thus far including NYC Impact 18 Black, Capital Sliders 18, and the Houston Stars 18 Adidas in day 1 and PVC Sandlot in Day 2. They were tested a bit by The St. James 18 who took them to three sets but 6Pack prevailed. Their first game Monday is at Noon as they advance to Gold Bracket undefeated and will face #6 ranked Sportime 18-1.
18U USA
POOL 1: Atlantic Valley 18-1 seeded #11 went 2-1 losing their first match to PCVC 18-1, beating Club Lehigh Fire, and then going three sets to edge Horseshoe VBC 18 Redball. They won both games on Sunday to finish pool play at 4-1. They enter the Gold bracket on Monday and will match up against Coastal VA 18 at 8AM.
17U OPEN
POOL 3: Warren SixPack 17-1 seeded 14th (really?) won 2 of 3 matches losing a heartbreaker to Adversity 17 Adidas 22-25, 30-28, 12-15 on Saturday. Sunday they split 2 matches to finish at 3-2. This earned entry into the Gold bracket to face Yorktowne 17 Blue (who is undefeated) and will face Rochester Pace Bootlegger 17 (also undefeated) if they win.
POOL 8: CJVA Flemington 17-1 Black seeded 25th had a rough day losing three straight Saturday but battled with the Capital Sliders in their third match (20-25, 24-26). Sunday they dropped two matches and will play in the Ruby bracket Monday.
17U USA
POOL 1: Warren Sixpack 17-3 seeded 16th lost 2 of 3 matches Saturday. They beat Infinity 171 Blue in three sets. They lost both matches Sunday to finish 1-4 in pool play.
POOL 2: AVVC 17-1 seeded 10th lost all three matches Saturday and both matches Sunday.
POOL 3: Warren SixPack 17-2 seeded 6th won all three matches handily Saturday and both matches Sunday. They enter the Gold bracket Monday. CJVA Flemington 17-2 seeded #20 lost all of their matches Saturday and both matches Sunday.
Tune in for more updates through the holiday weekend…