Girls Volleyball looks to get over hump and win a title this season

Head coach – Gwen Millets (17th season

Assistant coach – Audra Kahr and Alecia Weaver

Home games – Emmaus Auxiliary Gym

Last season – 13-7 overall, 13-3 EPC. Qualified for the EPC and District XI playoffs. Lost to Nazareth in EPC 3-2 & districts 3-2

Players lost to graduation – OH Georgia Taynor (2nd Team EPC), MH/OH Adelina Rivera-Woolard (1st Team EPC, playing at Delaware), MH Abigail Perkins, DS/L Katelyn McGinley

Returnees Sr. S. Caroline Bond (1st Team EPC), Sr. DS/L Rebecca Dalstad, Sr. DS Georgia Duddy, Jr. OH Macy Van Den Elzen (2nd Team EPC), Sr. DS/L Georgia Duddy, Sr. DS Caley McLaughlin, Jr. DS/L Kelsie Baus, So. OH Jaya Bhagat, So. OH/MH Makenzie Krasley, Sr. MH Hannah Lingold

Newcomers: Jr. OPP Ryan Hausknecht, Jr. OPP/OH Maiah Sabol, Jr. DS Alex Sebastian, Jr. DS Grace Lynch, Fr. OH/MH Ava Holden, Fr. DS Mia Pickering

Season-opens – Saturday, Sept. 1 @ First Kill Invitational, Freedom HS

Top challengers in EPC: Parkland, Liberty, CCHS, Nazareth

EPC Champ (2017) – Liberty

District XI Champ (2017) – Parkland

Coach Millets: “This team has a lot of great personalities. I like their work ethic and there is a positive attitude towards this season and they are hopeful. The girls came into the preseason with some really great goals – both personal and team – that they want to reach. They’re just great kids.”

“One of the team’s goals this season is to get over that hump and win a title. They also have goals of finishing near the top the 1st Kill Tournament (Saturday), having a winning season and just getting better as players. With the makeup of this team, I feel that they can get over the hump.”

“Volleyball is really big in the Lehigh Valley and the players just keep getting better and better each year. Our conference is probably in one of the toughest in the state, but we love the competition because it only makes us better playing against those tough teams .”

Follow the team on social media: Twitter (@Emmaussports, @EmmausGirlsVB); Facebook (Emmaus girls volleyball)