Motor City Madness: SPVB 16 Elite dominates 17 Open tournament
Motor City Madness Being a little younger didn’t bother SPVB 16 Elite this weekend, as the squad had a perfect Sunday at Motor City Madness to win the 17 Open Gold Bracket. “The girls just played so well and really…
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Continue ReadingBeing a little younger didn’t bother SPVB 16 Elite this weekend, as the squad had a perfect Sunday at Motor City Madness to win the 17 Open Gold Bracket.
“The girls just played so well and really have been improving so much,” SPVB 16 Elite coach Erik Vogt said. “They just really put it all together (on Sunday).”
SPVB went a perfect 6-0 for the weekend and opened Sunday’s tournament play with a 25-18, 25-15 win over Michigan Elite 17 Mizuno in the 17 Open quarterfinals. It then dispatched TeamD 17-Red 25-13, 25-16.
In the championship, SPVB ran into MVA 17 National Black. MVA put up a fight in the first, losing by just a 25-19 deficit. However, the second set saw SPVB get on a roll and not stop on their way to a 25-4 victory.
“We passed well. We served well. We hit well. When you are doing those things at the same time, it can be tough to stop,” Vogt said. “MVA is a great team, I just think we were playing some of our best volleyball (Sunday).”
Vogt mentioned his libero, Hattie Monson and his setter, Melissa Walden, as his standouts to go along with their strong crew of hitters.
MVA reached the championship match by dispatching Unified 17-1 (24-26, 25-20, 15-7) in the quarterfinals and FaR Out 17 Gold (23-25, 25-20, 15-11) in the semifinals.
Motor City Madness 17 Open
Sunday’s Gold Bracket Results
At Ultimate Soccer – Pontiac
Quarterfinals
M1: FaR Out 17 Gold def. Dead Frog 17 Black (25-17, 25-19)
M2: MVA 17 National Black def. Unified 17-1 (24-26, 25-20, 15-7)
M3: TeamD 17-Red def. Michigan Elite 17 Elite West (13-25, 25-20, 17-15)
M4: SPVB 16 Elite def. Michigan Elite 17 Mizuno (25-18, 25-15)
Semifinals
M5: MVA National Black def. FaR Out 17 Gold (23-25, 25-20, 15-11)
M6: SPVB 16 Elite def. TeamD 17-Red (25-13, 25-16)
Finals, 1 p.m.
M7: SPVB 16 Elite def. MVA 17 National Black (25-19, 25-4)