3 Days Complete in 15 Liberty, American, and Freedom
We checked in on the happenings in our other 15 divisions at GJNC after the third day! Here is what went down in the Liberty, American, and Freedom divisions. Liberty Mizuno Club North 15-1 and Invasion 15 Black both ended…
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Continue ReadingWe checked in on the happenings in our other 15 divisions at GJNC after the third day! Here is what went down in the Liberty, American, and Freedom divisions.
Liberty
Mizuno Club North 15-1 and Invasion 15 Black both ended up in 3rd place after their first two days of pool play. Their finishes sent them to the three-team gold pools on the third day. In Pool 4, Club North dropped both matches to SA Force and A5 in straight sets. Up in Pool 2, Invasion saw the same results falling to MVA and TAV FW.
Apex 15-1 started went 1-4 in their pool to start the tournament. They were sent to the Group 2 Pool where they were able to split the two matches, including a victory over Milwaukee Sting.
American
The Topeka Saints 15-1 caught fire through the first three days going 6-1 and finishing runner-ups in their pool. This moved them onto the pivotal challenge pool rounds. They were in the must-win two sections of the pool by finishing second. They dropped a close first set 26-24 before bouncing back to win the next two. This win would pit them against the now 4-seed Metro Travel team. The Saints battled but dropped the match -21, -22.
Mavs KC 15-2, KC Legends 15-1, and Rockwood Thunder 15 Navy all went 4-3 in their respectful pools for either 3rd or 4th place finishes. All of these finishes pushed them to challenge round match-ups. Mavs dropped their challenge match in a tough 3-set battle with LAV 15 National. In the Group 2 challenge round match, KC Legends also were defeated in a 3-set fashion. And to sound like a broken record, Rockwood saw the same fate losing their third 15-13.
417 Juniors 15-1 went through three days of pool play 3-4 and had tight moments that could have easily flipped their record. Mizuno Club North 15-2 finished pool play 1-6.
Freedom
Kansas teams started off hot with Dynasty 15 Blue going 5-0 and Air Capital Aces going 4-1 in pool play. Core STL U15 Navy had a 3-2 start to the tournament itself. All three teams would advance to Group 1 re-pool with a chance to still compete for a natty. The three-team pool results would send teams to challenge matches. Dynasty would drop both pool matches. ACA would go 1-1 to finish 2nd in their pool. Core also went 1-1 but so did the other two teams. The tie-breaker would allow Core to finish second.
ACA dropped the first set in their challenge match before roaring back to grab the second. The third was one of those high-intensity matches you love to see with back-and-forth outstanding plays. The victory would go to Texas Fury 17-15. Core dropped their match in straight sets to NORCO 15 Black.