North Star’s Addison Prieur (right) blocks a shot versus Massey.
The North Star Wolves senior girls volleyball team has started the 2024-25 WECSSAA Tier 1 season with a 1-1 record.
The senior girls opened the season last Tuesday evening on their home court against the Massey Mustangs.
The new-look Wolves got the results they wanted in that game, winning 25-13, 25-3 and 25-10. The Wolves and their new players had a solid effort in the victory.
“I thought it was good for our first game,” said Addison Prieur. “We have a lot to improve on.”
Prieur is one of two players from last year’s OFSAA bronze medal winning team to return to the team, with Lauren Essenpreis being the other. Prieur stated communication on the court, their offense and knowing their positions are things they have to work on.
“I think that comes with time,” she said. “We have a lot of new players to volleyball.”
Prieur said her new teammates are doing well thus far but noted because many haven’t played volleyball before so it is a learning experience. It is also Prieur’s return to the court, after having on the team but not able to play last year due to a knee injury.
“I’m excited, I hope we do well,” said Prieur, who would still like to go back to OFSAA this season.
“I think that’s a good start for our group,” head coach Jeff Miller said after the Massey match. “We don’t have a whole lot of experience.”
Assistant coach Mary Ewer said they played the previous day at McMaster University in Hamilton and played well at a tournament. The Wolves went 2-3 at the tournament with four of the five games being close matches.
Miller said the day allowed players to learn, gain experience while they were also able to work on their lineups and rotations.
With so many new players this season, Miller and Ewer believe this will be a teaching year. They hope the players get a handle on what to do more and more as the season progresses.
“We’re going to do a lot of skill building this year,” he said. “We’re going to continually get better as we build skills and understand the game. Hopefully we can cause some problems at the end of the year.”
“You never know what can happen,” added Ewer.
The “AA” level of WECSSAA should be very competitive this year, Miller added, with about four or five teams in the mix.
The Wolves second match of the season was last Thursday at Riverside. North Star was defeated in that match two sets to one, losing 25-16 and 25-20 in the first two sets before winning 25-17 in the third set.
The Wolves have two matches this week, both on the road. They were at L’Essor Tuesday, after this issue of the RTT went to press, and play again Thursday at 4 p.m. in Kingsville against the Erie Migration Coyotes.
Win and loss to start the season for Wolves’ senior girls volleyball team
By Ron Giofu
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