MVLA Nova

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Welcome to MVLA Nova - We are committed to being a superior girls' fastpitch travel ball program. Nova is a sister organization to Mountain View-Los Altos Girls Softball   and operated as 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation.

HOT UPDATE FROM MANTECA!

Nova Dominates USSSA in Manteca:

NOVA 16U - 3rd Place

NOVA 14U - 1st Place

NOVA 12U Red - 1st Place

NOVA 10U Red - #1 in Heart and Spirit!

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12U White heads to State championship in San Diego

Congratulations to our 12U White team for winning 2nd place in NorCal’s in Sunnyvale on June 29, 2008! The team has chosen to attend the State championships in San Diego this upcoming weekend. We wish you the best of luck in the tournament!!!

Nova also has other teams who have qualified for Regional and National tournaments; however they have chosen not to participate in them. For those that don’t know, this is an individual team decision and the team’s families are responsible for

 

 

12U White WINS Father’s Day tournament

Our 12U White team played in the Hot Summer Daze tournament  hosted by Paso Robles on the California central coast. The first game was against Paso Robles and we finished with a 9-0 victory. From there, the rest of the weekend was like a cage fight with a scrappy NOVA 12U White taking on much bigger, and perhaps better, teams. King City was in the lead until the last inning. Up 9-3, they saw NOVA fight and claw its way back twice to a 9-9 tie. It was during this game that several injuries caused many unexpected position and game changes. Sunday's games began at 8 AM and we won our first 2 games. The championship game was against the Coast Riptide. The heat, injuries and exhaustion were taking their toll. We put girls in new, never practiced positions and hoped for the best. A combination of a home run from Stephani Messina, our stellar defense, and our dynamic pitching duo of Marialena Ahern and Kavita Prasad, led us to victory with a score of 4-3. It was a gutsy group of girls that won that tournament by digging deep and playing through injury, headaches and nausea to win the championship. The kids and parents were thrilled, but exhausted and the coaches couldn't be any prouder of their team's performance and championship win

Submitted by Alan Lundberg

8U’s WIN in Redwood City and remain undefeated!

Congratulations to the 8U’s on winning another championship! They played at the Redwood City Summer Slam and came away with the championship and a 6-0 record. There were 8 teams in the tournament and the girls just took it one game at a time and kept on rolling. Counting our last tournament (5-0) we've won 11 games in a row. One amazing stat is that in the 6 games played we outscored the opposition 33-4. We only gave up 1 run in the final 3 games we played in on Sunday. The defense for this team is incredible. The pitching is spectacular as well. The most impressive part is that every girl contributed in each victory. The girls have gelled so well and are playing at a level beyond 8U for sure. A fun sight was getting the last out on a called 3rd strike and the girls coming off the field, jumping, hugging and tossing their visors. It was a long weekend in the heat but that didn't faze these very talented young ladies. I think the coaches were a little worse for wear at the end! There are some really good players coming to 10U next year and all want to continue playing Nova next summer. Great to see and hear. Game Scores: 3-1 Concord Glory 8-2 San Mateo Slammers 10-0 Redwood City Wicked 1-0 Almaden Lightening 4-0 San Mateo Slammers 7-1 San Jose Quicksilver - Championship Game The fan support was also a huge plus. Many parents brought out their friends and relatives to watch. It was loud and lively throughout each game. “The cheers are still bouncing around in my head!” said Bice.