Strong Showing for Iowa Region teams at KC’s MLK Tournament

<p>Twenty-three teams from Iowa made the trip down to Kansas City this past weekend, with 18 open’s Powerplex and Adrenaline having strong showings, finishing 4^th and 6^th, respectively.  Powerplex, which won an open bid last weekend in Omaha, finished the tournament 5-4, while placing 2^nd in their opening pool, and then ending with a 4^th place finish in the Gold Pool.  Powerplex had strong play all weekend from rightside <strong>Aimee Adams</strong> and libero <strong>Savannah Perry</strong>.    </p> <p>Adrenaline also finished the weekend 5-4, finishing 3^rd in their pool, and then moving on to the Silver Bracket Championship.  Adrenaline fought all the way to the bracket championship match, before falling to KC Power 18-1s, who they had beat 2 days prior.  Adrenaline had strong offensive performances from <strong>Sommer Daniel, Akeela Jefferson</strong>, and <strong>Grace Tubbs</strong>.  <strong>Mackenzie Murphy</strong> also had a strong weekend, stepping up while basketball games kept a few girls home.   </p> <p>In 18 USA, CIA Black finished 5-2, placing 5^th in the 27-team division.  <strong>Halia Mahi, Morgan Weber</strong>, and <strong>Delaney McSweeney</strong> led the offense while <strong>Tricia Even</strong> controlled the backcourt.  IPVA 18 Black finished strong, ending the last day with a perfect 3-0 record, opening bracket play with a win over Iowa’s Imagine 18-1s. </p> <p>18 American had Flight 18U going a perfect 9-0 and coming out on top.  Six Pack was right behind them, finishing 7-1 and placing 3^rd.  I-80 Blues also had a strong showing, going undefeated in pool play and placing 5^th.  Other Iowa teams included CIS 18M (17^th), Westside Strikers (21^st), Ohana 18 Regional (23^rd), CR Surge (25^th), and Rapid Spikers 18 Black (44^th).        </p> <p>In the 17s division, IPVA 17 Black had a strong showing, finishing 7-1, and placing 5^th out of 56 teams.  IPVA had strong offensive performances from <strong>Kara Peter, Anna Godfredsen</strong>, and <strong>Allena Shimon</strong>, while <strong>Kaci Behrens</strong> led the defensive effort.  Powerplex 17 Red finished 5-3 and placed 31^st and Ohana 17 National finished 3-4 and placed 35^th. </p> <p>Ohana sent two 16s teams, with their 16 Regional team finishing 3-4 and placing 15^th and their 16 National team finishing 5-4 and placing 19^th.</p> <p>In the 15s division, Powerplex 15 Elite placed 19^th, Ohana National placed 16^th, Ohana Regional placed 27^th, Powerplex 15 Red placed 41^st, and DCVC National placed 48^th.   </p> <p>&nbsp;</p>