“We know that we have things to work on so we’re just gonna keep fighting,” she said. Lipman said the players still have much more to gain and know what to work on in the coming weeks as the season continues. “You can see she’s already got the finesse, her passing. “She’s going to be unstoppable on the net when she’s healthy and gets some varsity experience under her belt,” Anderson said.
Scotts Valley also has a new 6-foot outside hitter in freshman Hayden Smith, who has slowly become a strong hitter and complementary shot blocker.Īnderson said Smith’s movement, understanding of the game and mental ability to be at this speed will make her stock rise as a player. “This year we’ve just been able to focus a lot on endurance and just a lot with communication to better help us.” “We knew that we had to work together way more than we ever have before just because we had such a limited amount of people,” she said.
Especially when they had just eight players show up for tryouts. Lipman also enjoys the role because there’s times when it’s her job to lift her teammates’ spirits. They qualified for the Central Coast Section Division IV playoffs and lost to Soquel in the quarterfinals.Īs a setter, Lipman said she definitely feels like the “quarterback”, making sure that plays are flowing and everything is working together. The Falcons finished fourth in the SCCAL standings with a 5-6 record and 10-12 overall in 2021. “This year, we’re all friends, we work together well,” Lipman said. Lipman said teaming up once again with Cash and Benoit is helpful because she believes last year’s group wasn’t as tight knit. Junior middle blocker Natalia Cash has been a strong presence on the net and senior outside hitter Chiara Benoit is contributing all around. “Losing Hannah was a big deal, and Grace.
“Everyone had to step up because they’re all more important, right?,” she said. It was a big blow for Anderson but she managed to fill the void with hitters who are getting kills along the net.Īnderson said the ball is getting distributed around and they’re not relying just on one hitter. They also lost team captain Grace Emanuelson, a junior, who is recovering from ACL surgery but is hoping to join mid-season. Scotts Valley coach Margaret Anderson believes that Lipman is one of the best setters in the SCCAL and an amazing all-around player on the court.Īpart from losing Tuesday’s league opener, the Falcons are missing senior outside hitter Hannah Fleming, a UCLA beach volleyball recruit, after she transferred to Santa Cruz. “Keep battling through and we can get it,” she said. Lipman said the goal from here on out is to keep the energy up even when they lose the point. With the loss, Scotts Valley drops to 0-1 in league play and are 2-4 overall. When we have the energy, we are sparkling, out of this world crazy kills.” “I feel like we’re either very on or we’re very off,” Lipman said. The Falcons got off to fast starts by building the lead in all three sets, only to watch it disappear due to minor mistakes such as unforced errors and players not calling for the ball. We worked a lot with each other, it was more unity than we’ve ever had before.” “We battled with Santa Cruz last year except this year was a much closer match. “We knew what we were up against,” Lipman said.
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