By Yeiden Nieves – Sports Editor

The Jonathan Law volleyball team is ready to pick it right back up for the 2025 season.

In the past three seasons, Law has made the CIAC State Tournament twice. They are looking to return to the playoffs this year after finishing 3-15 last season.

“We have a lot of talent on our roster,” Senior Captain Madison Benedetti said. “I think we need to focus on building our chemistry on court and bringing the family bond that we have off the court into our playing.”

Law opened up their season on September 2 against West Haven. They face a tough SCC schedule consisting of cross-town rivals Foran and Daniel Hand.

The team is led by three senior captains: Benedetti, Nadia Nuzzo, and Lily Pleimann.

“Over the years they have shown sportsmanship, excitement and dedication to the team,” Head Coach Ms. Loch said. “They are supportive of their teammates and have always been helpful to the underclassmen. They continue to lead the team this year and show all these characteristics.”

The team graduated seven seniors: Addy Barber, Ellie Coddington, Julia Ryan, Alex Fino, Haley Stroffolino, Hannah Engel, and Quinn Shane. The team is excited to see how the underclassmen will step up and fill their roles.

“There are many underclassmen capable of filling the spots left behind,” Nuzzo said. “(Sophomore) Sammy Marini was pulled up as a swinger this season and has done an amazing job playing back row so far and (sophomore) Hazel Yilmaz was also pulled up as a swinger and has stepped into the roles of playing back row, setting and hitting so far on the varsity court.”

The team has spent good time during the offseason preparing for the current season. They spent time practicing with Foran and scrimmaging teams to work on team chemistry.

“We had conditioning twice a week along with open gyms at night for anyone from Foran or Law,” Pleimann said. “We also had a summer league where we scrimmaged other high schools that we play during the season.”

The Lawmen are eager to continue the season and look to compete for a spot in the Class L playoffs.

“I’m most looking forward to getting to play with the upperclassmen more and getting to compete on varsity to help us reach our goals this season,” Sammy Marini said.