DALLAS, TEXAS (July 3, 2008) – The 29th USA Junior Olympic Girls’ Volleyball Championships, hosted by USA Volleyball at the Dallas Convention Center, crowned Open, National and American Division winners for the 15-year-old brackets on Thursday as the 10-day event runs from June 26 to July 5.
Laguna Beach 15 Wizard (Laguna Nigel, Calif.) topped Wave 15Katie Spalding (Encinitas, Calif.) 25-20, 20-25, 15-11 to win the 15 Open Division title. Laguna Beach 15 Wizard defeated A5 Mizuno 151 Heidi 25-23, 25-16 in the quarterfinals and Santa Barbara 15-Elite (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 23-25, 25-20, 15-13 in the semifinals. Wave 15Katie Spalding topped City Beach 15 Black 25-20, 22-25, 15-13 in the quarterfinals and TAV 15 Asics (Fort Worth, Texas) 25-11, 25-23 in the semifinals. Mizuno Long Beach 15M (Redondo Beach, Calif.) defeated both 15 Open Division championship match teams, but lost in the quarterfinals to Santa Barbara 15-Elite.
The Iowa Rockets (Iowa City, Iowa) captured the 15 National Division title with a 24-26, 25-17, 15-11 victory over GI Power (Grand Island, Neb.) in the championship match. The Iowa Rockets, which rebounded from two opening pool play losses, reached the gold-medal match with a 25-15, 25-13 victory over Alamo 15 Kaepa (San Antonio, Texas) in the quarterfinals and a 25-20, 25-23 win over Niagara Frontier 15N (West Seneca, N.Y.) in the semifinals. GI Power, undefeated until the championship match, took a 25-17, 25-20 victory over Team Atlantis 15 Elite (Sidney, Ohio) in the semifinals and a 25-23, 25-23 win over Arizona Juniors 15-1 (Tempe, Ariz.) in the quarterfinals.
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