The 16s division of the USAV Girls Junior National Championship (GJNC) kicked off on Wednesday for four grueling days of competition. In the 16 Open and 16 USA divisions, each team played just two matches on Day 1, leaving three more matches in Pool Play for Thursday.

That doesn’t necessarily mean that teams got the chance to ease slowly into the tournament, however. Instead, there were challenges and upsets on the cusp of happening right from the get-go as a stark reminder that teams better bring their A-Game to the final event of the season.