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Alamo 16s stumble, Tornados 18s and Austin 17s roll on at Tour

Feb. 29 – Alamo Kaepa's domination of the 16s division came to a brief halt at the Willowbrook stop on the Tour of Texas this weekend. Alamo fell to Austin Juniors in a 28-26, 21-25, 15-13 battle Saturday afternoon. Thanks to Austin's earlier loss to South Shore Mizuno, however, Alamo still won its pool then swept Texas Tornados in a cross match 25-22, 27-25 to maintain the top position heading into the final stop March 27-28 in College Station.

In 18s play, the Gold Bracket is set after the Tornados swept the Division 1 pool that included Team Texas, Hit-Away and Centex. All four teams remain in Gold and will be joined by Austin Juniors Mizuno and Willowbrook Molten who completed their climb back into the top group after stumbling at the Tour qualifier. Austin won the Division 2 pool, going 3-0, and Willowbrook Molten finished second at 2-1. Filling out the Gold Bracket will be Dallas Summit, coming off a strong finish at Las Vegas, and AMV Tylers. AMV won its Division 3 pool 3-0 to to advance to gold. Summit, meanwhile, had a little tougher road, finishing in a three-way tie in its pool with Alamo and South Shore forcing a series of one-game playoff matches to 15. South Shore knocked out Alamo 15-11 then Summit, which had lost to South Shore in pool play, gained revenge with an dominating 15-4 win to claim the final Gold spot.

In 17s play, Austin Juniors went 3-0 in Division 1 pool play to maintain the Tour's top position. Pool opponents Alamo Kaepa, Texas Tornados Nike and AIM Kaepa will all remain in Gold for the College Station stop. Advancing to Gold from Pool 2 will be AMV Nemesis (3-0) and Willowbrook Molten (2-1). Rounding out the Gold Bracket will be Texas Juniors DFW (3-0) and Club Texas, which was pushed to the limit by Willowbrook's #2 team, but survived in five (15-11).

In 16s play, Division 1 for College Station is set with Alamo, Texas Tornados, Willowbrook Molten (which swept Austin Juniors for the second time in as many Tour stops) and Austin. Joining the D1 party will be AMV Roshambo, which knocked off South Shore in a cross match; Club Texas, which needed three to advance against Willowbrook's #2 Select team; along with AIM Miguel and Houston Juniors coming out of Division 2..

Here are results from Saturday and Sunday's action involving top teams. Complete results and updated standings will be posted Monday on the Tour of Texas web site.

18s

Division 1 Pool (all teams advance to Gold)
Texas Tornados 3-0
Hit-Away 2-1
Team Texas 1-2
Centex 0-3

Tornados def. Hit-Away 3-1
Team Texas def. Centex 3-1
Tornados def. Centex 3-0
Hit-Away def. Team Texas 3-1
Hit-Away def. Centex 3-0
Tornados def. Team Texas 3-1

Division 2 Pool
Austin Mizuno 3-0 (advance to Gold)
Willowbrook Molten 2-1 (advance to Gold)
Club Texas Black 1-2
North Dallas Red 0-3

Austin def. North Dallas 3-0
Willowbrook def. Club Texas 3-2
Willowbrook def. North Dallas 3-0
Austin def. Club Texas 3-0
Austin def. Willowbrook 3-0
Club Texas def. North Dallas 3-0

Division 3, Pool 1
AMV Tylers 3-0 (advance to Gold)
Texas Tornados Dan 2-1
River City Stars 1-2
Houston Juniors 0-3

Division 3, Pool 1
Dallas Summit Mizuno 2-1 (advance to Gold)
South Shore Mizuno 2-1
Alamo Kaepa 2-1
Texas Juniors 0-3

17s

Division 1 Pool (all teams advance to Gold)
Austin Juniors Mizuno 3-0
Alamo Kaepa 2-1
Texas Tornados Nike 1-2
AIM Kaepa 0-3

Division 2 Pool
AMV Nemesis 3-0 (advance Gold)
Willowbrook Molten 2-1 (advance Gold)
North Dallas Red 1-2
Texas Riptide 0-3

Division 3, Pool 1
Club Texas Black 3-0 (advance Gold)
Willowbrook Select 2-1
Austin Navy Mizuno 1-2
Ellis County 0-3

Division 3, Pool 2
Texas Juniors DFW 3-0 (advance Gold)
Houston Juniors 2-1
Xtreme 1-2
Texas Tri County 0-3

16s

Division 1, Pool 1
Alamo Kaepa 2-1
Austin Juniors Mizuno 2-1
South Shore Mizuno 2-1
Willowbrook Select 0-3

Division 1, Pool 2
Texas Tornados 3-0
Willowbrook Molten 2-1
Club Texas Black 1-2
AMV Roshambo 0-3

Division 2, Pool 1
AIM Kaepa Miguel 3-0
Dallas Force 2-1
North Dallas Red 1-2
Baja Riptide 0-3

Division 2, Pool 2
Houston Juniors 3-0
Austin Navy 2-1
Dallas Summit Mizuno 1-2
Texas Juniors 0-3

Cross Matches
Alamo def. Texas Tornados 25-22, 27-25 (both teams qualify Division 1)
Willowbrook Molten def. Austin Juniors Mizuno 25-21, 25-23 (both teams qualify Division 1)
AMV Roshambo def. South Shore 25-21, 20-25, 15-10 (AMV qualifies D1)
Club Texas def. Willowbrook Select 25-27, 25-17, 15-12 (Club Texas qualifies D1)
AIM Miguel def. Austin Navy 23-25, 25-18, 15-10 (AIM qualifies D1)
Houston Juniors def. Dallas Force 25-14, 25-18 (Houston qualifies D1)