By Lizeth Moctezuma, Staff Reporter
January, 2022
As fall began to roll around, with a majority of losses (4:8) for varsity, the volleyball team closed out its season on October 22nd against Meridian.
In an interview with Coach Hurst, she brought up playing during a pandemic as one of the toughest challenges the team had to face. “They’re so accustomed to being separate at this point. It was really hard to implement them together [in] team effort.. something that we missed out on this year simply because at the beginning of the semester we didn’t know what the COVID restrictions were,” Hurst said. Promising to implement more team building next year as a focus, Coach Hurst followed with the difference of gameplay changing due to a present audience.
“COVID year we had no people in the building, this year we did… I think now that we know the restrictions, which are lifting daily, it’ll change,” Hurst said. “Being able to have large crowds, we’ll be able to have crowds here that will be able to be supportive of the team; when we go to other people’s buildings, and they have large crowds, it won’t have such an effect.”
Shouting out varsity and junior varsity captains Hiromi and Yeimi for their leadership, Hurst also said: “The word for the season was growth, we showed ourselves how we were able to grow from some of the things that we were able to do.” With a better grasp of the returning semester in person after virtual school, the volleyball team have better experience to adapt and fill the big shoes for the upcoming season. “Next year my expectations are extremely high.. For the returning players, to be more assertive, to be more leaders. I want them to be more confident in what they are able to do,” Hurst said.
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