Iron-woman award: Francesca, for playing every point on Saturday. I leaned on you for your great all-around play, your strength, your capacity to learn and your ability to make the players around you better. Thank you for stepping up and shining.

Best Imitation of a Yogi Sailor: Aleyna for making an origami boat and doing a yoga pose w/ me.

Lancelot Award: Rachel for winning a joust.

Best Punisher Impression: Anna for destroying one of their overpasses for a kill.

Best 1 Dimensional Hit: Caroline for hitting line and no one was there to get it.

Best Deep Corner Serves: Dara and Charlotte for serving to deep right corner.

Best Impressions of Deep Corner Serves with Hits: Francesca for hitting deeeeeep right corner.

Meh, that was Easy Award: Addison for making playing libero look so easy.

Best 1-2 Combination: Cadence & Dara. Cadence passes a super short ball up to Dara who turns and hits the ball.

Best Houdini Impression: Charlotte you make serving your hard serves look so easy… almost like magic.

Best Pirate Impression: Ally for pegging the setter. This is especially important because most teams do not have a good 2nd option. Great job, keep it up.

Best Gandolf Impression: Rachel for blocking a ball and saying “you shall not pass”

Best Short Award: Cadence for backrow tipping the ball over but knowing how to be below the height of the net.

Most Unusual Hit for a Point: Francesca, for forearm passing the ball over… low, with top spin and down for a winner.

Best Run of Determined Serving: Rachel. ‘Nuff said.

Deep Middle Top Spin Serves: Dara

Best Change of Serve: Aleyna, for going to exclusive jump serves and DOMINATING! Great job, keep it up.

Best Tracker Impression: Addison for tracking down an errant pass and gets it up so we could get it back over for a point.

Best In-Game Adjustment: Francesca, for seeing a gap in coverage and filling the need.

Best Change in Serve: Ally for serving cross top spin and then hitting a float down the line. They were complete caught by surprise.

Best Hard Serve: Rachel, you served the ball so hard that the passer couldn’t react and it hit her head!

Best Tack Sharp Passing: Just about everyone. Our in-game passing is one of our strengths. It keeps us in the game. Once we get going, I totally am confident about our chances.

Most Amazing Digs: Francesca. I truely don’t know how you do it. Their outsides -crushed- the ball and you manage to get down, shoulders and platform angled for some GREAT digs.

Impress of Kobe Fadeaway: Anna for falling backwards to get a set that was just a little behind you and your powered it over.

Best Bugs Bunny Changeups: Caroline and Ally for very effective tips after strong hits.

Best Mr. T Impression: Dara for hitting the left T.

Best In Game Transition Adjustment: Anna for free ball transitioning faster and faster and faster.

Best Tennis Impression: Aleyna for hitting a backhand winner.

Best Trapeze Impression: Cadence for pushing a ball over, but it hits the top tape and the ball baaaarely trickles over for a point.

Best Tip Pass: Cadence for covering a short ball that was ticketed for the ground and sending up a perfect pass for Rachel to set.

Best Self Combo: Aleyna for making a perfect pass, then hitting the ball middle-middle for a point.

The most impressive thing that I saw on Satuday: You. We hit some adversity yesterday, but you stuck with your teammates. I’ve seen teams fall apart from tournaments like this, but you kept it together. THE Most Impressive Thing is your character.