Moreau’s playoff run ends, now onto NCS

November 5, 2009 • written by Joey Moore

The Moreau Girl’s volleyball team had high hopes for this year’s playoffs, but they came to a sudden halt Thursday night as a loss to Castro Valley ended their run.

“Tonight was a huge disappointment for all of us, coaches, players, and even the fans. We went in expecting a win and unfortunately it didn’t happen,” Captain Stefany Taylor said.

Moreau’s sweep of the Trojans in the regular season didn’t seem to carry over to the postseason as the playoff atmosphere in the Trojan Den proved to be a true home-court advantage.

“We were too confident,” Jessica King said.

“We all worked very hard but in the end Castro Valley was coming after us since we had beat them twice already,” Rebecca Quintero said.

Playing like a team that was looking for revenge, Castro Valley swept Moreau in three straight and almost led the entire match.

Moreau started extremely fast in game three taking a 9-1 lead, but surrendered the lead when questionable calls were made by the line judges, who ironically volleyball players on Castro Valley.

“We had some really good plays, but it just wasn’t our day,” Jade Santos said.

The night wasn’t all bad for the Moreau Girls volleyball team as superstar Stefany Taylor received the Player of the Year Award and First Team All-League in the HAAL. Laura Burckhardt and Megan Scully also were awarded First Team honors and Jade Santos and was given Second Team All-League. Honorable Mention went to Melissa Paterson and Rina Taufa’asau-Tui.

The team now looks ahead to NCS, which begins next Wednesday and hope to regain their excellent play.

“As a team we know for a fact that we are better than how we played tonight,” Quintero said.

“The team has a lot of potential and one loss isn’t going to bring us down. We still have NCS to look forward to and tonight’s game is in the past,” Taylor said.

The girls find out who and where they play this Sunday and are looking to extend their postseason.

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