Sports Roundup: Volleyball Wins First Match Of The Season
David Creed •
This Whaler sports roundup includes an update on the volleyball team after they earned their first win of the fall season, the golf team after splitting their first two matches of what will be an extremely busy week, and the cross-country team’s first home meet.
Volleyball Beats Rising Tide
The Whaler volleyball team was able to earn their first win of the fall on Monday when they traveled to play the Rising Tide Herons in Plymouth, beating them 3-0. Head coach Makaila Lyons said that she is happy for her team to win their first match and that she is continuing to preach to her players that getting off to fast starts will help ensure more wins are in their future.
"We're obviously so happy to have our first win under our belts, which is exciting, but we were talking today in our little debrief after every game, and we were saying obviously it feels good to win, but there were times where it didn't feel like we won," Lyons said. "I told the girls today, I told them yesterday, I told the other team and their coach, 'I felt like your team was hungrier than we were.' That's something we've been talking about and trying to work on is just getting hungry and making that happen earlier on. Sometimes we wait until the third set to really want to get after it. It has been our pattern so far this year, and we are going to work on breaking that.”
Senior captain Mariana Silva was the star of the day for the Whalers with 15 aces. Her serving played an integral role in Nantucket being able to control much of the match as they won in straight sets 25-10, 25-14, and 25-9. Kate Kinsella had five aces of her own and Julie Pires also had four aces.
"There were definitely some good pieces. We had some really strong serving streaks," Lyons said. “Mariana went on a streak. Kate Kinsella went on a streak, which was awesome for her. Kate really showed up (Monday). She is in right now for Bessie (Aguilar), so she's not technically a starter, but she's been really good. She got thrown into the SJP game, and she's been practicing rotation wise with us at practice. She had the serving streak, and then her coverage, we talked about it today too at practice, her coverage of blocking and attacks, she's just reading really well and getting really comfortable reading, which is awesome to see. I told all the girls I said, 'Look at Kate. Look at her coverage. She's always there.'"
Manu Coelho also had a season-high 25 assists in the match for Nantucket.
The Whalers will try to win their second consecutive match when they host the Sturgis East Storm on Wednesday, September 17th at 4:30 p.m.
Golf Beats Monomoy By One Shot
The Whaler golf team didn’t get the result they were hoping for when they traveled to the Cape to play Nauset on Monday, ultimately losing that match. But on Tuesday they had an opportunity to regroup and earn a victory when the Monomoy Sharks came to the island, and they won as narrow a match as possible by a score of 256-257.
Below are the scores for each Whaler golfer:
David Boulter – 38
Ben Freeman – 41
David Foley – 43
Edward Taveras – 44
Emil Ivanov – 45
TQ Scarlett – 45 (Top Six)
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Hunter Bistany – 46
Lucien Silva – 48
The Whalers are now 4-1 this season with that lone loss being to one of the Cape’s top programs in Nauset. They will be right back in action again on Wednesday, September 17th at 3:30 p.m. at home against the St. John Paul II Lions and then on Thursday, September 18th on the road against the Rising Tide Herons at 4 p.m.
Cross Country Competes In First Home Meet
The Whaler cross country team hosted the Rising Tide Herons Tuesday afternoon for a meet at the Gardner Farm property. The girls did not score since they did not have five runners, but eighth grader Leila Noddin ran a 22:30 and juniors Anna Cronin (22:56) and Grace Hanlon (23:44) also participated in and completed the track.
On the boys side, Dorian Manov ran a 19:47 for first place and Michael Sullivan ran a 19:48 for second place. Hayden Roberts (21:03), Morry Cardona (21:11), Jimmy Fuller (21:31), Nick Ferrantella (21:51), and Boris Boychev (21:53) rounded out the Whaler runners.
The Whalers next meet is scheduled for Tuesday, September 30th at home against the Sturgis East Storm at 4 p.m.
SCHEDULE AHEAD:
Wednesday, September 17th:
The golf team will host the St. John Paul II Lions at 3:30 p.m.
The volleyball team will host the Sturgis East Storm at 4:30 p.m.
The field hockey team will be on the road playing Westport High School at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 18th:
The girls soccer team will be home against St. John Paul II at 3:30 p.m.
The field hockey team will be at home playing Barnstable at 3:30 p.m.
The golf team will be on the road playing Rising Tide at 4 p.m.
The boys soccer team will be on the road playing Dennis-Yarmouth at 4 p.m.
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