GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL: OAK PARK'S YEAGER LEADS U-17 TEAM.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News Jesse Yeager led the Oak Park High girls' volleyball team to its most successful season in program history in 2005. In her final club volleyball competition before she takes her talents to University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. , Yeager wants to lead Gene's Team to a U.S. Junior Olympics 17-under Open Division title. Yeager is one of four area standouts on hall of fame coach Gene Selznick's nine-player roster, which enters the tournament as the top-ranked 17-under team by the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Volleyball Association and fourth nationally by PrepVolleyball.com. After leading the Southern Section with 490 kills from the outside hitter position during her senior campaign, Yeager will be relied on more as a middle blocker for Gene's Team when the 28-team competition begins today at the Georgia World Congress Center The Georgia World Congress Center or GWCC is the major convention center in Atlanta. It is the fourth-largest convention center in the United States at 1.4 million ft2 (130,000 m2) and hosts more than a million visitors each year. in Atlanta. Westlake senior libero Libero can refer to:
abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT today, followed by a match against Georgia's A5 Mizuno at 10:30 a.m. Along with A5 Mizuno (ranked No. 7 nationally) and Circle City (No. 13), Gene's Team is also matched up with Illinois' Celtic Force Green (No.5), Milwaukee Sting (No. 9), St. Louis Catholic Youth Council (No. 21) and Kansas' Topeka Juniors (No. 23) in its pool. Each team will play twobest-of-five matches per day,with pool play concluding Tuesday. The single-elimination playoffs, with eight teams qualifying in the gold and silver brackets, will conclude Wednesday. San Gabriel Volleyball Club's Roshambo team, featuring sixarea players, is also in Atlanta competing in the 18-under American Division. San Gabriel, which enters the tournament No. 23 in SCVA's 18-under rankings and among the top 100 teams nationally, features four players -- senior Aly Crea and graduates Veronica Montes mon·tes n. Plural of mons. , Rachel Salvo and Rebecca Salvo -- from Flintridge Sacred Heart of La Canada Flintridge. Montes plans on playing at University of Redlands The University of Redlands is a private liberal arts and sciences university located in Redlands, California. The university's campus sits on 160 acres (0.6 km²) near downtown Redlands. The university was founded in 1907 and was associated with the American Baptist Church. and the Salvo twins at Haverford College in Pennsylvania. Morgan Anderson (La Canada/Birmingham Southern) and Laura Boyd (Crescenta Valley of La Crescenta/Stetson) also play for San Gabriel, which opens pool play with a best-of-three match at 6 a.m. PDT against the Iowa Rockets, followed by a contest against Ohio's Team Atlantis at 8 a.m. erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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