By Bridget Kinross – Staff Reporter

The Jonathan Law volleyball team is off to a great start this season.

The team’s record is 5-4 as of October 2. Law welcomed 10 new players this season which is an advantage to the team.

“They are working hard all the time to become a team playing as one on the court,” head coach Ms. Loch said.

The team has a collective goal to to make it to the state tournament  this season, just like last year.

“Our goal for this season is to make states and SCC’s and go farther than the first round,” junior Eryn Mower said.

Loch has the same goals for the season.

“Our goal each year is to make the conference and state tournament,” Loch said.

The beginning of the teams season had a bit of a rough start. Due to the weather practices had been shortened and games had been canceled which made getting into a routine difficult.

Now the team is a cohesive group and got back on their feet very quickly.

This season 10 new freshman have made the team. They have been welcomed to the team very quickly.

“All the upperclassmen are welcoming to the freshman so it feels like we’ve been on it for a while,” freshman Kari Boyle said.

The girls have a “Big Sis and Little Sis” program so each upperclassmen got a lowerclassmen to mentor and help teach which helped all new girls feel apart of the team.   

Earlier this season, the team beat Lauralton Hall 3-1, which is one of their biggest rivals. This was a huge win for the team.

There are two captains for the team this year: seniors Katie Eighmy and Pam Ellison. Eighmy is their outside hitter and Ellison is the libero.

“We learned from our mistakes last year and will prevent it from happening this year,’’ Ellison said.

The team has two games against rival Foran coming up. The girls hope to win those matches and work as a team to achieve this goal.

“(We want to) pick each other up when an individual is off or the team itself,’’ Eighmy said. “We can’t let let conflict get in the way of playing.”