<p>Last weekend, <strong>Michigan Elite 18 Mizuno </strong>earned a bid for this year’s USA Volleyball Nationals by taking third in the <strong>18 Open </strong>of the <strong>Girls Winter Volleyball Championship </strong>in Indianapolis, Ind.</p>
<p>Of a 21-team field, Michigan Elite 18 Mizuno was 7-1 on the weekend with the lone loss coming against event winner <strong>Mintonette Sports – m.81</strong> in three sets (25-16, 24-26, 15-9).</p>
<p>Among the wins was a three-set narrow victory over <strong>Legacy 18-1 ADIDAS </strong>(22-25, 25-20, 16-14).</p>
<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="14163" first="Julia" last="Bishop"] </strong>led Michigan Elite on the weekend. The Miss Volleyball winner was locked in with her hitters, notably <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="14204" first="Jenna" last="Vaske"]</strong>, who was putting together great swings in-and-out-of-system.</p>
<p>Michigan Elite also had a great defensive effort behind <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="50290" first="Rachel" last="Jennings"] </strong>and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="50302" first="Olivia" last="Kowalkowski"]</strong>.</p>
<p>Legacy 18-1 ADIDAS placed seventh for the weekend with a 3-4 record.</p>
<p><strong>Unified 18-1 </strong>placed 15<sup>th</sup> in the 18 Open with a 3-3 record that included wins over Legacy and <strong>Unified 18-2</strong>. <strong>TeamD 18-Red </strong>came in 16<sup>th</sup> place with a 3-3 record as well for the weekend.</p>
<p>In the <strong>18 USA Division</strong>, <strong>Michigan Elite 18 Elite </strong>finished in seventh at 4-4, while <strong>Legacy 18-2 ADIDAS </strong>was 16<sup>th</sup> with a 4-3 record.<strong> Five:1 18-Black </strong>placed 27<sup>th</sup> with a 4-4 record.</p>
<p>The 2021 Girls 18s Junior National Championship will be held April 23-25 from the <strong>Greater Columbus Convention Center</strong>.</p>
