This past Saturday, the AIS-Salzburg Lions hosted teams from two international schools in Vienna and one from Augsburg, Germany for a friendly boys and girls volleyball tournament. There were no placements or final trophies, with all schools agreeing to come together for extra competition before the season-end championships in their respective conferences. 

The tournament featured 3 varsity girls teams, 4 junior varsity (JV) girls teams, and two junior varsity boys teams. 

“It was a great day of competition and sportsmanship,” said athletic director, David Burns, who is also the varsity girls coach. 

The girls’ varsity team went undefeated (2-0, 2-1) with wins over the International Christian School of Vienna (ICSV) and Danube International School (DIS). The boys’ team split their two-game series with ICSV, losing the first game 1-2 and rebounding to sweep the second game 2-0. The JV girls’ team lost their first two games 0-2 to ICSV and DIS but combined with the varsity team to defeat a strong JV team from Augsburg 2-1. The JV girls narrowly lost both sets to DIS, losing 23-25 and 22-25. 

“This tournament was especially important for the JV girls to gain some much-needed experience,” said Burns. “They are all new to the sport and quite keen to improve.”

We invite you to view some of the photos below from Saturday’s tournament.