BRACKET

All the players served overhand in the tournament for the first time and were not only accurate but very effective. In particular serving well were Danielle Nevers, Courtney Timmons, Louisa Hanson, Bianca Vasquez, Meredith Kretzler, Rachel Morrow, and Anastasia Messmore.

Running the 4-2 International offense were the setters Bianca, Anastasia, Meredith, and Abby Gorton.

Passing the ball with accuracy were Laurel Cadotte, Courtney, Louisa, and Anastasia.

The team played exceptional in the morning but reverted back to bump over the net ball against Athena Blue and thus had very few attacks. However, the team certainly finished the season playing a good brand of ball for longer periods of time.

BRACKET

Playing a 4-2 International for the first time the team was led by the setting of Abby Gorton and Bianca Vazquez, the passing and hitting of Louisa Hanson, the all-around play of Courtney Timmons, Laurel Cadotte, Rachel Morrow, and Kalena Mawae, and the serving of Jill Radcliffe and Briana Hogue.

During the day the team served 80% and were led percentage-wise by Briana again with 96% serving and Jill with 84% serving. Also, having key serving at different times were Kalena, Louisa, and Bianca.

BRACKET

The team continues to improve all the time. There is a conscious effort by some to pass the ball to the setter and Rachel Morrow, Louisa Hanson, and Courtney Timmons all had successful attacks. Having a good passing day were Laurel Cadotte, Abby Gorton, and Jill Radcliffe. Several players had good serving days including Jill, Bianca Vazquez, Anastasia Messmore, and Kalena Mawae. Three players had an outstanding serving day by serving 90% or better. Those three were Brianna Hogue at 95%, Abby Gorton at 94% and Danielle Nevers at 90%.

POOL : SUNDAY

BRACKET

All the players contributed to the championship. Abby Gorton made several good passes, Rachel Morrow returned an opponent's pass for the match point, Danielle Nevers and Merideth Kretzler played a good all-around game and Courtney Timmons, Anastasia Messmore, Kalena Mawae, Laurel Cadotte, Louisa Hanson, and Brianna Hogue all served several key points. Brianna led the serving percentage with an impressive 47/52 for 90%.

BRACKET

Having a solid serving day were Laurel Caddotte, Briana Hogue, Courtney Timmons, Rachel Morrow, and Bianca Vasquez. Having a solid passing day were Jill Radcliffe, Kalena Mawae, and Abby Gorton. Three individuals that stood out for their all-around play and attempting to set it up and attack were Danielle Nevers, Merideth Kretzler and Louisa Hanson.

Serving 80% or better for the day were Laurel Cadotte, Louisa Hanson, Briana Hogue, Meredith Kretzler, Rachel Morrow, and the leader Bianca Vazquez serving 96% for the day.

Other highlights for the day included Danielle Nevers serving 10 for 10 in the 25-23 victory over Nike NW Jrs, Kalena Mawae serving two overhand serves in, Jill Radcliffe serving 5 straight points, Abby Gorton getting 4 serves in, Anastasia Messmore sliding on the floor to save several balls, and the consistent overall play of Courtney Timmons which included chasing down her teammates bad passes and passing the ball back into the court.

The team is definitely improving and is slowly starting to try and pass the ball to the setter and think about hitting the ball.

The team continues to improve and works hard. Playing with good court awareness are Jill Radcliffe, Courtney Timmons and Meridith Kretzler. Having a great day at serving besides Briana were Danielle Nevers 12 for 14 and 100% servers Bianca Vasquez 15 for 15 and Louisa Hanson 10 for 10.

We have been emphasizing serving and placed a team goal of 60% for the day. Assistant Coach Paul Batzle challenged them by claiming he would bake them cookies if we served at least 60% for the day. The cookies will taste real good! We need a higher goal. We served 80% for the day.

In other games, we lost to Wilsonville and Roseburg but not without a challenge.

Most of the Cowlitz Blue team members are inexperienced players but are learning quickly and certainly improved through the day against much more experienced teams. Those playing were: From Castle Rock, Briana Hogue and Danielle Nevers. From Kelso, Kalena Mawae and Jill Radcliffe. From Longview, Laurel Cadotte, Meredith Kretzler, Rachel Morrow, and Bianca Vazquez. From Morton, Louisa Hanson. From Toledo, Anastasia Messmore. From Toutle Lake, Abby Gorton. and from Vader, Courtney Timmons.