Pacific Northwest Qualifier: Which 2025 Prospects Will Shine?
The Pacific Northwest Qualifier features an excellent group of 2025 prospects, including many of the best from around the state. The players stretch across both division and age groups, with some 2025 stars playing up. Here are several athletes likely…
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Continue ReadingThe Pacific Northwest Qualifier features an excellent group of 2025 prospects, including many of the best from around the state. The players stretch across both division and age groups, with some 2025 stars playing up. Here are several athletes likely to make star turns throughout the tournament.
Mairs will be leading the Excel NW 18 Lux team in the 18 Open. The six-rotation outside sophomore from Camas is solid and relaxed in serve receive, and has passed nails to help her setters run a high-tempo offense. Mairs is a powerful attacker who can terminate from either pin and has great vision that helps her find open seams.
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Ensign is the floor general as the setter for her Dakine Warriors 16 Surf team. She has displayed great chemistry with her middles, setting a variety of routes including the slide from the 5-1. The left handed Ensign is a scoring threat on her own, with a quick arm and solid athleticism when she attacks at the net. Dakine will be a difficult match up for anyone in the 16 USA Division.
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PSVBA Legacy 16 will compete in the 16 USA Division, and Dent is an outstanding scoring option on the pin and attacking from the pipe. The long athletic sophomore from Cascade Christian has a quick arm, good footwork on her approach from both pins and has settled in as a reliable passer in serve receive. Dent has been hammering line this club season, she has a high contact point that is difficult to stop when she is rolling.
The Puyallup Juniors 16 National team will compete in the Liberty Division at PNQ, and Togia runs the offense from he setter position. She has strong hands and can push the ball out easily to the pin. Togia is crafty offensively and knows the best time and place to send over a well disguised setter dump.
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Neubauer is a dynamic six-rotation player with a complete all-around game. She competes hard for her Dakine squad, playing with passion and an excellent skill set offensively and defensively. Neubauer is confident attacking out of the pipe, transitioning to scoring threat seamlessly from the middle back. Her quick arm and good vertical produce scorching swings in the team’s up-tempo offense.
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The Mead sophomore plays up with RVC 17 Trent, her team will compete in the Open Division in Spokane this weekend. She was hammering balls from the pins at the last NWPL when RVC was shorthanded, and the 6’3 Durgan delivered. Her strength is her combination of quick bounce off the floor and a fast arm. In system running a quick set, Durgan will pound the ball down for easy points.
Joffe is an on the rise sophomore who does great work in the middle for Dakine 16. She is athletic with the ability to chase down and hammer the slide or any other set she receives. She has excellent press on her block, and has a quick jump off the floor when she gets a chance to slam down an overpass. Joffe will be a handful for opposing middles over the weekend.
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The libero for NPJ Seattle 16 National is a tremendous passer in serve receive who commands more than her share of the back row when passing. She is delivering accurate second ball sets to both pins, and is always going all out to keep a ball off the floor. She is part of an excellent libero/ds combo with Lingli Chum-Schultz from Kentwood.
The Glacier Peak setter leads her Space Needle 17 team to Spokane, competing in the American Division. Cornelius is excellent defensively, handling hard swings and tips, and giving her team a chance to score in transition. She reads the game well, and that allows her to dig balls accurately and with a good tempo for the second ball setter. Cornelius locates her sets well and uses her quick feet to deliver a ball her attackers can manage, even when the initial pass is not precise.