They Came and They Conqured! Winners in Reno, Week 3 (14s).
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The Girls Far Western National Qualifier week three was held from April 26th to April 28th at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno Nevada. Another full-packed weekend of teams from all over attempting to get a bid to Nationals. The…
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Continue ReadingThe Girls Far Western National Qualifier week three was held from April 26th to April 28th at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno Nevada. Another full-packed weekend of teams from all over attempting to get a bid to Nationals. The Convention Center was filled with anticipation and excitement. Players dove attacked, and served with skill and passion. There was teamwork, communication, and coordination play after play. With every set, kill, and block, players were able to showcase their talent in pursuit of victory. Congratulations to the following teams who represent California.
14 OPEN: 1st place goes to Mizuno LB 14 Rockstar, coached by Elizabeth Fontanilla, Tawnee Luafalemana, and Tiffany Rodriguez. Winners are Makaela Munzon, Riley Stringer Riley Stringer 5'10" | S Manhattan Beach Middle School | 2028 CA , Paulina Zahn, Anaya Dela Fuente Anaya Dela Fuente 5'11" | OH Our Community School | 2029 CA , Cadence Talaga Cadence Talaga 5'6" | DS/L Long Beach Poly | 2029 CA , Grace Ge, Londyn Foster, Daisy Brown, Jadyn Foran, Roxy Vucho, Evelyn Smith, Shewa Adefemiwa, Reagan Williams Reagan Williams 5'9" | MB Sunny Hills | 2028 CA , and Avery Milburn Avery Milburn 5'10" | RS Polytechnic Long Beach | 2028 CA .
2nd place taking home silver is SG Elite 14 Roshambo, coached by Jezreel Nueve, Lisa Steenport, and Shelby Stanger. Winners are Michelle Xu, Mayli Hernandez, Callie Kutzly, Annabel Soter, Keira Kim, Ariminty Yu, Ashley Sakonju Ashley Sakonju 5'7" | DS/L Harvard-Westlake (c/o 2028) | 2028 CA , Sophia Wright, Allison Charvat, Alexandra Hammeke, Adelyn Lopez, and Lucy Stillwell.
14 USA: 2nd place taking home silver is Red Rock 14 Taylor- Redwood City, coached by Taylor Ho, Youki Bradley, and Nicki Ezatagha. Winners are Jaslynn Lemoge, Isabella Vu, Olivia roper, Sophia Labrucherie, Amelia Macdonnell, Alea Wondany, Elizabeth Tanriverdi, Abby Cardenas Abby Cardenas 6'0" | OH Saint Francis | 2028 CA , Kira Tully, Poppy McKenzie, Ilsa Carlson, and Ellyssa Won.
3rd place taking home bronze is SynergyForce 14 Cassidy, coached by Cassidy Maw, Kacey Lewis, and Bret Almazan-Cezar. Winners are Charli Roccucci, Joanna Shular, Brylie Beltran, Abby Sutton, Claire Goulding, Reese Roberts Daisy Cantrell, Sofie Urosevic, Kaleigh Morasci, Avery Tibon, Noelani Ramirez, and Logann Brown.
Liberty is the only division in which three California teams placed in the top three.
14 LIBERTY: 1st place taking gold goes to SynergyForce 14 Dawid, coached by Dawid Pawlik, Eric Macias, and David Lacoste. Winners are Brianne Steffens, Mya Taylor, Ava De La Torre, Sophie Burns, Julia Tevis, Grace McKeown, Alex Williams, Kynslee Martin, Cassandra Reno, Mia Rose Ruiz, and Emi Stephens.
2nd place taking silver goes to Academy Volleyball 14 National, coached by Harley Silva, Tian Hao Wang, and Luciana De Pra. Winners are Lila Ozdemir, Kate Sullivan, Rucha Patil, Ashley Zhou, Johanna Key, Anna Scaria, Gabrielle Eisenberg, Devan Okubo, Chloe Zeng, Amelia Mnich, Sophie Verner, Penelope Cho, and Caoimhe Gallagher.
3rd place taking bronze goes to Omni 14 Elite, coached by Tamara Lapointe, Brandon Lapointe and Nicole Miller. Winners are Kapri Orteza, Audrina Miciano, Emma Simmons, Zoe Hieb, Maya Nettles-Barcelon, Savanna Ard, Kelsey Frank, Mikaela Strange, Isla Gonzales, Avery Moore, Zaiya Flinn-Espinosa, Blake Ray, and Sidney Palmeri.
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