H-Town Showdown #2: 16s – Top Liberos

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Club volleyball teams from the Houston area had another major event to play this past weekend, when the city hosted the H-Town Showdown #2, which reunited teams from the U15s, U16s and U17s divisions for matches across three venues in the area.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href="https://prepdig.com/2024/02/h-town-showdown-2-16s-photos/">H-Town Showdown #2: 16s - Photos</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prep Dig was in attendance on Saturday, when we went to the FAST Complex, to take a look at the matches in the U16s divisions. It was a very strong field, with some interesting talent, and we'll take the week to feature the players that stood out and raised their stocks against tough competition.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are the liberos that were on fire on the backcourt:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["362961"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Tijerina and her AVA TX 16 Adidas were the division winners, having won all their three matches on Saturday. She split the libero duties with [player_tooltip player_id='453167' first='Haley' last='Patton'] and the two made of the team's backcourt the strongest of the event. An extremely technical player, Tijerina was very solid with her passing and her ability to give the ball to the setter, keeping the team in system. The libero also worked very hard on the backcourt, recovering some balls after shanked passes of her teammates, and had some good serving runs.","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-65c258d8ba28c"} /--> <!-- wp:acf/hudl {"name":"acf/hudl","data":{"embed_code":"u003ciframe src='https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/17168103/65c1ba7ac11a0908e4828f2c' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreenu003eu003c/iframeu003e","_embed_code":"field_62daf7995fd8c"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-65c258d8ba33a"} /--> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["443026"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Bailey led the backcourt efforts of the HJV 15 Premier team that ranked second with two wins and one loss. Extremely quick and dynamic, she got a lot of touches when playing defense and stepped up to make several digs in key moments of the matches. With her excellent ball control, Bailey was also very productive and consistent in serve-receive, giving the team a lot of stability in that area. 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I first watched the libero last season and, although she also improved a lot technically, I was impressed with how much more confident she looks on the court, leading the team and organizing the backcourt efforts. Poe is a very technical player, who gets lots of digs every match at the left back position. 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