NEW FOR 2024: Due to east coast-based qualifier conflicts we are splitting MAPL Raleigh into TWO WEEKENDS.WEEKEND 1: March 2-3. GIRLS BLUE DIVISION (14-16s), GIRLS RED DIVISION (13-14s) and BATTLE OF THE BROS at the Raleigh Convention CenterWEEKEND 2: March 23-24. GIRLS BLACK DIVISION (16-18s) held at Triangle Volleyball Club’s state of the art facility at the Wake Competition CenterMAPL TEAM ACCEPTANCE (GIRLS): MAPL Raleigh is NOT an open entry tournament where team acceptance is done on a first-come, first-served basis. Alternatively, acceptance criteria is based on team performance relative to strength of field and rests strongly on performance history and strength of a teams’ competition schedule. MAPL Raleigh tournament registration OPENS in AES on October 10, 2023.BATTLE OF THE BROS TEAM ACCEPTANCE: Teams are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis once registration and payment is received. Payment is required to secure tournament entry. Refunds will not be given once a team has been accepted.ROSTERS: Teams are permitted to register for the event without rosters. However, in order to ensure that coaches, team representatives, etc. receive vital tournament information via AES email it is imperative that rosters be loaded into AES as soon as possible. ROSTER DEADLINE: Jan. 28, 2023FORMAT: Teams play in mixed-age divisions. BLACK [16-18’s]; BLUE [14-16’s], and RED [13-14’s]. It is estimated that ca. 10-16’s teams will play in the BLACK division and ca. 10-14’s teams will play in the BLUE division. Seeding will rely primarily on results as found in AES. It is each team’s responsibility to maintain their results in AES for seeding purposes.REFUND POLICY: A full refund will be given with written notice to Triangle Volleyball Club [info@trianglevolleyball.org] if received by December 10 at 5 PM.  There will be no refunds for withdrawn or dropped teams after this date. TOURNAMENT DATES:All Girls divisions: two days14U Boys – one day, Saturday, March 215-18U Boys – two days HOTELS: MAPL Raleigh is NOT a Stay-to-Play event.  Triangle Volleyball Club has partnered with Team Travel Source to secure hotel room blocks at reduced rates for tournament participants.EVENT CANCELLATION POLICY: In the event that MAPL Raleigh/Battle of the Bros is canceled for any reason, Triangle Volleyball Club and the MAPL Raleigh/Battle of the Bros tournament staff will make every effort to refund the majority of each team’s entry fee (less any credit card processing fees) after an accounting of all recoverable expenses. Minimally, teams should expect that $50 of each team’s registration fee will be retained and considered non-refundable in the event of a cancellation to cover tournament administrative fees.

Age groups:

U14-U18