Versatile Athletes to Watch at Northern Lights Challenge

<p>The 2020 <a href="https://results.tm2sign.com/event/702/event_divisions">Northern Lights Challenge</a> will take place March 7-8. Here are four athletes that bring some versatility to their effort and contribution for their respective teams and are worth a good look and evaluation.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="85233" first="Kennedy" last="Tutak"]</strong> - 2021 | 5’9 | MH/OH | Club: Hammerhead 17-1<br /> Tutak, a Bethlehem Academy product, has an energetic quality to her game and presence around the court. Her versatility creates a lot of opportunity for her to contribute as she can score from the middle or on the pins. In the middle she has good timing and creates good spacing to be able to move the ball around. She also has good blocking instincts and gets her hands across the net effectively to pressure opposing attackers. </p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="71662" first="Mackenzie" last="Close"]</strong> - 2020 | 6’1 | Opp/OH | Club: Northern Lights 18-1<br /> Close has great tools in her elevation and arm. She is versatile in her point scoring as she can terminate effectively from both pins. Her arm work includes good torque and ability to hit through a variety of zones with effective pace. She also brings competitive experience having competed for Northern Lights and tradition-rich Southwest Christian. She has earned AAU all-American honors as well as all-conference recognition.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="84909" first="Sylvia" last="Koenig"]</strong> - 2021 | 6’1 | MH | Club: Northern Lights 17-B<br /> As a member of Northern Lights’ third 17s team, Koenig has terrific skills worthy of a long look. She is a big asset with her athleticism and the level of physicality she can bring to the middle position. Koenig, a Northfield product, brings good quickness and length and contributes well on both sides of the ball. She has versatility to terminate in front and behind the setter while also showing dynamic movement between the pins to close down hitters when blocking.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="85232" first="Faith" last="Zins"]</strong> - 2022 | 5’9 | S/Opp | Club: MVA 17 Elite<br /> Zins is a crafty athlete as she can play dual roles as a setter and a pin attacker. The Princeton product has moderate elevation through her approach work but makes up for it in bringing some heavy pace off of her arm when on time. As a setter, she has good location through her distribution and understands well her moments to send the ball over on a second touch to take to take the opponent off balance and for an additional element to the offense. </p>