Girls’ volleyball faces first league loss

Whizzing by the first half of the season, the girls’ volleyball team remained undefeated, until it faced Lynbrook High School on Oct. 15 and lost 0-3. This was a huge upset for the team because it has managed to beat every other team in its league 3-0, except Cupertino, its other big rival, whom it defeated 3-1.

Because each team in the league plays each other twice, the team will face Lynbrook again on Nov. 7.

“I feel like as a team, we definitely didn’t play the best we can, but we can beat Lynbrook and we will win next time we play them,” junior co-captain and outside hitter Sara Parden said.

The team immediately bounced back from this loss and continued on to win its next few games. The team beat Fremont 3-0 on Oct. 17, Milpitas 3-0 on Oct. 22 and Santa Clara 3-0 on Oct. 24, and played Cupertino on Oct. 29.

By strengthening skills and team chemistry throughout the season, the team has been able to score these big victories.

“Every player has improved from the beginning of the season, and we are definitely playing better together than compared to at the beginning of the season,” senior defensive specialist Jennifer Ho said.

Players said their hard work, improvement of team camaraderie and many victories gives the team a good chance of winning the league and moving further than it did last year at CCS, when it was defeated by Sacred Heart Cathedral 3-0 in the second round.