USAV Bids 2026

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FPYCparent wrote:The official bid tracking spreadsheets were updated today. BRVA seems to have accepted the USA division bids (14s and 15s). The Metro and MDJRS bids are also reflected in the documents. I'll update the first post...and I'll hold off on my bid-declining rant for now. . Basically, don't compete for a bid if you aren't going to accept it.

One 18 National division bid has been reallocated, so CHRVA is now second in line to get another bid there (would have VAJRS moving up based on current results). Not sure how 5th place from Bid Reginald will be determined. I've heard it was up to a coin toss in recent years.

Metro 17 Travel got an open bid in Boston. Not sure if any other CHRVA teams have gotten additional bids yet this weekend, but with Metro having open bids at 15, 16, and 17s, it sets up an interesting test of how the Metro National teams at those age groups will stack up at regionals in 2 weeks without the Travel teams there.

NEQ for 18s and 17 Open is next weekend and it is probably another good shot for Paramount 17s to get their open bid. They were 6-2 in Boston and just missed making top 4, going 1-1 in their gold pool.

I'm sure Coach Nick lost his mind over this. Paramount was banned from going to Sunshine b/c so many complaints about his behavior- there were tournament officials at each match to keep him in check the last time Paramount played at Sunshine. If Paramount keeps it up they'll be down to fewer and fewer qualifiers

Keep your dramas to yourself. Every coach may have his/her outburst in the past but it's tough love and nothing else. Coach Nick is still well respected in the DMV.

Keep drinking the kool-aid. It's quite the opposite and it's impacting their recruiting.

This is a ridiculous and demonstrably false statement. You are telling me the team that Coach Nick has coached since U14 (that is currently a U17 team) has had their recruiting negatively impacted? In the class of 2027, they have a Penn State commitment (this was the year after they won the National Championship), a Vanderbilt commitment, a UCONN commitment, a Delaware commitment, and an Old Dominion commitment. The Penn State commit also made the USA U19 National Team, which clearly wouldn't have happened if Coach Nick or Paramount weren't in good standing with college coaches or with USAV. Why didn't Metro's star 2027 middle (who is a phenomenal player) make the USA U19 National Team if Silvia is so well-respected and well-connected? You don't have to like the guy, but the lengths that people will go to to lie is just ridiculous.

Nice that the Penn State commit will be joining the 3 other CHRVA players on their roster.

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FPYCparent wrote:The official bid tracking spreadsheets were updated today. BRVA seems to have accepted the USA division bids (14s and 15s). The Metro and MDJRS bids are also reflected in the documents. I'll update the first post...and I'll hold off on my bid-declining rant for now. . Basically, don't compete for a bid if you aren't going to accept it.

One 18 National division bid has been reallocated, so CHRVA is now second in line to get another bid there (would have VAJRS moving up based on current results). Not sure how 5th place from Bid Reginald will be determined. I've heard it was up to a coin toss in recent years.

Metro 17 Travel got an open bid in Boston. Not sure if any other CHRVA teams have gotten additional bids yet this weekend, but with Metro having open bids at 15, 16, and 17s, it sets up an interesting test of how the Metro National teams at those age groups will stack up at regionals in 2 weeks without the Travel teams there.

NEQ for 18s and 17 Open is next weekend and it is probably another good shot for Paramount 17s to get their open bid. They were 6-2 in Boston and just missed making top 4, going 1-1 in their gold pool.

I'm sure Coach Nick lost his mind over this. Paramount was banned from going to Sunshine b/c so many complaints about his behavior- there were tournament officials at each match to keep him in check the last time Paramount played at Sunshine. If Paramount keeps it up they'll be down to fewer and fewer qualifiers

Keep your dramas to yourself. Every coach may have his/her outburst in the past but it's tough love and nothing else. Coach Nick is still well respected in the DMV.

Keep drinking the kool-aid. It's quite the opposite and it's impacting their recruiting.

This is a ridiculous and demonstrably false statement. You are telling me the team that Coach Nick has coached since U14 (that is currently a U17 team) has had their recruiting negatively impacted? In the class of 2027, they have a Penn State commitment (this was the year after they won the National Championship), a Vanderbilt commitment, a UCONN commitment, a Delaware commitment, and an Old Dominion commitment. The Penn State commit also made the USA U19 National Team, which clearly wouldn't have happened if Coach Nick or Paramount weren't in good standing with college coaches or with USAV. Why didn't Metro's star 2027 middle (who is a phenomenal player) make the USA U19 National Team if Silvia is so well-respected and well-connected? You don't have to like the guy, but the lengths that people will go to to lie is just ridiculous.

I would not say that the PP is necessarily lying. There are lots of urban legends going around in the parent circles. You hear a story from a "knowledgeable" parent, then you share it with others, including on DCUM. Every single one of us was on Mount Stupid at some point and spoke with a lot of confidence about things we didn't really understand. Some people simply spend more time on Mount Stupid than others - what matters is to figure out when you have no idea what you are talking about and stop believing everything you hear. But I can also see why others could try to paint a nasty picture of other clubs and intentionally lie to accomplish whatever goals they might want to accomplish. Some might have some personal beef with Coach Nick. I don't know the guy (and there is very little chance that I will ever see him), but I read his name a lot on this forum.

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Can someone help me understand how the CHRVA accepts the teams for the regional bid? https://www.advancedeventsystems.com/events/41449

I assumed it would be the top 12 CHRVA rankings from the USAV National list (as long as they didn’t win a National bid or have actually registered) but I see higher ranked teams waitlisted and lower ones accepted.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone help me understand how the CHRVA accepts the teams for the regional bid? https://www.advancedeventsystems.com/events/41449

I assumed it would be the top 12 CHRVA rankings from the USAV National list (as long as they didn’t win a National bid or have actually registered) but I see higher ranked teams waitlisted and lower ones accepted.

https://cdn2.sportngin.com/attachments/document/1d1a-2794789/2026_CHRVA_Junior_Girls_Bid_Tournament_57_.pdf
This gives you everything you are looking for.

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It's based on "SportsEngine AES Power Rankings", with "Show National Ranks" checked.

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Anonymous wrote:It's based on "SportsEngine AES Power Rankings", with "Show National Ranks" checked.

It's not only this, though; teams have to meet specific criteria about the number and kind of tournaments they play in, and the club must be pre-registered for USAV Nationals by the specified cutoff time.

Imagine being on a highly ranked team, and your club director fails to register your team on time!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone help me understand how the CHRVA accepts the teams for the regional bid? https://www.advancedeventsystems.com/events/41449

I assumed it would be the top 12 CHRVA rankings from the USAV National list (as long as they didn’t win a National bid or have actually registered) but I see higher ranked teams waitlisted and lower ones accepted.

CHRVA uses the AES national rankings. They are the only rankings that include all of a team's match results against other AES teams. USAV rankings generally only include USAV sanctioned tournaments (no AAU, JVA or LOVB). While CHRVA is obviously a USAV region the USAV rankings are essentially brand new and has some issues. The AES national ranks incorporate a lot more strength of schedule data into the ranking and make it harder to be ranked highly even though you are only competing in local tournaments. For example, Capital Hill and Triple Crown aren't sanctioned USAV events and aren't included in the USAV results. But you are facing tougher competition at both of those tournaments than a typical local CHRVA tournament or even a USAV qualifier in the lower divisions (see the CHRVA teams who competed in American divsions and faced a lot of 1000+ national ranked teams, resulting in a very good USAV ranking but a national ranking 400 or more ranks lower).

For the teams that compete at the upper levels of USAV qualifiers (Open, USA and Liberty depending on the strength of the qualifier) the USAV ranks are generally pretty accurate though and map reasonably well to the AES national ranks.

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Anonymous wrote:It's based on "SportsEngine AES Power Rankings", with "Show National Ranks" checked.

I see it now. Thank you!

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CHRVA uses the AES national rankings. They are the only rankings that include all of a team's match results against other AES teams. USAV rankings generally only include USAV sanctioned tournaments (no AAU, JVA or LOVB). While CHRVA is obviously a USAV region the USAV rankings are essentially brand new and has some issues. The AES national ranks incorporate a lot more strength of schedule data into the ranking and make it harder to be ranked highly even though you are only competing in local tournaments. For example, Capital Hill and Triple Crown aren't sanctioned USAV events and aren't included in the USAV results. But you are facing tougher competition at both of those tournaments than a typical local CHRVA tournament or even a USAV qualifier in the lower divisions (see the CHRVA teams who competed in American divsions and faced a lot of 1000+ national ranked teams, resulting in a very good USAV ranking but a national ranking 400 or more ranks lower).

For the teams that compete at the upper levels of USAV qualifiers (Open, USA and Liberty depending on the strength of the qualifier) the USAV ranks are generally pretty accurate though and map reasonably well to the AES national ranks.

Makes sense - thank you!
Appreciate the explanation.

[FPYCparent]

Am I correctly seeing some Blue Ridge teams accepted to next weekend's CHRVA Bid Regionals? That's new (for this year, at least).

Metro 18s may have earned an Open bid today by making Gold bracket at NEQ. If confirmed, their National division bid will flow to VAJRS 18s, and so on. Other CHRVA teams are in Gold at NEQ and MEQ, but I don't know if anyone else has locked in a bid.

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FPYCparent wrote:Am I correctly seeing some Blue Ridge teams accepted to next weekend's CHRVA Bid Regionals? That's new (for this iiyear, at least).

Metro 18s may have earned an Open bid today by making Gold bracket at NEQ. If confirmed, their National division bid will flow to VAJRS 18s, and so on. Other CHRVA teams are in Gold at NEQ and MEQ, but I don't know if anyone else has locked in a bid.

Metro 18s did get their open bid They made gold bracket and 5 of the 8 teams in gold already have an open bid, so the remaining 3 teams (which includes 18’Travel) earned bids.

Metro 17 Travel beat Paramount 17s for the second week in a row on Saturday. It was a really tight 3-set match. Paramount 17s seem to be struggling with injuries, with some players clearly playing at less than 100%.

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Metro 14 Travel got second at MEQ 14 Open.

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Anonymous wrote:Metro 14 Travel got second at MEQ 14 Open.

With the bid for 14 Open, Metro has earned bids in every age group with an open division except for 13s. Should shake things up a bit for regionals with Metro Travel teams not attending for many age groups. The obvious beneficiary would seem to be Paramount, but Blue Ridge seems to be planning to attend regionals from 14s-17s, and perhaps the Metro National teams could make a run too.

As an aside, the single match Metro 15 Travel lost at MEQ was the first match they lost all season. They're something like 47-1 on the season which is a pretty impressive record considering it's mid-March and they've gone to two really tough qualifiers.

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FPYCparent wrote:Am I correctly seeing some Blue Ridge teams accepted to next weekend's CHRVA Bid Regionals? That's new (for this iiyear, at least).

Metro 18s may have earned an Open bid today by making Gold bracket at NEQ. If confirmed, their National division bid will flow to VAJRS 18s, and so on. Other CHRVA teams are in Gold at NEQ and MEQ, but I don't know if anyone else has locked in a bid.

Metro 18s did get their open bid They made gold bracket and 5 of the 8 teams in gold already have an open bid, so the remaining 3 teams (which includes 18’Travel) earned bids.

Metro 17 Travel beat Paramount 17s for the second week in a row on Saturday. It was a really tight 3-set match. Paramount 17s seem to be struggling with injuries, with some players clearly playing at less than 100%.

Rooting for all the Paramount teams to qualify for the Open bids.

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Rooting for all the Paramount teams to qualify for the Open bids.

Paramount 18s might not even earn a USAV bid. This past weekend, they played in the USA division at NEQ and finished 21st. So far, they have not had a strong season. They are also not attending the final 18s qualifier, the Mideast Qualifier, this weekend. Their best chance may be a trickle-down bid from the region