Club Team Spotlight: Volleyball Alliance 18-1 Monica

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Volleyball Alliance 18-1 Monica team is off to a fantastic start this club season. After this weekend's 18U Power League, the team secured the #2 seed in the region (not including 18s teams playing in the Open tournament). Thus far, the group has only lost three matches across three tournaments, an impressive feat. This group is a combination of returners from the Alliance teams of last season and some talented newbies. The head coach of this team is co-club director Monica Anderson who has been with the club since the beginning. She coached some of this group when Alliance was an independent, stand-alone team. Fast forward four years, and it has grown into a legit club program with eight teams covering each age division. Assisting Anderson is Tigard High School head coach Jesse Abell. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["91386"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":351295,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Anderson, the daughter of head coach Monica Anderson, has been an integral part of the Alliance team's successes over the past few seasons. With a heavy arm and an explosive approach, she proves to be a definite offensive weapon for this team. She is a smart attacker and does a good job mixing up her placement. 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