By: Kyle Abadilla, Rielle Chloe Canlas, Jacob A Lopez, and Nam Thai
Sports and athletics are a big part of the VAAS community. One of the showcased sports is volleyball! In this segment of the newspaper, we’ll do a rundown on the progress of the girls’ volleyball team and their experiences in this program. During the 2022 fall season, the girls’ volleyball team experienced both memorable victories and harsh losses that have pushed them to try even harder. Yet through everything, the team successfully made it all the way to the second round of playoffs, ending their season. On 10/25, our girls' volleyball team played their first round of playoffs against Amino Robinson (Los Angeles). The girls brought home a victory and would play their second round against GALA on 10/27. In the first set (game played) of the first playoff game, our VAAS girls came through and won. For the second set, Amino took the win, although it was a close score. The girls came back for the third set with more motivation. As player Rielle Chloe Canlas said, “I wasn’t worried we lost the set, I just wanted to push even harder to win the game even sooner.” The team won the third set by a large margin of 10 points and gave it their all to finish the game in the last set. For the fourth and final set of the game, our VAAS Vipers pulled through by winning 5 more points than the last set. With one more practice remaining, the girls focused mainly on their defense and ran new attacking plays. We interviewed varsity captain/setter, Khaylie Abadilla, to get to know about her experience on the court and how she felt toward the game. She said, “Being a setter allows me to take control of the court and teaches me how to lead a team. Although it’s stressful to have a whole team count on you, it’s still fun to be able to assist my teammates in getting kills (points won by a direct hit).” Later that week, the girls played their second round of playoffs. With a dominating victory over the Amino Robinson Monarchs, our girls' volleyball team moved on to playing against GALA (Los Angeles) on 10/27. An intense game inevitably marked the end of the 2022 girls' volleyball season. With a defeat, losing three sets back to back, our girls' volleyball team would not be moving forwards in the playoffs. With the responses from the players themselves, we can say there are high hopes for next season. We hope this helped inspire you to try out for the team in upcoming years! See you around! -Volleyball Reporter Team Comments are closed.
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