The Lady Jackrabbits made volleyball look easy last Thursday, September 17, with their win against Cabrillo in the Poly gym. It is clear that the Poly girls volleyball team is ready for a great season, especially since Poly won in the first thre sets against the Cabrillo Jaguars, earning the Jackrabbits their first Moore League victory of the 2015-2016 season.
Although the girls beat them in three sets, Cabrillo did manage to rally some points against the Jackrabbits in the third set, with scores of 25-10, 25-14, and 25-20. Sophomore Kalyah Williams assisted the win as a middle blocker managing 14 kills throughout the match.
From September 18 to 19, the volleyball team travelled to Las Vegas for the infamously competitive Durango Fall Classic. Poly finished with five wins and two losses, taking second place in the silver bracket. The Jackrabbits ended the tournament above the two other Moore League teams, Lakewood and Wilson. The girls placed tenth out of 64 teams in tournament, which was a great accomplishment for the team.
“We fought hard and never gave up. We supported each other no matter what the score was,” said senior libero Frances Camandang.
The girls have great team chemistry and play as a unit, which aided them in defeating some really tough teams at the tournament.
“Why not us?” said Sammie Ah-Hong. The team was considered to be the underdog but the girls proved their critics wrong. Nobody had any expectations for the girls volleyball team this season, but so far, they have shown the higher level teams that they can compete and proved why the Jackrabbits are the volleyball team to look out for this year.
The girls fought the tough teams and showed endurance through both long days of playing.
Outside Sammie Ah-Hong had a great run that weekend averaging about 12 kills per match. Freshman setter Elizabeth Schuster had the team’s back on both days, showing her endurance and reliability to the team. Junior Penina Tusa, who is usually a setter but plays outside hitter out of necessity, averaged ten kills a set as Poly’s other outside hitter.
“The tournament was very nerve-racking but I’m glad I got to experience it with these girls,” said sophomore Kalyah Williams.
Poly will continue playing in Moore league this week, going up against Jordan on Tuesday, September 22 and Lakewood on Thursday, September 24.
The Lakewood vs. Poly game is expected to bring a crowd, being that the Lancers have been a competitive rival for Poly girls volleyball for a number of years.
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