|
15
Elite Gold Roster
|
# |
PHOTO |
NAME
(click for Profile) |
POS |
SCHOOL |
CLASS |
HT |
|
3 |
 |
Elianna Frank |
DS |
Mercer Island HS |
2014 |
5' 5" |
|
4 |
 |
Sydney Lisk |
DS |
Tolt MS |
2015 |
5' 5" |
|
7 |
 |
Hanna Halverson |
S/OPP |
Cedarcrest HS |
2014 |
5' 6" |
|
9 |
 |
Breanna Miley |
OH |
Northshore JHS |
2014 |
5' 5" |
|
10 |
 |
Rachael George |
OH |
Kennedy HS |
2014 |
5' 8" |
|
11 |
 |
Stephanie George |
MB |
Holy Family - Seattle |
2015 |
5' 9" |
|
12 |
 |
Lexi Fleek |
DS |
Issaquah HS |
2014 |
5' 3" |
|
13 |
 |
Jenny Smith |
MB/OH |
Lakeside School |
2014 |
5' 8" |
|
14 |
 |
Kendall Berens |
S/OPP |
Cedarcrest HS |
2014 |
5' 6" |
15
Elite Gold
Tournament Schedule
Printable Schedule
15
Elite Gold
Coaches Corner
|
Tournament |
Coaches
Notes |
|
Power League |
Unfortunately, after the last power
league in January our team moved down 5 places from 51st to 56th. We
played in Pool A against Moxie 16 Mamba, losing to them in 3 games. Then
taking two more losses in two games versus Cascade 15 Blue and Jammin'
16 Blue. We mixed things up a little bit and threw our defensive
specialist, Ellie Frank, in as the outside hitter and played all the way
around. She even wound up getting a few kills up at the net :) We went
on to play Sumner and lost in two games to them and ended our day
playing PCVBA, and despite our best effort and a huge fight from the
whole team, we lost 24-26 in our one game match. Up next, we have the
NWJRS President's Day Weekend Tournament and are hoping to redeem
ourselves and build the girls self esteem again during that tournament.
|
|
President's Day Weekend |
On Saturday,
we were in a three team pool and played two teams, both from Spokane.
The first team we played was Apex Delta and lost to them 19-25, 24-26,
and 12-25. The second team we played was Spokane Sky 15-1 and we lost to
them 9-24, 7-25, and 22-25. We took third in the first round of pool
play on Saturday and moved on to the second round of pool play on
Sunday. The girls really played as a team on Sunday; some of the best
volleyball I've ever seen them play. Our first match was against Ridge
Valley 15 Black and we beat them in 3 games, scores were 25-23, 15-25,
and 15-8. That win was just what we needed to boost the girls confidence
level and assisted them to the next win against Space Needle Reign in
two games. Scores were 25-22 and 25-21. Our last match on Sunday came
down to us and Athena Asics Beta. We put up a good fight against them,
even though we weren't having any luck on calls being made. When we
finally protested a call in the last few points of the third game, we
won the protest however the score never changed. Therefore Athena won by
default, and only by one point instead of two. The scorekeepers were
trying to tell the ref that there was a mistake however, the ref wound
up calling the game and that was the end of it. It was a bittersweet
ending to a great day of volleyball. The scores of those games were
25-23, 22-25 and 15-16. We took 2nd in pool play on Sunday which placed
us in the bronze bracket of playoffs. On Monday, our first match was
against NW Juniors 15 Thunder. We defeated them in two games, scores
were 25-13 and 25-21. The next match was must win in order to go on to
the Bronze championship match and have a redemption game against Athena
Asics Beta. We were up against Eclipes Koogei and ended up losing to
them in three. Scores were 17-25, 25-18, and 11-15. Our team wound up
taking 3rd in the Bronze Division, however the team put up a fight for
each opponent. |
|
Power League |
The girls put up a good fight this weekend in pool play against teams
Cacasde 15 Red, Ridge Valley 16 Black, and Olypima VBC. We came out
third in pool play and gave Sabotage 15 Blue a challenge by taking them
to three games. The girls had the chance to play Olympia again after a
stressful third game in pool play which we took from them. We managed to
show them our strengths again in our last match of the day and got a W
in our one game to 25 against OVC. |
|
PNQ |
It was a
long weekend of volleyball and traveling tournaments were new to many of
my girls but they proved to the coaches and themselves that they had the
stamina to work hard through all three days of play. We started out
playing SA Force and Legacy, both teams from Texas and although we took
third in our three team pool on Friday, the girls put up a good fight
against those Texas teams. On Saturday, we had the opportunity for
redemption by playing teams we had already crossed paths with in
previous tournaments. We gave Apex Delta a run for their money when we
took them to three games. The girls played had some of the best
defensive plays I've seen all season which showed Apex that we weren't
backing down. We then took on Moxie 15s Marmot and although we slipped a
little and allowed them to take a game from us, the girls proved that
they were stronger than that and came back to take the W from them. The
last match of the day came down to ITVC 15 Asics and us. This was our
biggest match of the day and the girls intensity levels were high.
Although we took a tough loss from them, the girls weren't going to let
down. Jenny, Kendall, Sydney, and Ellie were our biggest passers of the
day, playing some of the best scrappy back row defense I've seen. Our
first match on Sunday was against Cascade 15 Red. They thought they had
the game won already seeing as how they had beaten us in the past but
the 15 Elite Gold girls were not backing down. They stood their ground,
and fought all the way to the bitter end and proved that the harder they
work, the more successful they are. It was sweet victory taking that W
from Cascade... then we moved on to our last match of the day versus
Team Tulsa. We were neck and neck with them throughout both matches and
made Tulsa work for every point, and although we took a loss to them in
two games, we wound up taking second in our flight. The girls played
some of the best volleyball I've ever seen this weekend and proved that
they can play with heart. Next up for us is Power League #4 at Juanita
HS. |
|
Willamette Valley Classic |
We started off the morning pool taking 2nd place, losing to Clark County
Juniors 16 Silver and beating Rain City 15-1 Heat. After our three hour
break, we went on to take third in our afternoon pool, losing to
Eastside 15 Crimson and Clark County Juniors 16 Purple. On Sunday, we
had a chance at redemption versus Asics Athena 15 Beta. We swept them in
the first game, lost by two points in the second game and they
unfortunately came out on top in the third game. We went on to play
Webfoot 15 Silver in a one game to 25 match. Webfoot had the lead for
most of the game, but we were able to put up a fight to catch up to
them, and only lost by three points. |
|
