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Volleyball Insider, with Karl Pearson: Geneva tabbed favorite to repeat in NEC KARL PEARSONStar Beacon The Spartans have one of the more experienced teams in the conference with six returning letterwinners. At the same time, Ghiz also has the most youthful squad in the conference, with no seniors on the varsity team. That should bode well, not only for this year, but the future as well.
Leading Conneaut is junior middle hitter Nichele Johnson, a first-team all-conference and second-team all-county choice. The Spartans also feature junior outside hitter Sarah Campbell, a special-mention all-conference pick, junior outside hitters Tanisha Ford and Rachel Pryately, junior setter Kelsey Prevot and junior middle hitter Justine VanCise. Coach Sherri Britton also has a young group at Jefferson (2-4), having lost five girls to graduation. That means she will be counting heavily on junior middle hitter Lizzy Ziemski, a special-mention all-conference selection, and seniors Colleen Geraghty at setter, Amber Hurst at outside hitter and Alex Willis at libero. Juniors Hailey Burns, Hannah Francis, Joslin Landis and Jillian Kern are also being counted upon to contribute heavily. Harvey, coming off its best season since 1987 when it also had six wins, has a pretty veteran group at the disposal of coach Tricia Poszgai. The Red Raiders (2-6) lost only two girls to graduation. Hoping to carry the Red Raiders to greater heights this season are senior setter Samantha Krueger, a second-team All-NEC selection. She is joined by senior outside hitters Shannon Cruz and Star Sams and senior libero Jen Seidel. Juniors who have also earned their stripes on the varsity level are middle hitter-defensive Melissa Mohner and outside hitter Ashley Seibert. Dragons developing Another area team that has a lot of experience to bank on is Lakeside, which is looking to defend its Premier Athletic Conference championship and trying to get back to the Division I district finals. Coach Lisa Newsome has nine returning letterwinners at her disposal. The Dragons (7-2, 3-0) rebounded from a loss to a fine Crestwood team in the championship match of last Saturday’s Chardon Invitational, 25-23, 25-21, with a convincing 25-8, 25-11, 25-8 victory over PAC rival Madison. Lakeside is led by seniors Azaria Lee at defensive specialist, Brittany Morrison at middle hitter, Tayler Pugliese at setter and outside hitter, Erica Villa at defensive specialist and Mallory Zappitelli at outside hitter and defensive specialist. Juniors who carry much of the load are outside hitter-setter Christiana Blakeslee and defensive specialist Angela DeGeorge, while sophomores Jenna Applebee and Tyra Miller at setter and middle hitter, respectively. “I thought we played real good at Chardon,” Newsome said. “In our first two matches, we were almost like a machine. We played a really good team with Crestwood. Last week was a real busy week with matches on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and the tournament. “We tweaked our lineup a little bit. I thought we played very well against Madison and we looking forward to a big home match (today) against North. We also have a big match against North Royalton on Saturday, which is a real good Division I team.” Starting new streak Cornerstone Christian ended a SS. John and Paul home winning streak that ranged back to the Heralds’ early days in 2002 in the East Suburban Conference when they lost to Maplewood, according to coach Stephanie Kubec. But she was also happy to see her team snap back Tuesday with a 25-11, 25-12, 25-10 victory over Southington. 
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