Magnificat High School - Magnifier Yearbook (Rocky River, OH)

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1983 Varsity Volleyball MHS 2 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 Final 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 Record: OPPONENT Beaumont Fairview North Olmsted Villa Angela St. Augustine Lutheran West Holy Name St. Joseph Central Cath. Erieview St. Augustine Holy Name St. Joseph Lorain Sr. Lakewood Bay Regina Central Cath. Erieview Holy Name Trinity Westlake 13-9 Jeannie Gorecki, Joy’s ’84 sister and varsity’s biggest little fan, cheers for MHS. Jeannie had a special GO BLUE STREAKS t-shirt. Photo by T. Pietromica. A high jump helps Barb Wallenhorst ’84 to spike following a set from Marsha Kostelnik ’86. Barb’s verti¬ cal jump was 17 inches at tryouts. Photo by C. Trzcinski. Hard work pays off as Molly McCloskey ’85 attains a legal dink. Molly worked in the summer to make her sets legal and had 10 sets this season. Photo by C. Trzcinski. 58 VARSITY VOLLEYBALL

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■: , 5 To hit above the blocker is Barb Wallen- horst’s ’84 goal. Molly Me Closkey ’85. Barb Turner ’85, Martha Cutarelli ’84, and Joy Gorecki ’84 backed her up. Photo by T. Pie- tromica. A strong arm helps Barb Turner ’85 contact a spike following a set from Marsha Kostelnik ’86 in the first game of a match against St. Augustine. MHS won 15-6. Photo by C. Trzcinski. VARSITY VOLLEYBALL 57 New uniforms is all it takes to get the Blue Streaks to this conference playoff match against Holy Name. Varsity first wore the long-sleeved uniforms for the match at SJA. Photo by C. Trzcinski. Strong backup from Barb Wallenhorst ’84 gives Sue Trzcinski ’85 confi¬ dence to hit in the first game of a match against Holy Name. With 91% hit¬ ting, Sue had the best Blue Streak spiking in that match. Photo by C. Trzcin¬ ski.

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The disadvantages of a 6-2 offense show when Mar¬ tha Cutarelli ’84 can’t get to the ball as Karen Bito ’86 moves to the back row. MHS lost the match to SJA. Photo by T. Pietromica. (continued from page 56) When the conference season ended with a tie for first place, everyone was a little tense. Miss Gail Schneider had to go to a meeting to find out which team would only have to play one match. The phone call came during dinner. My daugh¬ ter really screamed when she was told that her team got the bye. When she wasn’t jumping up and down, she paced all over the room. When she finally sat down again she told us that St. Joe’s would play against Holy Name and then Magnifi¬ cat would play the win¬ ner. She also said that three of her teammates, Joy Gorecki ’84, Molly McCloskey ’85, and Barb Wallenhorst ’84, had been named Conference All-Stars. I think at that moment all the hard work and sweat that she had put into her season became worthwhile. Al¬ though Magnificat event¬ ually lost to Holy Name, my daughter was proud of their accomplishments in the conference. Obviously the team had some exciting moments on the court, but it also had some great times off the court. The girls were all thrilled to go to Toledo to watch the U.S. Olympic volleyball team play Ja¬ pan’s team. My daughter said that it was incredible to watch those women play. I think, though, that one of the highlights of their season was their trip to Cleve¬ land State University to cheer on the junior varsity team. Although they had been behind them all season, the varsity team members let the JV players know how much they support¬ ed them by screaming until they were hoarse and by literally tackling the JV conference cham¬ pions when they pulled out a victory. I was proud of my daughter and her teammates not only because of their record but because they contin¬ ued to improve throughout the season. I wonder if other mothers end up so enthusiastic and involved in their daughters’ extra¬ curricular.[»1 —Molly McCloskey VARSITY VOLLEYBALL 59