Molly Keshin
@mollykCourant
As the spring sports season approached, the boys volleyball team had no idea what to expect of the coming season. With few returning players, most of the teammates didn’t expect to get very far without a strong base of a team. However, the boys proved themselves wrong, ending the regular season with a record of 11-4. As the team continued to tack on the wins, including a major win against top-seeded Staples, FCIACs became the ultimate goal. But, in the deciding game against Trumbull, the boys fell in a close 3-2 match, losing the tiebreaker set 15-13.
In the last week of the regular season, the team faced conference rivals St. Joseph’s and Ridgefield, and while they lost to both, senior captain Tyler Edwards feels as though these were some of the team’s best performances. “The games we did lose were all extremely close, and especially with Ridgefield, we played really well,” Tyler said. “The tiny mistakes made the difference, and it seemed like we were playing as if we were at 97% while they were 99%.”
For the boys, their season took an undesired turn once they faced rival Darien for the first time, because up until that point, they hadn’t dropped a match. However, the boys still see the season as a sure success, and they expect next year to be the same. “We were unstoppable until we played Darien, and they took a few good matches from us, but facing them helped us to see what we were really made of,” Tyler said. “We were predicted to be pretty bad this year, we ended up exceeding many expectations by giving teams like Ridgefield a run for their money.”
The boys went into the State tournament ready to avenge the loss that would have gotten them into FCIACs, and they did not fall short. In the first round, they dominated Daniel Hand three sets to none,
