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Jumping high, Lila Nicosia ’28 and Quinn Ewert ’28 shut down the Round Rock offence. The two girls played extremly crucail to the Warrior defence, stopping a lot of hard Round Rock offensive plays. “We’ve practiced a lot of defence leading up to this game,” Ewert said.
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Focused, Isabelle Call ’28 prepares to serve the ball, starting set 2. The Westwood JV Orange Volleyball consistently scored points off of serves agains the Round Rock Dragons. “In the second set we executed powerful serves,” Call said.
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Fighting to block every spike, Lila Nicosia ’28 and Henley Hammonds ’28 just miss the block. The Warrior defence fought extremely hard and made crucial blocks against Round Rock offense. “Defence is definitely really fast, but it’s really fun,” Nicosia said. “Especially, when you got to run side to side.”
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Fighting hard for the spike, Lila Nicosia steps up to the plate and delivers a hard blow to Round Rock defence. Nicosia played a great game serving as key player both on offence and defence. “When you get a really big block or spike it’s just a great feeling,” Nicosia said.
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Grace Toledo comes onto the bench hyping the team up, and bringing the team morale up. Toledo was the anchor to lifting the girls up and supporting them, especially during the second set. “I really try to keep the team together and encourage everyone,” Toledo said. “[Hyping everyone up] It’s a really big thing for me and I just want everyone to have fun.”
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The Lady Warriors huddle up and discuss strategy with Coach Smith. The girls played tactically and found ways to break the Round Rock defence. ““We preppared by watching Round Rock’s hitting tendencies during the warm up,” Call said. “[Therefore] we found their weak passers and planned to target them with our serves.”
JV Orange Volleyball hit the court this week to play their fourth home game of the season against Round Rock High School on Friday Sept.12. The team worked hard, fought for every serve, and worked tactically to score against the Round Rock Dragons. Unfortunately, despite the efforts the girls were unable to deliver and suffered a 2-0 loss against the Dragons.
“Playing Round Rock is an important game,” Isabelle Call ‘28 said. “I think we were a little intimidated at first, [but] once we started playing we were working well together.”
Starting the first set strong with a firm serve and ace by Henley Hammonds ‘28 to give Westwood the early advantage. Unfortunately such a lead wouldn’t last for long as Round Rock would go on to match the Warrior’s points, later tying the game at 3. Following the tie, Westwood blunders, miscommunication, and a few hard to read kills by Round Rock allowed the Dragons to advance their lead to 7. The Warriors would take a timeout following the Dragons run, but unfortunately it wouldn’t prove beneficial as Round Rock continued to contribute to the score board, advancing 6-15. All wasn’t lost yet and the Westwood girls found strength and began turning the tides making their way to 15-20. Westwood earned much of their points through consistent and hard serves led by Aurora Simmons ‘28. While the strong serves and smart plays by the Warriors helped close the point gap, it wasn’t enough as Round Rock’s offence found gaps within the rotations and used them to their advantage, concluding the set 17-25.
“We prepared by watching Round Rock’s hitting tendencies during the warm up,” Call said. “[Therefore] we found their weak passers and planned to target them with our serves.”
After a quick break in sets, the Warriors took the court prepared to put up a fight this second set. The Warriors however were not the only ones ready to fight, the Dragons opened the set with 3 quick kills leaving the Warriors at an early disadvantage. Quickly, the Lady Warriors began to shorten the lead with great defense and spikes bringing them to 2-4. The game continued with great rallies and strong communication. Round Rock continued to hold their lead, but the point gap was much shorter, as that of the first set. Up at defence Lila Nicosia ‘28 and Quinn Ewert ‘28 worked hard at blocking hits and keeping the play alive. Additionally, kills by Call and digs by Grace Toledo ‘28, helped to keep the Lady Warriors energized in play. Fighting harder than ever for a third set the Westwood girls made it to 15-24, but were unable to fight against Round Rock for the match point and finished the game 0-2. The final score of the second set was 15-25.
“We need to work on our communication before the next game,” Toledo said. “This weekend (Sept. 13) we have a tournament, so we’ll try to work on our hitter-setter connection, as well as finding plays that score points.”
The Lady Warriors are set to prepare for their next games in the Georgetown Tournament, following that competition they will hit the court against Cedar Ridge on Tuesday Sept. 16.
![Focused, Grace Toledo '28 prepares to set the ball, as part of the warm up. Toledo played a crucial role in backrow during the Warrior's game against the Raiders. "[In the third set] we fixed our serves, and filled in the gaps," Toledo said.](https://westwoodhorizon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Edit_2025-09-16_JVO-Volleyball-vs-Cedar-Ridge_PreeyaPanwalker_1-e1758381918417-697x1200.jpg)
