VCN’s 15 and 16 Black Gear Up for NLQ

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The second weekend of the Northern Lights Qualifier in Minneapolis Minnesota has some great teams vying for bids. Let's take a look at VCN's 15 Black and 16 Black trying to earn a bid in the 15 and 16 Liberty Divisions respectively.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Outside Alexia Valish has a great jump float serve that can rack up the aces. On the pin she takes great, smart shots. Valish is able to have a high contact and can tool off the block or place a great tip right over the block.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='774602' first='Claire' last='Holle'] is a strong right side who can roll shot it to the donut or hit a deep shot to the endline. Holle has great court sense and keeps defenses guessing when she goes up to swing from the opposite pin. She is the type of player that just makes plays and creates sideouts for her team.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Libero [player_tooltip player_id='625558' first='Eva' last='Gutz'] brings great energy to the floor. She is able to serve right at the oppenent with a tough serve and stun them in receive. Gutz is smooth on serve receive and has a great platform. She also is able to read and pick up tips quickly to keep her team in system.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rockport High School's [player_tooltip player_id='774612' first='Braylyn' last='Wood'] is a force on the pin for 15 Black. She has long levers and does a nice job of elevating and getting a high contact point. Wood is also a strong blocker on the pin. She also has a nice roll shot and can switch it up to throw defenses off.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lindyn Stuzman does a great job of running 15 Black's offense. She has great hands and squares well to her hitters. She too has a nice jump float serve!&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>15 Black opens up with DIG 15 Blue in the morning wave on Friday morning in their pool. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>VCN's 16 Black is also working towards earning a bid in Liberty. They finished 5th at the President's Day Classic in the 16 Club Division. They also played up in 17 Open in Midwest Power League to prepare for the next couple of weeks of Qualifiers. This team has some veteran players returning from the 3rd place finish in Liberty at USAV Nationals last July. They know what it takes to find the podium!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Let's take a look at [player_tooltip player_id='498977' first='Jackie' last='Eberspacher'], who has been really beginning to terminate on the outside pin. She is strong and can cut through blocks. Eberspacher can also tool shot high hands as well. If she beats the block to the pin, opposing defenses will pay.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Opposite [player_tooltip player_id='516370' first='Delaney' last='Vohland'] is a great six rotation player for 16 Black. She has long levers and creates a strong block on the right side. Vohland is smooth on serve receive and plays lights out floor defense. She also has the ability to get on long serving runs.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='773374' first='Nasya' last='Anderson'] is new to the club scene this year, but has a high ceiling as a 6'0” Middle Blocker. She is athletic and moves well. Anderson is strong and when her timing is hard to stop. It has been fun to watch her continue to grow and improve this club season.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='499000' first='Olive' last='Clark'] can do a little bit of everything for 16 Black. She can play defensive specialist, she can serve, or hit on either pin. Recently she has been serving and playing defensive specialist. Clark has great serve receive and plays strong floor defense. Her ability to do a lot of different roles is a huge asset to 16 Black.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>16 Black has the morning wave as well and opens up with LVA 16 Elite in their pool. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It will be a great weekend of volleyball in Minneapolis at the Convention Center!&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->