MDB Fall 2011 - Maryland School for the Deaf

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The 2011 girls’ volleyball season
got off to a great start with MSD
players attending a team camp at
Penn State in July which fostered
team chemistry. During the course
of the season, Maryland played well
in each tournament in which they
participated. They won the New Life
Fall Classic championship, placed
second at Spike Out, advanced to
the semi-finals at the Oriole Classic,
won first place at the Independent-
Parochial School League Tournament,
and defended their Eastern Schools
for the Deaf Athletic Association
title. Maryland was also invited to
participate in the MD/DC Private
Schools Tournament as a number
five seed where they advanced to the
semifinal round.
High School Girls Volleyball
To recap the team’s achievements,
the season started in early
September when Maryland captured
the New Life Fall Classic at New Life
Christian School. In the pool play,
Maryland beat New Life Christian,
John Carroll School, and Greater
Grace. In the semi-finals, Maryland
defeated Carroll Christian, 25-23
and 25-21, and then in the finals
beat Covenant Life in two sets, 25-
19 and 25-21.
The Indiana School for the Deaf
hosted Spike Out the weekend of
October 7. In the pool play, Maryland
defeated the California School for the
Deaf at Riverside, Illinois School for
the Deaf, Minnesota State Academy
for the Deaf, New Mexico School for
the Deaf, and Texas School for the
Deaf. In the quarterfinals, Maryland
met the New Mexico School for the
Deaf and won. In the semifinals,
Maryland beat the California School
for the Deaf at Fremont, 25-3 and
25-20, thereby advancing to the finals
where they played the Indiana
School for the Deaf, losing a close,
wrenching match, 25-23 and 26-24.
Mia Goldberg, Tarja Lewis, and
Janna Oshman were selected for the
all-tournament team.
The competition was exciting at the
Oriole Classic. In the semi-finals match,
Maryland lost to Covenant Life, 23-25,
25-23, and 14-16. Covenant Life advanced
to the finals but lost to Heritage
Academy. Tarja Lewis was named to
the all-tournament team. Maryland
Junior Varsity beat Mt. Airy Christian
VARSITY—TOP (L-R) Head Coach Vicki Kitsembel, Liv Polzin, Janna Oshman, Manager Andrew Biskupiak, Augusta Seremeth,
Alexandra McKee, Assistant Coach Patrick Rosenburg MIDDLE Rebecca Washington, Mia Goldberg, Tessa Lewis, Lauren Goldberg,
Tarja Lewis, FRONT Sierra McConville
24 THE MARYLAND BULLETIN FALL 2011