Tournament Director

Glenn Freed
gfreed@ambridge.k12.pa.us

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Entry Fee

$170

Location

Address

Ambridge Area HS
909 Duss Ave.
Ambridge, PA 15003

Web page: http://www.ambridge.k12.pa.us/directions.htm#shs

Maps

(From the Ambridge Area School District web site)

• At Mapquest

Directions

• From the South:

  Take I-79 North to the Sewickley Exit #66. Take Route 65 North to Ambridge. Pass Ambridge Ace Hardware to first traffic light and turn right onto Route 989/8th Street. Go to fourth traffic signal and turn left onto Duss Avenue. The school is on the left.

• From the North:

  1. Take Route 65 South to Route 989/8th Street in Ambridge. Make a left on 8th Street and go to fourth traffic signal and turn left onto Duss Ave. The school is on the left.

  2. Take I-79 South to Sewickley Exit #66. Take Route 65 North to Ambridge. Pass Ambridge Ace Hardware; red light after Ace Hardware (Route 989/8th Street) make a right and go to fourth traffic signal to Duss Avenue. The school is on the left.

• From Route 60 North (from Pittsburgh):

  Take Parkway West towards Airport to Moon Township. Follow Route 60 North to the Hopewell Exit. Make right turn onto Rt. 151. Stay on Rt. 151 for approximately 4 miles – through 5-Points intersection (McDonald’s and CVS at corner) and follow Route 151 to the bottom of the hill where you come to a “T”. At bottom of hill, make left on to Route 51 and go approximately one mile to the Ambridge/Aliquippa Bridge. Make a right onto bridge, and you will come into Ambridge on 11th Street. Follow 11th Street to the third traffic signal and make a right on Duss Ave. The school is on the right just past the tennis courts.

• From Route 60 South (from Chippewa and Beaver):

  Follow Route 60 South to the Hopewell Exit. Make left turn onto Route 151. Stay on Route 151 for approximately 4 miles-through 5-Points intersection (McDonald’s and CVS at corner) and follow Route 151 to the bottom of the hill where you come to a “T”. At bottom of hill make left on to Route 51 and go approximately one mile to the Ambridge/Aliquippa Bridge. Make a right onto bridge, and you will come into Ambridge on 11th Street. Follow 11th Street to the third traffic signal and make a right on Duss Ave. The school is on the right just past the tennis courts.

• From the PA Turnpike:

  Get off Cranberry Township Exit and follow signs to Route 19 South toward Pittsburgh. Follow Route 19 South a short distance to Warrendale and the Red Belt intersection. Turn right onto the Red Belt and follow Red Belt for approximately 6 miles. You will come to a “T” where you will bear right staying on Red Belt. Follow Red Belt for another 5-6 miles into Leet Township. Go to end of Red Belt to 4-way intersection and turn right at Crossroads Café onto Beaver St. into Ambridge. You will pass a Duquesne Power Plant on your left. Go about ¼ mile to traffic light. At light bear right onto Duss Ave. Go one mile on Duss Ave. to Ambridge High School, which is on the left.

Tournament Information

The tournament will start at 8am!

	All information is listed below.  Check-in with Glenn Freed when you arrive.   OVR teams must have the coach sign his/her team’s roster.  All non-OVR teams must provide a signed roster with USAV #s before the team may compete.  All players, coaches, and teams must be registered and eligible for participation.  A team arriving late for its first match has a 10-minute grace period after the warm-up before forfeiting its first set.  This is followed by another 10-minute period before that team forfeits its second set.  However, the match is not delayed if six players from that team are present at any time during this delay period.

	No spectator seating is available.  Please have your fans bring chairs with non-marking, non-scratching soles.

	No food/drinks in the gym (only players with water/sport drinks in plastic closed containers).

	Camping is only permitted in the hallway (limited space available) and locker room; teams must please clean up their area before departing.

	The tournament begins at 8:00am.  The first match warm-up will start at 7:50am sharp.

	Doors open at 7:15am.  Teams/fans should not try to enter earlier than 7:15am.

	There will be a full concession stand.

	OVR rules:  No coolers are permitted in or outside of the facility.  Please keep them in your car.  Also, electrical appliances and setting up tables are not allowed.  Flash photography is prohibited during play.  Use of video recorders and cameras is limited to the team with which the person using the device is directly associated.  Use of phones, music players, and other electronic devices by officiating teams is prohibited.

	All USAV and OVR rules/procedures will be followed (can be viewed at www.ovr.org).  All matches will be the best 2 of 3 sets (25 points for the 1st two and 15 points if 3rd is needed).  All teams advance to the playoffs.  All 1st place and 2nd place teams will be in the Gold playoffs.  The remaining teams will advance to the Silver playoffs.

	All warm-ups will be 10 minutes:  2 minutes shared, 4 minutes serving team, 4 minutes receiving team.  Following match #1, the 10 minute warm-up will start immediately after the court is cleared from the previous match.  Make sure that your team is ready.

	A trainer will not be available.

	We are not responsible for lost or stolen items.  Please have all valuables secured.

	Schedule (4 team pool):
Match 1:  A1 vs A3 (A2)
Match 2:  A2 vs A4 (A1)
Match 3:  A1 vs A4 (A3)
Match 4:  A2 vs A3 (A1)
Match 5:  A3 vs A4 (A2)
Match 6:  A1 vs A2 (A4)

	Schedule (3 team pools):
Match 1:  B1 vs B3 (A2)  C1 vs C3 (C2)
Match 2:  B2 vs B3 (B1)  C2 vs C3 (C1)
Match 3:  B1 vs B2 (B3)  C1 vs C2 (C3)
             20 minute break
Match 4:  B1 vs C3 (B2)  C1 vs B3 (C2)
Match 5:  B2 vs C2 (B1)

	Coach must be at courtside during team’s working duties!  Work crews must provide competent 2nd-referee, scorebook, flip score, libero tracker, and 2 line judges.

	For the 2nd round of the silver playoffs, the winning team from the 1st round will provide support officials.  For the 2nd round of the gold playoffs, the losing team will provide support officials.  After the 2nd round, the losing teams must stay and provide the next match’s support officials for both gold and silver.  

	T-shirt awards (maximum 12 per team) will be given to the 1st and 2nd place teams in the Gold playoffs.

	A new high school opened in January which is next to the old high school.  We will not be using that facility.  We will be in the Fieldhouse which is attached to the old high school (on the corner of Duss Ave and 8th Street).

	The Fieldhouse is located at 909 Duss Ave, Ambridge, PA 15003.  Directions can be found at www.ambridge.k12.pa.us/directions.htm and click on “Senior High.â€�

Pools

Note: OVR rankings appearing in the following listings are intended only as a helpful tool for tournament directors. They are subject to frequent change, including after the pools are set, and other factors may also be considered when determining pools and order of play.

Officials [Hired officials: sign in for more information]

The officials' assigner for this event is Glenn Freed (gfreed@ambridge.k12.pa.us, 724‑251‑9646 /h, 724‑266‑2833 x3212 /w, 724‑869‑5321 /f).

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