Third Place for NL 16-1 in 17/18 Club at January Thaw
Competing against teams one and two age divisions higher than they, Northern Lights 16-1 wrapped up a third place finish in the 17/18 Club division at the 2018 January Thaw in Omaha, NE. Five Minnesota teams competed among the 20…
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Continue ReadingCompeting against teams one and two age divisions higher than they, Northern Lights 16-1 wrapped up a third place finish in the 17/18 Club division at the 2018 January Thaw in Omaha, NE. Five Minnesota teams competed among the 20 squads in the combined 17/18 Club division as two rounds of pool play over two days would seed teams to their final bracket matches. Both NL 16-1 and 17-2 would advance directly to the Gold bracket semifinals where they would await their opponents from the quarterfinal round. NL 17-2 would get Nebraska ONE 18 Makai. The two teams would engage in a hard fought extra set match with Nebraska edging out NL 17-2 16-14 in set three to advance to the championship match. NL 16-1 faced off against Nebraska ONE 17 Titanium in their semifinal contest losing in straight sets 25-20, 25-13. The Northern Lights teams would drop to the third place match to face one another with the 16-1 squad claiming a straight set win, 25-20, 25-21. The five Minnesota North Country Region teams finished with the following final placement for the event:
3rd – Northern Lights 16-1 (5-2 record)
4th – Northern Lights 17-2 (6-2 record)
8th – Northern Lights 17 Black (4-4 record)
13th – Northern Lights 7 Red (5-2 record)
16th – Impact 17-1 (1-7 record)
The following athletes represent Northern Lights 16-1:
- Sophia Andersen Sophia Andersen 5'10" | OH New Prague | 2020 State MN 6’0 L/S | 2020 New Prague HS
- Courtney Cahill Courtney Cahill 6'0" | RS Woodbury | 2020 State MN 6’0 S/R | 2020 Woodbury HS
- Mackenzie Close Mackenzie Close 6'0" | S Southwest Christian | 2020 State MN 6’0 R/MB | 2020 Southwest Christian HS
- Ellie Dammann Ellie Dammann 6'1" | MB Waconia | 2020 State MN 6’0 MB/R | 2020 Waconia HS
- Serafina Rivera Serafina Rivera 6'1" | OH Nova Classical Academy | 2020 State MN 5’7 Lib/DS | 2020 Nova Classical Academy
- Bronwyn Timperley Bronwyn Timperley 5'11" | MB Northfield | 2020 State MN 6’0 L/Lib | 2020 Northfield HS
- Sophia Vogel Sophia Vogel 6'2" | OH Robbinsdale-Armstrong | 2020 State MN 6’2 MB/R | 2020 Robbinsdale Armstrong HS
- Kali Wolf Kali Wolf 6'1" | OH Waconia | 2020 State MN 6’1 L/S | 2020 Waconia HS
- Halle Wolfe Halle Wolfe 5'7" | DS/L Lakeville North | 2020 State MN 5’7 Lib/DS | 2020 Lakeville North HS
- Lauren Woodford 5’7 S/DS | 2020 Spring Lake Park HS