Northeast Qualifier – Five Texas Outsides to Watch

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another week, another National Qualifier. This is what life looks like at this point of the club season and this weekend's destination for teams from around the country will be Philadelphia, where the first stage of the Northeast Qualifier will take place from Friday to Sunday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The event will feature five divisions (17 Open, 18 American, 18 Liberty, 18 Open and 18 USA) and as many as 219 teams will be in action competing for spots at the 2024 USA Volleyball Girls National Championship.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The state of Texas will be represented in each of the five divisions as 29 teams will make the trip to Pennsylvania this weekend and will take the days leading to the event to highlight some of the players from the Lone Star State that will be on the court. Now let's look into the outside hitters:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["367011"],"_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":"Sims will be one of the key pieces of her Flyers 17 USA-Ed team in the 17 Open division. Despite not being extremely tall, she's one of the team's main offensive weapons and has a lot of success in her swings. Sims is very technical, has excellent vision and gets off the floor well and, with that combination, she's able to wait until the last second to make her shot selection. Her swings are always very precise and that allows her to score at a good rate even when out of system. 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