In the 18 Open Division, undefeated and previously-qualified Premier Nebraska 18 Gold is in the four-team gold pool along with MN Select 18-1, Iowa Rockets 18R and Mizuno Northern Lights 18-1 on Sunday morning.
In 17 Open, Dynasty 17 Black and A5 17-Jing are the last two teams which are undefeated. But Sunday is another day and both gold pools have very good matchups in store! Gold Pool 1 features A5 as the No. 1 seed, 1st Alliance VBC 17 Gold as the No. 22 seed and Rockwood Thunder 17 Elite as the No. 3 seed while Gold Pool 2 has Dynasty as the one seed, OT 17O Felix as the No. 2 seed and Premier Nebraska 17 Gold as the No. 3 seed.
A match I truly enjoyed watching was the TAV Houston 17 Adidas against Club Ignit Select 17 Blue in 17 USA. TAV Houston was led by outsides Caelyn Emmerling and Katy Barger, setter Peyton Fadal and middle Chloe Morgan. Club Ignit Select was led by outsides Mackenzie Dean and Noelle Sutcliffe, setter Brittany Bacorn and middle Maeve Rehmann.
Day 2 Show Stoppers
Sierra Pertzborn MB 608 Jr’s 18-1s: A Toledo signee, Pertzborn, was a wall at the net.
Kate Simington MB MN Select 18-1: A 4-star Clemson signee, Simington shut down opponents at the net all day.
Gabi Cornier L A5 17-Jing: A 4-star Florida signee, Cornier was smooth and scrappy like usual in the backcourt.
Caelyn Emmerling OH TAV Houston 17 Adidas: Emmerling, a 3-star Texas State commit, was literally hammering balls on the OH today.
Lauren Medeck OH Premier Nebraska 17 Gol: A South Dakota commit and recently named Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year, Medeck was a ball of fire on the court. From swinging to defense, wow.
Carlie Cisneros OH Dynasty 17 Black: A 5-star Arizona commit, Cisneros was literally everywhere on the court. If she wasn’t sweeping up the back court defensively then she was swinging with fire on the outside.
Abigail Mullen Opp Dynasty 17 Black: Mullen, a 5-star recruit, was skying and hitting with force everywhere she was.
Fallon Stewart OH OT 17 O Felix: A 4-star Cincinnati commit, Fallon was a hammer on the outside ALL DAY.
Mailinh Godschall L Metro VBC 17 Travel: Godschall, a 3-star Duke commit, was everywhere on the court.
Rayna Christianson S/Opp Mizuno Northern Lights 15-1 : A 5-star athlete, Christianson can do it all out there on the court. Very smooth and very powerful.
Josalyn Samuels S/Opp Kairos 14 Alpha: A 2028 playing up, Samuels is strong and can dish to the pins efficiently.
Clara Christ L Mizuno Northern Lights 14-1: Christ was a smooth passer who sets the tempo for her squad.
