AAU Boys’ National Championships 2025 – Wave 2 Day 2 Recap

2nd day of Wave 2 of AAU Boys Nationals is now well under way and things are heating up as teams are getting ready for the last two days of competition and trying to seal their gold/championship bracket claims.  

17 Open – Results

As someone over on VolleyTalk said this is one topsy-turvy division.  Only 5 teams remain undefeated (949, Coast, Rockstar, Triangle and 630) Of these 5 only Coast has not dropped a set yet and aside from a tough first match against Team’Sota they have been pretty flawless, not giving up more than 19 points to any of their opponents in today’s matches.  

Big upsets of the day included :

#37 Academy beating #1 overall seed MVVC 2-0 in a tight 25-23, 25-22 win.  

#32 Adidas KIVA  beating #5 MB Surf in a quick fashion in the early game this morning.  MB Surf did not play great all day today going 1-2 on the day and putting themselves in danger of potentially missing out on the challenge matches if they dont beat the so far undefeated Rockstar team.  There are a few scenarios if they lose that they will not make the cut.

One of the big pleasant surprises of the tournament so far has been #44 MOD B17 Blue whose only losses so far are to MB Surf and Rockstar in the pool.  They look poised to come out #2 from this pool.  This is a testament to the coaching staff and the team making some changes and really getting these boys ready for the biggest tournament of the year.

There are lots of permutations still but suffice to say that these are the teams still alive for top 4 spots in each pool:

Pool A: MVVC B 17 Red, Academy 17O Under Armour, Pinnacle 17-Amado, Legion 17 Elite Gold, HVA 17 PERFORMANCE RED

Pool B: 7 out of 8 teams are still alive! C2 Attack Boys 17-1 Elite, AZ Fear 17 JG, 630 Volleyball 17-1, NCVC 17-Mizuno, Seaside 17-Black, PVC Sandlot 17-Blue, EXCEL 17N Red.  This pool may get a sub .500 team into the challenge bracket so you can imagine the parity of these teams.

Pool C: This pool is a lot simpler with only 5 teams still alive:  949 B17 Black, Triangle Boys 17 Black, SouthCoastVolleyball 17-1, Bay to Bay 17-1, Team Rockstar 17 Gold

Pool D: COAST Boys 17-1 Pat, HPSTL B17 Royal, MKE Sting 17-1, Adversity South 17 Adidas, SMASH Boys 17-1

Pool E: MB Surf ASICS 17’s 1 ,Team Rockstar 17 Rockstar, GSL 17 Elect – Josh, MVC 17-Joe, Adidas KIVA 17B Red, MOD B17 Blue

Pool F: Balboa Bay 17Blue, WPVC Boys 17 Armour Black, The St. James Boys 17 N, OMNI 17-1 National, Warren Sixpack 17-1

15 Open – Results

If yesterday was a long day for 15s, today was even worse.  Teams were playing well until 2:30-3 PM here in Florida with a lot of matches going deep into 3rd sets.  We lost a bunch of unbeaten teams from yesterday and now only a few remain, including:  Team Rockstar 15 Rockstar, MB Surf ASICS 15’s 1, Bay to Bay 15-1, Balboa Bay 15Blue, MVVC B 15 Red, COAST Boys 15-1 Chris, BORINQUEN COQUI 15-1M.  Number of these teams will play each other tomorrow so this exclusive club will be reduced further after AM matches determining the challenge match contenders.

Of the top seeds 630 returned back to their winning ways even without Tommy Clifford and proved their a good overall team that can compete with anyone.  However two other big upsets of the day included:

#2 GVA losing to #35 Apex1 in a crazy back and forth match with Apex1 coming out on top 2-1 in sets.  

#6 HPSTL also lost to #18 SC Legends and have put themselves in a bit of a tough spot as they are taking on a red-hot Balboa Bay team.  Its not a must win for HPSTL but with a loss they may find themselves in a 3-way tie for 4ths seed with Jax Skyline and SC Legends.

Teams still alive for Gold Bracket:

Pool A: Team Rockstar 15 Rockstar, Academy 15O Under Armour, BVA – Lions 15-1, Aspire 15 Black Panther, SCB 15 Salty Kris, DallasOne 15 Black

Pool B: 5 teams for 4 spots in this GVA Boys 15u Pink, MOD B15 Blue, MKE Sting 15-1, SPVB B15 Elite, APEX1 15-A1BLACK

Pool C: 4 teams have already clinched spots but not the order of finish and they all play each other tomorrow:  630 Volleyball 15-1, Miami United 15N Jonathan, Cinci Attack 15 Black, BORINQUEN COQUI 15-1M

Pool D: Top 2 seeds have already been decide but MB Surf ASICS 15’s 1 and COAST Boys 15-1 Chris will determine the winner of the pool in their matchup tomorrow.  Other spots will be claimed by either Legion 15 Elite Gold or Academy Boys 15 TT and SNVF U15 MOUNT ADAMS

Pool E: This is one of those pools where anything can still happen and 3-4 record may get someone into the challenge rounds.  Bay to Bay 15-1, MVVC B 15 Red (NC), Outrigger U15, OCVC 15-1, Warren Sixpack 15-1, and Elevation 15 Peak Boys can all still make it out of the pool.  We predict there will be some scoreboard watching here and some 3 way ties that will need to be broken with golden sets

Pool F: HPSTL B15 Royal, Balboa Bay 15Blue, SC Legends 15-Elite, AZ Fear 15 SB, JAX SKYLINE 15B Royal.  

14 Open – Results

Later today… 

Top Club of the Day

Later tonight… Lots of volleyball still to be played…

Top Performance of the Day

TBD, lots of volleyball going on here still

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AAU Nationals Wave 1 – Orlando, Florida – Schedule | Watch 

AAU Nationals Wave 2 – Orlando, Florida – Schedule | Watch 

For more data on boys’ nationals please take a look at this spreadsheet: 

Boys National Championships DataSheet

 

 

 

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