By Bridget Kinross – Staff Reporter

The Jonathan Law volleyball team recently finished a historic fall season.

Law finished the regular season with a record of 15-5 and advanced all the way to the Class M semifinals before falling to Weston in four games.

“The team has worked so hard this season to make this a reality,” head coach Ms. Loch said. “The coaches are very proud.”

The volleyball team had not made it to the semifinals since 2009 so this was their biggest accomplishment as a team.

“I think we went farther than any of us could have ever imagined,” junior Emily Morey said.

The team has three coaches – Loch, Coach Johnston, and Coach Jaques – who helped prepare the girls for states.

These coaches all had different drills to teach the girls so they were prepared for anything that could be thrown at them in a states game.

“Having the three coaches be able to watch and observe each game helped make it easier to assist the girls during practices and games,” Loch said.

The team has been consistently been getting stronger but unfortunately they will say goodbye to three seniors – Pam Ellison, Katie Eighmy, and Erin Goodwin – who were a huge part of this team.

Ellison said she couldn’t have been happier with the way her senior season played out.

“It’s very memorable to end my career at Law going that far with a great group of girls,” senior captain Pam Ellison said.

The team also brought up sophomore Laura Ellison from JV to varsity to go to the states with them. She was a great help to the team.

“Being brought to states was such a great experience,” Laura Ellison said. “Our team worked so hard at practice and brought us so much closer.”

The girls who will be returning next year have a collective goal of making it back to semis or even further. They got to see what it was like to be a huge success and they are determined to do it again.  

“When we play with our hearts and dedicate ourselves it truly shows,” Morey said.

With a successful end to the girls season they are even more excited to start back up again next year.

The girls have learned so much from the seniors who are leaving and they plan to carry on all they have been taught them.