Girls’ Volleyball Ends Set for Another Season
Our girls varsity volleyball team play home against Westminster on September 28th, 2021.
October 16, 2021
The girls volleyball team finally had the chance to come back and play the sport they love after almost two years of school closures.
According to Coach Jenevieve Nixon, the team started practice during the summer to prepare for the upcoming season. It was an adjustment since COVID-19 screening was mandatory on a daily basis. On top of that, the transition from virtual school to in-person was difficult. That included trouble breathing in the masks while practicing.
Nixon is excited.
“I finally got to see all the kids on campus and be back to some sense of normal,” said Nixon.
Senior, Maryann Milan, who plays setter and opposite, feels the same way.
“It felt great considering I got to be back with my teammates and not everything was virtual,” said Milan.
Out of the 18 games they played, they won six games, two of which were non league and four of which were league games.
But, the wins did not come easy. These girls endured some major challenges throughout their season.
There was managing their time between practices and games and their school work.
Varsity captain, Arely Casillas is one of those students.
“It was hard because we had practice quite often so we had to leave classes early and I did fall behind a little bit, but I think we all adjusted nicely,” said Casillas.
According to Nixon, there are two captains per team. One of them is selected by their coach and the other one is selected by their teammates. Captains carry the responsibility of leading in warmups for practice, communicating important announcements, and passing around a signup sheet for snacks before game time.
Three players were quarantined right before the start of league games.
“I missed two weeks of school, two weeks of practice, and two weeks worth of games,” said Milan.
Nevertheless, that didn’t stop them from winning both of rivalry games against Segerstrom High School.
“In our last game against Segerstrom, the points were really different. We didn’t wreck them, but we technically beat them by a lot of points, so I thought it was a good game considering it was our rivalry game,” Milan added.
The end of the volleyball season officially ended on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. The frosh team were undefeated, making them League Champions. The junior varsity team ended in second place. And, the varsity team placed fourth place overall.
“We really improved from the summer to now. The girls really enjoyed the fact that we are back on the court and are capitalizing on that fact,” said Nixon.
For Casillas, she is sad that the season has ended.
“I know our future team is in good hands. I couldn’t be any happier to be apart of such a great team. I will deeply miss playing with my favorite people,” said Casillas.
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Ramon Leonides • Oct 26, 2021 at 11:17 pm
The girls volleyball team is back and other sports are slowly coming back after about a two year absence. ¨The girls volleyball team finally had the chance to come back and play the sport they love after almost two years of school closures¨ the girls volleyball team are happy to be back playing volleyball which feels amazing when being able to play one your favorite sport. Volleyball is not the only sport coming back and I believe is a great thing bringing in school spirit. I think it’s safe to say that almost every one LOATHE being in quarantine at one point where there wasn’t much to do and found it easy to just sleep all day and do nothing. In all, the return of sports is great in giving students exercise, bringing in school spirit, getting students to do an extracurricular activity, and bringing enjoyment.
yarelie • Oct 26, 2021 at 10:33 pm
It is nice to hear that everything worked out for them despite having to adapt to in person practice because of the pandemic. I’m sure there were moments REPLETE with lots of fun and confidence. “Out of the 18 games they played, they won six games, two of which were non league and four of which were league games” just shows how ADROIT they are. These wonderful players have a PLETHORA of stamina and determination. “But, the wins did not come easy. These girls endured some major challenges throughout their season” is more than enough to prove how they were very hard working.
Isaac M • Oct 26, 2021 at 6:57 pm
I really liked watching them playing during there season and it is a shame to see the senior students have this year to be there last year of volleyball. There were many challenges they faced especially because of the pandemic. One player stated, “I missed two weeks of school,” and missing even a couple days could lead to many back tracking. Not only that but they had to play with masks on causing difficulties in breathing making them a big NUISANCE. Thankfully everything went well for the team and they all must have been AVID players because they beat our rivals Segastrome.