Girls club volleyball Dream Team: Bardin, Schrom, Kalcynski, Mambu, Tompkins, Hunt, Knight, Fritch

Girls club volleyball Dream Team: Bardin, Schrom, Kalcynski, Mambu, Tompkins, Hunt, Knight, Fritch

7 février 2024

Volley

Emmy Schrom

Every Wednesday during the club season, VolleyballMag recognizes a Dream Team of eight girls volleyball players (15s to 18s age groups) who were standouts the weekend before. The team, most weeks, consisted of the following:

Setter or S/RS
Setter, S/RS or RS
OH
OH
MB
MB
Libero
DS

We include our eight-player Dream Team below, as well as others we considered, based exclusively upon nominations received.

Note to coaches and directors: while there is no science to how we choose members of our Dream Team, performing on bigger stages will give players an edge, as will nomination forms that describe with specificity how well a player performed the previous weekend.

This week, we have three outsides, because we received no DS nominees.

VolleyballMag DREAM TEAM for February 7
S: Isabelle Bardin, 6-3 Jr., Metro 17 Travel (DC) – Bardin averaged over 9 assists per set and led her team in blocks and to victory at the JVA Charm City Challenge.

RS: Emmy Schrom, 6-0 Sr., Revolution PGH 18 White (PA) – Schrom, a Duquesne recruit, played a huge role as a six-rotation right side for a team that took second in 18 USA last weekend at the Ohio Valley Qualifier. “Emmy took a number of big swings in critical moments to provide the team with some serious firepower,” said coach Heidi Miller. “She attacked from the left, right, and also often out of the backrow.: Schrom finished the weekend with 70 kills and added 20 aces with a lethal top spin jump serve. Schrom topped off her successful run in Columbus with 27 digs and four blocks.

OH: Kate Kalcynski, 6-0 Fr., Legacy 15-1 Adidas (MI) – Kalcynski led the Central Zone 15 Open champs in kills, passer rating, hitting percentage and solo blocks, a performance that coach Tyler Strom described as “absolutely incredible.”

OH: Mimi Mambu, 6-0 Jr., Metro 18 Travel (D.C.) – A Georgia Tech commit, Mambu averaged 5.4 kills per set and hit. 305 for the weekend as Metro qualified in 18 Open at OVR in Columbus, Ohio.

OH: Payton Tompkins, 6-0 Sr., Dallas Skyline 18 Black (TX) – Skyline tore through the 18 USA division in Columbus without dropping a set and Tomkins was a catalyst. The six-rotation outside did not come off the court. Head coach David Huynh said that his senior was on point with her serve-receive all tournament long even though she was targeted. She came up with crucial blocks on the right when moved over there, was stellar on digging up hard-driven balls and deep corner tips and made so many good plays overall that kept her team moving forward.

MB: Julia Hunt, 6-2 Sr., NKYVC 18 Tsunami (KY) – Hunt, the Kentucky HS Miss Volleyball and University of Washington signee, dominated at OVR, even as her team struggled to a 4-4 finish. She finished the weekend with 53 kills, on .320 hitting, and 17 blocks.

Emma Fritch

MB: Austin Knight, 6-1 Sr., OT 18 O Semei (FL) – Knight stepped up to lead OT to second place in 18 Liberty at the Ohio Valley Qualifier.

Libero: Emma Fritch, 5-6 Soph., NKYVC 16 Tsunami (KY) – Fritch was key to 16 Tsunami winning the 16 Open division at the Central Invitational. Over 19 sets, the sophomore posted tremendous dig numbers (101), was terrific as a secondary setter (29 assists) and added five aces.

Also considered (by position, in order of consideration)
OH: Sydney Buchanan, 6-0 Jr., 1st Alliance 17 Gold (IL) — 1st Alliance went 6-0 in the 17/18 Open Division of the Windy City Power League this past weekend. Buchanan led the offensive charge, hitting .375 for the weekend with 41 kills, as her team took over the top spot in the league. She had her best matches when it mattered the most. In the championship games for both Saturday and Sunday, Buchanan accumulated 18 kills and hit .395.

OH: Jaidyn Jager, 6-1 Jr., Coast 18-1 (CA) – Jager reinforced that she’s one of the best nationally in her class with exceptional play at the net blocking and attacking and as a defender in the back row for Coast, which went undefeated to win 18 Open at the Ohio Valley Qualifier..

OH: Lilly Gillespie, 5-9 Sr., NKYVC 18 Tsunami (KY) – Gillespie was an impact player for 18 Tsunami in Columbus at the Ohio Valley qualifier. The Cincinnati commit had 39 kills, 53 digs and passed a 2.05. She showed off her grit and played spectacular defense.

OH: Savannah Jackson, 5-8 Jr., Jacksonville Juniors 17 Black (FL) — Jackson was on fire at the JJVA Jax Jam in last weekend. The University of North Carolina Pembroke recruit hit a blistering .391 with 23 kills over 10 sets. She helped her team win the Jax Jam going a perfect 10-0 in sets, 5-0 in matches.

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Libero: Malinh Godschall, 5-7 Sr., Metro 18 Travel (D.C.) – Godschall led Metro to an Open bid in Columbus. The Mid-Atlantic’s best senior defender averaged almost seven digs per set for the tournament, was strong in serve-receive as well, and provided valuable leadership as the team’s captain.

Libero: Penelope Kavalieros, 5-7 Jr., Jacksonville Juniors 17 Black (FL) – Kavalieros helped JJVA 17 Black go 5-0 (10-0) to win the JJVA Jax Jam over the weekend. She led her team in digs with a whopping 63 and also passed a solid 2.11.

Libero: Julia Howard, 5-6 Soph., Jacksonville Juniors 16 Black (FL) – Howard had 77 digs over 13 sets and passed a 2.27 for 16 Black, which finished third playing up in the 17/18 division at the Jax Jam. Her team lost only to JJVA 17 Black in the semis.

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