Hawks get their 1st season win

Times Reporter   

 

Previously losing to Strathcona Tweedsmuir and Holy Trinity Academy 3-0, the Holy Cross Collegiate (HCC) Hawks girls varsity volleyball team finally notched a win, by defeating Highwood High School on Sept. 30 with a score of 3-0 in three straight sets. 

“The first two teams we played are strong teams and we weren’t as prepared for them as we were for Highwood,” said Hawks coach Darren Perizzolo. “That’s not to say that Highwood is a much weaker team, but they were a little less of a quality caliber opponent.”

Now with one win and two losses, the senior girls are finding their groove as a team moving into the season.

“I think the girls supported each other quite a bit more during the Highwood game,” Perizzolo said.

The Hawks played again Oct. 2 against Oilfields High School, a team with the same record as Holy Cross, and known as a good, defensive, scrappy team.

“Their intensity is usually pretty high, and they’re really good at just getting the ball back over the net,” Perizzolo said. “Depending on what they look like, we’ll change our game plan, and see where their weaknesses are and try to exploit that.”

Perizzolo admits that his team could improve on their passing to get their system working during games, but it is only three matches in.

“When we’re in system we’re very technical and very tactical in terms of what we run and when we run stuff,” he said. “Once we get our pass to our setter, then we can run our offense. I think our offense is probably one of the best in the league, if we can run it.”

Individually, Perizzolo said he hadn’t seen any one player stand out yet. 

“Our setters are doing a really good job of getting the ball to where it needs to go, especially when it isn’t a great pass,” he said. “They’ve been working really hard.”