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May Tournament Schedules

Used Balls For Sale

Northern Lights has 80+ used balls for sale. These balls have been used for several years, but still have many years left in them. Cost is $10 per ball. Please contact the office at 952-808-0110 if interested.

Northern Lights May Tournaments

Northern Lights swept the competition this past weekend in the first two Spring tournaments, winning every age division. Congratulations to all teams. Final results for all teams and all age divisions are available on the May Events page.

Rochester Tournament

Northern Lights finished 1st and 2nd in the 16's division of the NVC Spring Tournament in Rochester. The 16-4 team defeated the 15-3 team in the final.

April 25-27, 2008 - Northern Lights 141, Qualifies for Open and wins the Northern Lights Qualifier.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 14-1 team for winning the 2008 Mizuno Northern Lights National Qualifier in Minneapolis on April 25-27. The final pool was a very tough pool with Premier, NKYVC, Front Range & NL. The 141 team defeated Premier in a great final match of the pool to win the tournament. This win also qualified them for the 14 Open division at the USJOV National Championships to be held late June in Dallas.

April 19-21, 2008 - Northern Lights 181, 171 Qualify for Open and 161 & 162 win the Northern Lights Qualifier.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 18-1 team for placing 3rd in the Mizuno Northern Lights Qualifier 18 Open Division. They defeated Front Range 18's in the 3rd/4th place match. This qualified them for the 18 Open division at the USJOV National Championships to be held late June in Dallas.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 17-1 team for placing 2nd in the Mizuno Northern Lights Qualifier 17 Open Division. They lost to Invasion 171 team in the finals. This 2nd place finish qualified them for the 17 Open division at the USJOV National Championships to be held late June in Dallas.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 16-1 team for winning the 2008 Mizuno Northern Lights National Qualifier in Minneapolis on April 19-21. The 16 Open Division was once again loaded with tough teams, and our 16-1's once again played and defeated Tampa Bay 16's in the finals. The 16-1 was previously qualified for the Open Division when they won the Big South Qualifier 4 weeks ago.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 16-2 team for winning the 2008 Mizuno Northern Lights National Qualifier 16 Club Division in Minneapolis on April 19-21. The 16-2's defeated several strong teams on their way to a 3 game nail biting victory against Texas Advantage in the finals. This win gave the 162 team a National Division Bid at the USJO Championships to be held late June in Dallas.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 12-1 team for placing 3rd in the 2008 Mizuno Northern Lights National Qualifier 12 Club Division in Minneapolis on April 19-21. The 12-1's defeated Colorado Performance in the 3rd/4th place match.

April 5 & 6, 2008 - Northern Lights Qualifies 7 more teams for USJO Championships and wins 4 more Regional Championships.

Congratulations to the Mizuno Northern Lights 18-1 team for winning the North Country Regional Qualifier. This qualified them for the 18 National division at the USJOV National Championships to be held late June in Dalla. The 18-1's defeated SWMN in two sets in the finals.

Congratulations to the Mizuno Northern Lights 17-1 team for winning the North Country Regional Qualifier. This qualified them for the 17 National division at the USJOV National Championships to be held late June in Dallas. The 17-1's had a long day when their final qualification pool tied and they had to win two tie breaking games against MN Select 171 and M1 171 to take 1st place.

Congratulations to the Mizuno Northern Lights 17-2 team for placing 4th at the North Country Regional Qualifier. This qualified them for the 17 American division at the USJOV National Championships to be held late June in Dallas. The 17-2 team won the 4th-6th place qualification pool with wins over MN Select 172 & M1 172.

Congratulations to the Mizuno Northern Lights 16-2 team for placing 4th at the North Country Regional Qualifier. This qualified them for the 16 American division at the USJOV National Championships to be held late June in Dallas.

Congratulations to the Mizuno Northern Lights 14-1 team for winning the North Country Regional Qualifier. This qualified them for the 14 National division at the USJOV National Championships to be held late June in Dallas. The 14-1's defeated MN Select in two sets in the finals.

Congratulations to the Mizuno Northern Lights 15-1 team for winning the North Country Regional Qualifier. This qualified them for the 15 National division at the USJOV National Championships to be held late June in Dallas. The 15-1's defeated MN Select in an intense 3rd set in the finals.

Congratulations to the Mizuno Northern Lights 15-2 team for placing 3rd at the North Country Regional Qualifier. This qualified them for the 15 American division at the USJOV National Championships to be held late June in Dallas. The 15-2 team lost to our 15-1 team in the semi finals, and then rebounded in a 3 set win over Omeja 15's to take 3rd.

Northern Lights 16-1 Qualifies and 17-1's place 4th at Big South.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 16-1 team for Qualifying and winning the 2008 Big South National Qualifier in Atlanta on March 21-23. The 16 Open Division was loaded with tough teams, and our 16-1's defeated Tampa Bay 16's in the finals. They are now Qualified for the USAV Jr National Tournament in Dallas this summer.

The 17-1 team also was in the final 17 Open Gold Pool and ended up finishing 4th. Having beat a team that previously qualified at MEQ, the 17-1's missed getting an open bid by one position.

The 14-1 team also had a good tournament and finished in 8th place losing in the finals of the 14 Open Silver Division.

Northern Lights 18-1 Leaving For Italy

The Northern Lights 181 team leaves on Sunday, March 16th to play in the Ferruccio Cornacchia Memorial Volleyball Tournament in Pordenone, Italy. Keep up with their travels by checking out Coach Jeff Hoeg's website.

Northern Lights places two more teams in the Gold Championship brackets at Colorado Crossroads

Northern Lights 18-2, 18-3, 17-2, 17-3, & 15-1's participated in the Colorado Crossroads Qualifier March 14-16. This event was extremely strong again with all of the traditional Southern & Northern California teams playing, and the JVDA boycott was not really a factor.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 18-2 team who once again made it to the Gold Championship Bracket at the very difficult Colorado Crossroads Qualifier. They finished 9th out of 112 teams losing to a very strong Vision 182 team in 3 close games.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 17-2 team who once again made it to the Gold Championship Bracket at the very difficult Colorado Crossroads Qualifier. They also finished 9th out of 120 teams.

The 18-3's finished 45th out of 112 teams, the 17-3's finished 35th out of 120 teams, and the 15-1's finished 15th in the 15 Open Division.

Northern Lights 162 Finish 3rd at Colorado Crossroads

The Northern Lights 162 team took home the Bronze Medal for finishing in 3rd place at the Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier. They defeated Venetian Bay in the 3rd/4th place match. There were 124 teams in the 16's Division.

The 163 team finished 19th out of 124 teams. In an unfortunate luck of the draw, the 162 & 163 team had to play each other in a Saturday evening match to get into the Gold. It was an excellent match and both teams should be proud of how they played.

The 152 team also attended the Colorado Crossroads and finished 37th out of 128 teams in the 15's Division. This was also an excellent finish for the team which just narrowly missed in the top 20.

Northern Lights Golf Tournament Info Posted

Information on the Northern Lights Golf Tournament on July 27th is now available by clicking here. Let's fill out the course with at least 1 group from each team!

NL wins 2 divisions of the Omaha President's Day Tournament

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 16-1 team for winning the 16 Open Division of the Omaha President's Day tournament. The 16-1's went undefeated in the tournament and played MAVA in the finals.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 16-2 team for winning the 16 Club Division of the Omaha President's Day tournament. The 16-2's went undefeated in the tournament.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 17-2 team for placing 2nd in the 17 Club Division of the Omaha President's Day tournament.

Northern Lights placed 11 of it's 19 teams into the Gold Brackets of the tournament. The 17-1's & 15-1's finished 3rd in their respective Open Divisions. 18-2's finished 3rd in the 18 Club Division. This was an excellent showing for all Northern Lights teams!

Northern Lights 12-1's win President's Day Tournament

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 12-1 team for winning the 12's age division of the 2 day NCR President's Day Tournament. The 12-1's went undefeated in the tournament. Congratulations also to the 12-2 team which finished 3rd at the tournament losing in the semi finals to our 12-1 team.

2008 Summer Camps Open for Registration

Northern Lights is proud to offer 5 weeks of summer volleyball camps. Camps are designed to accomodate all levels of volleyball players. Camps range from Youth Camp for beginners to Cathy Noth's high-level Setter's Camp. We are also offering single day Skill Sessions in August - these will be high-repetition 1.5 hour sessions to get you ready for your High School season. Check out the Camps & Clinics page for more information.

Northern Lights 14-1's win Frostbite Tournament

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 14-1 team for winning the 15's age division of the 2 day Rochester Frostbite Tournament. The 14-1's defeated our own 15-3 team in the finals. In the 16's age division the Northern Lights 16-3 team took 2nd place losing in the finals to SMV 16-1.

MLK Scrimmage

The Northern Lights MLK Scrimmage will be held January 19th and 20th.  The scrimmage format will be a one hour running clock. The scrimmage will start at 1:00pm on Saturday for 16's - 18's, and 1:15pm for 15's. The last rounds on Saturday will start at 7:00 / 7:15. Sunday all divisions will start at 8:30am and that last round will start at 2:30pm.

Clubs attending are: Northern Lights, Iowa Rockets, MAVS, Sports University, Nebraska Elite, and Minnesota Select. Age groups involved are 15-18.

This is a scrimmage and as such there will be no admission charge. The scrimmage in its entirety will be held at Midwest Volleyball Warehouse, located at 14050 Judicial Road, Burnsville, MN 55337

A potluck dinner hosted by Northern Lights parents will be held on Saturday at the conclusion of competition for players and coaches of all teams!

Annual Holiday Alumni - 4's

Northern Lights Alumni are invited to come back to the warehouse and play some Queen of the Court 4's with the staff and our current players on Thursday December 27 from 6-8pm.

December 1
Concordia University Wins
NCAA Division II National Championship

Concordia University won the NCAA Division II National Championship defeating #15 Western Washington in four games. Congratulations to the Golden Bears and their three Northern Lights alumni Maggie McNamara, Mary Slinger, and Kate Bennett! Concordia was led by Maggie McNamara who was named a Daktronics first team all-American, and set an NCAA Division II record with 2,093 assist this season. Mary Slinger tallied 875 digs during the year, while Kate Bennett had 332 kills. Both McNamara and Slinger were named to the NCAA Division II All Tournament Team.  Congratulations to all!

McNamara & Contons named
NCAA Division II 1st Team All-Americans

Former Northern Lights players Maggie McNamara (Concordia University - St. Paul) and Erin Contons (Southwest Minnesota State University) were named to the NCAA Division II All American First Team. McNamara set a Division II record with 2,093 assist this season, while Contons led the Mustangs with 27 double-doubles and 570 kills while finishing second on the team with 465 digs. Congratulations to both players!

Nov 11, 15's-18's Tryouts Completed

Congratulations to the 160 new players selected for the Northern Lights 2008 teams. More than 240 attended the tryout and made the choices difficult. The first practice for the 15's-18's will be on Monday November 12th, check the schedules link on the left side of this page for exact times.

A list of the players selected can be viewed by clicking on the 2008 Teams link on the left.

Nov 10, 2007 MSHSL All Tournament Players

Northern Lights would like to extend our congratulations to the 3 Northern Lights Players who were selected to the MSHSL All Tournament Team.

Nov 7, 2007 All State Players

Northern Lights would like to extend our congratulations to the 8 Northern Lights Players who were selected to the MN VB Coaches Association All State Teams.

Nov 6, 2007 All Metro Players

Northern Lights would like to extend our congratulations to the 6 Northern Lights Players who were selected to the Star Tribune All Metro Teams.

Alumni Holiday 4's Playdate

All Northern Lights alumni who graduated from the club as seniors are invited to attend our annual Holiday 4's playdate on Thursday December 27, from 6-8pm.

Its a great time to see some of your former Northern Lights teammates, and also a chance to meet and play with our current players.

We look forward to seeing you!

2008 Mizuno Northern Lights Power League

Registration for the 2008 Mizuno Northern Lights Power League is now open. Make sure to check out the new North Country Region USAV registration fees for teams that will only participate in the power league!

August 20 - NL Coach & Players chosen for Extreme Makeover Home Edition

Northern Lights 12's coach Vicki Seliger-Swenson and her family have been selected for Extreme Makeover's 100th Anniversary show. The circumstances which led to this selection were tragic, but the new home that is being built for them is a much needed and welcomed surprise for the family of 10. Two of Vicki's children also are players at Northern Lights where Vicki coaches 2-3 days a week to allow her daughters the opportunity to play volleyball.

The show is scheduled for broadcast on November 25th, on ABC. Additional information on the project can be found at:

• http://www.swensonlee.com
• http://www.extrememakeovertjbhomes.com/
• http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1375966.html