2011 Season History

2011 Teams

 

Pictures taken this entire year are now posted on our new photo website by CrossCourt Images

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 Name Team
Lydia Dimke – MVP Northern Lights 15-1
Abby Monson Northern Lights 15-1
Kylee Zumach Northern Lights 15-1
Kelsey Chambers Northern Lights 17-2
Maren Loe Northern Lights 17-2
Brianne Stamer Northern Lights 17-2
Alyssa Goehner Northern Lights 16-1
Samantha Swenson Northern Lights 16-1
Sarah Wilhite Northern Lights 16-1

 

Team Final Finish Division
17-1 22nd 17 Open
17-2 2nd 17 National
16-1 2nd 16 Open
16-2 27th 16 National
16-Black 18th 16 American
15-1 1st 15 Open
15-2 43rd 15 National
14-1 9th 14 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 Name Team
Payton Nutter Northern Lights 12-1
Gabrielle Orr Northern Lights 12-1
Mira Grinsfelder Northern Lights 14-2
Kaylea Ahrens Northern Lights 14-1
Taylor Goar Northern Lights 16-2
Sarah Wilhite Northern Lights 16-1
Alyssa Goehner Northern Lights 16-1
Monica Turner Northern Lights 17-1
Leigh Pudwill Northern Lights 17-1
Kelley Wollack – MVP Northern Lights 17-2
Kelsey Chambers Northern Lights 17-2
Ashley Dahly Northern Lights 17-2

 

Team Final Finish Division
18-1 16th 18 Open
18-2 9th 18 Club
17-1 3rd 17 Open
17-2 1st 17 Club
17-Black 18th 17 Club
17-Red 73rd 17 Club
16-1 3rd 16 Open
16-2 5th 16 Club
16-Black 9th 16 Club
16-Red 137th 16 Club
16-White 60th 16 Club
15-1 15th 15 Open
15-2 9th 15 Club
15-Black 40th 15 Club
15-Red 108 15 Club
15-White 70th 15 Club
14-1 5th 14 Open
14-2 5th 14 Club
13-1 17th 13 Open
12-1 3rd 12 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.

Team Finish Division
17-1 11th 17 Open
17-2 10th 17 Open
17-Black 3rd 17 Club
16-1 3rd 16 Open
15-1 4th 15 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.

Team Finish Division
17-Black 1st 18’s Division
17-Red 2nd 18’s Division
16-Black 1st 16’s Division
15-Black 1st 15’s Division
15-Red 3rd 15’s Division
15-White 3rd 15’s Division
14-2 2nd 15’s Division
14-Black 1st 14’s Division
14-Red 2nd 14’s Division
13-2 3rd 14’s Division
13-Black 9th 14’s Division
12-1 1st 12’s Division
12-2 3rd 12’s Division
11-1 5th 12’s Division

Northern Lights Rochester Cup Finishes

Team Finish Division
16-Black 1st 16’s Division
16-Red 3rd -(Gold Championship Bracket) 16’s Division
16-White 5th – (Gold Championship Bracket) 16’s Division
15-2 4th – (Gold Championship Bracket) 16’s Division
14-1 18th 16’s Division
13-1 4th – (Gold Championship Bracket) 14’s Division

Northern Lights Team Results for May Tournaments

Date Team Place Tournament
May 22 15-1 3rd MVW 18’s Tournament
May 22 16-2 3rd MVW 18’s Tournament
May 22 17-2 1st MVW 18’s Tournament
May 22 17-Red 5th MVW 18’s Tournament
May 22 18-2 2nd MVW 18’s Tournament
May 22 141 3rd MVW 16’s Tournament
May 22 15-2 1st MVW 16’s Tournament
May 22 16-Red 3rd MVW 16’s Tournament
May 22 16-White 2nd MVW 16’s Tournament
May 22 12-1 3rd MVW 14’s Tournament
May 22 13-1 1st MVW 14’s Tournament
May 22 14-Black 3rd MVW 14’s Tournament
May 15 15-1 3rd 18’s Elite Playday
May 15 16-1 2nd 18’s Elite Playday
May 15 16-2 7th 18’s Elite Playday (Silver winners)
May 15 17-1 3rd 18’s Elite Playday
May 15 17-2 5th 18’s Elite Playday
May 15 18-1 1st 18’s Elite Playday
May 15 18-2 8th 18’s Elite Playday
May 7 14-Red 1st MVW 14’s Tournament
May 7 13-2 2nd MVW 14’s Tournament
May 7 13- Black 3rd MVW 14’s Tournament
May 7 15-Black 1st MVW 16’s Tournament
May 7 14-2 2nd MVW 16’s Tournament
May 7 14-Black 3rd MVW 16’s Tournament
May 7 15-Red 5th MVW 16’s Tournament
May 7 15-White 5th MVW 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

Place Team
1st Northern Lights 12-1’s
2nd MN Select 12-1’s
3rd Northern Lights 12-2’s
4th Northern 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.

Team Finish Division
18-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 18 Open
18-2 9th (Gold Bracket) 18 Club
17-1 2nd (Gold Bracket) 17 Open
17-2 13th 17 Open
17-Black 2nd (Gold Bracket) 17 Club
17-Red 32nd 17 Club
16-1 3rd(Gold Bracket) 16 Open
16-2 4th (Gold Bracket) 16 Club
16-Black 2nd (Gold Bracket) 16 Club
16-Red 24th 16 Club
16-White 9th (Gold Bracket) 16 Club
13-1 9th (Gold Bracket) 13 Club
13-2 22nd 13 Club
13-Black 37th 13 Club
12-1 3rd(Gold Bracket) 12 Club
12-2 13th 12 Club
11-1 15th 12 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.

Team Finish Division
15-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 15 Open
15-2 5th (Gold Bracket) 15 Club
15-3 9th (Gold Bracket) 15 Club
15-4 21st 15 Club
15-5 27th 15 Club
14-1 7th 14 Open
14-2 5th(Gold Bracket) 14 Club
14-3 9th (Gold Bracket) 14 Club
14-4 19th 14 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.

Team Finish Division
16-1 1st 16 Open
17-1 9th 17 Open
17-Black 9th 17 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.

Team Finish Division
17-2 1st 17 National
17-Red 25th out of 90 17 National
15-1 1st 15 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!

Team Finish Division
16-Black 2nd 16 National
16-2 5th 16 National
15-2 9th 15 National
15-3 9th 15 National
14-1 4th 14 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!

Team Finish Division
18-1 7th 18 Open
18-2 2nd(Gold Bracket) 18 Club
17-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 17 Open
17-2 5th (Gold Bracket) 17 Open
17-Black 3rd (Gold Bracket) 17 Club
17-Red 15th (Silver Winners) 17 Club
16-1 3rd 16 Open
16-2 5th (Gold Bracket) 16 Club
16-Black 9th (Gold Bracket) 16 Club
16-Red 3rd (Gold Bracket) 16 Club
16-White 19th 16 Club
15-1 5th 15 Open
15-2 3rd (Gold Bracket) 15 Club
15-Black 5th (Gold Bracket) 15 Club
15-Red 9th (Gold Bracket) 15 Club
15-White 13th 15 Club
14-1 8th 14 Open
14-2 1st (Gold Bracket) 14 Club
13-1 5th (Gold Bracket) 13 Club
12-1 1st (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.

Team Finish
11-1 5th in Gold Bracket
12-2 4th in Gold Bracket
13-2 3rd in Gold Bracket
13-Black 18th in Gold Division
14-Black 2nd in Gold Bracket
14-Red 9th 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 Name Team
Leigh Pudwill Centennial
Brandi Knupp East Ridge
Dale Hoeffel East Ridge
Brianne Stamer Hutchinson
Samantha Flattum Lakeville North
Alyssa Goehner Lakeville North
Jessica Goehner Lakeville North
Abigail Monson Lakeville North
Haley Walker Lakeville North
Kelly Nizzari Lakeville North
Sara Schmidt Mayer Lutheran
Rachel Schmidt Mayer Lutheran
Taryn Glynn Visitation
Mary Mullen Visitation
Dana Noeldner Waconia
Lauren Houg Wayzata