JV Girls Volleyball Wipes-Out Alverno Heights Academy

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JV Girls Volleyball Wipes-Out Alverno Heights Academy

BRYAN ALBARRAN Staff Writer

 

On Sept. 4, the Alhambra JV girls volleyball team went up against Alverno Heights Academy for their final preseason game. With it being the game that would determine the quality of the team’s performance this year, the Lady Moors ran onto the court with only one goal in their head: to win. In the first few minutes of the match, the spectators could observe that the girls came in with confidence as they immediately scored the first five points. “We were all nervous before [the game began] but as soon as we started playing, everyone was psyched to play and be on that court,” Captain Crissy Song said. Soon after, the Alverno Girls scored another three points.

The Lady Moors, however, followed by a scoring of another six points. The first set ended with a score of 25-7 while the second set ended with a score of 25-15 in favor of Alhambra High School. “Our confidence increases with the hours of practice we put in and we use it to prepare ourselves for the upcoming season,” junior player Fiona Chan said, “Now we meet before practice in order to improve our overall game performance.” The team has worked hard during the preseason to improve their record. With season approaching, the girls are hopeful about their improved performance. “We want to become even better this season and we want our season to be reflective of our preseason record. We want to win at least six games out of the ten for the Almont League s t a n d i n g s , ” Song said. The team hopes to achieve this by putting in more time into their practices and focusing a majority of their time in improving their skills.

The team also plans to learn a variety of plays in order to open up more opportunities to spike the ball or to force the opposing team into accidentally creating a mistake. Aside from improving the style they play, the team’s expectations for this year are higher and their confidence is in the spot that they want it in. The JV girls volleyball team will next put their preseason-gained skills to the test by going up against Schurr High School on the Spartan’s home turf on Sept. 18 for an away game.