Twelve to Play for U.S. at 2024 Girls U19 Continental Championship
USA Volleyball is excited to announce the 12 athletes who will compete at the 2024 NORCECA Girls U19 Continental Championship on July 12-20 in Honduras
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 14, 2024) –The U.S. Girls U19 Team began the 2024 NORCECA Continental Championship with a dominating 3-0 (25-8, 25-11, 25-21) victory over Cuba on Sunday at the Jorge Galeano Gymnasium in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The U.S. will face Canada at 5 p.m. PT on Monday (July 15). Canada opened the tournament with a 3-0 win over Puerto Rico.
U.S. vs. Cuba Match Statistics (PDF)
The U.S. finished the match with an overwhelming 35-5 advantage in kills and 11 more service aces (13-2). Each team registered three kills. Cuba scored 30 points on U.S. errors (11 hitting errors and 19 service errors), while the U.S. scored 24 points on opponent errors, 15 of which were hitting errors.
Each of the top five scorers in the match were U.S. players. Middle blockers Hazel Alevok and Elena Hoecke scored a match-high nine points. Alevok totaled four kills, a block and a match-high four aces. Hoecke finished with five kills, two blocks and two aces.
Outside hitters Audrey Flanagan and Devyn Wiest led all players with six kills. Flanagan added two aces. Opposite JJ Robinson totaled five points on four kills and an ace. Outsides Kelly Kinney (three kills) and Halle Thompson (two kills and an ace), and setter Genevieve Harris (one kill and two aces) each contributed three points.
The U.S. scored 12 of the first 13 points of the match and finished with a blistering .700 hitting efficiency percentage in the first set with 14 kills and no errors in 20 total attacks. Flanagan led with the way with four kills and ace for five points, and Hoecke posted four points on two kills and blocks each.
The second set was more of the same as the U.S. scored six of the first seven points and led 17-6 en route to a 2-0 lead in the match. Alevok scored six points on two kills, a block, and three aces. Flanagan tallied three points on two kills and an ace, Harris served a pair of aces and Anderson registered two kills.
Cuba held its first lead of the match early in the third set, which was tied at 16 before the U.S. scored four of the next five points to take a 20-17 lead. Cuba pulled back to within a point on two occasions, including 21-20, before the U.S finished the match on a 4-1 run. Hoecke scored four points on two kills and two aces, while Alevok and Wiest each contributed three points.
2024 Girls U19 National Team
Name (Pos., Ht., Hometown, School, USAV Region)
3 Jayden “JJ” Robinson (OPP, 6-3, 2008, Missouri City, Texas, Ridge Point HS, Lone Star)
5 Manaia Ogbechie (MB, 6-3, 2007, Santa Rosa Valley, Calif., Oaks Christian Academy, Southern California)
7 Hazel Alevok (MB, 6-7, 2007, Bradenton, Fla., IMG Academy, Florida)
10 Isabelle Hoppe (S, 5-8, 2008, Gibsonia, Pa., Pine Richland HS, Ohio Valley)
11 Kelly Kinney (OH, 6-2, 2007, West Palm Beach, Fla., The King’s Academy, Florida)
12 Genevieve Harris (S, 5-10, 2007, Raleigh, N.C., Cardinal Gibbons HS, Carolina)
13 Halle Thompson (OH, 6-1, 2008, Spring, Texas, Grand Oaks HS, Lone Star)
16 Elena Hoecke (MB, 6-3, 2007, Lino Lakes, Minn., Centennial HS, North Country)
17 Audrey Flanagan (OH, 6-3, 2007, Redondo Beach, Calif., Mira Costa HS, Southern California)
18 Aniya Warren (L, 5-8, 2007, Lockport, Ill., Benet Academy, Great Lakes)
19 Henley Anderson (OH, 6-3, 2007, Dripping Springs, Texas, Dripping Springs HS, Lone Star)
20 Devyn Wiest (OH, 6-2, 2007, Phoenix, Ariz., O’Connor HS, Arizona)
Alternates
1 Sarah Hickman (OPP, 6-5, 2007, Houston, Texas, Stratford HS, Lone Star)
2 Nadiya Johnson (OPP, 6-2, 2008, Waldorf, Md., North Point HS, Chesapeake)
6 Suli Davis (OH, 6-2, 2007, Euless, Texas, Colleyville Heritage HS, North Texas)
8 Kaci Demaria (OH, 6-3, 2007, San Pedro, Calif., Palos Verdes HS, Southern California)
9 Natalie Wardlow (MB, 6-5, 2007, Lincoln, Neb., Lincoln Southeast HS, Great Plains)
14 Kirra Musgrove (S, 6-2, 2007, Kemah, Texas, Lutheran South Academy, Lone Star)
15 Logan Bell (L, 5-10, 2007, Beech Grove, Ind., Roncalli HS, Hoosier)
Head Coach: Jamie Morrison (Texas A&M)
Assistant Coach: Keegan Cook (Minnesota)
Assistant Coach: Michelle Chatman Smith (LOVB)
Performance Analyst: Maggie Eppright (LOVB)
ATC: Cherryl Bueno
Team Lead: Kyle Thompson (Maryland)
U.S. Girls U19 Schedule for the Continental Championship
All Times Pacific Daylight
All matches will be livestreamed on Facebook
July 14 USA def. Cuba, 3-0 (25-8, 25-11, 25-21)
July 15 at 5 p.m. USA vs Canada
July 16 at 3 p.m. USA vs Puerto Rico
July 17 Quarterfinals
July 18 Classification matches and semifinals
July 19 Classification matches and finals
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