With what seemed like the entire East Central community watching, the Hornets defeated the Clark Cougars volleyball team in the first round of the 2009 5A playoffs.  The Cougars scored the first point of the match but that would be their only lead, falling 14-25, 17-25 and 16-25.  This was the 25th straight year the Cougars have made it to the playoffs.  Special recognition goes to this year’s Seniors – Vanessa Casanova, Claire Webster, Katlin Mazzocco, Kayla Jarzombek, Liz Bergman and Stephanie Peña.  Congratulations, you’ll be missed and good luck next year.

The Cougars are coached by Kristen Daniell.

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After winning the first game in their match against Warren, 25-20, the Clark volleyball team dropped the next two games 15-25 & 16-25. Clark took game 4 by a decisive 25-8 score and won the tiebreaker in game 5, 15-12. Claire Webster had 13 kills and 3 blocked shots through the five games and India Hartwell had 8 kills and 2 blocked shots. Katlin Mazzocco had 31 assists while Adriana Christian had 11 and Vanessa Casanova had 18 digs and Marcella Arrellano had 14.

Clark has a 10-4 district record with two games remaining.

The Clark Cougar volleyball team continued their winning ways in District 28-5A with a 3-0 thrashing of Jay, 25-18, 25-13, and a 28-6 beat down.  Katlin Mazzocco set up the Cougars with 18 assists, Vanessa Casanova served an ace and had 12 digs, Kacyi Murphy also served an ace, Jennifer Garrett took care of the net with 3 blocked shots and Claire Webster had 9 kills.  The win gives the Cougars a 17-16 record on the year and a 9-3 district mark.

Clark volleyball continue to take care of business as they head through the second half of district play. The Cougars blanked Marshall 25-9, 25-21, 25-16 in a match up held at the O’Connor gym. Clark got 9 kills and 4 blocked shots from Claire Webster. Katlin Mazzocco added 22 assists and  Vanessa Casanova had 13 digs in the game. This brings the Cougars’ district record to 8-3 with an overall record of 16-16.  Up next – a Friday match with Jay at 7:00pm at O’Connor.

GO COOGS!

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 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.

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.