32 Years of Club Volleyball

The Janesville Volleyball Club ended its 2023 season on March 25th when our 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th grade teams competed in the AAU State Tournaments.  Our 8th grade team also played in their State Tournament on March 18th.  These teams represented our Janesville Volleyball Club well at the statewide tournament sites and competed well against some very strong teams in all five classes. The 8th grade team won first place in the Bronze Division. The 7th grade team advanced to the Gold Bracket (top 32 of 55 teams competing) by going undefeated in pool play.  They defeated Ames in the first round of bracket play.  They also defeated Rock Valley to advance to the quarter final match. They fell short to a very good Wolfpack team, finishing in a tie for 5th place. The 6th grade team advanced to the Bronze Bracket, but lost in the first match to a team from Dallas Center Grimes.  Our 5th grade team finished 2nd in pool play, advancing them to the Gold Bracket, but they fell short to a Denver team in their first match.  Our 4th grade Black team finished 4th in pool play, advancing them to the Bronze Bracket where they defeated a team from Dike in the first round.  They fell short, losing in 3 sets to a team from Ankeny Centennial.  Our 4th grade Gold team faced some tough competition throughout the day, and ended up not advancing to bracket play, but they played hard and had fun! Our 3rd and 7th Gold grade teams did not qualify for state but they competed well in their tournaments this season where so much progress was made, as they improved throughout the entire AAU season and gained valuable experience.  Congratulations to all players and teams for all their success during the 2023 season.  

    This wraps up the 32nd season of tournament play for the Janesville Volleyball Club.  Coaches volunteer a lot of their time in order for these players to gain experience by playing in the AAU tournament season.  High school coaches Shelly Sorensen, Dana Sorensen, and Katy Sweeney, along with Alexis Olson, Katie Limyao, Mike Zwanziger, Al Sweeney, Brittany Wegner, Kamryn Umthum, and Kennedy Eastman coached our AAU teams this season. And a special thank you to Lauryn and Dawn Podhajsky for stepping in to help coach our 8th grade team at State!

  Much experience was gained and so much improvement and progress was seen during these tournaments where teams played up to six matches a day. These young ladies should be proud of themselves for all that they have accomplished.  It was great to see the growth and improvement made by all players and all teams throughout the club season.

     Thanks to the parents and family members who must sacrifice a lot of their time in order to allow these young ladies to participate. Thanks to all of you who helped by transporting teams and coaches to tournaments, providing good lunches and snacks, line judging, scorekeeping, officiating and a huge thank you to all who helped clean up following our home tournaments.  We cannot do this without you!.  Thanks especially to all of the parents for your support of this program.  Coaches truly appreciate all that you do and for being so supportive of all that we do. A very HUGE THANK YOU to all of the coaches who volunteered your time and efforts to help me in giving these girls the opportunity to participate in the Janesville volleyball club program.  

Thanks to all of you our program continues to be a success.