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Every once in a while, even the best of teams are forced to rebuild.
While not quite ready to put his Lady Knights in that category, Sussex Central head coach Mike Adams realizes Central could face some growing pains in their upcoming campaign.
“We have a lot of work ahead of us and we graduated many key players last year,” Adams said of his team, which is coming off a 9-6 season. “But, we have potential and must work hard as a team to maximize it.”
A lot of that potential resides on the hands of six key players. Adams pointed out all of his varsity players fill an important role, but leadership should come from Allencia Wisniewski, Jeralyne Hyland, Jordan Willey, Kirstie Wooten, Kelly Bradford and Cyndie Givens.
“[Allencia] is a returning starter, our outside hitter, and a vocal leader on the court,” he said. “[Outside hitter] Jordan Willey is moving up from JV and is an extremely positive player who always encourages her teammates. Her game has improved tremendously over the last two years.”
District rival Indian River hosts Central, Sept. 13 at 5 p.m. in each team’s season opener, and while the Lady Indians will pose a threat, Adams said the Northern Division teams he expects to prove the most challenging to overcome are Caesar Rodney, Smyrna and Cape Henlopen.
Sussex Tech
Sussex Tech volleyball is still a relatively new program.
Four years ago, Tech fielded its first team and played a junior varsity schedule. The last two seasons have been played against varsity competition, and the Lady Ravens finished their most recent at 5-10.
Several of those matches were close, however, and head coach Jon Hearn is expecting this season’s Ravens to improve on that mark.
“We think we can compete with any team on our schedule,” Hearn said. “As long as we can control the ball, we have a shot in every match.”
Leading the way for Tech this season figures to be juniors Crystal Louden and Briannon Troyer, an outside hitter and setter/middle hitter, respectively.
“Those two girls are our leaders, but we have to all play together if we want to compete against teams like [Caesar Rodney],” Hearn said. “After coming up through the system together, that shouldn’t be an issue.”
Tech begins the season Sept. 12 at home against Middletown in a match scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.
Every once in a while, even the best of teams are forced to rebuild.
While not quite ready to put his Lady Knights in that category, Sussex Central head coach Mike Adams realizes Central could face some growing pains in their upcoming campaign.
“We have a lot of work ahead of us and we graduated many key players last year,” Adams said of his team, which is coming off a 9-6 season. “But, we have potential and must work hard as a team to maximize it.”
A lot of that potential resides on the hands of six key players. Adams pointed out all of his varsity players fill an important role, but leadership should come from Allencia Wisniewski, Jeralyne Hyland, Jordan Willey, Kirstie Wooten, Kelly Bradford and Cyndie Givens.
“[Allencia] is a returning starter, our outside hitter, and a vocal leader on the court,” he said. “[Outside hitter] Jordan Willey is moving up from JV and is an extremely positive player who always encourages her teammates. Her game has improved tremendously over the last two years.”
District rival Indian River hosts Central, Sept. 13 at 5 p.m. in each team’s season opener, and while the Lady Indians will pose a threat, Adams said the Northern Division teams he expects to prove the most challenging to overcome are Caesar Rodney, Smyrna and Cape Henlopen.
Sussex Tech
Sussex Tech volleyball is still a relatively new program.
Four years ago, Tech fielded its first team and played a junior varsity schedule. The last two seasons have been played against varsity competition, and the Lady Ravens finished their most recent at 5-10.
Several of those matches were close, however, and head coach Jon Hearn is expecting this season’s Ravens to improve on that mark.
“We think we can compete with any team on our schedule,” Hearn said. “As long as we can control the ball, we have a shot in every match.”
Leading the way for Tech this season figures to be juniors Crystal Louden and Briannon Troyer, an outside hitter and setter/middle hitter, respectively.
“Those two girls are our leaders, but we have to all play together if we want to compete against teams like [Caesar Rodney],” Hearn said. “After coming up through the system together, that shouldn’t be an issue.”
Tech begins the season Sept. 12 at home against Middletown in a match scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.
