Day 1 at Reno. 16 Elite's first match was a marathon with many college coaches watching

The 16's team went into play today seeded 48th out of 48 teams at nationals. They opened their first match against the #17 seed Circle City (who finished 3rd at last year's nationals). Nerves got to the girls, as expected in game one but battled back falling just short 21-25. Game two the girls got things rolling and it was a back and forth set. Magnum took the set 31-29 and started strong in set 3. Switching sides ahead 8-6 led by the blocking of Des and Amber who combined for a total 10 block kills in the match. But they couldn't hold off a more experienced Circle City team falling just short 13-15. The match was exciting and the girls confidence growing knowing that they can compete at this stage