After finishing in fourth place in the Mission Trail Athletic
League, and advancing to the Central Coast Section Division V
Championships as a result, the Anzar girls volleyball team was
recently awarded seven all-league selections, including two
first-team nods.
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
After finishing in fourth place in the Mission Trail Athletic League, and advancing to the Central Coast Section Division V Championships as a result, the Anzar girls volleyball team was recently awarded seven all-league selections, including two first-team nods.
Junior Alex Flores and senior Nicole Seymour were each named first team for Anzar, which finished with an 8-6 record in the MTAL, 16-10 overall.
Meanwhile, Jessica Stofer, Carly Johnson, Camille Merz, Jessica Frusetta and Brittany Hogeman were named honorable mention for the Hawks.
It was Flores who anchored Anzar this season, though, delivering an all-around campaign for the Hawks in several different statistical categories. Flores led the team in kills (242), was second on the team in assists (275), second on the team in blocks (27.5), second on the team in service aces (48), and third on the team in digs (200), according to MBayPreps.com.
She was joined on the first team by the senior Seymour, who also helped the Hawks in several different areas this season.
Most especially, Seymour was fourth on the team in kills (86) and third on the team in blocks (22.5).
MTAL champion Carmel, which went 14-0 this season, had the most first team selections this year with three, including Savannah Ramsey, Emma Fuzie and Elizabeth Stivers, who was also named Most Valuable Player in the MTAL.
Other first-team selections included King City’s Kaitlyn Shaug and Lauren Grant; Santa Catalina’s Lizzy Tardieu and Clare Bozzo; and Karla Ochoa of Gonzales.
No second team was named, although 24 players were selected for honorable mention, including Anzar’s Stofer, Johnson, Merz, Frusetta and Hogeman.
Carmel’s Courtney Musser was selected as the Elgie Belizio Sportsmanship award winner, after she applied techniques from her sports medicine class to help an injured Anzar player during their contest on Sept. 30.
The Hawks returned to the CCS postseason for the first time since 2008 this year, although their playoff run was short-lived.
The Hawks, playing league rival Santa Catalina for a third time in the opening round, fell to the private Monterey school in four sets in November — 16-25, 25-18, 25-22, 25-22.
