FAST Warm Up – 15 Open – The Dynamic Right Sides

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The club volleyball season is underway in the state of Texas and one of the most popular and exciting season-opening events in the Houston area, the FAST Warm Up, took place last weekend across multiple venues, reuniting as many as 273 teams from H-Town and several other cities.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I was at the FAST Complex on Sunday to watch the top eight teams of the 15 Open division compete in the gold bracket and it was exciting to see some new faces emerge and display excellent playing level and intriguing skills - [program_tooltip program_id='431166' first='Houston' last='Juniors']' HJV 15 Elite ended up as the division winners, with TAV Houston 15 Adidas finishing second.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We'll take the days after the event to highlight some of the individual standouts of the 15 Open division and now it's time to give a shoutout to the most productive right side hitters who played on Saturday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["224309"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Crowley impressed me with how consistent and effective she was when hitting from the right for her TAV Houston 15 Adidas team. 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