Island Mixx 14U Elite Shows Improvement at 2024 AAU National Volleyball Championships

The Island Mixx (IM) 14U Elite finished with a 3-7 overall record at the 2024 AAU National Volleyball National Championships. On the surface, this doesn’t seem like much of an accomplishment, but when you take into account that this team played up two levels from the one they competed in 2023 and one of the starting players from that roster was missing because she made the Island Mixx 16U team it all makes sense.

Starting this year, AAU only allowed players to be on one roster during this event. This was a notable improvement.

IM 14U Elite got off to a rough start, losing all three of their matches on the opening day. They jumped out to a 15-10 lead in the first set against BBVA 14U Elite out of Florida before the wheels fell off and they lost the set 25-16 and subsequently the second set 25-17. This seemed to set the tone for the rest of the day, losing their final two matches 25-10, 25-7 to MVA – Rise Academy out of Michigan and 25-8, 25-6 against a good XP 14 Allegiance team out of Georgia.