Europe
DODEA-Europe volleyball - Day 1
Stars and Stripes
October 26, 2023
Black Forest Academy’s Barney Sivonen, a senior from Jyvaskyla, Finland, tried to push the ball over the net on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, but a Vilseck block sent it back for a point in the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Stars and Stripes will attempt to provide timely updates from three DODEA-Europe girls volleyball tournaments Thursday through Saturday in the Kaiserslautern Military Community in Germany and a boys volleyball tournament in Vicenza, Italy.
Thursday’s matches
GIRLS
Division I
(At Southside gym)
Round-robin
Kaiserslautern def. SHAPE 25-9, 25-17
Ramstein def. Lakenheath 25-16, 25-16
Wiesbaden def. Stuttgart, 25-20, 25-13
Vilseck def. SHAPE 25-22, 21-25, 15-12
Kaiserslautern def. Lakenheath 25-15, 25-22
Ramstein def. Wiesbaden 25-23, 20-25, 15-11
Stuttgart def. Vilseck 25-5, 25-18
Lakenheath def. SHAPE 25-23, 25-21
Stuttgart def. Ramstein 24-26, 25-20, 15-12
Wiesbaden def. Kaiserslautern 25-16, 25-19
Vilseck def. Lakenheath 25-13, 25-23
Division II
(At Ramstein High School)
Pool A
BFA def. Bahrain 15-25, 25-21, 17-15
Aviano def. Marymount 25-6, 25-15
Bahrain def. Marymount 25-18, 25-22
Aviano def. BFA 25-18, 25-21
Pool B
Vicenza def. AOSR 25-15, 19-25, 15-8
Naples def. Rota 17-25, 26-24, 15-8
Rota def. AOSR 25-16, 25-17
Naples def. Vicenza 25-23, 24-26, 15-8
Division III
(At Kaiserslautern High School)
Pool A
Spangdahlem def.. Baumholder 25-10, 25-12
Ansbach def. Brussels 25-11, 25-15
Ansbach def. Baumholder 25-17, 25-11
Brussels def. Spangdahlem 25-21, 26-24
Pool B
AFNORTH def. Alconbury 25-13, 25-11
Sigonella def. Alconbury 25-17, 25-9
AFNORTH def. Hohenfels 25-16, 25-18
Sigonella def. Hohenfels 25-8, 25-21; AFNORTH, Sigonella clinch spots in semifinals
Sigonella’s Cooper Harrison tries to hit through the Rota block of Tyler DeMeritt and Brian Lieba during the opening day of the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships in Vicenza, Italy. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Vicenza’s Nicholas Morton hits the ball toward the block of American Overseas School of Rome’s Lorenzo De Nicola in the Cougars’ pool-play victory on the first day of the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships in Vicenza, Italy, on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
American Overseas School of Rome’s Iker Santos tosses the ball up while serving Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Naples’ Nathan Mellor tries to hit through the Bahrain block of Nick Beaumont, left, and Diego Mercado-Rodriguez during pool-play action Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Naples’ Damon Bailey tries to tap the ball over the Bahrain first-line defense Thursday, Oct. 23, 2023, at the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Bahrain’s Jacob Courts pushes the ball over the net in a match against Naples on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Hohenfels’ Joel Idowu skies over the net to send the ball towards a Naples block during pool-play action Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Sigonella’s Deshawn Wallace tries to block a tap from Rota’s Tyler DeMeritt during the opening day of the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2026. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Sigonella’s Oscan Bentson sets the ball for a teammate during pool play Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Black Forest Academy's Barney Sivonen watches his spike bounce off the block of Vilseck's Drake Neville as he and teammate Malachi Inniger tried to form a wall Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 in the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes ()
BOYS
Pool A
(At Vicenza High School)
Aviano def. Marymount 25-11, 25-13
Vicenza def. AOSR 25-13, 27-25
Rota def. Sigonella 22-25, 25-15, 15-8
Vicenza def. Marymount 25-9, 25-12
Aviano def. Sigonella 27-29, 25-18, 15-9
AOSR def. Rota 25-19, 27-25
Sigonella def. Marymount 25-8, 25-15
Aviano def. AOSR 25-23, 25-22
Pool B
(At Vicenza Middle School)
Lakenheath def. Hohenfels 15-25, 25-8, 15-4
Naples def. Bahrain 25-16, 23-25, 15-8
BFA def. Vilseck 25-10, 25-11
Naples def. Hohenfels 25-5, 25-10
Lakenheath def. Vilseck 25-13, 25-21
BFA def. Bahrain 25-20, 25-6
Vilseck def. Hohenfels 25-17, 17-25, 15-5
Bahrain def. Lakenheath 25-23, 25-20
