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An experienced varsity team set high
s iki expectations for a successful seaso n

pages by Megan Banghart
& Ashley Ermel
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The start of the varsity season began with urge to play the best we could," junior
the coming together of eight seniors setting Amanda Cvejdlik said .
the pace for the four underclassmen on the With a record of 20-1 , the JV vo ll ey ball
team. team won all three of their tournaments.
"This was the second year we have all "The season hasn't been as hard as I
played together ... so we really started to have expected ... we had a great team and a grea t
a chemistry on the court," seni or Emily group of people which made the season
Fuhs said. "We really got some combina- easy," sophomore Rachel M uller said.
tions going, and if we play at our highest, Muller considered hitting to be one of
our offense is unstoppable." the team's strong points.
Throughout the season team members "We have awesome hitters on our team
were setting high goals for themselves and and our setters are excellent at delivering
their team. They wanted to go to state and the ball for them," Muller said .
beat Bellevue West. However, the team had Along with Muller, Danielle Bergmeier
a disappointing loss at di stricts th at pre- and Michelle Kopecky were the only other
vented them from going to state. sophomores on th e team. Being considered
"I was pumped to play Bellevue West the young ones on both the JV and vars ity
during the season, but unfortunately we teams, the girl s looked forward to two more
never got the chance," senior Amy Havick years of success.
said. "We looked up to the seniors for every-
Five of the six starters were seniors, and thing. They made a good example as to how
because of this, their team unity showed leading a team was supposed to be like. The
throughout the season. seniors made us look forward to playing to
Senior Katie Anderson jumps up to spike the ball.
Anderson was on the varsity team for two years. "Because of the team unity, our ability to the best of our abilities ... like a tribute just
photo by Rachel Fischer strive to get better was increased, so was our for them," Cvejdlik said .

Senior Amanda Bailey sets up to bump the ball at a
varsity home game against Lincoln Southwest. Bailey
served II points for her team. photo by Rachel Fischer
Senior Erin John son reaches for the voll eyball right before she slams it
to the ground. Bail ey served fo r eight points leading the team to a
victory verse Omaha Bryan. photo by Rachel Fischer
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