First Serve Showcase will bring in some of the best volleyball players in the country
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Get ready volleyball fans, Friday the Sanford Pentagon 'served' up a major announcement surrounding Division 1 volleyball.
The Pentagon says the American Volleyball Coaches Association has selected Sioux Falls to be one of two sites for the first ever AVAC First Serve Showcase with a doubleheader featuring four teams ranked in the top 15 of Division One.
'This is going to be an elite-level event,' Mark McCloskey of Sanford Sports Volleyball said.
Volleyball fans are in for a treat when the AVAC First Serve Showcase comes to the Sanford Pentagon this August.
'We have a vibrant volleyball community and this is going to set it on fire,' McClosky said.
Four of the top teams in Division One will square off at Heritage Court showcasing some of the best players in the country and their athletic skills.
'This is very huge for Sioux Falls this is definitely the first of its kind,' Kiah Damme-Krieger of Sanford Sports.
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They're not saying which four teams will be coming; that'll come Monday, but they promise fans won't be disappointed.
This announcement couldn't come at a better time, because the popularity of volleyball is really beginning to take off.
'It's exploding everywhere in the country, but I don't think anywhere more than in South Dakota,' McCloskey said.
'The amount of girls playing volleyball and people watching has just grown exponentially the last few years,' Damme-Krieger said.
And the First Serve Showcase will only add to that fan excitement.
'It's going to be four top teams and it's going to be a great event and a good night of volleyball,' Damme-Krieger said.
The other city chosen to host the First Serve Showcase is Lincoln, Nebraska.
Sioux Falls' doubleheader will be Monday night August 25th.
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