Premier Division Fourteen premier teams are set to compete in Santa Monica tomorrow on the same beach that will host 2018 Nationals in just five weeks. Though all but one West Tour Stop was won by the favorite this year, the West's top teams have been upset enough times combined to promise some dramatic matches tomorrow. #2 Power Ranked Wabi Sabi (Jarratt Rouse and Preston Bies) has spent the entire year at the top of the region and will be the favorite heading into tomorrow. However, Bies and Rouse were upset by #6 Anchored LI in Boston — their last Tour Stop of the season. Though they have the safety net of double-elimination, they will need to play to their...
Premier Division Ten premier teams will vie for two bids to the Pro Division at Southeast Regionals this Saturday. With the 8th most Pro Points accumulated this season and thus likely to earn a bid if they do not auto-qualify, #12 Tetelestai (Jesse Throw and Logan Cornelius) only needs to concern itself with (a) earning points towards the Spikeball™ Elite race and (b) securing a strong seed in the Pro Division (see how that works here). Despite reaching the podium in two of their first three tour stops, the pair finished T-9th in their last two appearances of the regular season. They’ll need to channel their winning ways from the spring to emerge at the top of this crowded division. As...
This is the latest edition of the Open Power Rankings for the 2018 season. The list was formed by a panel of 12 individuals, spanning all regions, who discuss the top contenders and then vote on the contenders using this prompt: “If these 30 teams played in 100 tournaments tomorrow, who on average would place the best?”. Panelists then rated teams on a scale of 1-10, with the best team on the contender list given a “10” and the worst given a “1”. The highest and lowest score for each team was removed before averaging the final scores. Got something related to roundnet that you want to know more about? Have any topics you want to be discussed on the...
This is the latest edition of the Women's Power Rankings for the 2018 season. The list was formed by a panel of 5 individuals who discuss the top contenders and then vote on the contenders using this prompt: “If these 15 teams played in 100 tournaments tomorrow, who on average would place the best?”. Panelists then rated teams on a scale of 1-10, with the best team on the contender list given a “10” and the worst given a “1”.
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