Week 1 – Wisconsin Preview

<p>The required 5 days of practice are in.  Scrimmages started up on Saturday, August 18^th.  Coaches are fine tuning starting line-ups for their first matches.  New leaders have stepped up and young rock stars are showing their stuff.  Time to start seeing if the hard work put in during the off-season was enough.  Here are the 5 events in the spotlight for the week of August 20^th-26^th.  </p> <p><strong><u>HOMESTEAD TRIANGULAR – Tuesday, August 21^st</u></strong></p> <p>Homestead will be hosting Kettle Moraine Lutheran (KML) and Brookfield Central for a triangular.  This should make for some great match-ups after KML graduated 4 key pieces.  Last year KML took out Homestead 3-0 and Brookfield Central 2-1, but a new season brings new opportunities.</p> <p>WATCH OUT:</p> <p>Kettle Moraine Lutheran</p> <p><strong>-[player_tooltip player_id="32726" first="Arianna" last="Miller"] </strong>– 2019 – 6’2 – Middle Blocker – Committed to UW-Milwaukee</p> <p><strong><u>CROIX CENTRAL QUAD – Tuesday, August 21^st</u></strong></p> <p>St. Croix is hosting Prescott, River Falls and Stanley-Boyd for an interesting quad.  While River Falls graduated some big fire power, they have big guns returning for a big season.  Stanley-Boyd graduated 6 key pieces, but St. Croix Central is returning quite a bit and may prove to be the best competition for River Falls in this quad.</p> <p>WATCH OUT:</p> <p>River Falls</p> <p>-<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="80151" first="Halle" last="Olson"]</strong> – 2020 – 6’2 – Outside Hitter – Not Committed</p> <p><strong>-Emily Bannit </strong>– 2020 – 5’11 – Outside Hitter – Committed to Loyola-Chicago</p> <p><strong>-[player_tooltip player_id="12959" first="Anna" last="Wolf"]</strong> – 2021 – 6’2 – Outside Hitter – Committed to Minnesota</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>THE JOUST – Friday, August 24^th-Saturday, August 25^th</u></strong></p> <p>The Joust is held at Homestead HS and it is SUPER competitive.  If you place in the bottom 2 (out of 20), you are not invited back the next season.  Last year the bottom 2 were Wausau Newman and Catholic Memorial, both of which made trips to the Resch Center once again.  Pool play gets under way at noon on Friday!</p> <p>WATCH OUT:</p> <p>In Pool A:</p> <p>Arrowhead</p> <p>-<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="10329" first="Aubrey" last="Hamilton"] – </strong>2020 – 6’2 – Pin Hitter – Committed to Notre Dame</p> <p>-<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="80158" first="Elise" last="Schneider"] – </strong>2020 – 6’0 – Middle Blocker/Right Side/Setter – Committed to Wofford</p> <p>-<strong>Emma Ruckstadter – </strong>2019 – 5’7 – Setter – Not Committed</p> <p>In Pool C:</p> <p>Brookfield East</p> <p>-<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="56036" first="Riley" last="Kindt"] – </strong>2020 – 5’9 – Middle Blocker – Not Committed</p> <p>-<strong>Shea Laurie – </strong>2019 – Libero – Not Committed</p> <p>In pool D:</p> <p>Oconomowoc</p> <p><strong>Taylor Alden – </strong>2020 – 6’0 – Setter – Committed to Northern Iowa</p> <p><strong>Elle Shult</strong> – 2019 – 6’3 – Middle Blocker – Not Committed</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="33138" first="Tessa" last="Christopherson"] </strong>– 2019 – 6’0 – Setter/Right Side – Not Committed</p> <p>In Pool E:</p> <p>Burlington</p> <p><strong>-[player_tooltip player_id="56004" first="Kaley" last="Blake"] </strong>– 2020 – 5’7 – Setter – Committed to UW-Milwaukee</p> <p><strong>-[player_tooltip player_id="10227" first="Maddie" last="Berezowitz"] </strong>– 2019 – 5’8 – Defensive Specialist – Committed to Kentucky</p> <p><strong>-Sam Naber</strong> – 2021 – Libero – Committed to Marquette</p> <p>-<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="33094" first="Coley" last="Haggard"]</strong> – 2019 – Outside Hitter – Not Committed</p> <p><strong>-[player_tooltip player_id="80292" first="Laren" last="Baldowsky"] </strong>– 6’0 – Outside Hitter – Not Committed</p> <p>In Pool F:</p> <p>Divine Savior Holy Angels</p> <p><strong>Jalie Shemanski </strong>– 2020 – 5’0 – Defensive Specialist – Not Committed</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="33103" first="Elizabeth" last="Organ"] </strong>– 2019 – 5’7 – Setter – Not Committed</p> <p>Lake Country Lutheran</p> <p><strong>-[player_tooltip player_id="80165" first="Rylee" last="Vaughn"]</strong> – 2020 – Libero – Not Committed</p> <p><strong>-[player_tooltip player_id="33033" first="Jennifer" last="O’Keefe"]</strong> – 2019 – Outside Hitter – Not Committed</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>MENOMONIE SPRAWL - Friday, August 24^th-Saturday, August 25^th</u></strong></p> <p>This is where River Falls will get a better test with a larger tournament.  Last year they didn’t drop a single set.  I’d like to see River Falls and Clayton match up in the championship for this one!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>WARHAWK OPEN - Friday, August 24^th-Saturday, August 25^th</u></strong></p> <p>Whitewater will host a total of 27 teams competing from all over the state.  There is a great mix of divisions in this one, and it gives lots of opportunities to see new teams.  Last year Lakeside Lutheran took 2^nd behind Franklin, and I would like to see a rematch between those two this year. </p> <p>WATCH OUT:</p> <p>Lakeside Lutheran</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="80837" first="Kylee" last="Gnabasik"] </strong>– 2021 – 5’3 – Defensive Specialist/Setter – Not Committed</p> <p><strong>Kaitlyn Shadoski </strong>– 2019 – 5’9 – Right Side/Setter – Not Committed</p>