2011 Season History

2011 Teams

 

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July 7-20, 2011 Northern Lights Europe Trip

From July 7-July 20 Northern Lights will be touring Vienna, Slovenia, Prague, Krakow Polland, & Budapest Hungary playing various European Youth teams.

To read the day-by-day journal of the trip, click here.

June 25-July 4 USJNC’s Atlanta


Mizuno Northern Lights 15-1’s are the
National Champions in the 15 Open Division!

Mizuno Northern Lights 17-2’s place
2nd in the 17 National Division

Mizuno Northern Lights 16-1’s place
2nd in the 16 Open Division


Northern Lights has 8 teams competing in Atlanta for the US Junior National Championships.

To view a day-by-day journal from the USJNC’s, click here.

Northern Lights USJNC All Tournament Selections

Player NameTeam
Lydia Dimke – MVPNorthern Lights 15-1
Abby MonsonNorthern Lights 15-1
Kylee ZumachNorthern Lights 15-1
Kelsey ChambersNorthern Lights 17-2
Maren LoeNorthern Lights 17-2
Brianne StamerNorthern Lights 17-2
Alyssa GoehnerNorthern Lights 16-1
Samantha SwensonNorthern Lights 16-1
Sarah WilhiteNorthern Lights 16-1

 

TeamFinal FinishDivision
17-122nd17 Open
17-22nd17 National
16-12nd16 Open
16-227th16 National
16-Black18th16 American
15-11st15 Open
15-243rd15 National
14-19th14 National

June 13-23 AAU National Championship Trip

Northern Lights placed 10 of it’s 20 teams into the Gold Brackets at the AAU National Championships, won 1 National Championship and Medaled a total of 4 of them! Congratulations to 17-1, 17-2, 16-1, 16-2, 16-Black, 18-2, 12-1, 14-1, 14-2 & 15-2.


Mizuno Northern Lights 17-2’s win the
AAU National Championships 17 Club

Mizuno Northern Lights 17-1’s place 3rd at the
AAU National Championships 17 Open

Mizuno Northern Lights 16-1’s place 3rd at the
AAU National Championships 16 Open

Mizuno Northern Lights 12-1’s place 3rd at the
AAU National Championships 12 Open


A day-by-day journal from the AAU National Championships can be found by clicking here.

Northern Lights AAU All American Selections

Player NameTeam
Payton NutterNorthern Lights 12-1
Gabrielle OrrNorthern Lights 12-1
Mira GrinsfelderNorthern Lights 14-2
Kaylea AhrensNorthern Lights 14-1
Taylor GoarNorthern Lights 16-2
Sarah WilhiteNorthern Lights 16-1
Alyssa GoehnerNorthern Lights 16-1
Monica TurnerNorthern Lights 17-1
Leigh PudwillNorthern Lights 17-1
Kelley Wollack – MVPNorthern Lights 17-2
Kelsey ChambersNorthern Lights 17-2
Ashley DahlyNorthern Lights 17-2

 

TeamFinal FinishDivision
18-116th18 Open
18-29th18 Club
17-13rd17 Open
17-21st17 Club
17-Black18th17 Club
17-Red73rd17 Club
16-13rd16 Open
16-25th16 Club
16-Black9th16 Club
16-Red137th16 Club
16-White60th16 Club
15-115th15 Open
15-29th15 Club
15-Black40th15 Club
15-Red10815 Club
15-White70th15 Club
14-15th14 Open
14-25th14 Club
13-117th13 Open
12-13rd12 Open

June 6, 2011 – NJC Tournament announces awards

Congratulations to Kaitlyn VanWinkle for being named Best Blocker in the 17 Club Division of the NJC tournament held in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend.

Congratulations to Abby Monson for being named Best Libero in the 15 Open Division of the NJC tournament held in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend.

We also want to congratulate Jocelyn Youngdahl for being named Best Blocker in the 16 Open Division!  Originally this was reported by the event staff as being Haley Fogarty . . .  even though she is a Libero. Congrats to Jocelyn!

June 5, 2011 – Northern Lights Year End Banquet

The 2011 Northern Lights Year End Banquet was a huge success with 680+ people attending. The 18-2’s winning team video was great, the 150 scrapbook pages were very impressive and the raffle prizes were a hit. Thanks to everyone who helped with the banquet and congratulations to Melissa Loe for winning the 2011 Northern Lights Quilt.

We also would like to extend our congratulations to Taylor Voss who was voted by the coaches to receive the 2011 Maurice Batie Award of Excellence at the Banquet. The award was announced to Taylor by Danielle Dombeck, last year’s winner. Pictures of the banquet can be viewed by clicking here

You can view a couple of the banquet shows from this year by clicking here.

NL puts 3 teams in the NJC Tournament Gold Divisions

Congratulations to the 17-Black team for finishing 3rd at the NJC Tournament in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend. The 16-1’s also finished 3rd in the 16 Open Division. The 15-1’s were 4th in the 15 Open Division. All 3 teams had an excellent weekend making it to the final Gold Brackets/Pools.

TeamFinishDivision
17-111th17 Open
17-210th17 Open
17-Black3rd17 Club
16-13rd16 Open
15-14th15 Open

USA High Performance Players

Congratulations to Janelle Rupkalvis, Lydia Dimke, Shelby Seurer, Samantha Swenson, Brittany Luethmers, and Jade Tinglehoff who were selected for this year’s USAV High Performance program. They will meet and train with other top players from around the nation later this summer and play in the High Performance Championship event with teams from other nations.

May 15-Northern Lights wins all divisions at SMV Tourn.

TeamFinishDivision
17-Black1st18’s Division
17-Red2nd18’s Division
16-Black1st16’s Division
15-Black1st15’s Division
15-Red3rd15’s Division
15-White3rd15’s Division
14-22nd15’s Division
14-Black1st14’s Division
14-Red2nd14’s Division
13-23rd14’s Division
13-Black9th14’s Division
12-11st12’s Division
12-23rd12’s Division
11-15th12’s Division

Northern Lights Rochester Cup Finishes

TeamFinishDivision
16-Black1st16’s Division
16-Red3rd -(Gold Championship Bracket)16’s Division
16-White5th – (Gold Championship Bracket)16’s Division
15-24th – (Gold Championship Bracket)16’s Division
14-118th16’s Division
13-14th – (Gold Championship Bracket)14’s Division

Northern Lights Team Results for May Tournaments

DateTeamPlaceTournament
May 2215-13rdMVW 18’s Tournament
May 2216-23rdMVW 18’s Tournament
May 2217-21stMVW 18’s Tournament
May 2217-Red5thMVW 18’s Tournament
May 2218-22ndMVW 18’s Tournament
May 221413rdMVW 16’s Tournament
May 2215-21stMVW 16’s Tournament
May 2216-Red3rdMVW 16’s Tournament
May 2216-White2ndMVW 16’s Tournament
May 2212-13rdMVW 14’s Tournament
May 2213-11stMVW 14’s Tournament
May 2214-Black3rdMVW 14’s Tournament
May 1515-13rd18’s Elite Playday
May 1516-12nd18’s Elite Playday
May 1516-27th18’s Elite Playday (Silver winners)
May 1517-13rd18’s Elite Playday
May 1517-25th18’s Elite Playday
May 1518-11st18’s Elite Playday
May 1518-28th18’s Elite Playday
May 714-Red1stMVW 14’s Tournament
May 713-22ndMVW 14’s Tournament
May 713- Black3rdMVW 14’s Tournament
May 715-Black1stMVW 16’s Tournament
May 714-22ndMVW 16’s Tournament
May 714-Black3rdMVW 16’s Tournament
May 715-Red5thMVW 16’s Tournament
May 715-White5thMVW 16’s Tournament

Northern Lights 12’s Cup Results

Pictures of the  All Tournament Selections can be found by clicking here.

Gold Bracket Medal Winners

PlaceTeam
1stNorthern Lights 12-1’s
2ndMN Select 12-1’s
3rdNorthern Lights 12-2’s
4thNorthern Lights 11-1’s

NL 18-1 & 18-2 travel to Italy

The Northern Lights 18-1 & 18-2 teams will be traveling and competing in Italy from April 18- April 26 with BringitUSA. They will be spending the first few days sightseeing in Rome, Florence, and Venice. After that they will be competing in a high level tournament in Pordenone Italy (18-1) and Falconara (18-2) with Junior teams from around the world. The team’s written journals and pictures can be seen by clicking here.

NL 18-1 Wins Northern Lights Qualifier & puts 10 teams in the Gold and 4 teams into the Finals!

Congratulations to the 18-1 team for winning the Northern Lights National Qualifier 18 Club Division. It was a hard fought battle that lasted 3 sets against Colorado Performance.

A total of 10 of the 17 teams who played in this event were in the Gold Brackets. Four of those teams were in the Finals of their division. 6 Northern Lights teams medaled.

Congratulations to the 17-1 team for placing 2nd at the Northern Lights National Qualifier 17 Open Division. Their 2nd place finish qualified them for the 17 Open Division at the USJN Championships in Atlanta late this June.

Congratulations to the 17-Black team for placing 2nd at the Northern Lights National Qualifier 17 Club Division.

Congratulations to the 16-Black team for placing 2nd at the Northern Lights National Qualifier 16 Club Division. Their 2nd place finish qualified them for the 16 American Division at the USJN Championships in Atlanta late this June.

Congratulations to the 16-1 team for placing 3rd at the Northern Lights National Qualifier 16 Open Division. The 16-1’s would have also qualified at this event, but they had already qualified with their win at Big South.

Congratulations to the 12-1 team for placing 3rd at the Northern Lights National Qualifier 12 Club Division.

TeamFinishDivision
18-11st (Gold Bracket)18 Open
18-29th (Gold Bracket)18 Club
17-12nd (Gold Bracket)17 Open
17-213th17 Open
17-Black2nd (Gold Bracket)17 Club
17-Red32nd17 Club
16-13rd(Gold Bracket)16 Open
16-24th (Gold Bracket)16 Club
16-Black2nd (Gold Bracket)16 Club
16-Red24th16 Club
16-White9th (Gold Bracket)16 Club
13-19th (Gold Bracket)13 Club
13-222nd13 Club
13-Black37th13 Club
12-13rd(Gold Bracket)12 Club
12-213th12 Club
11-115th12 Club

NL 15-1 Wins Northern Lights Qualifier & puts 5 teams in the Gold!

Congratulations to the 15-1 team for winning the Northern Lights National Qualifier 15 Open Division. This is the second National Qualifier the 15-1’s have won this year.

Five of the nine teams who played in this event were in the Gold Brackets. The other 4 were either in the Silver or Bronze brackets.

TeamFinishDivision
15-11st (Gold Bracket)15 Open
15-25th (Gold Bracket)15 Club
15-39th (Gold Bracket)15 Club
15-421st15 Club
15-527th15 Club
14-17th14 Open
14-25th(Gold Bracket)14 Club
14-39th (Gold Bracket)14 Club
14-419th14 Club

NL 16-1 Wins Big South!

Congratulations to the 16-1 team for winning the Big South National Qualifier 16 Open Division. This also Qualified them for the USJN Championships in the 16 Open Division to be held this June in Atlanta.

Congratulations also to the 17-Black team and the 17-1 team for finishing in the Gold Championship Brackets/Pools.

TeamFinishDivision
16-11st16 Open
17-19th17 Open
17-Black9th17 National

NL 15-1 & 17-2 Win Colorado Crossroads!

Congratulations to the 15-1 team for winning the Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier 15 Open Division. This also Qualified them for the USJN Championships in the 15 Open Division to be held this June in Atlanta.

Congratulations to the 17-2 team for winning the Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier 17 National Division. This also Qualified them for the USJN Championships in the 17 National Division to be held this June in Atlanta.

TeamFinishDivision
17-21st17 National
17-Red25th out of 9017 National
15-11st15 Open

NL 16-Black 2nd at Crossroads & all teams in the Gold!

Congratulations to all teams participating in the Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier in Denver. Northern Lights had 5 teams attending the first weekend of 596 teams, and all 5 teams were in the Gold Championship Brackets/Pools!

Congratulations to the 16-Black team for placing 2nd in the 16 National Division! They had an excellent tournament and really proved that they are a top level team.

Congratulations to the 14-1 team for placing 4th in the 14 Open Division! They were only 2 points away from Qualifying for an USJN Championship bid!

TeamFinishDivision
16-Black2nd16 National
16-25th16 National
15-29th15 National
15-39th15 National
14-14th14 Open

Dutch Youth National Team heads home

The Dutch Youth National team spent 10 days in the USA. They were hosted by Northern Lights for 3 nights, then rode with us to Omaha on our busses, played in the Omaha Tournament, and then rode out to Denver with Front Range for the last 3 days in the USA. In the Omaha Tournament they played in the 18 Open Division and did very well considering 4 of their top players (libero included) were not with the team on this trip. Northern Lights players had a great time hosting them and we hope to see them again in the future.

NL wins 3 divisions of the Omaha President’s Day Tournament

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 17-1 team for winning the 17 Open Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. The 17-1’s went undefeated in the tournament and played Norco in the finals.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 14-2 team for winning the 14 Club Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. The 14-2’s went undefeated in the tournament and played Nebraska Elite 14-2 in the finals.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 12-1 team for winning the 12 Club Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. The 12-1’s went undefeated in the tournament and played Nebraska Elite 12-1 in the finals.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 18-2 team for placing second in the 18 Club Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. The 18-2’s went undefeated in the tournament until their last match against OK Peak Performance in the finals.

Northern Lights placed 13 of it’s 20 teams into the Gold Brackets of the tournament. This was an excellent showing for all Northern Lights teams!

TeamFinishDivision
18-17th18 Open
18-22nd(Gold Bracket)18 Club
17-11st (Gold Bracket)17 Open
17-25th (Gold Bracket)17 Open
17-Black3rd (Gold Bracket)17 Club
17-Red15th (Silver Winners)17 Club
16-13rd16 Open
16-25th (Gold Bracket)16 Club
16-Black9th (Gold Bracket)16 Club
16-Red3rd (Gold Bracket)16 Club
16-White19th16 Club
15-15th15 Open
15-23rd (Gold Bracket)15 Club
15-Black5th (Gold Bracket)15 Club
15-Red9th (Gold Bracket)15 Club
15-White13th15 Club
14-18th14 Open
14-21st (Gold Bracket)14 Club
13-15th (Gold Bracket)13 Club
12-11st (Gold Bracket)12 Club

Northern Lights 2nd, 3rd & 4th at the local President’s Day Tournament

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 14-Black team for placing 2nd in the 14’s age division.

Congratulations also to the Northern Lights 13-2 team which finished 3rd at the tournament.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 12-2 team for placing 4th in the 12’s age division.

TeamFinish
11-15th in Gold Bracket
12-24th in Gold Bracket
13-23rd in Gold Bracket
13-Black18th in Gold Division
14-Black2nd in Gold Bracket
14-Red9th in Gold Division

Minnesota High School State Tournament

Northern Lights would like to congratulate the 16 players from the club who qualified for the Minnesota High School State Tournament.

Player NameTeam
Leigh PudwillCentennial
Brandi KnuppEast Ridge
Dale HoeffelEast Ridge
Brianne StamerHutchinson
Samantha FlattumLakeville North
Alyssa GoehnerLakeville North
Jessica GoehnerLakeville North
Abigail MonsonLakeville North
Haley WalkerLakeville North
Kelly NizzariLakeville North
Sara SchmidtMayer Lutheran
Rachel SchmidtMayer Lutheran
Taryn GlynnVisitation
Mary MullenVisitation
Dana NoeldnerWaconia
Lauren HougWayzata