KIVA wins two Junior Olympic titles

The Kentucky Indiana Volleyball Academy (KIVA) typified its reputation as one of the most competitive clubs in the country with two national titles at the USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships in Colorado Springs, Colo., this week.

The MidAmerica Volleyball Association (MAVA), meanwhile, further expanded upon what has been anything but a typical summer for that other Louisville-based club, following its first-ever national titles at the AAU Junior Girls' National Championships last month with three top-three finishes this week.

KIVA 15 Red, which had lost the championship match to MAVA 15 Elite at the AAU event, turned the tables and beat its local rival for the Junior Olympic crown. KIVA 13 Red also won a national title, repeating its AAU victory, and KIVA 17 Red, KIVA 16 Red and KIVA 14 Red each placed third.

The aforementioned MAVA 15 Elite and MAVA 12 Elite each placed second, and MAVA 14 Elite - which had won the AAU title - placed third.