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Sara Jones elevates for a kill versus Liberty.
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Thursday, November 5, 2009: Cougar's playoff run ends at top-seeded Silverado.The varsity girls volleyball team lost to top-seeded Silverado last night in the regional semi-finals. The Cougars finished the season with an impressive 21-12 overall record. Despite the loss there is good news at the end of the season as 3 lady cougars were selected to the All-Region team. Junior Katie Gamsky and Sophomore Kuulei Piena were been selected as First-Team All-Region. Junior Kristen Herlosky was selected as a Second-Team All-Region Player. Congratulations to them and their teammates.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009: Cougars rally to advance in playoffs. After dropping the first 2 games of Tuesday night's playoff match, the Cougars battled back for a 17-25, 20-25, 25-10, 25-11, 15-10 road victory over Valley to advance to the semifinals. Kuulei Piena led Coronado with 19 kills and 13 digs. Kristen Herlosky added 12 kills, 16 digs and eight aces, and Katie Gamsky had 36 assists and 13 digs for Coronado (21-11), which plays Silverado in the semifinals Thursday at 5 p.m. at Silverado. Playoffs! The Coronado women's volleyball team will face Valley HS in the first round of the playoffs Tuesday, November 3 at Valley. Match time is 6pm. October 28, 2009: Cougars end regular season with sweep of Basic Senior Night turned into Senior Sweep Night as the Cougars wrapped up the regular season with a 3-0 sweep of Basic High School. Individual set scores for the match were 25-13, 25-14, 25-8. Kuulei Piena had 10 kills and 10 digs to help the Cougars to a 25-13, 25-14, 25-8 win over Basic. Kristen Herlosky added nine kills and nine digs, and Katie Gamsky had 21 assists and eight digs for Coronado. Also for the Cougars, Courtney Comito served five aces. It was the last home match of the season and final home match for seniors Loreal Derrick and Hannah Safford. The Cougars finished with a conference record of 10-4, 20-11 overall. Next up for the Cougars are the playoffs which will begin November 5th. B-Team Takes Championship The Coronado Freshman girls took the Annual B-Team Championship on Saturday, October 24. The team went undefeated during the 2-day tournament and defeated Bishop Gorman in the championship match, 2 games to zero. October 23, 2009: Cougars fall to Skyhawks, bounce back against the Dragons. The Cougar volleyball team, already shorthanded facing injury and illness, fell to the top-ranked Silverado Skyhawks on Tuesday night, 3-0. The Cougars were able to regroup and get healthier as the week progressed which lead to them spoiling Senior Night at Del Sol by defeating the dragons 3 games to zero. The Cougars were lead by Kristen Herlosky's 6 kills and 5 digs. October 13, 2009: Cougars push Gators to the brink; come up short The Cougar volleyball team was involved in if not the best, definitely the most exciting match of the season thus far. The Cougars fought the visiting Gators in front of a raucous home crowd before getting edged by the Gators, 25-18, 22-25, 25-9, 25-27, 15-13 on Tuesday. Kuulei Piena put away 18 kills and Kristen Herlosky contributed 16 kills to pace the Cougars in this tough league match. After letting a close game 1 slip away, the Cougars re-grouped and took game 2 off of the Gators. Unshaken, the Gators took advantage of early errors and completly dominated game 3, winning the game 25-9. When it seemed like all momentum was lost and the Gators might roll to an easy victory, the Cougars came back in dramatic fashion to take game 4 behind dominant performances by middle blockers Ally Keller and Tiana Tuamoheloa. Both kept the hopes of the Cougars alive with blocks at key moments against Green Valley's All-League hitter, Siga Appelgate. The excitement continued into the 5th and deciding game as Green Valley appeared to take control early on, but the Cougars fought back from a 6-3 deficit to tie the game at 8-8. From that point on the scoring went back and forth with long rallies and great defense, but at 13-13 Green Valley made two great plays to end the match. The Cougars travel to Foothill on Thursday. Next home match is October 26th vs. SECTA. Senior Night and "Pack the House" Night are scheduled for Wednesday, October 28th. October 9, 2009: Another successful week for Coronado women's volleyball Kuulei Piena had 16 kills, 8 digs and 4 aces as the Cougars defeated Liberty 3 games to 1, 25-16, 25-8, 21-25, 25-15. Katie Gamsky had 36 assists and 8 digs, while Kristen Herlosky added 11 kills and 6 digs in the league victory. Earlier this week the varsity Cougars defeated the Basic Wolves, 3-0. The Cougars are currently 6-2 in league play, 16-9 overall. The Cougars are back at home next week against league leading Green Valley. The match is Tuesday, October 13th. JV and B teams start at 4pm, Varsity at 5.
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Coronado High School: 2009 B-Team Champions
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