AAU Girls Junior National Championships Recap for June 20, 2018

<p>The 45^th AAU Girls Junior National Volleyball Championships are in full swing down in Orlando at the ESPN Wide World of Sports and Orange County Convention Center.</p> <p>The younger age groups are reaching their conclusion and the Legacy Volleyball Center had some strong showings this week.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>15 Open</strong></p> <p>The Legacy 15-Elite volleyball team went 3-5 through three days of pool play, earning wins over Nebraska Juniors 151 (25-13, 25-16), Tri-State Elite 15 Blue (25-21, 25-22) and Volley Top 15 (25-17, 25-21). That landed 15-Elite in the Ruby bracket, where they met up with VCNebraska 15 Elite. Legacy fought hard, but lost in three sets 25-23, 23-25, 15-11.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>14 Open</strong></p> <p>Legacy 14-Elite had a great showing at the AAU Junior Nationals, reaching the semifinals of the Gold bracket. In pool play, Legacy posted a 6-3 record, earning wins over WVBA 14 Adidas (25-20, 25-11), Club V 14 Ren (25-15, 25-21), MAVA 14-Select (25-15, 25-17), Tri-State Elite 14 Blue (26-24, 25-17), A5 Mizuno 141 Suzanne (25-22, 14-25, 15-11) and Club V 14 Ren again (25-22, 25-20).</p> <p>That moved Legacy into the Gold bracket for a chance to win the Open championship. They opened the quarterfinals with a three-set win over Borinquen Coqui 14 Piro. Legacy dropped the opening set 25-20, but fought back to win the second set 26-24 and then finished things off with a 15-12 victory in the third set. In the semifinal, Legacy couldn’t get past OT 14 S. Felix V, as OT ran by for a 25-8, 25-15 victory.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>13 Open</strong></p> <p>Legacy 13-Elite had a strong run in Orlando as well, reaching the X. Legacy went 5-3 in pool play to advance to the Gold bracket on Wednesday. They earned pool play wins over K2 13 Adidas (25-18, 25-21), WPVC 13 Elite Black (25-23, 25-19), Asics Team Indiana Elite (25-18, 25-10), Top Select 13 Elite (25-16, 23-25, 15-8) and Borinquen Coqui 13 (25-18, 25-27, 15-9).</p> <p>In bracket play, Legacy began things in the quarterfinal with a 25-20, 23-25, 17-15 nail-biter against Asics KIVA 13 Red. That advanced Legacy to the semifinal, where it faced Vaqueras 13-1 Freddy. It was another three-set battle, but Legacy was ultimately defeated by Vaqueras 25-17, 16-25, 15-10.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>12 Open</strong></p> <p>Legacy 12-Elite recorded a 2-6 record in pool play before moving on to the Consolation Division in bracket play. Pool play victories came against The Academy 12 Elite Bobcats (25-19, 18-25, 15-6) and Summit 12 Blue Elite (25-15, 25-9).</p> <p>In bracket play, Legacy faced Wildfire 12 Nike Albert and were defeated in two sets, 25-22 and 25-18.</p>