AAU Girls’ Junior National Volleyball Championships – Day 1

<p>It’s National Championships season. The Asics Junior National Volleyball Championships have concluded in Chicago.  Now, we move our attention down to Orlando, FL where we have 35 teams representing the Badger Region from 12’s-15’s in 14 different divisions of the AAU Girls’ Junior National Championships.  We will do a daily recap of some of our teams’ top performances!</p> <p><strong><u>14’s</u></strong></p> <p><strong>Capital 14 Navy – 14 Classic Division</strong></p> <p>Capital came in as the top seed and dominated their pool!</p> <p>Won vs New WAVE 14 Hurricane (25-14, 25-11)</p> <p>Won vs TOP SELECT 14 TOP (25-15, 25-16)</p> <p>Capital also won their pool crossover match where they played the first place team from another pool.</p> <p>Won vs BRAVO 14’U (25-17, 25-11)</p> <p><strong>Capital 14 Adidas – 14 Club Division</strong></p> <p>Adidas started pool play as the top seeded and didn’t drop a set all day!</p> <p>Won vs West Florida Volleyball 14 (25-18, 25-17)</p> <p>Won vs Red Storm 14s Red (25-22, 25-7)</p> <p>Won vs The Academy GP 14 Elite Supernova (25-20, 25-20)</p> <p><strong>Milwaukee Sting 14 White – 14 Club Division</strong></p> <p>Sting came in as the top seed in their pool and cruised through pool play on the first day!</p> <p>Won vs HJV 14 Elite – South (25-11, 25-21)</p> <p>Won vs Wildfire 14 Nike Marcos (25-3, 25-4)</p> <p>Won vs Upward Stars 14 Christina (25-17, 25-20)</p> <p><strong>WI Juniors 14-1’s – 14 Club</strong></p> <p>I love an upset, and Juniors was just that on the first day of pool play!  They came in as the 2^nd seed in their pool but proved they should have been first!</p> <p>Won vs Genuine 14 Elite Marc (20-25, 25-21, 15-11)</p> <p>Won vs KA Ulukoa 14 Black (25-20, 25-16)</p> <p>Won vs Dead Frog 14 Black (25-12, 25-14)</p> <p><strong>Milwaukee Sting 14 Gold – 14 Open</strong></p> <p>It’s no surprise that 14 Gold came in as the top seed.  They took care of business in their first round of pool play with <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="81255" first="Adriana" last="Studer"] </strong>(Libero, 2022) keeping her team in system, strong swings by <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="57264" first="Brooke" last="Porter"] </strong>(Outside Hitter, 2022) and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="81252" first="Maleah" last="Howe"] </strong>(Outside Hitter, 2022), and stellar net play by <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="81266" first="Riley" last="Dahlquist"] </strong>(Middle Blocker, 2022).</p> <p>Won vs MAVA 14-Select (25-21, 25-19)</p> <p>Won vs The Academy 14 Elite En Fuego (25-23, 25-10)</p> <p>Won vs Boomers 14 Black Kelsey (25-21, 27-25)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>15’s</u></strong></p> <p><strong>Milwaukee Sting 15 Gold</strong></p> <p>Gold came in as the top seed but certainly had to fight for their 3^rd match win coming from behind to win in the 3^rd set.  Gold’s strong blocking and scrappy defense forced their opponents to make errors.  Running a fast and balanced attack with clutch plays from <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="80721" first="Tatum" last="Catalano"] </strong>(Middle Blocker, 2021) and <strong>Makenna Wucherer </strong>(Outside Hitter, 2022, Minnesota commit) was just more than teams could handle in their pool.</p> <p>Won vs LBVC 15 Gold (25-14, 25-22)</p> <p>Won vs Summit 15 Blue Elite (25-20, 25-13)</p> <p>Won vs Alliance 15-1 Mizuno (25-13, 18-25, 15-11)</p> <p><strong>Milwaukee Sting 15 Black – 15 Premier</strong></p> <p>Black had to fight for their first match win of the day and then they were dominant in the rest of their pool. </p> <p>Won vs Wildfire 15 Nike Igmar (25-23, 26-24)</p> <p>Won vs Dulles 15-1 (25-12, 25-4)</p> <p>Won vs TeamD 15-White (25-16, 25-9)</p>