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Preview: With New Coach, Girls Volleyball Looks for a 3-Peat

by Dana Point Times
September 19, 2014 11:07AM
in SPORTS & OUTDOORS, Sports Headlines
Preview: With New Coach, Girls Volleyball Looks for a 3-Peat

Junior Ayla Fresenius will play outside hitter for the Dana Hills girls volleyball team in 2014. Photo: Steve Breazeale

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Junior Ayla Fresenius will play outside hitter for the Dana Hills girls volleyball team in 2014. Photo: Steve Breazeale
Junior Ayla Fresenius will play outside hitter for the Dana Hills girls volleyball team in 2014. Photo: Steve Breazeale

By Steve Breazeale

When the Dana Hills girls volleyball team showed up for practice on Sept. 15, they were not asked to start running through drills and warm up. Instead, first-year head coach Mark Rivadeneyra asked his team to grab their cell phones, find a spot outside the gym and upload game film he had just sent them.

While the school’s Wi-Fi system did not allow the team to access the video on campus, the message was clear. Rivadeneyra wants the team to better assess their own game. Through use of custom game film, in which the coach provides voice overs to highlight positives and negatives, and detailed statistical breakdowns, Rivadeneyra hopes to accomplish that. It is all part of Rivadeneyra’s coaching style, which the Dolphins have been adjusting to in the early part of the season.

Dana Hills (3-5) does not have a winning record, but that is mainly because Rivadeneyra has been using multiple lineups in every game. The team has been broken into defined groups and players have been competing in the same group for much of the nonleague schedule, with a few substitutions thrown in along the way.

“I’ve been playing everybody. But they know who’s starting, they know who’s going in,” Rivadeneyra said. “In the next week or so we’ll have it zeroed in. They’re really competing and getting to know what I want.”

The Dolphins offense will be fueled by returning junior outside hitter Ayla Fresenius and the Dolphins middle blockers: juniors Emily Likins, Jessica Dougherty and Andrea O’Malley. Seniors Courtney Mueller (setter), Ellen Koci (libero) and Kendall Smith (opposite) will provide the veteran leadership.

Dana Hills is in the midst of a tough nonleague schedule, having already played Edison, Orange Lutheran and Santa Margarita. Games against Huntington Beach, Mater Dei and Laguna Beach are scheduled for later this month. It’s a daunting slate of games but the Dolphins, who return only six players, appear up for the task.

“We definitely are playing a lot of better teams this year than we did last year so I think it’s more of a testament to how we’re doing now,” senior setter Courtney Mueller said. “Now that we’re playing teams that are at our level or stronger I think we’re going to get better as a team because we’re pushed more.”

Season Schedule:

Date                Opponent                    Location, Time

9/23                 JSerra Catholic             DHHS, 5:30 p.m.

9/25                 Mater Dei                     DHHS, 6 p.m.

9/30                 Laguna Beach              DHHS, 6 p.m.

10/2*               Tesoro                         DHHS, 6 p.m.

10/7*               Capistrano Valley        CVHS, 5:30 p.m.

10/14*             San Clemente               DHHS, 6 p.m.

10/16*             San Juan Hills              SJHHS, 6 p.m.

10/21*             Tesoro                         THS, 5:30 p.m.

10/23*             Capistrano Valley        DHHS, 6 p.m.

10/29*             San Clemente               SCHS, 5:30 p.m.

11/3*               San Juan Hills              DHHS, 6 p.m.

*–denotes league match

 

 

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