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The NVL Texas Championships starts June 23rd at Sideliner’s Grill in San Antonio. Let’s see what the top seeds look like for the second stop of the 2016 tour: There’s less movement in the women’s seeds, so we’ll start there: No. 1 Raquel Ferreira/Karolina Marciniak: This team came out of the gates firing on all cylinders, winning the first stop at Port St. Lucie. They have set a strong pace that other teams must match. At PSL, both Ferreira/Marciniak were individually in mid-season form, but lacked integration as a team, which hurt them occasionally on out of system plays. Once they hit their stride they will be tough to beat. No. 2 Priscilla Piantadosi-Lima/Kristen Batt-Rohr: If any team is to unseat Ferreira/Marciniak consistently, this is the team. They have the firepower, the skills, and the experience. “I love coming to Texas because I lived in Louisiana for almost nine years,” said Lima. “It feels so close from my second home. The hot weather and humidity is my favorite, believe it or not. I’m actually really looking forward to stepping on the court with Kristen again. She’s such a hard worker and now that we don’t get to practice together I truly miss training with her. “The women’s side is getting stronger and stronger each stop, so being able to sustain the high physical level will definitely be our biggest challenge as the ‘more experienced/older’ team. Our goal is to always bring the best volleyball we have and to always fight and compete while having a blast....

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