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Starting out with a new coach
and several new players who had nev-
er played Volleyball before, JV girls
wrapped up their season booming on
the court.
To strengthen their team bond,
Coach Chan always encouraged the
team to talk to each other. She said,
“ After every game we sat in a
circle and the person on the
right would talk about the per-
son on the left and that way
they would keep interaction.”
She continued, “because Volley-
ball is 70 percent emotional and 30
percent physical it was important to
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concentrate on the game.”
Alex Yoo defined Coach Chan as a
really “cheery person.” She explained,
every time the team was down, coach
Chan came up to them to support and
lift their spirits.
Jumping on to the highlight of
the season, with no hesitation, the
team stated it was definitely the
game against SIS. Throughout the sea-
son the team had three games against
SIS. The first two games were intense,
but the girls lost both games by a
close call. Instead of feeling emotion-
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ally down, the team used those two
losses as motivation for a successful
KAIAC Conference. After the team
knew they would play against all divi-
sions at the KAIAC Tournament their
H o m e G u e s t
goal was set towards SIS. During their
third game, the Lady Knights defeated 2
0 CI
SIS two sets to none, which revealed
1
2 SIS
how much the girls improved, accord- 1
2 KIS
ing to Coach Chan.
0
2 KIS
Starting with a team of only two
1
2 CI
juniors and two sophomores others
1
2 SIS
might say they started as an inexperi-
enced team. However, the final game KAIAC
against SIS proved to the girls they
TOURNAMENT
grew to become a solid team.
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