VOLLEYBALL: GENE'S TEAM TAKES THIRD.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News Gene's Team completed its eight-month qualifying schedule as the top-ranked 17-under girls' volleyball team in 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, . The group supported its No. 4 national ranking -- according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. PrepVolleyball.com -- by becoming the lone California entry to reach the Gold Division playoffs in the 17-under Open Division at the U.S. Junior Olympics. But when it came to matching up with the best in the country, Gene's Team came up short in its bid to win a national title. Gene's Team, featuring fourarea standouts, fell to No.2 Club Fusion Black of Illinois 25-20, 25-21, 25-18 in Wednesday's semifinals 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, resulting in a third- place finish in the 28-team competition. After winning its pool, Gene's Team -- based in Pacific Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). -- defeated No. 12 Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). Power 25-20, 25-18, 17-25, 26-24 in the quarterfinals earlier Wednesday. Following a sweep of Illinois counterpart First Alliance in the quarterfinal, Club Fusion advanced to the championship match with its sweep of Gene's Team, which suffered its second loss in three matches after opening the tournament with five straight wins. Club Fusion lost 5-19, 25-14, 23-25, 25-23 in the final to top-ranked Kaepa Northern Lights of Minnesota. For Daily News All-Area Player of the Year Jesse Yeager, an Oak Park graduate, it was her final competition this summer before heading to the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. . Thousand Oaks' Tori Boden and Deanna Elias, and Westlake's Cathy Quilico will all return for their senior campaigns. In the 18-under American Division, San Gabriel Roshambo -- featuring sixarea players -- reached the Bronze Division final, losing to La Verne's Club West Elite 16-25, 25-19, 15-7 to finish 18th out of 48 teams. It marked the final club competition for Flintridge Sacred Heart of La Canada Flintridge, which graduates Veronica Montes mon·tes n. Plural of mons. (Redlands), and twins Rachel and Rebecca Salvo, who are both headed to Haverford College in Pennsylvania. Morgan Anderson (La Canada/Birmingham Southern) and Laura Boyd (Crescenta Valley of La Crescenta/Stetson) also played their final matches for San Gabriel, which advanced to the Bronze final with a victory over San Antonio's Bexar County. |
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