Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
New Devine JV volleyball coach Alejandra Mora has her team off and running with a smashing 3-0 record through the early part of the season. The JV picks up in their number of games soon as they host an upcoming tournament before District 29-4A gets underway.
“We were all anxiously excited to get the season started, and we got it started the right way winning in two sets over Southwest Legacy,” Mora stated.
The anxiousness quickly turned to confidence as the Arabians won set one 25-15 before shaving off a Titan point on the second set by winning 25-14 to claim the first victory not only the team this season, but also Mora’s first in what will be many as an Arabian coach.
“Margarita Vizcarra had awesome assists to set up our front for some kills and our back row players made some outstanding plays as well.
Jayme Moralez also held serve eight times in a row at one point.
San Antonio Wagner came knocking on the DSAC door in game two of the season. Devine was once again up to the task as they thwacked the Thunderbirds in straight sets 25-15, 25-8.
“We were excited to play again in our home gym once again, and we brought a lot of confidence from our opening win into this match.”
Leading the way with several kills and tips in the middle were DuBose, Ava Rangel, Leila Esquivel, Jane Outlaw, and Rylie Wells while getting down for the digs were DuBose, Moralez, and Calleigh Schneider.
Having to play from behind for the first time after dropping set one to Ingram, Devine “was ready to come back from our errors and knew what needed to be done after talking all together as a team” in their second set 25-12 win to force a third and deciding set.
Vizcarra had a good first set, we just could not put it together but Dubose’s 12 kills in the 2nd set along with tips from Outlaw, Esquivel, and Rangel got things going in the right direction.”
Vizcarra also had some nice dinks in the middle of the Warrior side of the floor while Wells was consistently at the net to block Ingram shot attempts.
“Our defensive specialists hardly let anything hit the floor as we fought back ready to win.”
Devine also got vital digs from Payton Applewhite, DuBose, and Moralez in their second-set win.
The third set was all-Arabians as they romped to the 15-8 win as the better team came out on top at the end of play.
2024 Roster
#1 Jane Outlaw #2 Rylie Wells #3 Brooke DuBose #4 Jayme Moralez #6 Calleigh Schneider #7 Leila Esquivel #8 Payton Applewhite #11 Kyrie DuBose #12 Ava Rangel #13 Margarita Vizcarra #16 Lesslie De Los Santos.
Next serve
The freshman took on the Javelinas in Crystal City Tuesday, August 27 and do not get the serve again until September 7 in the DSAC when they host their annual tournament.
Their last non-district match is in Geronimo against Navarro September 10. Then, District 29-4A action begins September 13 in Uvalde.