Girls Dream Team of the Week: Mitchell, Cohen, Bettis, Fitch, Wilburn, Axtell, Dyas, Correa

Each week during the club season, VolleyballMag.com recognizes a Dream Team of eight girls volleyball players (15s to 18s age groups) who were standouts the weekend before.
The team, most weeks, will consist of the following:
Setter or S/RS
Setter, S/RS or RS
OH
OH
MB
MB
Libero
DS
We include our eight-player Dream Team below, as well as others we considered, based exclusively upon nominations received. This week’s Dream Team will include a third outside, to take the place of a DS, as we received no DS nominees.

Note to coaches and directors: while there is no science to how we choose members of our Dream Team, performing on bigger stages will give players an edge, as will nomination forms that describe with specificity how well a player performed the previous weekend.

VolleyballMag.com DREAM TEAM for April 5
S/RS: Madilynn Mitchell, 5-8 Soph., MAVS KC 16-1 (KS) – Mitchell came into her own this weekend, said coach Henry Lee. She took some big swings in key moments, especially in a do-or-die match versus Dynasty 16 Black that propelled MAVS into Gold pool play. She set three rotations, had key blocks and was integral to MAVS’ qualifying in 16 Open at Show Me.

RS: Olivia Cohee, 6-0 Soph., TAV 16 Black (TX) – Cohee had one of her best tourneys of the year in helping TAV qualify second in 16 Open at Show Me. She had 73 kills (3.17 per set), hit .399 and passed a 2.5. “She was my most consistent player and got key kills in all of our matches,” said coach Jason Tanaka.

OH: Mesaiya Bettis, 6-0 Soph., Northern Lights 16-1 (MN) – A gifted athlete, Bettis stepped up for her team this past weekend and led Lights to the 16 Open title at Big South. She amassed 107 kills over 10 matches and also took on the responsibility of shutting down the other teams’ best attacker. Bettis hit .322 on Day 3, including .600 with 14 kills in the championship final.

OH: Megan Fitch, 6-0 Soph., Alamo 16 Premier (TX) – Last year’s 16 Open Junior Nationals MVP was slowed early in the season by an ankle injury but is obviously fully fit after leading Alamo to an Open bid at the Big South qualifier. Fitch led her team in kills (115), hitting percentage (.366) and passing (2.0) and was second with 71 digs. She shined and was a difference maker in all six rotations even as every opponent focused its attention on stopping her.

OH: Christa Wilburn, 6-1 Fr., Austin Skyline 15 Royal (TX) – Wilburn is one of several…