Club Team Spotlight: Athena 16-2 Black

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Athena 16 Black team has proven quite competitive this season, building on their success last season when Athena 16 Black finished an admirable 10th in the region. This season they have competed in the Open division, the only 16-2 team competing at this level. Coming in as the underdogs, they have had quite a few competitive matches and have been able to walk away with a handful of wins to hold onto the #22 seed heading into Regionals. This team is led by veteran Athena coach Tiffany Zwick, who has been with the club for 11 seasons and counting! Assisting her is Jeff Miller, who is in his second season with the club and just so happens to be the father of Greta Miller, who is on the team.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":380342,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='394079' first='Kaitlin' last='Boring']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2025","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'6u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"32561","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Nelson","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"Athena Volleyball Academy","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Boring has been utilized in a two-setter system opposite Greta Miller. 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