09/17/2017 - College PREP - Potomac, MD - Larissa Manrique is a 2020 setter. Larissa has been working with the Factory for the past few years and continues to show signs of improvement as a setter. She has a smooth release and squares to her target consistently. Her volleyball IQ has gotten higher and is able to run an offense. She continues to work to improve by working on her location - using more legs to push balls out to the pins - and by developing a faster tempo offense. Defensively she creates good angles with her platform and stays low. At time she hesitates or lets the ball beat her but this will continue to get better as she gets more reps, learns to read the hitters more and continues to play competitively. From the end line she has a consistent standing float that passes low to the net and is difficult to pass. Continuing to work on her game she is now developing her jump float serve and shows signs that it could be a strong option after more reps and coaching. Larissa is only in her sophomore year and shows continued growth each year. At the Factory we are excited to see how she continues to develop and where she will play in years to come.

12/22/2015 - MD Elite Team Video - Larissa is 2020 Setter. Larissa has a good jump float serve that has good location and distances. Her passing and defense showed consistency and good hustle towards every ball, she got her platform out early and produce a good location. She did a good job squaring up to the pins before making her set to the hitters. During 6 on 6 gameplay she opens up towards her defense and closed on contact creating it harder for the blockers to know where she was about to set which made it possible for her to give her hitters an open attack creating easy sideouts. Right now she is working on releasing faster from defense to arrive early for the set. Overall Larissa is a hard working player and with continued coaching, reps and exposure she will have the opportunity to play at the collegiate level.