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Varsity Volleyball

Anxious to play volleyball , the team lines up
to be introduced before their fi rst match in the
State Tournament. They beat Bellevue Ea5t in
that match. (5. Alukonis )
Af1er a spike against Millard South by Junior
Jenny Larson, the team celebrat es with a hi gh
fiv e. The Mustan gs beat the indians 15-8. 15-
2. (R. Reese )

Mustangs Are Runners -up zn Metro

TeaiTI Finishes Third Place At State

-Steve Simpson-

The varsity voUeyball team think her experience alone, not count- "We went into the State
ended their season with a fmal record ing her physical talents on the court, tournament with a lot of confidence,"
of 24-5 and a third place fmish at the were a great advantage to us." stated Senior Darcy Neibauer.
State Tournament. The team's two toughest During the first round at the
Senior Christy Johnson, a 1989 competitors during the season were State Tournament, the team beat"
and 1990 all -state setter, led the team Papill ion and Bellevue West. They Bellevue East 15-8 and 15-7. The
to it's winning season. She was the lost both of their regular season next morning, in a nerve-racking
number one setter on the United games against Papillion, and had a match against Bell evue West, the
States Junior National team, made up record of 1-1 against Bellevue West. Mustangs were defeated 8-15, 15-11,
of the top 14 players in the nation. The Lady Mustangs were and 4-15. Although the girls didn't
Johnson was also named to the All runners-up in the Metro Tournament. win at State, they were content with
Class AU Tournament team and Class During the tournament semifinals, their third place finish. Grafentin
A All Tournament team during the they defeated Gross. The team was summed up the season. "The success
State competition. then defeated by Papillion in the of the program was due to the excel-
Coach Deb Grafentin said, " I Metro championship match. lent work ethic of the team. "

Serving to Bell evue East in the State
Tournament is Junior Cyndi Felt. Felt led the
team in serving aces averaging one ace per
gan1e. (C. Hooper )