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Final 2007 National Club Rankings |
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Written by John Tawa
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Wednesday, 25 July 2007 |
 Catherine Yager and M1 17-1 won the PrepVolleyball.com Classic, but its semifinal loss at JOs to Team Z ended their effort to win Gold at Minneapolis and finish atop the rankings. Photo by www.arcticferret.us
A quick take on how the teams stood at the end of the 2007 year. Rankings are based largely on how you performed late in the year at JOs or the Volleyball Festival.
18s
1. Sports Performance 18 Elite (Great Lakes Region) – After being 16 Open MVP in 2006, 18 Open MVP Kelly Murphy solidified her spot as the nation’s top recruit in the Class of 2008 after leading Sports Performance to its fourth 18s title in five years.
2. Long Beach (SCVA) – Second at this age group for a second straight year is a bitter pill for Alix Klineman, the nation’s top star for 2007. At least she has a high school national championship and PrepVolleyball.com, Volleyball Magazine and Gatorade National Player of the Year honors to sustain her.
3. Northern Lights (North Country) – Great, great team could have used a hand in the semifinals versus SPVB. The broken right one of standout hitter Brook Deter doomed whatever chances the 2006 17 Open champs had of reaching the 18 Open finals.
4. Vision (NCVA) – San Jose team had an unbeaten run through a tough pool, including wins over Epic and Club Fusion, but couldn’t overcome determined Northern Lights in the quarters. The team returns three hitting stars but will need to develop one more middle to contend again next year.
5. Imi Ike (Aloha) – After taking Sports Performance to the verge in pool play, it would have been nice to see Imi Ike at full strength in the Gold bracket. But, alas, injuries to OH Kanani Herring and MB Bekah Torres severely hampered their efforts in the Challenge match versus Epic, a team they’d defeated previously at full strength.
6. TCA (SCVA) – After a riveting win over Northern Lights to win its pool, TCA fell to nemesis Long Beach in the 18 Open semifinals. Geena Urango was amazing in her final club event while setter Kendall Bateman showed courage by playing through the discomfort of a sprained ankle while trying to lead her team past focused Long Beach.
7. First Alliance (Great Lakes) – Veteran group was scary for everyone to play, except Sports Performance, which handled them (again) in the semifinals. Still, a great showing for the pre-season No. 1 team in the nation.
8. Club Fusion (Great Lakes) – Elle Ohlander and Jordan Haverly played out of their minds at JOs for Fusion, a M.A.S.H. unit all year that managed to stitch itself together for one more memorable run. Ohlander and Haverly are both juniors, making a Fusion medal at 18 Open in 2008 a realistic goal.
9. Epic (SCVA) – A team loaded with athletes became a wonderful volleyball team that was one point away from the semifinals, then who knows?
10. Circle City (Hoosier) – The ultimate heart team, Circle battled everyone tough and proved they were the team to beat in Indiana.
11. Orange County (SCVA) – Festival champs dominated in the middle behind Kasey Kipp and Katie Wells.
12. Cal Jrs (SCVA) – Fifth Southern California team in the top 12 got several great Impact additions and spiced the lineup with a little Pesto, Kari Pestolesi, good enough for the top 10 finish at JOs.
13. Munciana14. Golden Bear
15. Front Range
16. Skyline Juniors
17. Team Z Orange
18. Centex
19. Team Missouri
20. Celtic Force
21. High Country
22. Delta Valley
23. KiVA Red
24. Sunshine
25. Gene’s Team
26. Colorado Juniors
27. Sky High
28. Point West
29. Milwaukee Sting Gold
30. Laguna Beach
31. Golden West
32. Empire
33. 951 Elite
34. Volley Fx Magic
35. Texas Advantage 18 Asics
36. Nebraska Elite
37. A5 Bob
38. Sports Performance Red
39. Triangle
40. Saddleback Ki
41. Minnesota Select
42. Main Beach
43. St. Louis CYC
44. Central Cal
45. Team Texas Elite
46. R&B Select Rock
47. Iowa Elite Extreme
48. Zia
49. Club Red
50. Sports Shack
51. Arizona Grand Canyon
52. Dunes
53. Austin Juniors
54. Club Texas
55. Team Atlantis
56. Orlando Volleyball Academy
57. Colorado Performance
58. Piedmont Triad
59. Team Z Navy
60. Lions 18-1
61. Coastal Virginia
62. Sports Performance Blue
63. Club One
64. Vision Blue
65. A.C.E.
66. Dayton Juniors
67. Toledo VBC
68. Victory
69. SCVC
70. NVA
71. Encinitas
72. Rancho Valley
73. Hoosierland
74. Santa Barbara
75. San Diego
17s
1. Team Z (Ohio Valley) – Great defense in the back row and at the net, plus the inspired all-around play of MVP Missy Harpenau carried the day for Z, which won its second 17 Open title in five years.
2. KiVA (Pioneer) – A great team that has medaled the past three years but has come up short in its quest for a championship, the core of this squad will now try to win a prep title with powerful Assumption High of Louisville.
3. M1 (North Country) – Winners of Far Westerns, the National Junior Classic and the PrepVolleyball.com Classic its last three tourneys, M1 was red hot until Z cooled them down in the 17 Open semifinals.
4. TCA (SCVA) – Tremendous ball control and power on the pins was TCA’s formula for success, which included ousting Amarillo Elite for the second straight year.
5. St. Louis CYC (Gateway) – Veteran team, which got into JOs via at-large bid, medaled for a fourth straight year after a tense quarterfinal win over TAV. Setter Nicole Tate and RS Maddie Vain were among many catalysts for CYC.
6. Amarillo Elite
7. TAV
8. Club Fusion Black
9. MAVA
10. First Alliance
11. Invasion SWAT
12. SCVC
13. Southwest Illinois
14. Illini Elite
15. Nike Northwest Juniors
16. Milwaukee Sting
17. Epic
18. Vision
19. Nebraska Elite
20. Austin Juniors
21. NVA
22. Texas Tornados
23. MAVS
24. Orlando Volleyball Academy
25. Skyline
26. Laguna
27. Dunes
28. Asics Rainbows
29. Northern Lights
30. Cincy Classics
31. Force
32. Golden Bear
33. Golden West
34. Piedmont Triad
35. Richmond Volleyball Club
36. Extec
37. Team St. Louis
38. Team Atlantis
39. Sports Performance Mizuno
40. Club Fusion White
41. Gold Cal
42. Dayton Juniors
43. Tampa Bay44. Celtic Force
45. Jammers
46. Alamo
47. Long Beach
48. 951 Elite
49. Empire
50. Virginia Elite
51. FaR Out
52. A5 Kelly
53. Circle City
54. TAV Molten
55. Colorado Performance
56. A.C.E. Black
57. KiVA White58. Sports Shack
59. Arizona Juniors
60. Oklahoma Peak Performance
61. Norco
62. Willowbrook
63. Club West
64. Synergy
65. CVC 17 Black
16s
1. Laguna (SCVA) – Ball control and great setting produced side outs in droves for Laguna, which didn’t have the most impressive athletes in the gym, but had the best team.
2. Texas Advantage (North Texas) – When JOs came to Minneapolis for the first time back in 1986, Arthur Stanfield was there as a coach. With JOs back in Minneapolis 21 years later, he led a great group of kids to the 16 Open finals.
3. KiVA (Pioneer) – The 2006 15 Open champs had just hammered MAVA in the AAU finals two weeks earlier, so imagine their surprise when MAVA took them behind the woodshed in a Challenge match that eliminated them from contention short of the Gold bracket. KiVA finished in ninth place.
4. Dallas Premier (North Texas) – The only team at JOs to beat Laguna, Dallas Premier fell in the semifinals to North Texas rival TAV, but still had an outstanding showing behind OH Katherine Culwell and libero Meghan Mannari.
5. Invasion (Heart of America) – The best of Kansas City at this age level came together to build a title contender and almost made the goal of a Minneapolis Championship a reality, losing to Laguna in the semifinals. “We came a little short but were close,” said coach Don Harris. “I told them if you set high goals you don’t always achieve them but you have something to shoot for next year. You have to have adversity to move past the disappointments and prepare for the successes.”
6. Vision
7. Team Z
8. First Alliance
9. Austin Juniors
10. MAVA
11. Sports Performance
12. Illini Elite
13. Encinitas
14. Long Beach
15. Puget Sound
16. Sports Shack
17. Sunshine
18. OVA
19. Rockwood
20. Amarillo
21. Munciana
22. Cincy Classics
23. Front Range
24. AVA
25. KJ
26. Colorado Juniors
27. F.a.R. Out
28. Rancho Valley
29. Milwaukee Sting
30. Club Fusion
31. Dallas Jrs
32. Oklahoma Peak Performance
33. Jammers
34. KC Extreme
35. Southwest Illinois
36. 951 Elite
37. South Bay
38. WVBA
39. Renaissance Cleveland
40. Texas Tornados
41. NASA
42. Skyline
43. Northern Lights
44. Tampa Bay
45. NC Challengers
46. Team Indiana
47. Nebraska Elite
48. Golden Bear
49. IPVA
50. Vision Blue
51. Dead Frog
52. Coast Chad
53. VIA Jimmy
54. Force
55. A5
56. Team Z Navy
57. San Gabriel
58. City Beach
59. TAV Advantage
60. Topeka Elite
61. Epic
62. Fearless
63. First Alliance Black
64. M1
65. MN Select
66. Capital City
67. Portland Volleyball Club
68. Sports Performance Sophs
69. Delta Valley
70. NorCal
15s
1. SCVC (SCVA) – Southern California all-star team overcame a lot of drama and a tough first day of JOs to avenge two losses to to-ranked Northern Lights and go on to the championship. How Jaz Orosco and Susan Carlson¸ who were brilliant, were not on the all tournament team is still baffling when both were strong candidates for MVP.
2. Northern Lights (North Country) – After winning Omaha, AAUs and two qualifiers, Lights ran into some trouble late in Games 2 and 3 versus SCVC in the 15 Open semifinals, the only serious blemish on what otherwise was a remarkable year.
3. KC Extreme (HOA) – The only team at JOs to defeat 2006 14 Open champion Arsel, Extreme overpowered in the middle behind tough Lisa Henning and Marianne Beal.
4. Arsel (Puerto Rico) – A small team by Mainland standards, Arsel made a strong showing in this age group by playing with tenacity, flair and heart.
5. Club Fusion (Great Lakes) – After beating Northern Lights at NJC over Memorial Day Weekend, Fusion came within a whisper of beating SCVC in the 15 Open quarterfinals behind the play of OHs Stephanie Holthus and Kylee Baker.
6. KiVA
7. TAV
8. 951 Elite
9. Sports Performance
10. Munciana
11. MAVA
12. Club Cincinnati
13. Sunshine
14. Long Beach
15. Encinitas
16. Young Guns
17. Cal Jrs
18. MAVS
19. Alamo
20. Austin Juniors
21. Central Cal
22. Willowbrook
23. Milwaukee Sting
24. Circle City
25. Laguna Beach
26. NKYVC
27. Rockwood
28. Amarillo
29. Tampa Bay
30. Nebraska Elite
31. Texas Tornados
32. Santa Barbara
33. Victory
34. Houston Juniors
35. Vision Gold
36. Skyline
37.Coast Mary Jo
38. Santa Monica Beach Club
39. Saddleback Valley
40. Rancho Valley
41. Lions
42. Colorado Performance
43. City Beach
44. St. Louis CYC
45. Illini Elite
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 July 2007 )
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