Scouting Report & Photos: Pleasant Valley

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>IOWA CITY, Iowa - </strong>Pleasant Valley entered the season ranked 10th in Class 5A. I left here on Thursday night thinking there's no way nine teams were better than the Spartans. They cruised to three straight-set victories in the MVC/MAC Challenge at Iowa City West High. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>PV graduated a lot of talent off of last year's squad that reached the state championship match. It reloaded in a big way. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are player scouting reports followed by photos of the Spartans: </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":452502,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Molly Albrecht","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2024","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'4u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"32926","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Pleasant Valley ","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_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":"The lone senior on the roster, Albrecht holds down the back row, settling pace, turning it into usable passes for sets to a talented group of hitters. 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