Congratulations to Friends, one of our local NE teams for winning the GEVA/NERVA challenge at BCEC last weekend!  They swept pool play without losing a set and continued to win until losing a set to BYOB from GEVA in the final Gold Bracket match before winning it all (and $2000!).

Little Rascals (another New England team) ended up third overall.

Final Standings

1. Friends (NE, $2000)

2. BYOB (GEVA, $700)

3. Little Rascals (NE, $300)

4. Sandlot (NE)

5. Scorecheck (GEVA)

6. Randos (NE)

7. Trainwreck (GEVA)

8. Philly Philly (GEVA)

Pool play results

Morning Wave

1. Little Rascals 2-1 (5-2 sets)

2. Sandlot 2-1 (5-3 sets)

3. Philly Philly 2-1 (4-4 sets)

4. Trainwreck 0-3 (1-6 sets)

Afternoon Wave

1. Friends 3-0 (6-0 sets)

2. BYOB 2-1 (4-2 sets)

3. Score Check 1-2 (2-5 sets)

4. The Randos 0-3 (1-6 sets)

Silver Bracket:

The Randos d. Philly Philly (forfeit, incomplete team)

Score Check d. Trainwreck 2-1 (25-22, 17-25, 15-8)

7th place match 

Trainwreck d. Philly Philly (forfeit, incomplete team)

5th place match (Silver bracket final)

Scorecheck d. Randos 2-1 (25-21, 19-25, 15-13)

Gold Bracket

BYOB d. Little Rascals 2-1  (21-25, 25-18, 15-10)

Friends d. Sandlot 2-0 (25-18, 25-20)

Third place match

Little Rascals d. Sandlot 2-0 (25-20, 25-13)  

Final:

Friends d. BYOB 2-1 (25-17, 21-25, 15-11)