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Volleyball’s Eggleston leads U.S. Women’s Junior National Team to Continental Championship
06.23.2018 | Volleyball
Freshman Logan Eggleston was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico – Longhorn freshman Logan Eggleston led the U.S. Women's Junior National Team to the NORCECA Continental Championship on Saturday to qualify for the 2019 FIVB U20 World Championship.
Eggleston was named Most Valuable Player and Best Server of the tournament, leading the U.S. to an undefeated record in five matches. She posted eight points with five kills, 10 digs, two aces, and a block in the final match versus the Dominican Republic.
"I am so excited. I am so proud of our team," Eggleston said. "We played so hard tonight. I am so happy right now. I think we just came out really strong. I don't think they were really expecting that. So I am really proud at how we played. We came out working together and being really good teammates."
The Americans held a 14-5 advantage in blocking, thanks in large part to a tremendous serving net that also netted a 5-2 ace margin. The U.S. offense produced a 31-24 advantage in kills. Team USA took advantage of 25 Dominican Republic errors and limited its own mistakes to 20 – eight of which came in the first 34 points of the match to keep Dominican Republic in the opening set. Dominican Republic held a 99-59 advantage in digs.
The U.S. started Eggleston and Kubik at outside hitter, Horin and Phillips at middle, Fields at opposite and Allison at setter. Nuneviller is the American libero for the tournament.
2018 NORCEA Women's U20 Continental Championship Schedule (CT)
Group A
June 18: United States def. Puerto Rico, 3-0
-Eggleston: 15 points, 8 kills, 6 aces, 1 block
June 19: United States def. Cuba, 3-2
-Eggleston: 18 points, 10 kills, 8 aces
June 20: United States def. Guatemala, 3-0
Semifinals
June 22: United States def. Mexico, 3-1
-Eggleston: 15 points, 13 kills, 2 aces
Gold Medal
June 23: United States def. Dominican Republic, 3-0
-Eggleston: 8 points, 5 kills, 2 aces, 1 block
