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PREVIEW: Volleyball looks for a championship repeat

Emery Hefeneider and Sophia Costarella • September 13, 2024

Coming off a successful season last year winning the OSAA state championship, the Jesuit Varsity Women’s Volleyball team looks to defend their title this season and is confident in their ability to do so.

Senior setter Jackie Carle has high hopes for the team’s goals and how they are going to achieve them.

“We’re feeling really good about the season, the energy is very high,” said Jackie. “We’re definitely looking for a repeat of last year’s success.”

As the Crusaders start off the season undefeated in both non-league and in tournament play, they have some big opponents ahead of them.

“In the Metro league, probably Mountainside and Westview are our biggest competitors,” returning senior hitter Julia Paulson said. “Non-league I would say Nelson and Oregon City who will want to come back to the championship.”

Despite losing three seniors, the team dynamic remains strong, with a competitive spirit. They have been constantly looking to improve and take feedback from their coaches to better their skills.

“Everybody has a big role to play, I think everybody has a very open mindset, is very competitive and willing to take criticism,” Jackie Carle said.

The Crusaders are looking forward to competing against some Metro competition next week as they take on Sunset at home and Westview away.

About the Contributors

Emery Hefeneider, Staff

Emery Hefeneider is currently a sophomore at Jesuit High School and a first year media student. Emery was born in Portland, Oregon as well as her older sister who is a Junior at Jesuit, and her younger brother who will be a future crusader. Emery is playing lacrosse in the spring and outside of school she enjoys spending time with her friends, soaking up the sun, and playing cards! Throughout these past few years, Emery has developed an interest in writing and filming through Jesuits social media. She is excited to go further with these skills throughout the school year. Emery is inspired from past media students, and wants to create content based on recent problems and activities going on in the Jesuit community. Emery is intrigued on taking media to focus and emphasize the strengths and struggles of being a Jesuit student. She is hoping to take advanced media production next year and bring her creative ideas to the class.

Sophia Costarella, Staff

Sophia Costarella was born in Portland and is entering her first year in Jesuit Media as a Junior. She attended St. Clare for elementary and middle school where she was introduced to many sports and was challenged in the classroom. She has an older brother who graduated from Jesuit that she looks up to a lot academically and athletically. She has played basketball since she was little and it is still one of her biggest passions to this day as she is on the varsity women’s basketball team. It is a hobby that really excites her and makes her interested in other athletics in the world especially at Jesuit. She also enjoys hanging out with friends and thinks they would describe her as funny, spontaneous, caring and disciplined. She is looking forward to being introduced to a ton of new things in the media department but most specifically, the photography and filming aspect. The media day shoots are something she wants to participate in heavily. She has seen a lot of unique videos produced by the media team that led her to wanting to join this environment. She hopes to carry the skills that she learns from this class into a future career involving things like sports, broadcasting or marketing.

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PREVIEW: Volleyball looks for a championship repeat

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