With only three seniors on the roster and starting one sophomore and one freshman, Holley’s girls’ volleyball team is lacking in experience at the start of this season, but they gave notice in a loss to Attica that they are gaining confidence quickly.
The Hawks offense managed to generate just one point from their offense in a 25-12 loss in the first game, but that changed in the second.
Junior Jade Hoffarth and senior Jocelyn Chilton each had one kill and junior Ava Parr added an ace to help Holley take a 4-2 lead. Kills from Rachel Howard and Parr kept the game tied before Hoffarth had a kill and Parr an ace to put the Hawks ahead 15-13.
But they managed just an additional kill by Hoffarth in a 25-20 loss.
Attica never trailed in the third game, but kills by Chilton and Howard along with an ace by senior Nicole Mrzywka kept it close early.
Attica later built a five-point advantage before Holley came out of a timeout and got aces from freshman AJ Botello, Chilton and Mrzywka along with kills from Parr and Mrzywka to close to within 23-21 before falling on a pair of service errors.
“We’re a little young, but this group never gives up and has good energy,” Holley head coach Kate Conner said.
Mrzywka finished eight digs and two aces, Parr had two kills, two aces and two digs while Botello added six assists.
