CRESCENTA VALLEY
COACH: Jennifer Ryan, 13th year.
LEAGUE: Pacific.
LAST SEASON: 14-11 and 11-3 in league to tie for second place. Lost to Redlands in CIF Southern Section Division II-AA first round.
PLAYERS TO WATCH: Leah Gagliardi, junior, outside hitter; Rachel Fisher, senior, middle blocker; Julia Adams, senior outside hitter; Jessica Dieny, senior, middle blocker; Tiffani Wilcox, senior, opposite.
FLINTRIDGE PREP
COACH: Sean Beattie, 12th year.
LEAGUE: Prep.
LAST SEASON: 4-13 and 0-12 in league for seventh place. Did not qualify for playoffs.
PLAYERS TO WATCH: Marin Seifert, senior, outside hitter; Tori Glebocki, junior, libero; Casey Muerer, junior, setter; Charlotte Kay, junior, defensive specialist; Morgan Brown, senior, middle blocker; Imani Holyfield, junior, middle blocker; Kelly Wang, junior, outside hitter.
BEATTIE’S QUOTE: “We need to be deceptive with our setting because we’re not that tall and we don’t have that one girl who’s gonna put the ball down for us.”
FLINTRIDGE SACRED HEART ACADEMY
COACH: Shelli Orlandini, fifth year.
LEAGUE: Mission.
LAST SEASON: 16-8 and 8-2 in league for second place. Lost to Rosary in CIF Southern Section Division I-AA first-round match.
PLAYERS TO WATCH: Mary Schroeder, senior, middle blocker; Camille Coffey, junior, outside hitter; Alyssa Walton, junior, outside hitter; Momo McDonald, senior, middle blocker; Alessandra Orlandini, sophomore, setter; Laura Schroeder, sophomore, middle blocker; Shelby Tom, sophomore, libero.
ORLANDINI’S QUOTE: “[Our sophomores] know how to play together. They just need to get some experience under their belts.”
GLENDALE
COACH: Jennifer Vo, second year.
LEAGUE: Pacific.
LAST SEASON: 3-11 overall and in league to tie for sixth place. Did not qualify for playoffs.
PLAYERS TO WATCH: April Reed, junior, outside hitter; Alyssa Magpantay, senior.
VO’S QUOTE: “I’m hoping our strength will be defense. Offensively, we’re still a little shaky.”
GLENDALE ADVENTIST ACADEMY
COACH: Bianka Tulgar, fifth year.
LEAGUE: Westside.
LAST SEASON: 2-12 and 1-11 in league for seventh place. Did not qualify for playoffs.
PLAYERS TO WATCH: Emily Ferrolino, junior, libero; Andrea Blake, freshman, middle blocker; Tracy Calalang, junior, setter.
TULGAR’S QUOTE: “Our goal is to try and get the players to mesh as a team and develop as a whole together.”
HOLY FAMILY
COACH: James Jimenez, first year.
