AAU Boys’ National Championships 2025 – Wave 2 Day 3 Recap

What a day 3 at AAU Boys Nationals.  Incredible matches, big upsets, teams working overtime to get to the championship bracket.  It has been an amazing 3 days and tomorrow promises to be super exciting as the last official day of 2024-25 Boys Club Volleyball Season!

17 Open – Results

Wow is all that one can say.  Its been quite a season of parity and interesting results and it has continued at these nationals.  Here are all the finalists for tomorrow’s championship round.

MVVC B 17 Red  – #1 seed coming into the tournament is now 7-1 and has not been tested a lot aside from a lone loss to Academy 17O Under Armour.  They had a relatively easy time in their challenge match as they beat SMASH Boys 2-0 (25-17, 25-19).  Tomorrow they will be taking the surprise team of this tournament MOD B17 Blue
C2 Attack Boys 17-1 Elite – #2 seed powered through their challenge matches in quick fashion taking out Bay to Bay and WPVC in quick order (2-0 both matches).  They have looked very strong this whole week with a lone loss to 630 Volleyball leaving them 2nd in the pool and pushing them to play 2 challenge matches for the gold bracket.  This team is peaking at the right time as they recently won the SoCal Cup Showcase, beating MVVC in process.  They will be taking on Triangle Boys 17 Black in the first round.
COAST Boys 17-1 Pat – #4 Seed have only lost 2 sets and 1 match this whole tournament and that was after wrapping up the #1 seed in the pool.  They beat Academy 17O Under Armour this afternoon in their Championship bracket challenge match 25-23, 25-18.  
Balboa Bay 17Blue – #6 Seed – Balboa Bay has a couple of losses in this tournament but they won a classic challenge match this afternoon against a great 949 team.  Balboa had a couple of match points at 14-12 in the 3rd set after a tough lift/throw call against 949 that would have made it 13-13.  However 949 managed to climb back to even the game at 14-14 but Balboa made a couple of nice defensive plays and won the match 16-14.
Triangle Boys 17 Black – #10 Seed – No Demps no problem should be this team’s mantra.  Without their star player, they remain the only undefeated team and they have dropped only 1 set in this tournament.  They beat AZ Fear this afternoon in the gold challenge match and will be taking on C2 attack tomorrow morning.
SouthCoastVolleyball 17-1 – #15 Seed – This team pushd Triangle to the limit in pool play losing 19-17 in the third set and they have proven they can play with anyone.  They do have 3 losses already but they managed to beat Warren Sixpack in 3 in their first challenge match and then proceeded to beat 630 Volleyball 2-0.  I watched this team at the Dennis Lafata Boys Bid Classic in February and they looked really good.  I could see them causing an upset tomorrow as they take on Balboa Bay tomorrow morning. 
Legion 17 Elite Gold – #25 Seed – I know not many people thought this team would be in this spot especially after they lost their first 2 matches in pool play.  Instead of folding this team rallied together and has won their last 7 matches culminating with wins against Milwaukee Sting and Rockstar this afternoon to make it into the Gold bracket.  They will be taking on Coast tomorrow morning.  
MOD B17 Blue – #44 Seed – Likely nobody had MOD making it all the way to Gold bracket starting from an 8th seed.  They have played 3 sets in their last 5 matches culminating with a win over Pinnacle 17-Amado this afternoon to make it to the gold bracket.  Powered by a pair of excellent outside hitters Oliver Potterfield and Kai Kroth and a great libero Aldis Kins these guys are dangerous and will be a tough out for anyone.  

Matchups Tomorrow:

MVVC B 17 Red vs. MOD B17 Blue

Legion 17 Elite Gold vs. COAST Boys 17-1 Pat

Triangle Boys 17 Black vs. C2 Attack Boys 17-1

Balboa Bay 17Blue vs. SouthCoastVolleyball 17-1

15 Open – Results

Team Rockstar 15 Rockstar – #1 seed has not lost a match so far and has gone to 3 sets only twice.  They defeated SNVF U15 MOUNT ADAMS in a quick fashion today.  With their great defense and serving they will be a tough out for anyone and MB Surf will try to take a crack at their Southern California foe tomorrow morning.  
MB Surf ASICS 15’s 1 – #4 has had a great tournament and aside from one loss in pool to COAST Boys 15-1 Chris they have beaten all of their other opponents.  They dont have a lot of size but they have dynamic hitters and incredible ball control.  The match vs. Rockstar tomorrow should be a classic one.  
Bay to Bay 15-1 – #5 seed is undefeated and played and incredible last pool match this morning against their Northern California neighbors MVVC (17-25, 37-35 (yes you read that right :), 15-10).  This win allowed them to have only 1 challenge match and they defeated Academy 15O Under Armour in straight sets.  Tomorrow they will face COAST Boys 15-1 Chris in the quarterfinals in what’s sure to be a great matchup of 2 very dynamic and physical teams.  
Balboa Bay 15Blue – #7 seed is one of three remaining undefeated teams.  They have only lost 1 set to another tall and physical team AZ Fear 15 SB.  Balboa is looking very strong and has not been pushed much in this tournament and beat GVA Boys 15u Pink who were beset with injuries coming into this tournament pretty quickly in their challenge match.  Tomorrow morning they take on SC Legends.
COAST Boys 15-1 Chris – #9 COAST is also undefeated and has only been pushed to 3 sets once in this tournament.  This is another very physical, dynamic team and their match against Bay to Bay tomorrow should be a good one to watch.  
MOD B15 Blue – #11 MOD came into this tournament with some injuries but has really jelled and has dropped only 4 sets and 1 match to this point.  They won a great match against GVA in this morning’s pool play where they fell behind early 18-25 in the first set but then turned it around with 26-24, 15-13 to put themselves in first place in the pool.  They then proceeded to avenge their losses to HPSTL B15 Royal at Windy City Roundup and SoCal Open Championships and earned their way into the Championship bracket.
SC Legends 15-Elite – #18 – SC legends have the most losses of all the teams in the Championship Bracket but have won all the right matches to put themselves in contention.  They beat Milwaukee Sting 15-1 and 630 Volleyball 15-1 in their challenge matches and are now going to face Balboa Bay again.  SC Legends lost to Balboa Bay 2-0 earlier in the tournament and will look to change some things up to hopefully generate a better result. 
BORINQUEN COQUI 15-1M – #22 Borinquen has lost one match and has only gone to 3 sets in their win over Miami United.  This is a great ball control team and today they beat much bigger teams APEX1 and AZ Fear in the challenge rounds.   They will have an interesting matchup with MOD B15 Blue tomorrow in the quarterfinals.  

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