“I felt confident and ready to play hard,” freshman Lauren Solis commented before the game. Even before the volleyball game, Pitman Pride was confident about their home game against our rivalsTurlockHigh School.

  “I felt really pumped and excited!” sophomore Nicole Bailey said as they were getting ready to play. Now the Junior Varsity volleyball team was ready to win.  The whistle blew and the game had started. Pitman quickly took the lead and left the Turlock Bulldog’s in the dust. Pitman Pride foundTurlock’s defensive weakness and was able to get point after point. Soon, the first match was over and Pitman won! Hopefully, they will do it again.

  In the second match, Pitman Pride did very well with many aces, kills, and digs. This led to another great victory. The Pitman Junior Varsity volleyball team had beat the Turlock Bulldogs again! One of the reasons that they won was that they had really positive and good energy. After every point, good or bad, Pitman encouraged each other and never was down. Pitman looked like they were out their having fun and enjoying themselves.

  Another reason that Pitman won was that they were really consistent with everything they did. They didn’t miss a lot of serves. This is a very important factor in the game. It is the only thing in the game that you can control and controls the game. Pitman’s serving was really good, so we had a good chance of winning. They were also consistent on hitting.  Pitman rarely hit out of the court or into the net, and was strong enough to thatTurlockhad some trouble receiving them.  Pitman Pride also had a very great passing game. Passing never really gets recognized, but without passing there wouldn’t be any game. It all starts with a pass! Their passes were good and straight to the setter. This allowed our setter to get a perfect set, and our hitter to get a kill.

  “I thought we worked as a team and kept our energy up,” sophomore Taylor Rivera said after Pitman’s victory.

  Pitman Pride’s Junior Varsity team has had a very good season. We haven’t lost and games and hasn’t gone into a third game yet! They are undefeated and plan on keeping it that way and take the championship.