Premier Strikers took a short trip to Chesapeake City, MD to play in Mason Dixon 14 Invitational on Sunday. Playing in the five team pool, they finished 7-1 in pool play to take the 1st seed in their pool and advance to the gold bracket. In the semi finals, they meet our Premier Fury and defeated them in 2 sets to advance to the Gold Championship Match. In that championship match, they played Intensity Black for the Gold. They defeated in 2 sets to win GOLD! Congrats, Strikers!
"The intensity and passion the team brought to the championship game was contagious. Every single player, in some way, contributed to our win! It was awesome to watch!" - Coach Lauren
Traveling into PA, Premier Fusion played in KRVA Queens of Courts 13/14 Division this past weekend. Playing in three pool with two 14s team, they finished 3-3 in pool play to earn the 1st seed in the Gold Bracket for 13s and earned the Bye. In the championship match, they faced EDGE ELITE 13 Black and defeated them in straight sets and the gold medals were theirs. Well done, Fusion!
"I was proud of the team for doing the little things this past weekend. We played up when we needed to and took care of business when we were supposed to". -- Coach John
Premier EDGE 14, Premier EDGE 15, Premier EDGE 16, Premier Crush, Premier Twisters, Premier Shadow, and Premier EDGE 17 spent the weekend in Pittsburgh. Starting Saturday off, the EDGE teams and Premier Shadow competed in the Open Division. Premier EDGE 15 performed strongest; finishing 3-0 and advancing to the Gold Bracket. Premier EDGE 14, Premier EDGE 16 and Premier EDGE 17 worked hard but came up short to finish all finish 1-2 and advance to the Silver Bracket. Premier Shadow faced some tough competition to finish 0-3.
In the afternoon wave, Premier Crush and Twisters were on the deck. Premier Twisters (1-2) advanced to the Bronze Bracket and Premier Crush (0-3) advanced to Cooper Bracket.
On Sunday, Premier EDGE 15 kicked off the morning with a win in 1st round of the Gold to advance to Semis. They came off short in the semis and they finished impressive 3rd overall.
Premier EDGE 14 won the Silver Bracket to finish 5th overall.
Premier EDGE 16 went 1-1 on Sunday to finish 11th overall.
Premier EDGE 17 went 0-2 on Sunday to finish 16th overall.
Premier EDGE 17 went 1-1 on Sunday to finish 8th overall.
Premier Twisters went 1-1 on Sunday to finish 22nd overall.
Premier Crush went 2-0 on Sunday to finish 28th overall.
Along with some great volleyball, players, coaches and families had a great time spending together in Pittsburgh.
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