BURNT HILLS, NY - Burnt Hills facing Shenendehowa for the championship is something that we ve gotten used to seeing this year. On Thursday, both the Shen and Burnt Hills girls volleyball teams swept their semifinal matchups, advancing to the final round which is set for Friday. It means a lot to get an opportunity to play for a championship, said Burnt Hills Claire Isaksen. We ve worked really hard this season. We didn t know if we d even be able to play and now we re in the championship, which is kind of crazy. It s crazy that we get an opportunity to even play Shen in a championship.
BURNT HILLS, NY - Burnt Hills facing Shenendehowa for the championship is something that we ve gotten used to seeing this year. On Thursday, both the Shen and Burnt Hills girls volleyball teams swept their semifinal matchups, advancing to the final round which is set for Friday. It means a lot to get an opportunity to play for a championship, said Burnt Hills Claire Isaksen. We ve worked really hard this season. We didn t know if we d even be able to play and now we re in the championship, which is kind of crazy. It s crazy that we get an opportunity to even play Shen in a championship.
Atchinson, Schiavi lift Niskayuna girls’ volleyball past Troy | The Daily Gazette
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Niskayuna’s Cat Schiavi fires a shot past Troy’s Jaylei George during Wednesday’s Suburban Council girls’ volleyball match at Niskayuna High School. (Peter R.Barber)
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NISKAYUNA A quick glance or brief hand motion is all it takes to get seniors Katie Atchinson and Cat Schiavi on the same page on the court.
The Niskayuna girls’ volleyball captains have been together since they were freshmen. By now, when they’re in sync, they make the Silver Warriors go.
“We go from the school season to club season [and] we’re still playing together,” Schiavi said. “We basically now at practice run different plays, but no matter what, because we’ve had four years together, we’ve been in sync and we’re just really confident with running new plays with each other, and I think that works really well because we’re able to run different things against teams th