Team of the Week

The team of the week has got to go to the 16 Bugles team. It is amazing how far this team has come in one year's time. This past weekend at the Tampa Pre Qualifier, the 16s made it all the way to the 16 open championship where they lost to a tough Gainesville squad. On the road to the championship, they stuck it to the Sarasota Volleyball Academy's best team in the club in 2, defeated the top 16s team in South Carolina, and also beat a tough TVA team out of Orlando in the semis. 10 of the 11 kids on this team are from Venice HS and its amazing to see what a mostly one high school team can do to all star players from different high schools on the same team from around the state and country. What a difference a year makes as last year, this team struggled in the club divisions but through a lot of hard work, concentrating on our training philosophies, and gaining that all needed mental toughness, they are getting the champions mentality . All the team members have played well but two of the members of this team who have really stepped up are the outside hitters. The extremely high flying, athletic tooling Autumn Duyn and the heavy hitter who terminates times after time, Payton Herschberger. Anytime a team has two dominate outsides, that team is sure to take it to the next level. Many colleges have also taken notice of these up and coming players as well. It has been a lot of fun to see this team's ball control and tenacity grow over the past year. All of the team members are working hard and forming that all needed team chemistry for them to succeed. Their next tourney will be the Big South Qualifier in Hotlanta, Georgia.