Kansas City Metro Power 15: Week of 9/18

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We are almost through September. Here is the KC Metro [program_tooltip program_id='428794' first='Power' last=''] 15 for the week of 9/18.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>1. Blue Valley North (19-0)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The train is still moving fast ahead for the new number 1 team. How long will they hold it? Big showdown tonight with St. James and Aquinas in the same building. [player_tooltip player_id='152832' first='Felicia' last='Wu'] is averaging close to 4 digs per set. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2. St. Thomas Aquinas (9-1)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Saints suffered their first defeat of the season but have a big tri tonight for a chance to move back to the top. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3, St. James (12-2)</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. James took down MIege in a sweep last week. Big Tuesday matches ahead with number 1 and number 2. [player_tooltip player_id='119723' first='Julia' last='Headley'] is hitting over .450.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4. Olathe Northwest (12-4)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Northwest is clicking now that they are back at full strength. They finished second last weekend and gave Aquinas their first L. Katie McCormick and [player_tooltip player_id='261101' first='Addisen' last='Horn'] are running the offensive show well from the setter position. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>5. Blue Valley West (11-4)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>West had a good showing at Mo-Kan with their only loss to Olathe Northwest. They also battled but went down to Blue Valley North last week. [player_tooltip player_id='173372' first='Lily' last='Wedman'] has returned to the lineup. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>6. Heritage Christian (13-2)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Two more sweeps for HCA last week to run their win total up to 13. Anna Schenk has 314 assists on the season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>7. Olathe West</strong> <strong>(16-4)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>3-0 week for Olathe West to stay in the top 10. The digging machine, [player_tooltip player_id='152833' first='Riley' last='Ourth'] is close to 6 digs per set. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>8. Mill Valley</strong> <strong>(10-3) </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A perfect week for Mill Valley last week, going 3-0. [player_tooltip player_id='152830' first='Kaitlyn' last='Burke'] is leading the team in kills. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>9. St. Michael the Archangel (11-4) </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Big sweep of St. Teresa's last week to go 2-0. Addie Maclean is not having a sophomore slump. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>10. Blue Valley Southwest (10-4)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2-2 last week for Southwest. Their two defeats came to the 1st and 5th-ranked teams. They took down 11th-ranked Spring Hill to trade spots in this week's ranking. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>11. Spring Hill (11-3)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2-1 week with a loss to 9th-ranked Blue Valley Northwest</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>12. Lansing (8-3)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lansing grabbed two more wins this week to improve to 8-3</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>13. St. Pius X (12-4)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pius is back in the poll, sitting at 12-4. They had seven wins over the course of the week. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>14. Lee's Summit West (13-5)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Titans continue to show they will be a team in the mix come the postseason. They went three sets with Olathe Northwest and were beaten by the top team in the city, Blue Valley North. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>15. Blue Springs South (14-5)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>New to the poll, Blue Spring South and their 14-5 record. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->