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Willowbrook Select 16 Molten outdueled Texas Thunderstrike in the championship of the 16s Division at the Fiesta Classic in Phoenix. Pictured from left are: (top row) Assistant Coach Sherri Hardy, Stephanie Miller (Kinkaid), Katie Todd (Langham Creek), Sarah Schulte (Langham Creek), Michelle Schwartz (Klein Oak), Kate Olson (Cy-Fair), and Katie O'neil (Jersey Village). (bottom row) Regan Jesse (Langham Creek), Emily Hill (Cy-Fair), Amanda Renz (Woodlands), Megan McNamara (Woodlands)

NOTES FROM AROUND THE STATE

Rally scoring approved for high schools…Wildfire alert from El Paso…Texans earn All-America honors…Two golds in one day for AMV 16s…previewing this weekend’s tour…and more

JAN. 30 — Rally is in. So are the "let" serve and best-of-five matches. The National Federation of State High School Associations has approved all those changes, which means this fall Texas high schools will be following the same format that has been a fixture in college and club play for several years.

Although responsibility to decide when to implement the rally scoring rules rests with the individual state associations (states may elect to use rally scoring in 2003-04, but they must apply the rally format no later than the 2004-05 school year), adoption of the national federation’s recommendations by the University Interscholastic League is basically automatic, according to Rachel Seewald of the UIL.

“It says in our constitution and bylaws that we shall play by the national federation rules, so it's basically an automatic decision,” said Seewald.

And once the UIL makes the switch, so will the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS). "If the UIL adopts it, we will follow suit," said TAPPS Director Ed Burleson. "We try to adopt the same rules as the UIL schools because so many of our teams play the UIL schools in non-district." TAPPS, as did the Texas Girls Coaches Association, used rally scoring in last summer's all-star games and Burleson said the coaches and fans liked it.

Following more than five years of discussion, the NFHS Volleyball Rules Committee had approved the rally scoring format for high school volleyball at its January 19-20 committee meeting in Indianapolis. Late yesterday the national organization's board approved the changes.

The new rules include:
* All matches shall be best three-of-five games.
* Games shall be played to 25 points (no cap), and the fifth and deciding game shall be played to 15 points (no cap).
* The let serve shall be allowed, and play shall continue provided net contact is entirely within the net antennas.
* Each team shall be allowed two time-outs per game, with a total of 10 time-outs if five games are played.

"The players want a faster-paced game, and rally scoring does that," said Cynthia Doyle, NFHS assistant director and liaison to the Volleyball Rules Committee. Doyle also said that the issues of games per match and scoring caps on games will be reviewed by the committee at the end of the 2003-04 season.

"It is felt that one of the positives in the introduction of rally scoring is it will generate more spectator interest," said Sheryl Solberg, chair of the Volleyball Rules Committee and assistant to the executive secretary of the North Dakota High School Activities Association. "This can only be a positive for our young athletes to know they are involved in an even more exciting sport where people attend and appreciate the athleticism and competitiveness of the players."

Along with rally scoring, the Volleyball Rules Committee also approved several other minor rules changes relating to multiple contacts of the ball, sportsmanship, uniforms and other items. For a full draft of the news release, including all rules changes, see Related Links below.

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The last time we wrote about El Paso Coronado’s Jazmine Enriquez, she was losing an appeal to the UIL over whether she had already completed her four years of eligibility. Enríquez, the 5’9” setter who transferred from Mexico to El Paso in 2001 and plays for the Mexico national team, is back on the volleyball court and in a big way. She led El Paso Wildfire to a third place finish in the 18s division of the Fiesta Classic in Phoenix. It was the best finish by a Texas team and included straight-set wins over Amarillo Juniors, Tulsa Volleyball Club (last year’s 17s Club champions at the JOs) and Wichita Flyers (which had beaten Texas Block Party). They lost a close 3-set match to Arizona Juniors in the semifinals.

The team is made up primarily of players from El Paso’s Franklin and Coronado high schools, including El Paso area MVP Jordan Bostic. The player attracting the most attention, however, may have been Kim Oguh, a 5’11” junior from El Paso Hanks. Oguh, whose family is from Nigeria, is also a track star at Hanks and is currently splitting time between track and volleyball so she doesn’t get a lot of practice. She can, however, touch above a basketball the rim and is very athletic, which immediately caught the attention of scouts. We have a feature story coming next week on Wildfire, which may be the state’s most unique and interesting team. A few previews: The coach, Jose Louis Chacon, doesn’t speak English. He coaches in Mexico and makes the trek across the border three times a week for practices. Last year the team went 6-0 in pool play at the Lone Star qualifier, including a win over the eventual champion, but ran out of gas on Sunday and disappeared from the radar screen ... until Fiesta.

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While on the subject of Fiesta, the All-Texas final in the16 division was actually an All-Houston final.

For champion Willowbrook Select Molten (in photo above), it was an excellent warm-up for this weekend’s stop on the Tour of Texas. In their run to the championship, Willowbrook picked up impressive wins over Albuquerque Elite Fusion and Arizona Juniors. A tough three-set loss to Laguna Beach was the only real blemish. Libero Amanda Renz was probably the most consistent player all weekend, although outsides Regan Jesse and Kate Olson had strong performances in the semis and finals. Opposite Katie Todd was the star of the Fusion win.

Texas Thunder’s trip to the finals included an impressive semifinal win over Fusion. “We just ran out of steam,” said club director Marion Chlebana. “We basically couldn’t do anything wrong in the semis against Fusion and we just didn’t have anything left.”

Thunder was led by 6’0” middle Sarah Olson and 6’1” middle Lindsay Loyd, a leaper who had one coach saying after the tournament that “she is hitting like a man.” The two big middles received plenty of assistance from another leaper, 5’5” Brittany “Babz” Batten.

For Thunder, it was a nice rebound by the four-year-old club that had missed a spot at the Tour qualifier. “We have a lot of two-sport players and we didn’t have them all at the qualifiers, but we had the whole team at Fiesta,” said Chlebana. And they did this without setter Jacey Reidel (Montgomery), who has been out since December with a shoulder injury and won’t be back for another three or four weeks.

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Student Sports announced its High School All-America team in the magazine’s February issue. Six players from the Lone Star State made the team:

Setters:
Jen Andrew, Kingwood
DeeDee Strickland, Clear Creek

Outside Hitters:
Ryan Maspero, San Antonio Churchill
Lindsay Osco, Elkins

Middle Blockers:
Christi Hahn, Leander
Amber McCray, Longview Pine Tree

National Player of the Year was Kristin Richards, a 6’1” OH from Timpanogos in Orem, Utah.

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Also earning national recognition last week was North Dallas middle Brittany Randel, who was named to PrepVolleyball’s weekly Dream Team for her performance in leading North Dallas to the MLK championship. The site (see related links) will name a dream team of top performers from around the nation each Friday.

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Want to keep up with the action at the Dallas-Fort Worth stop on the Tour of Texas this weekend, here’s the link: http://www.austinjuniors.com/tour_texas/frameset_tot.html

Organizers say they hope to make updates at the end of each day. If they are distracted, however, it’s understandable. Next week is moving week as Austin Juniors move into their new home just across from the St. Edwards soccer fields. The new practice facility will also include offices, a pro shop, training room and will host tournaments such as the Austin Elite Open series.

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In addition to some highly-anticipated matchups, this weekend’s stop will have a number of interesting stories to keep an eye on:

• After getting off to a fast start by winning the Westside Warmup, South Shore had to win a challenge match just to qualify in the 18s division at the Tour. One college coach watching the team said they looked tired. So are they rested and ready to make a move back toward the top?

"I think that the break has been good,” said coach Jeff Ham. “Workouts have been going well. We ran into a tough Texas Elite team that was on a mission in Austin, but had only given up 90 points total before that, so the loss was a little shocking. I thought Elite played very well though. That middle was tough.”

South Shore, 20-3 with two losses to Texas Juniors and one to Texas Elite, will welcome back Allie Spangle (ankle injury) full-time for the first time this year. The team is still without Ashley Ripple (shoulder surgery), who should be back sometime in March. Ashley Smith also appears to be fully recovered from her knee surgery and has been working herself into shape.

• The hottest club riding into Dallas-Fort Worth this weekend, however, has to be AMV, which dominated last weekend’s Austin Elite Open

AMV’s 17 Black went undefeated for a first place finish, including a dramatic three-set win over our #1 17s team, Austin Juniors, in the finals. The match, which went to 16-14 in the third game, featured big-time battles between AMV’s Caitlin Rainbird on the attack and Ashley Woods on the block against Austin’s powerful Lindsey Louis and Michael Faulkner. Meredith Mormon and Carli Itri turned in great defensive plays.

The story of the weekend, however, had to be AMV’s 16 Black team, playing in a 16s division that included Austin 16 Navy, Austin 16 Red, Texas Tornados 16 Kaepa, and Bexar County 161. AMV went undefeated in pool play then knocked off Bexar County in straight sets to win the morning event. The team wasn’t through, however. They were also entered in a 17s tournament that afternoon, so they packed their bags and moved to a new site where they knocked off Blackland 17s, Austin Red and Seguin All Stars in pool play. Then, playing their eighth match of the day, they swept North Austin Elite 17s in the championship to finish with two gold medals in two different age groups on the same day. Sophomores Jillian Phillips and Ashley Nachreiner were on fire all day (and night), taking sets from Megan Loftis.

Overall, it was a big day for the entire club, which had the following finishes:

AMV 15 Black - 1st place 15s
AMV 16 Black - 1st place 16s
AMV 16 Black - 1st place 17s
AMV 17 Black - 1st place 17s
AMV 16 Royal - 3rd place 16s
AMV 17 Royal - 4th place 17s

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While AMV was tearing up Austin, Texas Advantage was having a big weekend at the tune-up tournament featuring a number of powerhouse teams in Amarillo. TAV’s 18s opened play with a loss to Colorado Juniors’ nationally ranked 17s team, but didn’t lose again (including a revenge win over the Colorado team). Libero Lynn Patten's ball control all weekend allowed setter Daniela Romero to spread out the offense among TAV’s multitude of talented hitters. “Truly a team effort," said coach Coach Kirk Perry.

TAV's powerful 16s team, led by OH Lindsey Peterson, setter Taylor Barnes and middle Caitlin Moore, “won” its division, beating Amarillo three times and going 2-1 against Colorado Juniors over the two days.

Outside Kristin Marcum and setter Vickie Mundell led TAV’s 15s to a 7-1 record. The team was undefeated heading into finals, but lost to the Colorado Juniors, a team they had already beaten a couple of times.

TAV 17's, with two starters out for injuries, also had a good weekend, playing in the 17/18s division and defeating LS Elite (avenging an earlier loss) and Texas Power 18s.

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Observers at the warm-up tournament, got a rare treat: a chance to see 6’5” Ruth Ann Feist of LS Elite playing back row and libero Renee Johnson playing right side, since coach Frankie Velez had only six players on Saturday. All-America Marcie Hampton and her sister didn’t make the trip from Gainesville (Fla.) because of the SAT and Brittany Oligney didn’t join the team until late because of the SAT. That meant Feist and Sarah Berens had the opportunity to play back row. The team played played six matches on Saturday with the last three being back-to-back-to-back. LS lost to Colorado Juniors in three and to Texas Advantage in three (20-18 in the final) in the last match of the long day for all the teams.

“It was a great test of character, but it was a great experience,” said Velez. “Everybody stepped it up and played very well. It gave everybody a chance to play a lot and it was a good appraisal tool to find out the things we need to keep working in practice.”

Velez has special praise for setter Michelle Moriarty. “She is emerging as a vocal leader that expects the best from her teammates as she plays with a high energy on every play,” he said. “She plays with heart and soul.” He also was pleased with the way Feist and Berens improved from game to game. “Their timing and rhythm improved a lot this past weekend,” he said.

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Probably the most disappointed team when the Tour rolls into Dallas this weekend will be East Texas 18s, who won't be there. They just missed qualifying. The team made a coaching change after the Tour qualifier (“differences in philosophy,” said former coach Lincoln Barnett.) The qualifier was the first tournament where Barnett had his entire team together and although they had impressive wins over good teams, “the team just did not perform well when they needed to against some very good teams,” he said (it also didn’t help that Amber McCray was fighting a stomach illness all weekend).

At the Dallas MLK, however, with new coach Mike Williams on the sideline, the team looked as impressive as everyone expected prior to the start of the season — splitting with eventual champion North Dallas in pool play, beating Dallas Skyline in straight sets in bracket play, then losing an entertaining three-set semifinal match to Texas Advantage that featured explosive kills from both teams.

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NFSHA announcement on rally scoring

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Student Sports

Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools

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SPECIAL OFFERS Click on the item below for more information on great offers for LoneStarVolleyball fans		Willowbrook Select 16 Molten outdueled Texas Thunderstrike in the championship of the 16s Division at the Fiesta Classic in Phoenix. Pictured from left are: (top row) Assistant Coach Sherri Hardy, Stephanie Miller (Kinkaid), Katie Todd (Langham Creek), Sarah Schulte (Langham Creek), Michelle Schwartz (Klein Oak), Kate Olson (Cy-Fair), and Katie O'neil (Jersey Village). (bottom row) Regan Jesse (Langham Creek), Emily Hill (Cy-Fair), Amanda Renz (Woodlands), Megan McNamara (Woodlands) NOTES FROM AROUND THE STATE Rally scoring approved for high schools…Wildfire alert from El Paso…Texans earn All-America honors…Two golds in one day for AMV 16s…previewing this weekend’s tour…and more JAN. 30 — Rally is in. So are the "let" serve and best-of-five matches. The National Federation of State High School Associations has approved all those changes, which means this fall Texas high schools will be following the same format that has been a fixture in college and club play for several years. Although responsibility to decide when to implement the rally scoring rules rests with the individual state associations (states may elect to use rally scoring in 2003-04, but they must apply the rally format no later than the 2004-05 school year), adoption of the national federation’s recommendations by the University Interscholastic League is basically automatic, according to Rachel Seewald of the UIL. “It says in our constitution and bylaws that we shall play by the national federation rules, so it's basically an automatic decision,” said Seewald. And once the UIL makes the switch, so will the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS). "If the UIL adopts it, we will follow suit," said TAPPS Director Ed Burleson. "We try to adopt the same rules as the UIL schools because so many of our teams play the UIL schools in non-district." TAPPS, as did the Texas Girls Coaches Association, used rally scoring in last summer's all-star games and Burleson said the coaches and fans liked it. Following more than five years of discussion, the NFHS Volleyball Rules Committee had approved the rally scoring format for high school volleyball at its January 19-20 committee meeting in Indianapolis. Late yesterday the national organization's board approved the changes. The new rules include: * All matches shall be best three-of-five games. * Games shall be played to 25 points (no cap), and the fifth and deciding game shall be played to 15 points (no cap). * The let serve shall be allowed, and play shall continue provided net contact is entirely within the net antennas. * Each team shall be allowed two time-outs per game, with a total of 10 time-outs if five games are played. "The players want a faster-paced game, and rally scoring does that," said Cynthia Doyle, NFHS assistant director and liaison to the Volleyball Rules Committee. Doyle also said that the issues of games per match and scoring caps on games will be reviewed by the committee at the end of the 2003-04 season. "It is felt that one of the positives in the introduction of rally scoring is it will generate more spectator interest," said Sheryl Solberg, chair of the Volleyball Rules Committee and assistant to the executive secretary of the North Dakota High School Activities Association. "This can only be a positive for our young athletes to know they are involved in an even more exciting sport where people attend and appreciate the athleticism and competitiveness of the players." Along with rally scoring, the Volleyball Rules Committee also approved several other minor rules changes relating to multiple contacts of the ball, sportsmanship, uniforms and other items. For a full draft of the news release, including all rules changes, see Related Links below. ----- The last time we wrote about El Paso Coronado’s Jazmine Enriquez, she was losing an appeal to the UIL over whether she had already completed her four years of eligibility. Enríquez, the 5’9” setter who transferred from Mexico to El Paso in 2001 and plays for the Mexico national team, is back on the volleyball court and in a big way. She led El Paso Wildfire to a third place finish in the 18s division of the Fiesta Classic in Phoenix. It was the best finish by a Texas team and included straight-set wins over Amarillo Juniors, Tulsa Volleyball Club (last year’s 17s Club champions at the JOs) and Wichita Flyers (which had beaten Texas Block Party). They lost a close 3-set match to Arizona Juniors in the semifinals. The team is made up primarily of players from El Paso’s Franklin and Coronado high schools, including El Paso area MVP Jordan Bostic. The player attracting the most attention, however, may have been Kim Oguh, a 5’11” junior from El Paso Hanks. Oguh, whose family is from Nigeria, is also a track star at Hanks and is currently splitting time between track and volleyball so she doesn’t get a lot of practice. She can, however, touch above a basketball the rim and is very athletic, which immediately caught the attention of scouts. We have a feature story coming next week on Wildfire, which may be the state’s most unique and interesting team. A few previews: The coach, Jose Louis Chacon, doesn’t speak English. He coaches in Mexico and makes the trek across the border three times a week for practices. Last year the team went 6-0 in pool play at the Lone Star qualifier, including a win over the eventual champion, but ran out of gas on Sunday and disappeared from the radar screen ... until Fiesta. ----- While on the subject of Fiesta, the All-Texas final in the16 division was actually an All-Houston final. For champion Willowbrook Select Molten (in photo above), it was an excellent warm-up for this weekend’s stop on the Tour of Texas. In their run to the championship, Willowbrook picked up impressive wins over Albuquerque Elite Fusion and Arizona Juniors. A tough three-set loss to Laguna Beach was the only real blemish. Libero Amanda Renz was probably the most consistent player all weekend, although outsides Regan Jesse and Kate Olson had strong performances in the semis and finals. Opposite Katie Todd was the star of the Fusion win. Texas Thunder’s trip to the finals included an impressive semifinal win over Fusion. “We just ran out of steam,” said club director Marion Chlebana. “We basically couldn’t do anything wrong in the semis against Fusion and we just didn’t have anything left.” Thunder was led by 6’0” middle Sarah Olson and 6’1” middle Lindsay Loyd, a leaper who had one coach saying after the tournament that “she is hitting like a man.” The two big middles received plenty of assistance from another leaper, 5’5” Brittany “Babz” Batten. For Thunder, it was a nice rebound by the four-year-old club that had missed a spot at the Tour qualifier. “We have a lot of two-sport players and we didn’t have them all at the qualifiers, but we had the whole team at Fiesta,” said Chlebana. And they did this without setter Jacey Reidel (Montgomery), who has been out since December with a shoulder injury and won’t be back for another three or four weeks. ----- Student Sports announced its High School All-America team in the magazine’s February issue. Six players from the Lone Star State made the team: Setters: Jen Andrew, Kingwood DeeDee Strickland, Clear Creek Outside Hitters: Ryan Maspero, San Antonio Churchill Lindsay Osco, Elkins Middle Blockers: Christi Hahn, Leander Amber McCray, Longview Pine Tree National Player of the Year was Kristin Richards, a 6’1” OH from Timpanogos in Orem, Utah. ----- Also earning national recognition last week was North Dallas middle Brittany Randel, who was named to PrepVolleyball’s weekly Dream Team for her performance in leading North Dallas to the MLK championship. The site (see related links) will name a dream team of top performers from around the nation each Friday. ----- Want to keep up with the action at the Dallas-Fort Worth stop on the Tour of Texas this weekend, here’s the link: http://www.austinjuniors.com/tour_texas/frameset_tot.html Organizers say they hope to make updates at the end of each day. If they are distracted, however, it’s understandable. Next week is moving week as Austin Juniors move into their new home just across from the St. Edwards soccer fields. The new practice facility will also include offices, a pro shop, training room and will host tournaments such as the Austin Elite Open series. ----- In addition to some highly-anticipated matchups, this weekend’s stop will have a number of interesting stories to keep an eye on: • After getting off to a fast start by winning the Westside Warmup, South Shore had to win a challenge match just to qualify in the 18s division at the Tour. One college coach watching the team said they looked tired. So are they rested and ready to make a move back toward the top? "I think that the break has been good,” said coach Jeff Ham. “Workouts have been going well. We ran into a tough Texas Elite team that was on a mission in Austin, but had only given up 90 points total before that, so the loss was a little shocking. I thought Elite played very well though. That middle was tough.” South Shore, 20-3 with two losses to Texas Juniors and one to Texas Elite, will welcome back Allie Spangle (ankle injury) full-time for the first time this year. The team is still without Ashley Ripple (shoulder surgery), who should be back sometime in March. Ashley Smith also appears to be fully recovered from her knee surgery and has been working herself into shape. • The hottest club riding into Dallas-Fort Worth this weekend, however, has to be AMV, which dominated last weekend’s Austin Elite Open AMV’s 17 Black went undefeated for a first place finish, including a dramatic three-set win over our #1 17s team, Austin Juniors, in the finals. The match, which went to 16-14 in the third game, featured big-time battles between AMV’s Caitlin Rainbird on the attack and Ashley Woods on the block against Austin’s powerful Lindsey Louis and Michael Faulkner. Meredith Mormon and Carli Itri turned in great defensive plays. The story of the weekend, however, had to be AMV’s 16 Black team, playing in a 16s division that included Austin 16 Navy, Austin 16 Red, Texas Tornados 16 Kaepa, and Bexar County 161. AMV went undefeated in pool play then knocked off Bexar County in straight sets to win the morning event. The team wasn’t through, however. They were also entered in a 17s tournament that afternoon, so they packed their bags and moved to a new site where they knocked off Blackland 17s, Austin Red and Seguin All Stars in pool play. Then, playing their eighth match of the day, they swept North Austin Elite 17s in the championship to finish with two gold medals in two different age groups on the same day. Sophomores Jillian Phillips and Ashley Nachreiner were on fire all day (and night), taking sets from Megan Loftis. Overall, it was a big day for the entire club, which had the following finishes: AMV 15 Black - 1st place 15s AMV 16 Black - 1st place 16s AMV 16 Black - 1st place 17s AMV 17 Black - 1st place 17s AMV 16 Royal - 3rd place 16s AMV 17 Royal - 4th place 17s ----- While AMV was tearing up Austin, Texas Advantage was having a big weekend at the tune-up tournament featuring a number of powerhouse teams in Amarillo. TAV’s 18s opened play with a loss to Colorado Juniors’ nationally ranked 17s team, but didn’t lose again (including a revenge win over the Colorado team). Libero Lynn Patten's ball control all weekend allowed setter Daniela Romero to spread out the offense among TAV’s multitude of talented hitters. “Truly a team effort," said coach Coach Kirk Perry. TAV's powerful 16s team, led by OH Lindsey Peterson, setter Taylor Barnes and middle Caitlin Moore, “won” its division, beating Amarillo three times and going 2-1 against Colorado Juniors over the two days. Outside Kristin Marcum and setter Vickie Mundell led TAV’s 15s to a 7-1 record. The team was undefeated heading into finals, but lost to the Colorado Juniors, a team they had already beaten a couple of times. TAV 17's, with two starters out for injuries, also had a good weekend, playing in the 17/18s division and defeating LS Elite (avenging an earlier loss) and Texas Power 18s. ----- Observers at the warm-up tournament, got a rare treat: a chance to see 6’5” Ruth Ann Feist of LS Elite playing back row and libero Renee Johnson playing right side, since coach Frankie Velez had only six players on Saturday. All-America Marcie Hampton and her sister didn’t make the trip from Gainesville (Fla.) because of the SAT and Brittany Oligney didn’t join the team until late because of the SAT. That meant Feist and Sarah Berens had the opportunity to play back row. The team played played six matches on Saturday with the last three being back-to-back-to-back. LS lost to Colorado Juniors in three and to Texas Advantage in three (20-18 in the final) in the last match of the long day for all the teams. “It was a great test of character, but it was a great experience,” said Velez. “Everybody stepped it up and played very well. It gave everybody a chance to play a lot and it was a good appraisal tool to find out the things we need to keep working in practice.” Velez has special praise for setter Michelle Moriarty. “She is emerging as a vocal leader that expects the best from her teammates as she plays with a high energy on every play,” he said. “She plays with heart and soul.” He also was pleased with the way Feist and Berens improved from game to game. “Their timing and rhythm improved a lot this past weekend,” he said. ----- Probably the most disappointed team when the Tour rolls into Dallas this weekend will be East Texas 18s, who won't be there. They just missed qualifying. The team made a coaching change after the Tour qualifier (“differences in philosophy,” said former coach Lincoln Barnett.) The qualifier was the first tournament where Barnett had his entire team together and although they had impressive wins over good teams, “the team just did not perform well when they needed to against some very good teams,” he said (it also didn’t help that Amber McCray was fighting a stomach illness all weekend). At the Dallas MLK, however, with new coach Mike Williams on the sideline, the team looked as impressive as everyone expected prior to the start of the season — splitting with eventual champion North Dallas in pool play, beating Dallas Skyline in straight sets in bracket play, then losing an entertaining three-set semifinal match to Texas Advantage that featured explosive kills from both teams. ----- Related Sites NFSHA announcement on rally scoring PrepVolleyball.com Student Sports Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools Tour of Texas University Interscholastic League
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