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Varsity Girls Volleyball: Oct. 7, 3-1

Abby Singley • Oct 8, 2009

Score: Win against Churchill – 21-25, 25-7, 25-17 and 25-23

MVP: Senior co-captain/libero Kathy Pao. Pao dug up Churchill’s strong spikes, which allowed freshman setter Stephanie Paul to assist 24 kills.

Highlight: Freshman setter Stephanie Paul had 15 serves in a row, which brought the team to 16-0 in the beginning of the second set. “[This] showed that we can play well even when we’re down.” – Senior co-captain Kathy Pao

Record: 7-0

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Next Match: Tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 9 against Northwest at WJ at 3:30

*Staff writer Miklos Szebeni contributed to this report.

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Abby Singley, Online Editor-in-Chief
Abby Singley was on the Pitch staff since her sophomore year, and as a senior, she was Online Editor-in-Chief and the Print Copy Chief in 2010-2011. The previous year, Abby was the first online editor-in-chief, and was also a copy editor during her sophomore and junior years. She is excited to be involved with the up-and-coming Pitch Online and help bring news to the WJ community in a faster, more innovative way. When not scanning the online administrator page or copy editing articles, Abby likes reading pop culture and news magazines and Web sites. Although she does not know where she is going to school yet, Abby will be entering college as a journalism major next year.
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