Maara Kutz Maara Kutz 5'10" | MB Carrington | 2028 State ND is another reason Carrington doesn’t have to live on the outside.

She works through the middle, gets herself up as an option, and showed last season that she can score when Hoornaert goes her way. Kutz had 10 kills in the five-set region semifinal against Thompson, but I’m more interested in what that tells us than the number itself. Hoornaert was comfortable going to a sophomore middle as the season tightened. (According to maxprep.com)

That connection gets another year together.

Kutz can make life easier on Carrington’s pins if she’s scoring enough to hold the opposing middle. Defensively, she’s got another year to get stronger with her reads and closing the block. She’s a junior now, and I think Carrington has more to use. ~Theresa@prepdigdakotas