By Marissa Pollack – Staff Reporter

The Jonathan Law volleyball team is back on the map.

The team finished recently finished its fall season with a final record of 18-8. The team had not qualified for states since 2013, but that streak ended this year as the team returned to the Class L state tournament.

Their trip to states culminated a memorable season for the team and its seniors in particular.

“Our record my sophomore year was 3-17, junior year 6-14, and my senior year 16-7, so we have improved throughout the years,” senior captain Angela Sciuto said.

Prior to states, Law played in the SCC Tournament. After a thrilling win over East Haven in the first round, Law faced Shelton in the quarterfinals. It was a tough game, but Law came up short by a final score of 3-1.

In the first round of states, Law earned a victory over Masuk 3-1. Their season came to an end in the second round after a 3-0 loss to Avon.

“I was really excited to begin this season and had a feeling we would be successful,” head coach Ms. Loch said. “As soon as we began, it all came together and it just solidified my feelings. “

Captains Victoria Contaxis, Sciuto, Kristin Frank, and Cassidy Boath played a big role in the team’s success.

“As a captain my job is to help get the team pumped up, but also stay focused and calm because states is a different tournament,” Contaxis said.

Loch was extremely confident in the girls throughout the season. Pressure was not an issue when qualifying for states and progressing throughout the tournament.

“There was no added pressure at all,” Loch said. “The hard work, dedication, and cohesiveness the girls brought to practice and games daily is what brought them such success and to states.”

This was volleyball’s best year in over four years. Each game, the team went out motivated and focused knowing exactly what they had to do in order to improve.

“Making the tournament was my motivation to work hard to contribute to our team’s success,” junior Colleen Goodwin said. “I think it’s important that we stay supportive of each other during games and push each other in practice to improve our skills.”

Before the season even began players saw a bright future for the team.

“My mindset was that after our preseason work together I knew that this would be the year we would make it to states,” junior Stephanie Felag said.

Law has worked extremely hard in order to accomplish their successful season.

“This year our team worked hard every single day during practice and games and we never gave up,” Sciuto said.