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By Mathilda Sullivan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Ma<\/em>x Braunig<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Willow Lionettes volleyball team enters the second half of the season with a remarkable 7 – 2 record, losing only to Country Day and Ursuline Academy. This achievement reflects the team’s consistent dedication and strong performance throughout the entire season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Willow School Lions\u2019 volleyball team is a member of the LHSAA, which means the team competes competitively in class 4A. The Willow School Lions are coached by Kalah Jones and the varsity team is captained by Kennedy Miller, a senior at the Willow School. The Willow School Lions have both a Junior Varsity and a Varsity volleyball teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the team has had an excellent season so far, some players predict difficult games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think our most challenging game will be Sacred Heart, and they will put our team to the test,\u201d said Stella Gorman, a player on the school’s Junior Varsity team. The teams are scheduled to play on October 29th, 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a8I think the most difficult game for the Varsity team this season will be against Ben Franklin,\u201d said Myla Brown, a freshman on the Varsity team.\u201cTheir volleyball team has always been good, but I think we can beat them.\u00a8<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Regardless of the team\u2019s record this season, many players have noticed an improvement within the overall team especially on the offense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a8I see us becoming better competitors and reaching a higher level offensively,\u00a8 said Kennedy Miller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a8I see us doing really well and making it to state. We have an amazing team. We just need more chemistry within the team,\u00a8 Myla Brown said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Although many see the team improving, some players argue that they receive less funding compared to other athletic programs in the school, such as the football team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am really enjoying the coaching in the program, but I think something that would strengthen our program even more would be an increase in funding,” said Gorman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Gorman isn\u2019t alone. Some players admit they feel as if they need to provide more funding for themselves compared to other sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a8I think compared to other athletic programs at our school, we have to advocate for ourselves to get resources we need,\u00a8 said Miller. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Mathilda Sullivan Photo by Max Braunig The Willow Lionettes volleyball team enters the second half of the season with a remarkable 7 – 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archived","two-columns"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willowpostdiluvian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lionettes-max-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willowpostdiluvian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willowpostdiluvian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willowpostdiluvian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willowpostdiluvian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willowpostdiluvian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/willowpostdiluvian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":982,"href":"https:\/\/willowpostdiluvian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions\/982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willowpostdiluvian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willowpostdiluvian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willowpostdiluvian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willowpostdiluvian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}