Sacramento Storm Finalists In Nomads College Showcase

The U17 Sacramento girl’s team elected to participate in one of the top college showcase tournaments in the country instead of playing in the much traditional State Cup. Twenty teams from the western region filled the spots in this twenty team format. The Storm won their bracket and in the sixth game lost the championship game to Spokane Shadow, the team they beat in the first round of the tournament. They played teams from southern California, Washington and Arizona in front of college coaches from throughout the country.

The Sacramento Storm, finalists in the Nomads College Showcase weekend of 3/31-4/2 are comprised of 18 players from twelve different high schools as far away as Chico and Placerville. Six members of the team are seniors. [Team Picture]

Highlights:

• The Storm won the Suntan Classic tournament, held in Sacramento, sweeping all four games in their age bracket.
   

• In the highly competitive Cal Cup tournament, the Storm won their bracket with 4 shutouts. In the semi-final event, the girls fell behind a powerful Davis team team early, but scored two second half goals to make it to the Championship round before falling to the San Juan Spirits.
   

• The Storm won the 6x6 tournament in Sonoma State on July 11th in the U19 age group.

Upcoming Schedule:

September 2-5, Hotspurs tournament - San Diego
September-October - CYSA-North Premier League
November 25-27 - Thanksgiving Classic - Irvine
January - College Showcase tournament - Portland, Oregon February - College Showcase tournament - Las Vegas, Nevada March 31-April 3 - Nomads - San Diego
April 8-9 - State Cup, round one