HSSP Girls Volleyball 2024_Layout 1 8 / 15 / 24 12 : 37 PM Page 4 For more girls volleyball content , including full team schedules , please visit SuburbanFamilyMag.com . outside hitter Amelia Reagan . It wouldn’t be sur - LaurenStone ( 25 kills ) and sophomore outside OUTLOOK : The Renegades fell just short of a win - L prising to see several members of the talented hitter Emily Buddendorf ( 31 kills , 70 digs ) . Defen - ning record last year at 9 - 11 , but finished second freshman class contribute right away either . sive specialist Shelby Yeager and middle Emily in Olympic Patriot and qualified for the playoffs . L OUTLOOK : The Eagles rose to the challenge against Rowan are other seniors to watch , while junior They have a chance to be division contenders a brutally tough schedule in 2023 , going 22 - 4 , DanniMartin and sophomores Shea Naurath and again with several top players back in the fold . A with three of their losses coming to New Jersey Reilly Stanton are expected to contribute as well . state champions . They went undefeated in the OUTLOOK : The Golden Eagles faced some growing WASHINGTON B Olympic Conference American Division and pains last year with a lot of new faces in the line - TOWNSHIP reached their third consecutive Non - Public A up , but the experience should pay off and it would MINUTEMAIDS state final , dropping a 2 - 1 loss to rival Immaculate not be surprising to see them improve on their 5 - Y PLAYERS TO WATCH : Wash - Heart . With a terrific returning nucleus , expecta - 15 record . ington Township said E tions remain high . goodbye to a special sen - SHAWNEE ior class that included L SENECA RENEGADES two all - time greats in the GOLDEN EAGLES PLAYERS TO WATCH : Shawnee returns program , Bryn Bautista and Nina Cleary . New L PLAYERS TO WATCH : Two all - confer - three all - conference players , including leaders will have to emerge , and returners who ence players are back to lead the first - teamer Ella Truitt , a senior libero could fill that role include senior middle Ally O way for Seneca : senior libero Grace who has been a varsity player since Johns ( 57 kills , 20 aces ) and senior defensive spe - Yeager and junior setter Jordan she was a freshman and can con - cialist Mia Larrea ( 104 digs ) . Sophomore outside V Cutts . Yeager has been a varsity tribute in multiple ways . Senior mid - hitter Campbell Basu flashed a ton of potential as contributor since she was a dle Sakiyah Horsley and senior setter a rookie , collecting 77 kills , and will be counted freshman and paced the Gold - Melinda Valasek are other key returners on offensively . Middle Vienna Mascieri is a junior en Eagles with 158 digs to go who made the all - conference second team . Sen - who will be asked to step her game up , and Mia S with 24 aces last season . Cutts ior Anna Stauss was second on the team in kills Panico is a sophomore who will look to earn var - emerged as the conductor of the and will be a big factor offensively , and other sity minutes . L offenseand led the team in both experienced players in the front row are senior OUTLOOK : Last year’s seniors went out with anoth - assists and aces . She developed a opposite Norah Jedwabny and junior outside hit - er successful season , helping the Minutemaids R nice rapport with several front - row players who ter Emily Staszewski . Junior Madeline McComsey go 19 - 9 with return trips to the Gloucester Coun - are back in the mix , including senior middles and sophomore Audrey Beckwith add depth at I ty final and sectional semifinals . They set the bar Rowan Breen ( 50 kills , 10 blocks ) and Amanda setter and senior Amelia Franken is a veteran to high for the program , which hopes to rebuild Connelly ( 38 kills , 13 blocks ) , senior outside hitter watch in the back row . quickly and remain competitive . G SUBURBANFAMILYMAG.COM volume 15 issue 1 SUBURBAN FAMILY 77