Volleyball: Playoffs or bust for Lady Eagles in 2015

The 2014 volleyball season wasn’t one the Atascocita program will look back on too fondly, as the Lady Eagles finished 12-25 overall and 3-9 in district 16-6A.

Atascocita's Emily Barrera celebrates after a point during Atascocita's victory over Huffman on Sep. 2, 2014, at Atascocita High School.
Atascocita’s Emily Barrera celebrates after a point during Atascocita’s victory over Huffman on Sep. 2, 2014, at Atascocita High School.

This season however, Coach Blair Greenwood believes his team has made the necessary adjustments to not only earn the team’s first postseason berth since 2011, but to cause a bit of chaos in district along the way.

“I expect us to make the playoffs, I expect us to beat teams we couldn’t last year,” he said. “We now have a group who’s ready to take the next step, and not just learn how to play.”

Atascocita had a difficult start at the beginning of last year’s campaign, losing five of its first six games. click here for complete story