Clark jumped back on the winning track with a victory over Stevens.  The Cougars won in 3 close games 28-26, 25-18, 25-23. Kayla Jarzombek led the way with ten kills, Jennifer Garrett had 4 blocked shots, Kayci Murphy had 17 assists and Vanessa Casanova kept things moving with 16 digs.

The win brings Clark’s district record to 7-3 and a third place standing. Next game is Marshall on Tuesday at 5:30 in the O’Connor gym.

Clark Cougar Volleyball now 6-3 in district

Clark started the second season of the 28 5A district race with a 3-0 loss to Brandeis. The Cougars lost 25-15, 25-18, 25-22. The team got 5 kills each from Elizabeth Bergman and Tarah Wood, 6 blocked shots by sophomore Jennifer Garrett, 16 assists from Katlin Mazzocco and Kayla Jarzombek added 11 digs.

The Cougars take on Stevens this Friday at 5:30 in the O’Connor gym.

Clark Volleyball

Clark’s India Hartwell’s dominant play in games against Taft and Holmes earned her “Game Ball” recognition in the San Antonio Express News. The Junior middle blocker had 17 kills in the two district games as well as five aces and four blocks.

The second half of the district season begins tonight for Clark against Brandeis. The Cougars are currently in 3rd place in district with a 6-2 record. Brandeis is in 2nd place at 7-1. Game time is 7:00 pm at Paul Taylor Field House.

GO GET ‘EM COOGS!

T. Wood and E. Bergman reject Huskies

The Clark Cougars varsity volleyball team, led by a tenacious offense and an unforgiving defense, harassed the Holmes Huskies and walked away with a 3-0 match and victory.  Game 1 for the Cougars looked grim as they fell behind 3-7, 11-16 and 18-21 before stormin’ back for the win.  Senior Kate Mazzocco served an ace to tie the game at 21.  India Hartwell followed with a kill and the Cougars didn’t look back on their way to a 25-21 victory.

Game 2 was much easier as the Cougars put the Huskies away early 25-16.  Game 3 was tied at 19-19. The Cougars then went on a run that included another kill by Hartwell  followed immediately by a kill from Kayla Jarzombek and a tap by Claire Webster.  The final score was 25-20.

The Cougars are now 14-15 on the year and 6-2 at the end of the 1st half of district.

PHOTOS by envisionfilmvideo.com

Now a Boilermaker

An interesting article on the former All-American Clark Cougar volleyball star.  Now a Purdue Boliermaker, she discusses a variety of topics, including her flair for arts and crafts as well as her goals as a freshman at the university.  You can read the entire article here.

Casanova digs deep

Clark volleyball defeated Taft in three decisive games at Paul Taylor Fieldhouse. The Cougars dominated the match winning 25-16, 25-17, 25-11. India Hartwell led Clark with 10 kills, Katlin Mazzocco had 18 assists and Vanessa Casanova had 14 digs as the Cougars brought their district record to 5-2.

Next up is Holmes, coached by Clark alum, Melissa Thrailkill (’05). Thrailkill is busy taking what she learned from her state championship team at Clark and using it to turn around the program at Holmes. Click and read about it in a recent  Express-News article.

Courtesy Texas A&M

One of the best to ever play volleyball at Clark, and now a key member of the Texas A&M squad, Mary Batis is up for a special recognition.  The UIL is celebrating 100 years of existence and is conducting a contest of the 100 greatest players ever.  Batis is nominated about five down on the list and you can only vote once (unless, of course, you vote on different computers).  COUGAR NATION, rise up, support one of our own  and let’s vote her to the All-Century team.  You can vote here.  Voting continues through Oct. 31.

Clark took care of  business in their match up against Warren at Paul Taylor Field House beating the warriors 25-23, 25-17, 25-19. India Hartwell had 10 kills, Katlin Mazzocco had 17 assists and Vanessa Casanova had 19 digs in the game. The win brings Clark’s district record to 4-2 and their overall season record to 12-14. Next up is a non-district game against New Braunfels at home in the main gym at Clark on Friday at 7:30.

The Clark Cougar varsity volleyball team lost to the O’Connor Panthers for their second district loss. India Hartwell had 2.5 blocks, Kate Mazzocco placed 10 assists, Marcella Arellano pulled out 11 digs and Claire Webster posted 6 kills.

Clark volleyball’s Claire Webster has committed to play for the Midwestern State University Mustangs next year. Webster, a senior,  starts for the Cougars as right side hitter and was 2nd Team All District in 28 5A last year. Midwestern State is located in Wichita Falls, Texas and plays in the Lone Star Conference as a Division II school. Congratulations Claire!

Webster to be a Mustang