18 Vortex

(KENT)

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  16 Avalanche 16 Blizzard   14 Inferno 12 Storm
  16 Tornado     14 Cyclone 12 Eclipse
        14 Blizzard  

Northwest Juniors 18 Vortex (Kent)

 

 

Head Coach: Kim Culliton

Assistant Coach: Simone Woodhouse

Assistant Coach: Patti Reeves

Team Parent Focal: Holly Warren & Karen Thompson


18 Vortex Roster

 

#

NAME

POS

SCHOOL

GR

HT

SIGNED
2 Tonya Pyatohka OH Kent-Meridian 11 5' 8"  
3 Parmjit Gill OH Kent-Meridian 11 5' 7"  
4 Raj Dhaliwal MB/OH Kent-Meridian 10 5' 7"  
5 Erika Warren DS/L Shorecrest 12 5' 6" Skidmore College
6 Melissa Arias S Auburn Mountainview 11 5' 6"  
7 Jasmin Rathore OPP Kent-Meridian 10 5' 7"  
8 Alina Ross MB Hazen 12 6' 0" Bellevue College
9 Chelsea Thompson OPP Kentridge 11 5' 9"  
10 Navpreet Kaur OH/DS Kent-Meridian 10 5' 5"  
11 McKenna Edwards  OH/OPP Todd Beamer 11 5' 9"  
12 Christi Blanton OH Kentlake 11 5' 8"  
13 Desiree Guitan MB/OH Kent-Meridian 10 5' 8"  

 

18 Vortex Tournament Schedule

Date

Event/Link

Ages/Div

Host

Location

1/10-11/09

Power League # 1

U18/17

Puget Sound Region

Highline & Kentwood

1/17-18/09

MLK Invitational

U18

NW Jrs

Juanita HS

2/8/2009

Power League # 2

U18/17

Puget Sound Region

TBD

2/14-16/09

Presidents Day Tournament

U18

NW Jrs

South King County Sites

3/1/2009

Power League # 3

U18/17

Puget Sound Region

TBD

3/27-29/09

Pacific Northwest Qualifier

17 Club

Evergreen Region

Spokane

4/4/2009

Power League # 4

U18/17

Puget Sound Region

TBD

5/3/2009

NW Jrs Baden Classic

U18 NW Jrs. BCC

5/17/2009

Regionals

U17 & U18

Puget Sound Region

TBD

5/23-24/09

NW Jrs Memorial Day Tournament

U17/16

NW Jrs

Various Eastside Sites

 

 

18 Vortex Coaches Corner

Tournament Win/Loss Record Coaches Notes

Power League

4 - 6

It was an interesting weekend for the Vortex.  After only one practices as a team before the first tournament, the team was faced with the challenge remembering each other's names as well as meshing to play the sport together! 

 

Saturday was frustrating, in that the team would come so close to victory all day, but simply could not finish.  Close games with the score only differing in a few points against KJ 17's, UPVBC, and Narrows in the first pool and the same pattern in the second pool with Edmonds and Rain City.  Day one set us up for an early morning at Kentwood for day two.

 

Sunday was a different story.  Some of the chaos had died down, and the team started playing as a team.  Great serving came from Raj Dhaliwal, Tonya Pyatohka, Erika Warren, Chelsea Thompson, and  Christi Blanton.  Kills from our outsides Christi and Tonya, great digging by libero Erika, and the hustle of setter Melissa Arias led the team to a victorious - yet LONG - Sunday.  After beating Grays Harbor and OPVBC, we had a tough match up against SIVA, ending up victorious in a passionate 3 games.  We ended up losing the championship game - after a long 2 hour break - to Lake Tapps.  A game that the entire team knows that we could win.  We are looking forward to the MLK weekend.

Power League

  We had a very productive day on Sunday. Our hard work earned us a championship berth vs. Lake Tapps. They have proved to be our toughest rival thus far.

Though we took 2nd overall, we still earned a promotion to the next flight.

The girls did a great job. We had some powerful digs by our outside hitter, Tonya and Libero, Erika. In addition to playing AWESOME defense, Erika only missed one serve.

We had some big hits from both our middles, Alena & Raj. They were helped out by Christy (OH), Tonya (OH), Mckenna (RS), Chelsea (RS) and Desi who also played both RS and OH.

Parm was essential in our matches, she did well covering various positions both in the front and back row. We also had help from our DS, Navi who played hard and gave 100% Our setter Melissa also did a fantastic job. She was consistent and moved quickly around the court resulting in some incredible assists. We used our middles quite a bit and back row attacks to come out on top.

Overall, the girls did a great job and have made huge improvements. We are all looking forward to playing this weekend.

PNQ

Spokane

  We had a great time in Spokane this past weekend. We started the weekend with a fight. We received our first "W" on Saturday and continued fighting until our last match on Sunday.  On Saturday, we had 2 w's and 1 loss. This was to one of our toughest rivals, Lake Tapps. After taking 2nd in our pool, we went back to our hotel feeling great.

We started Sunday with a energized win to Space Needle~Obama. We won in 3 thanks to everyone playing hard and not giving up. We were scheduled for a 2nd match vs. Pinnacle and won due to forfeit. This put us in position to play for 1st place in flight 2.  We showed up ready to fight and took 2nd in flight 2.

Everyone did a great job. One of our strongest players this weekend was Tanya with several kills, aces and great passes. We had a strong turnout from our Libero, Erika. She has some significant digs and several great passes. Melissa was a setting machine and used the entire court to take advantage of our front and back row attacks. We had strength on our right side that proved to be very helpful. Both Chelsea and Mckenna produced some kills and powerful hits to shake up the opponents defense. In the middle we had help from Alena and Raj.  They took advantage of holes on the opposite side to help us gain points. In addition to Tanya, we had some powerful hits from Christy and Jasmine. They did a great job helping out our team. Melissa also has some incredible passes from our back row. In addition to our consistent and powerful libero, we had passing assistance from our DS, Navi, Parm and Chelsea. Parm assisted us not only in the back row, but did a great job helping out as an outside. We had Desi playing both outside and middle which helped us "shake" things up. Desi helped us in the front row in addition to serving up some crucial points. Other serving aces this weekend included Chelsea, Navi, Tanya, Raj, Jasmine, Melissa and Mckenna.

Overall, out team deserves a huge pat on the back . They worked so hard and came out on top of their flight. We left Spokane feeling energized, excited and ready for power league this coming weekend. We are confident we will do well and move up again.

Great job 18 Vortex!!!