2016 Lady Cats Volleyball Season Preview, Including Rosters And Schedules (09/01/16

Clarion Area Head Volleyball Coach Shari Campbell shares this Season Preview of our Lady Cats. Included at the end of the article are rosters and schedules.

Our varsity team finished 14-4 overall, 10-1 in the league. We were District 9 Champions and lost to GCC in the State Regional.

We are returning seniors Olivia Burns and Gloria Kroh; Juniors, Alexis Constantino, Maya Thornton, Sydney Kiser, Devon Quinn, Maya Miller, Maddie MacNamara; sophomores, Dorothy Kalinowski, Hailey Sintobin, Carly Best, Lexi Lauer, Kaylie Lutz.

We’re looking for Olivia Burns, Gloria Kroh, Maya Thornton, Alexis Constantino and Sydney Kiser to be impact players. Dorothy Kalinowski, Hailey Sintobin and Maddie MacNamara will see playing time in the front row. Devon Quinn and Maya Miller will see time in the back row. We expect sophomores Carly Best, Kaylie Lutz and Lexi Lauer to continue to develop and contribute from the bench.

Keys to 2016 season: We have experienced passers returning and expect to get a great deal of ball control from Olivia, Alexis and Maya Thornton. Gloria is a very athletic setter. She has gained a lot of offensive skills and has increased the sets available to run a complex offense for us. Blocking should be a strength for us as Gloria and Olivia led the team in blocks for kills in 2015.

We will have several powerful hitters in the line-up in Olivia, Maya T and Sydney. Serving has been our number one strength throughout the preseason. We look for it to continue to improve.

The 2016 Clarion Area Volleyball team is a group of very hard-working, dedicated female athletes. There is a great comradery that exists among the players which makes the gym a great environment to practice in.

Tracy Durish, assistant coach, and I are looking forward to this team’s continual development. Our young players on our JV squad are very experienced and we look for them to be able to contribute to the success of 2016. This group has set high goals and is very focused on achieving them.

We are hosting 3 tournaments this year:

September 17th is the Junior Varsity Tournament. We have 12 teams: Elk County Catholic, Fort LeBoeuf, Mercyhurst Prep, Huntingdon, Cranberry, Clarion, Altoona, Franklin, North Clarion, Keystone, Butler and Bradford.

We are hosting our Varsity Tournament on September 24th. We have 20 teams. (One court at Keystone):
North Star, Elk County Catholic, Warren, Coudersport, Maplewood, Shenango, Mercyhurst Prep, Huntingdon, Cranberry, Clarion, Bradford, Fort LeBouef, DuBois, Altoona, Franklin, Cochranton, North Clarion, Cambridge Springs, Keystone and A-C Valley.

We will hold a four-team tournament, The Clarion Challenge on October 15th, with the following schools participating: State College, Seneca Valley, Clarion and Mercyhurst Prep.

(Thanks to Coach Campbell for this preview. Have a great season, Lady Cats!!!!)

Clarion Volleyball Rosters 2016
Varsity
Name Uniform # Grade Position Height
Olivia Burns 44 12 Outside Hitter 5’10”
Gloria Kroh 14 12 Setter 5’10”
Alexis Constantino 8 11 Libero 5’6”
Sydney Kiser 12 11 Rightside Hitter 5’7”
Maddie MacNamara 6 11 Rightside Hitter 5’9”
Maya Miller 3/9 11 Defensive Specialist 5’4”
Devon Quinn 21 11 Setter 5’5”
Maya Thornton 24 11 Outside Hitter 5’6”
Carly Best 4 10 Defensive Specialist 5’3”
Dorothy Kalinowski 22 10 Middle Hitter 5’10”
Lexi Lauer 11 10 Outside Hitter 5’6”
Kaylie Lutz 10 10 Setter 5’7”
Hailey Sintobin 5 10 Middle Hitter 5’9”

Junior Varsity
Name Uniform # Grade Position Height
Cassie Acey 20 10 Rightside/Middle Hitter 5’8”
Carly Best 4 10 Defensive Specialist 5’3”
Lexi Lauer 11 10 Outside Hitter 5’6”
Kaylie Lutz 10 10 Setter 5’7”
Kaitlyn Constantino 12 9 Outside Hitter/Setter 5’7”
Kyara Girvin 5/33 9 Outside Hitter 5’5”
Julia Hullinger 23 9 Middle Hitter 5’7”
Alana McMasters 9 Defensive Specialist/Rightside 5’6”
Maddie Schill 3 9 Middle Hitter 5’7”
Abbie Slagle 13 9 Defensive Specialist 5’2”
Tori Vega 14 9 Middle Hitter/Rightside Hitter 5’7”

Varsity Volleyball Schedule
Saturday Aug. 20 Hempfield Away 10:00AM (Scrimmage)
Saturday Aug. 27 Conneaut, Fort LB, and State College Home 9:00AM (Scrimmage)
Saturday Sept. 3 Fort Leboeuf (Ft. Leboeuf Varsity Tournament) Away 9:00AM
Tuesday Sept. 6 * Karns City Home 7:00PM
Thursday Sept. 8 * North Clarion Away 6:00PM
Tuesday Sept. 13 * Clarion-Limestone Area Away 7:00PM
Thursday Sept. 15 * Keystone Home 7:00PM
Tuesday Sept. 20 * Allegheny-Clarion Valley Home 7:00PM
Thursday Sept. 22 Forest Area (West Forest Main Gym) 7:00PM
Saturday Sept. 24 Clarion Varsity Volleyball Tournament Clarion Area Jr/Sr High School 8:30AM
Tuesday Sept. 27 * Cranberry Away (Time to be announced)
Thursday Sept. 29 * Moniteau Home 7:00PM
Thursday Oct. 06 * Union Home 7:00PM
Tuesday Oct. 11 * Venango Catholic Away (Time to be announced)
Thursday Oct. 13 * Redbank Valley Home 7:00PM
Saturday Oct. 15 Elite Tournament-Freeport, State College and Bald Eagle at Clarion Area Jr/Sr High School 9:30AM
Thursday Oct. 20 McDowell Away (McDowell Intermediate High School) 7:00PM
Saturday Oct. 22 North Allegheny (North Allegheny Varsity/JV Tournament) North Allegheny Senior High School 9:00AM
Tuesday Oct. 25 Altoona Area Home 7:00PM

Junior Varsity Volleyball Schedule
Saturday Aug. 20 at Hempfield Area Senior High School 10:00AM (Scrimmage)
Saturday Aug. 27 Conneaut Area, Fort LB, State College at Clarion Area Jr/Sr High School 9:00AM (Scrimmage)
Tuesday Sep. 06 Karns City High School Clarion Area Jr/Sr High School 6:00PM
Thursday Sep. 08 at North Clarion County High
School
North Clarion County High School 6:00PM
Saturday Sep. 10 @at Peters Township High School Peters Township High School TBA
Tuesday Sep. 13 at Clarion-Limestone Area Jr./Sr.
HS
Clarion-Limestone Area Jr./Sr. HS TBA
Thursday Sep. 15 * Keystone Jr/Sr High School Clarion Area Jr/Sr High School 6:00PM
Saturday Sep. 17 Clarion Junior Varsity Volleyball
Tournament
Clarion Area Jr/Sr High School 8:30AM
Tuesday Sep. 20 * Allegheny Clarion Valley HS Clarion Area Jr/Sr High School 6:00PM
Thursday Sep. 22 at West Forest Jr/Sr High School West Forest Jr/Sr High School 6:00PM
Tuesday Sep. 27 * at Cranberry Area Jr/Sr High
School
Cranberry Area Jr/Sr High School 6:00PM
Thursday Sep. 29 * Moniteau Jr/Sr High School Clarion Area Jr/Sr High School 6:00PM
Thursday Oct. 06 * Union High School Clarion Area Jr/Sr High School 6:00PM
Tuesday Oct. 11 * at Venango Catholic High Sch Venango Catholic High Sch 6:00PM
Thursday Oct. 13 * Redbank Valley High School Clarion Area Jr/Sr High School 6:00PM
Thursday Oct. 20 at McDowell Intermediate High
School
McDowell Intermediate High School 6:00PM
Saturday Oct. 22 at North Allegheny Senior High
School (North Allegheny Varsity/JV Tournament) at North Allegheny Senior High School 9:00AM
Tuesday Oct. 25 Altoona Area HS Clarion Area Jr/Sr High School 6:00PM