NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. (RVO) – The Redbank Valley Community Center will hold a volleyball tournament with a competitive and power division on Saturday, March 24th starting at 8AM at the Redbank Valley High School. It will consist of a minimum of two girls on the court at all times. They will allow teams the use of a libero or a sub. Max roster size will be 8 people. They will cap the competitive tournament at 25 teams, and the cost will be $120 per team.

Competitive Tournament will be run as follows:
* Pool play will consist of 5 pools of 5 teams playing in round robin format. All pool play will be 2 games to 21. You do not have to win by 2. All but one of the pools will be played at Redbank Valley High School. 1 of the pools will be played at Oakland Church of God in Distant, PA (about 4 miles away).

* The top three teams from each pool will advance to the Competitive A Division (Silver Division) playoffs. The bottom 2 teams from each pool will advance the the Competitive B Playoffs (Bronze Division).

* Liberos will be allowed, but teams playing with one must report the libero to the ref and other team before the game. We will follow volleyball rules for the libero and two girls must be on the court for all rotations.

* Teams will be allowed to play with less than 6 players but must maintain 2 girls on the court at all times.

* For the A bracket, rounds 1 and 2 of the playoffs will be 1 game to 25. Semis and final will be a best of three. First two games to 25 (win by two) and last game to 15 (win by two). Top overall seed will earn a bye to round two.

* All Competitve B Playoff games will be 1 game to 25. (Bottom four teams will have to play an extra playoff game)

* Playing with the foot will be allowed.

* One foot will be allowed over the line on the serve.

* Each court will have a ref, scorekeeper, and two line judges for all games courtesy of the RV Volleyball team.

* First games will begin at 8:30AM. Warmup before your first game will be 5 minutes. All other games will only have a two minute warmup period that starts as soon as the previous game is over. Game start times will be approximate (except for 8:30AM games) so make sure your team is here early and ready to play.

* Tiebreakers will be 1. Head to head record 2. Head to head point differential 3. Overall point differential 4. Coinflip

* Each team will have one timeout per game.

* You can pay by check or by cash. Checks can be made out to “RVCC”

Power tournament will be held on on the same day, and we will begin at 2PM. Power teams will also have a 2 girl minimum on the court at all times and a cap of 8 players per team. The cost is $120 per team. Power division (Gold Division) will follow the same format and rules as the Competitive A Division as listed above.

All games will be officiated by coaches and players of the RV Volleyball Team as the money raised by the tournament will be shared between the Community Center and the Volleyball program.

All games will be played at Redbank Valley High School and Oakland Church of God (122 Kohlersburg Rd. Distant, PA). Please message Doug Henry to reserve your spot in this tournament.