SMASH 18s Win Open Gold at Winterfest
Recent SMASH 18's News
Boston Globe Highlights Strong Second Season At Northeastern
SMASH alumna Athena Ardila was featured recently in the Boston Globe. The Northeastern University sophomore shared her thoughts about collegiate competition, injury recovery, and her latest delicious stir fry!
3 SMASH Players Named to Prep Volleyball All-Tournament Team at Capitol Hill Classic
Ashely Wang Named Top Setter
SMASH 16s setter Ashley Wang was named the top setter in 17s Open this weekend at the 2017 Capitol Hill Classic in Washington DC. The event, hosted annually on President’s Day weekend, gathers the top East Coast clubs for an early season test of strength.
In addition, Prep Volleyball named 3 members of SMASH 16s to their All-Tournament Team. Joining setter Ashley Wang were middle blocker Natalija Beslic and outside hitter Riley James.
Prep Volleyball also called SMASH 16s semi-final match with Charleston Juniors the most entertaining match of the tournament:
Most Entertaining Match: This one belongs to the Charleston Juniors-SMASH 16s 17 Open semifinal contest that was looking like it would never end — and helped set the day’s schedule back another 30 minutes! SMASH won the opening set 25-23, Charleston Juniors forced the tiebreaker after a 25-16 second set. Once the contest got to 14-13, the teams started trading points until Charleston finally won 21-19.
SMASH sent 3 of the 18 New England teams that attended the tournament and was the highest-finishing New England Club in both divisions the club entered. SMASH 16s and SMASH 17s each competed in 17 Open, the highest level of competition at that age, finishing 3rd and 49th, respectively, out of 64 teams. SMASH 15s competed in 15s open and finished 49th of 64 teams.
The SMASH 13s traveled to the Pumas Friendship Tournament this weekend and had excellent success against 14 and under competition.
The tournament consisted of 7 teams that played a round robin against each other. This format allowed SMASH to try different lineups every set. Coach An Le was pleased with the team's performance.
"We got a nice balance of confidence building and of where and how much more we need to improve," Le said.
Le highlighted the 13s strong serving and said it played a big part in their success.
The team finished the day 5-1 with their sole loss coming by a 23-25 score.
Le said that the team would work on their communication as several balls hitting the floor untouched contributed to the close defeat. Overall, the coaches were proud of the team and have big expectations for the future.
"Sarah and I are very excited for 13s to 'turn the corner,'" Le said.
SMASHing Success at Open Qualifier
- By SMASH 02/06/2017, 11:15am EST
Dimov Named to AVCA "30 Under 30"
- By SMASH 01/31/2017, 1:00pm EST
Remembering Carl McGown
- By SMASH 01/08/2017, 4:15pm EST
Dana Mott Capps 1000 Kill Career with Honors
- By SMASH 01/05/2017, 3:15pm EST
SMASH Players Abound on All-State Team
- By SMASH 12/19/2016, 1:45pm EST
Competition Schedule
| Dates | Tournament | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1/17-1/19 | Winterfest | Hartford |
| 2/7-2/8 | 18's NERVA Qualifiers | TBA |
| 2/14-2/16 | Capitol Hill Classic | D.C.s |
| 2/28-3/1 | Boston Pre-Qualifier | Boston |
| 3/8 | NERVA 1 | TBA |
| 3/22 | NERVA 2 | TBA |
| 4/3-4/5 | Big South National Qualifier | Atlanta |
| 4/12 | NERVA 3 | TBA |
| 4/24-4/26 | Northern Lights | Minneapolis |
| 4/26 | NERVA 4 | TBA |
| 5/3 | NERVA Championship | NE |
| 5/23-5/25 | Mizuno Sports Performance National Jr. Classic | Chicago |
| 6/23 -7/2 | USAV National Championships | New Orleans |