Homestead High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Wise words. Coach Leni Hirschy ad- vises her team on t e defensive set usz for their next match against E mhurst. Q 4,9 Reserve Volleyball: lfront rowl Coach leni Hirschy, Lisa Charais, Molly Bunn, Ian Venderl, Carol Sholeff. Iback rowl Michele Buhr, Mimi Slogar, Leslie Philips, Dawn Hauenstein, Cathy Peters. Reaching for the stars. Iunior Ian Venderly gives her all to set up the ball to teammate Leslie Philips. lan was a setter and Leslie was a hitter. Reserve Volleyball

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The wall. Her Carroll opponents saw this form often as senior lill Myers goes high to block an oncom- ing spike. M ers not only proved her ta ents in blocking but was one of Coach Anne Tiernon's best hitters. Power play. Using her awesome hit- ting! strength, senior Iulie Iohnstone spi es the ball through two Bishop Luers' defenders. Q Round up time. Last minute instruc- tions often helped the team see weaknesses in opponents' floor set up. Coach Anne Tiernon gathers the team before a home match with Col- umbia City. Varsity Volleyball 2 3

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rom one to nine orgetting the Past A new coach and a new record. That's exactly what the girls' reserve volleyball team had. The new coach was Mrs. Ieni Hirschy and the new record was 10-6, a major improvement over last year's 1-8 mark. Sophomore Carol Sholeff stated, It was much more difficult because Mrs. Hirschy worked us hard. But it definitely paid off! Mimi Slogar explained: We really improved over last year's record. We had more of that extra something Reserve Volleyball Opponent HHS! Opp Huntington North 2-0 Whitko 2-0 Wayne 2-0 South Side 2-0 Harding 2-1 North Side 1-2 Snider 2-1 New Haven 0-2 Northrop 1-2 Carroll 1-2 Elmhurst 2-1 Heritage 0-2 Bishop Luers 0-2 Norwell 2-0 Columbia City 2-1 DeKalb 2-0 Record 10-6 that helped us to come from WM' N... s:P1f 't ' behind in a lot of important matches. Unlike some coaches, Hirschy felt there were no particular standouts on the reserve team. Victories were an overall team effort, she felt. The team concentrated early on bumps, sets and spikes and it paid off during the intense games. Practicing with the varsity helped also. It was an added advantage, except we always got creamed, said Dawn Hauenstein. A little bump. Sophomore Mimi Slogar returns an opponent's serve, setting up an offensive spike. Mimi proved to be one of the most consis- tent servers. Flatten those arms! Stretching for the ball, junior Dawn Hauenstein stays low to bring up a service. Dawn's overall court play helped the ineriilm to a winning record during the a . Reserve Volleyball