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C O N G R A T U L A T IO N S
Volleyball captures
Prep B conference title
by: Ikn I ricdiand
“ I'liis is iltc l)csi team since I was a lieshmaii,” said senior vol­ leyball captain Jen Allman. The volleyball team won the confer­ ence this winter with key wins against their I’rep H opponents.
riiis year’s st|iiad fini.shed their season with a winning record, something that has eluded the volleyball team for the last three years.
"'Fhe last lew seasons have been nothing but losing for us,” said junior, volleyball player
Ellen Fitzgerald. “It is a nice change to finally be winning. Instead of hoping to be competi­
tive, we arc now only satisfied with victory.”
rite team, however, fell short at States. “We finished fourth,” said Junior volleyball player Jessica McCormack. “We played extremely hard and are all
proud of the end result.”
“We really started to play
together towards the end of the
season, and I expect good things
next season,” McCormack said. I
This turn around is in part due to coach Franz Gruber,
according to Fitzgerald.
“He designs more effective
rotations, such as motion 5 and motion 6,” said senior volleyball player Lis Held.
CONFERENCE CHAMPS