CYC Salvation Army Toy Drive

The CYC toy drive for the Salvation Army was a huge success ~ thanks to all who participated!  We collected over 150 gifts for the children...Debbie, at Salvation Army, was overwhelmed at the amount of gifts that were brought in!  Thank you, CYC family, for making this a special Christmas for so many kids in need!

11 Green with toys to donate

14 Green with more toys

More players and donations

15U-18U Open Gym Food Drive a Success!

Thank You!

Our 15-18U Open Gym was a huge success.  It was well-attended and a huge amount of talent was present in the gym!

More than 150 canned goods were collected and delivered to a local food pantry!  Thank you to everyone who joined us and especially for your generous donations.  

We look forward to seeing you at our tryouts this weekend!  Please contact the head coach for your age group if you have any questions!

15 & Under:  Chris Reid - chrisreidstl@gmail.com
16 & Under:  Matt Ryan - mat_ryan@swbell.net
17 & Under:  Lisa LaRocca - lllvballqueen@sbcglobal.net
18 & Under:  Matt Kalisiak - matthewkalisiak@gmail.com

Eleanor Lorenz verbally commits to Murray State!

Congratulations to Eleanor Lorenz who verbally committed to play collegiate volleyball at Murray State University!  Eleanor is a senior this year at Lindbergh High School and played for CYC 18 Green last year!

11-14U Open Gym and Food Drive a Success!

Thank You!

Our 11-14U Open Gym was a huge success.  We had many talented players participating throughout the day.  More than 200 canned goods were collected and then delivered to a local food pantry.  Thank you to everyone who joined us and especially for your generous donations.  We look forward to seeing you at our tryouts this weekend.

Reminder: OPEN GYM

OPEN GYM!

Want to brush up on your volleyball skills, meet our coaching staff, and help a good cause all at the same time?   Your admission 'fee' is a canned good that will be donated to a local food pantry.  Use the links below to download the flyer and permission form required for participation.

Open Gym Permission Form

Open Gym Flyer

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21 @ Meyer Youth Center

11U         3:00pm - 4:30pm

12U         4:30pm - 6:00pm

13U         6:00pm - 7:30pm

14U         7:30pm - 9:00pm

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 @ St. Louis Community College-Forest Park

15U         1:00pm - 2:30pm

16U         1:00pm - 2:30pm

17U         2:30pm - 4:00pm

18U         2:30pm - 4:00pm

The Meyer Youth Center is located at 4354 South Kingshighway (63109).  

St. Louis CC-Forest Park is located at 5600 Oakland (63110).

You can find maps on our LINKS page!

15U - 18U Tryout Times Announced

Tryouts for St. Louis CYC Volleyball Club have been announced for the 15U - 18U age groups.  All tryouts will be held at St. Louis Community College - Forest Park.

Click on the age group to access the email address for each team's head coach.

15U - Friday, November 16 from 7:00pm - 8:45pm

16U - Friday,  November 16 from  8:45 - 10:30pm

17U - Friday, November 16 from 7:00pm - 8:45pm

18U - Friday, November 16 from 8:45pm - 10:30pm

11U - 14U Tryout Times Announced!

Tryouts for St. Louis CYC Volleyball Club have been announced for the 10U - 14U age groups.  All tryouts will be held at St. Louis Community College - Forest Park.

Click on the age group to access the email address for each team's head coach.

10U - Saturday, October 27 from 12:00pm - 2:00pm

11U - Saturday, October 27 from  9:30am - 12:00pm

12U - Friday, October 26 from 7:30pm - 10:00pm

13U - Saturday, October 27 from 9:30am - 12:00pm

14U - Friday, October 26 from 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Diane Mounts Receives Gateway Region Meritorious Service Award

We are proud to announce that Diane Mounts, longtime coach with St. Louis CYC Volleyball Club, was a recipient of the 2012 Dennis Lafata-Robert L. Lindsay Meritorious Service Award. She was recognized for her contributions to volleyball at the regional level.  A list of Coach Mount's many coaching accomplishments can be found HERE.

Diane Mounts (2nd from right) with the rest of the
13 Green coaching staff last year

Fall 2012 OPEN GYM - 11U, 12U, 13U, 14U

Coming Soon: OPEN GYM!

Want to brush up on your volleyball skills, meet our coaching staff, and help a good cause all at the same time?  Join us for Open Gym at the Meyer Youth Center!  Your admission 'fee' is a canned good that will be donated to a local food pantry.  Use the links below to download the flyer and permission form required for participation.

Open Gym Permission Form
Open Gym Flyer

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21

11U         3:00pm - 4:30pm

12U         4:30pm - 6:00pm

13U         6:00pm - 7:30pm

14U         7:30pm - 9:00pm

15-18U    TBA

The Meyer Youth Center is located at 4354 South Kingshighway (63109).  
You can find a map on our LINKS page!

CYC Alumnae in the news

Maddy Hammack:

MISSOURI BAPTIST VOLLEYBALL STARTS SEASON 2-0
Named Player of the Week!
http://www.mbuspartans.com/article/1055.php

Anna Eytchison:

http://www.loyolaramblers.com/sports/w-volley/recaps/082512aab.html
Named offensive player of the week!
http://www.loyolaramblers.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/082712aaa.html

Kayla Fitterer

Kayla Fitterer reaches 1000 kills.

Meg Riley

Meg Riley had first career triple-double in win over Wright State

Allison Krus:

KRUS LEADS MBU VOLLEYBALL TO WIN

Kristen Besselsen:

Besselsen records 7 kills in 1st collegiate match.

Hannah Wilson and Katie Klages:

Wilson has 6 kills while Klages has 22 digs in leading Evansville to their first win of the year.

Kelsey Reis and Mallory Warrington verbally commit to Arkansas State

Congratulations to 17 Green's Kelsey Reis and Mallory Warrington who recently verbally committed to play collegiate volleyball at Arkansas State University!

CYC 17 Green Hairstyles Grab Attention at JNC

After a loss at the Girls' Junior National Championships in Columbus, OH, the members of CYC 17 Green decided to do something a little unusual to cheer themselves up.  They ended up bringing smiles to many faces in the convention center and found themselves the subject of an article on the USAV website.  Follow the link below to read about it!

Team Hairstyle Grabs Attention at GJNC

CYC at Nationals

Follow all of the CYC teams as USAV Girls Nationals in Columbus, Ohio!  Schedules and results will be posted on Advanced Event Systems.  Click https://www.advancedeventsystems.com/VolleyballResults/ClubList.aspx?e=PTAwMDAwMDIzNzg90&c=138 to the CYC club page.
For LIVE SCORING of CYC 13s and 16s, go to
http://my.volleyballLIVE.com/stlcyc
Enjoy!

CYC 12 Blue at AAUs

Watch players from CYC 12 Blue give AAU's Social Media Coordinator on how to properly serve a volleyball over hand at AAU's National Championship, in Orlando,FL.

Great job teaching these girls, Coach Ashley, Coach Candace, and Coach Laura!

2012 CYC JNC T-shirt Order Form

(click to view larger)

STL CYC Volleyball is proud to have five teams competing in the 2012 USAV Nationals in Columbus, OH and two teams attending AAU Nationals in Orlando, FL.

We are once again offering a specially designed t-shirt listing the seven CYC teams, the locations, and the year.  This year's shirt color is 'antique cherry red' with a three color screen.

Click on the link below to access the order form:
2012 CYC JNC T-shirt Order Form

STL CYC VBC Camps and Clinics - Summer 2012

St. Louis CYC Volleyball Club is pleased to offer several camps and clinics this summer.

ALL SKILLS CAMP
This camp is offered to girls 8-10 years of age at Incarnate Word Academy on July 15th and July 22nd.

It will focus on the teaching of basic volleyball skills such as forearm passing, attacking, setting, overhand serving, etc.  In addition, we will introduce basic floor defense and blocking.  The camp will be run by current CYC VBC coaches.  Follow the links below for registration and waiver documents.

All Skills Registration
All Skills Waiver

SPECIALTY CLINICS
The summer specialty clinics are designed for girls entering 6th - 9th grades.  Each clinic will be 2 hours and will be held at Gateway Sports Complex in Chesterfield on July 8, July 15, and July 22.  A minimum of 8 athletes and a maximum of 16 athletes will be registered per clinic.

The goal of the specialty clinics is to reinforce proper technique for individual skills with high energy and lots of reps.  All participants will be instructed on the overall responsibilities of the position and the importance of aggressive serving.

Available clinics include:  Passing & Defensive Boot Camp, Outside Hitter Clinic, Setter Boot Camp, Middle Blocker Clinic.  Follow the links below for registration and waiver documents.

Specialty Clinic Registration
Specialty Clinic Waiver

Gateway Regional Championships

Once again, CYC VBC had a great showing at the Gateway Regional Championships!  All teams finished in the Gold division and several new Junior National Championship bids were earned!

18 Green:  3rd place (American bid)
17 Green:  1st place (already earned Open bid)
16 Green:  2nd place (National bid)
15 Green:  5th place
14 Green:  4th place
13 Green:  1st place (already earned National bid)
12 Green:  3rd place (American bid)
12 Blue:    5th place
11 Green:  3rd place (no bids awarded in 11U)
11 Blue:    7th place

Congratulations to all teams for a great CYC club season and best of luck to teams who will be competing   into the summer!

CYC Regional Schedule

Come, support your favorite CYC team this weekend at Regionals!

Saturday Schedule:
CYC 12 Green:Hazelwood Central HS-8:00,10:00,1:00
CYC 12 Blue: Hazelwood Central HS-3:30,5:30,7:30
CYC 13 Green: Belleville West HS-2:30, 4:30, 7:30
CYC 14 Green:Belleville West HS-8:00,10:00,1:00
CYC 15 Green:Belleville East HS-8:00,10:00,1:00
CYC 16 Green: Belleville Family Sportsplex:2:30,4:30,7:30
CYC 17 Green: Oakville HS-8:00,10:00,1:00
CYC 18 Green: Belleville Family Sportsplex:8:00,11:00,2:00,5:00

Good Luck to all teams!

Gateway Regionals

The Gateway Regionals are being held this weekend (April 28/29) for CYC's 11U teams, and next weekend (May 5/6) for the 12-18U teams.  


The schedules and locations for all age groups can be found on the GW web page here: http://gatewayvb.org/events.html. 


Good luck to all the CYC VBC teams!

14 Green and 13 Green medal at the Show Me National Qualifier

Congratulations to CYC 14 Green who played in the championship match of the 14 National Division last weekend at the Show Me NQ in Kansas City.  The team lost a hard fought match in the finals to AP 14 Samurai (17-25, 24-26) and came home with silver medals!

CYC 13 Green had another strong qualifier showing, finishing tied for 3rd out of 65 teams playing in the 13 Club Division and bringing home bronze medals!

Both CYC 12s teams and CYC 15 Green also competed in Kansas City last weekend:
CYC 15 Green placed 9th in a very tough field of 15 Open teams, including 7 teams that had already qualified at other tournaments.

CYC 12 Green finished 15th and CYC 12 Blue finished 23rd out of 39 teams competing in the 12 Club division.

St. Louis Volleyball Community Supports the Luenemann Family

On October 14th, 2011, Joan Luenemann, wife of Washington University head volleyball coach, suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage in her brain. The Luenemanns have strong ties to the community as well as to present and former volleyball players.

A benefit for the Luenemanns has been planned for SATURDAY, APRIL 21st at Washington University's South Campus from 12:30pm - 2:30pm.

There will be an alumni volleyball scrimmage to watch as well as contests, silent auctions (for stuff like Cardinals tickets and use of a condo for the weekend), raffles (for Asics shoes, volleyballs, lottery tickets and MORE), and various baked goods for sale. 

ALL PROFITS will go to helping the Luenemann family pay for Joan's medical expenses.

There is a $5 donation at the door (cash or check ONLY).

Click on the following links for additional information:

Benefit Facebook Page

Benefit Flyer

Show Me National Qualifier, Round 2

The younger age groups are in action this weekend in Kansas City as a part of the Show Me National Qualifier.

St. Louis CYC Volleyball has 5 teams competing this weekend:
12 Blue & Green are playing in the 12 Club Division
13 Green is playing in the 13 Club Division
14 Green is playing in the 14 National Division
15 Green is playing in the 15 Open Division

Tournament play began this morning and continues through Sunday.

Check out play schedule and match results by following the link below:

CYC Team Schedules at the Show Me National Qualifier

Lauren Gresham Verbally Commits to Dayton!

Congratulations to 17 Green's Lauren Gresham who recently verbally committed to play collegiate volleyball at the University of Dayton!

17 Green Medals at the Show Me National Qualifier

Congratulations to CYC 17 Green for finishing 3rd in the 17 Open division of the Show Me National Qualifier this past weekend!

CYC 18 Green Photo Op at Show Me Qualifier

18 green, in gm 3, to get to gold pool

Three CYC teams in action this weekend in Kansas City

Follow 16 Green, 17 Green, and 18 Green as they participate in the Show Me National Qualifier this weekend in Kansas City!

Click the link below to see updated results of all the action:

CYC Teams at the Show Me Qualifier

18 Green in action this weekend at the Northeast Qualifier

CYC 18 Green is headed to Baltimore, Maryland this weekend to compete in the 18 Open division at the Northeast National Qualifier.

Follow the link below to see results as the weekend progresses:

18 Green @ Northeast Qualifier

Danielle Rygelski verbally commits to SLU

Congratulations to 17 Green's Danielle Rygelski who recently verbally committed to play collegiate volleyball at Saint Louis University!

More CYC Qualifier Action at Big South in Atlanta

The qualifier season continues in Atlanta this weekend at the Big South National Qualifier.

Over 7000 volleyball players will be in attendance including members of CYC's 14 Green, 15 Green, and 17 Green teams!

Follow the links below to find results:

CYC 14 Green (14 Open)

CYC 15 Green (15 Open)

CYC 17 Green (17 Open)

17 Green Qualifies at MEQ

Congratulations to CYC 17 Green for earning an Open bid to the 2012 Junior National Championship this past weekend at the Mideast Qualifier in Indianapolis!

The team went 8-2 in match play and had the highest point ratio of all 40 teams in the 17 Open division.

Way to go, 17 Green!  We are proud of you!

17 Green Final Point to Earn a Bid at MEQ

Match point for 17 greens bid!!!

Faith Rowles Commits to DePauw University

Congratulations to CYC 18 Green team member Faith Rowles who recently committed to DePauw University!

Faith is the final member of CYC 18 Green's 2012 class to commit to play volleyball at the collegiate level next year!  Congratulations to all of these seniors... we look forward to seeing you in action next year!

Follow CYC teams online at MEQ Indianapolis!

St Louis CYC's 16 Green and 17 Green teams are headed to play at MEQ in Indianapolis this weekend!  Follow the links below to see results as the tournament progresses:

STL CYC 16 Green (16 Open)

STL CYC 17 Green (17 Open)

CYC 13 Green wins MEQ!

Congratulations to CYC 13 Green, the champions of the 13 National division of the Mid-East National Qualifier held in St. Louis this past weekend!  

The team won three straight matches in the gold bracket on Sunday, defeating OVA 13 Asics (25-18, 25-18) in the final match to claim the championship.

In other MEQ action:

CYC 14 Green went 5-2 on the weekend and finished 9th in the 14 National division.

CYC 12 Green went 6-3 on the weekend and finished 28th in the 12 Club division.

CYC 12 Blue went 4-4 on the weekend and finished 35th in the 12 Club division.

All four teams played great volleyball and represented St. Louis CYC well!  

We are proud of you!

12 Green in action

13 green with 12 Green

13 Green watching 14 Green

A few live shots from MEQ

Saturday MEQ Schedule

Friday was a good day for CYC at MEQ, as CYC 13 and 14 Green won their pools!

Schedule for Saturday:

CYC 12 Blue

Play Circle City 12 Black at 3:00 PM on Court 5

Play HP 12 Gold at 5:00 PM (In a rematch from the seeding tournament!) on Court 5

CYC 12 Green

Play STC Xplosion 12 at 3:00 PM on Court 10

Play Kane County at 5:00 PM on Court 10

Play Neb Impact at 8:00 PM on Court 10

CYC 13 Green

Play NE Elite 13 Thunder at 8:00 AM on Court 24

Play Momentum 13 Navy at 10:00 AM on Court 24

Play OVA 13 Asics at 1:00 PM on Court 24

CYC 14 Green

Play  Union 14 at 8:00 AM on Ct 35

Play Memphis Metro at 10 AM on Ct 35

Play Sky HIgh 14 Red at 1:00 PM on Ct 35

Good luck today, Ladies!

Mideast Qualifier

Come Support CYC Volleyball Club at the Mideast Qualifier THIS WEEKEND!

CYC 12 Blue, CYC 12 Green, CYC 13 Green and CYC 14 Green will all be competing at America's Center this weekend as part of the Mideast National Qualifier.

All 4 will be looking for bids to Nationals.

Friday's Schedules: (Click on Team Name for Live Updates and Results)
12 Blue- Court 7
Play PNK at 8:00 AM
Play Sky High 12 Black at 11:00 AM
Play PLVC 121 at 12:00 PM

12 Green- Court 2
Play Skyline 12M Frisco at 9:00 AM
Play Highlands 12 Rox at 11:00 AM
Play Sunshine 12 Westside at 1:00 PM

13 Green- Court 17
Play Nebraska Impact 131 at 8:00 AM
Play Victory 13 Elite at 10:00 AM
Play Club One 12 Black at 1:00 PM

14 Green- Court 32
Play PVA 141 at 8:00 AM
Play 14 Chelsea at 10:00 AM
Play Kane County 14 Gold at 1:00 PM

For Directions, the address is:
St. Louis:America's Center Convention Complex
701 Convention Plaza
St Louis, MO 63101

There will be a $6 admission fee.

Come out and support your CYC Teams!!!

17 Green Verbal Commitments

St. Louis CYC Volleyball would like to congratulate the members of 17 Green who have recently made verbal commitments to play in college:

Stephanie Campbell - AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Melanie Crow - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI

Natalie Gower - TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

Amie Held - UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA

New CYC 13 Green Photo Page

Check out the new CYC 13 Green photo page!

You can access the photos by clicking the '2012 Team Pictures' link on the 13 Green team page or by using the direct link above.

Enjoy!

Marilyn Dick Commits to Florida Tech

Congratulations to CYC 18 Green team member Marilyn Dick who recently committed to Florida Tech!

Power League Results

All of St. Louis CYC's 13-18s teams placed in the recent St. Louis Power Leagues!

14s-15s Power League
13 Green took 5th (1st 13s to ever finish in the Gold)
14 Green took 3rd

16s-18s Power League
15 Green took 21st of 32
16 Green took 18th
17 Green took 2nd
18 Green took 3rd

Congrats to all!