William Tennent Girls' Volleyball Preview

WILLIAM TENNENT GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW

Coach:  Brian Bassler, 12th season.

Assistant coaches:  Sarah Derby, Lissa Tercha

Last year’s record:  20-4, 10-2 Suburban One League National, broke school record for wins.  Won home district playoff match against Central Bucks West 3-0 before falling at West Chester Henderson 3-1. 

Notable losses:
Cecilia “CC” Weir; Holy Family University
Chelsea Gallagher; Elizabethtown University
Casey McMahon
Ashley Weidman
Shea Conway; Two year varsity starter, lost to soccer
Amber Wood; Senior Captain on this year’s team, lost for the season, torn ACL.

Key returners:
Jaime Bonner, senior OH.  (Should be one of the best players in the league)
Maddie Richard, senior libero
Alexandria Dakota Koppany, junior setter.

Strengths/Question Marks:   “Strengths are we have a very hard working group, we are very young and have a long way to go, but this group will get there.  We have a lot of question marks after losing six starters from last year’s team, but that’s what makes it exciting as well. “

Outlook:  “Our goal at this point is to be the best player, teammate, and team we can be.  Average is over in regards to William Tennent Girls’ Volleyball.  We know we are young and have a long way to go, but we want to be great.  I have challenged each player to be great and to play to their maximum ability.  That doesn’t always show through in wins and losses but we are looking at the bigger picture, especially with eight sophomores and 12 freshmen on the roster.”

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