Wisconsin Teams in the 2018 USAV Girls’ 18s Junior National Championships – Part 4 – American Division

<p>Wisconsin sent 13 teams to compete in Anaheim last weekend, with 6 teams in the 4 Qualifying divisions and 7 teams in the non-qualifying Patriot Division. Part 4 is a quick recap of how Motion Volleyball 18 Blu and SWVBC G18 did in the USAV 18s Junior National Championships while competing in the American Division. </p> <p><strong><u>AMERICAN DIVISION</u></strong></p> <p><strong>SWVBC G18 – FINISHED 29^THOUT OF 64</strong></p> <p><strong>            </strong>SWVBC G18 played a majority of their season in Illinois, played quite a few teams that competed in the higher divisions, and they held their own.  SWVBC started out on Friday (4/27) afternoon with a couple of wins in their opening matches.  First, they defeated EliteVBTC 18 Katie (25-23, 25-23) and then ACAD 18 White North (25-19, 25-18).  They wrapped up the day with a loss to GA5 18 – April (24-26, 25-22, 10-15).  SWVBC ended up with a 2-1 record, which placed them 2^nd in their Friday pool. </p> <p>            On Saturday morning, SWVBC played in a tough Saturday pool where they took 3 tough losses.  The first loss came to AVA TX 18 Team Rox (15-25, 12-25) followed by a struggle with ZIVA 18 National (10-25, 21-25).  They finished Saturday with a battle and a loss to EXCEL 18 National White (26-28, 25-22, 13-15). </p> <p>The 0-3 record for the day placed SWVBC 4^th in their Saturday pool.  SWVBC played in the Flight 1 Bracket A Sunday.  Their weekend ended with a loss to A5 South 18-Jason (25-19, 25-27, 11-15).  With a 2-5 record, SWVBC placed 29^th out of 64 teams.  They faced some tough competition, such as ZIVA 18 National out of Texas who placed 2^nd in the American division.  ZIVA holds an impressive 33-6 record playing in qualifiers and this national competition. SWVBC finished up a competitive season in California, and we wish the best of luck to those playing at the next level in the Fall!</p> <p><strong>Cassidy Kundinger</strong> – Undecided  </p> <p><strong>Addie Sagat</strong> – Undecided</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="9365" first="Heidi" last="Hoffman"]</strong> – Undecided</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="9357" first="Mackenzie" last="Schmirler"]</strong> – Undecided</p> <p><strong>Emily Gillen</strong> – UW-Whitewater</p> <p><strong>Madison Gordon</strong> – UM-Duluth</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="9311" first="Quinn" last="Borchert"]</strong> – Milwaukee School of Engineering</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="9302" first="Abby" last="Arena"]</strong> – UW-Oshkosh</p> <p><strong>Tatum Brim</strong> – Clark University</p> <p><strong>Kelly Ann Sotiros</strong> – UW-Whitewater</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>MOTION VOLLEYBALL 18 BLU – FINISHED 41^ST OUT OF 64</strong></p> <p>Motion Volleyball 18 Blu had a jam packed schedule this season playing some of the top teams in the Midwest.  They started out on Friday (4/27) afternoon with a pair of losses to SA STING 18 BLACK (13-25, 22-15) and EXCEL 18 National White (17-25, 26-24, 13-15).  Immediately after their battle with EXCEL, Motion turned around and had a decisive win over Club Gold 18-1 Blue (25-18, 25-15).  With a 1-2 record, Motion placed 3^rd in their Friday pool.</p> <p>  Saturday (4/28) afternoon, Motion started out with a pair of solid wins over WPVC 18 Elite Black (25-14, 25-18) and NSSC 181 (25-17, 25-16).  Motion ended their Saturday pool losing a tough battle with EliteVBTC 18 Katie (26-24, 20-25, 8-15).  Their 2-1 finish placed them 2^nd in their pool and placed them in Flight 3 Bracket A.</p> <p>            Sunday (4/29) started off with a 3-set win for Motion against Topeka Impact 18-1 (25-23, 13-25, 15-7).  Motion continued on to win the Flight 3 Bracket A with another solid win against Renaissance 18 Black (25-22, 25-18).  With a 5-3 record for the weekend, Motion placed 41^st out of 64 teams.  Motion had a tough pool with teams like SA STING 18 BLACK (San Antonio, TX).  Sting holds a 41-19 record and finished 13^th in the American division.  Sting has players that will be continuing on in the fall at Alcorn State, Dallas, East Texas Baptist, Eastern New Mexico, Huston-Tillotson, Panola College, Tarleton, Trinity, UT-San Antonio, and UT-Tyler.  Motion finished with a 49-22 record playing in California, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Wisconsin.  Good luck to the Motion Blu players in the fall!</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="9288" first="Greta" last="Paszek"]</strong> – Bemidji State  </p> <p><strong>Katy Kluge</strong> – Unsigned</p> <p><strong>Jill Glyzewski</strong> – Unsigned</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="9378" first="Ciara" last="Gilbertson"]</strong> – UW-Stevens Point</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="9362" first="Nora" last="Pecha"]</strong> – UW-Madison (Club)</p> <p><strong>Emma Kiekhofer</strong> – Unsigned</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="9281" first="Paige" last="Jaeger"]</strong> – Stony Brook University</p> <p><strong>Sophia Pahl</strong> – Bowdoin College</p> <p><strong>Olivia Ciardo</strong> – UW-Madison (Club)</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="12027" first="Kaitlyn" last="Boelter-Eberhardt"]</strong> – North Central College</p> <p><strong>Gabby Pavlik</strong>- Concordia University - Wisconsin</p>