Columbia 16-Black reaches top of Gold Division at CEVA Power League
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- Category: 2017 Results
- Published: Sunday, 19 March 2017 19:39
Columbia 16-Black reached the Championship Final of the CEVA Power League Gold Division on Sunday. The performance nearly qualified these ladies for the NW Platinum League where the best team from both CEVA and PSVA regions compete. While 16-Black won't compete there in April, playing instead at the ERVA Championships, they continue a tradition of Columbia teams with amazing performances in power league over the years. A very big congratulations to all these ladies!
Columbia 16-Black scores: defeated NW Reign 16-1 19-25, 25-12, 15-11; lost to OJVA 16-1 Gold 13-25, 23-25; defeated YVBA 16-1 Black 25-18, 25-21; defeated OJVA 16-2 Blue 17-25, 25-22, 18-16; lost to OJVA 16-1 Gold 23-25, 19-25. Gold Division Finalists (3-2, 6-6)

Columbia 16-Red went undefeated all day Sunday to finish Champions of the Diamond Division at CEVA Power League. Nothing could deny these ladies all day. They stormed back from a 10 point deficit in their opening set of their pool, and twice won tie-breakers over the course of their championship day. They simply would not be denied. Congratulations ladies!
Columbia 17-Black was perfect all weekend... winning every set, every match enroute to their undefeated Tournament Championship at the NW Jamboree. Columbia's flagship team carried the banner for all of Columbia at a tournament that has seen scores of our players come home with Championship shirts over the years. This won't be the last championship this group claims this season, and the ladies on this team are a great group of role models for the younger players in our club. Congratulations ladies, coaches, and fans!
Columbia 16-Black lived up to their half of a potential showdown with Columbia 16-Red by rolling undefeated all the way to the Championship Final of the NW Jamboree. While their sister team was stopped in the quarterfinals, the ladies of 16-Black didn't drop a single set enroute to the Tournament Championship match. The ease with which they dispatched team after team may have left them less prepared for a challenge when it finally came. That challenge came in the tournament final against the same team that outlasted 16-Red in the quarterfinal. Like 16-Red's match, the final went back and forth before 16-Black was stopped just short of claiming the title. These ladies will be back in another tournament final quickly, we're certain.
Columbia 13-Black has made steady progress all season, but they took a huge leap forward this weekend at the NW Jamboree. In their first pool, Columbia's youngest team knocked off a team and forced a three-way tie for 2nd in the pool. Columbia was the team to advance from that pool by ONE POINT, (Proving once again what all our coaches teach about every point matters.) In their second pool, the girls of 13-Black knocked off the (at that time) #1 team in the entire 14 Challenge Division, and again forced the tournament staff to get out their pool tie-breaking rules. Once again, Columbia advanced from the tie-breaking, to join the 14 Challenge Platinum bracket. Columbia 13-Black climbed all the way to the Championship Semifinal match, finishing 3rd in the 22-team 14 Challenge field. (Highest finish by a U-13 team in the 14 Challenge field.)