Corner Conference Preview: Fremont-Mills!

<p><strong>2020 SEASON RECORD:</strong>  Conference record 0-3, overall record 2-9.  The Knights' season ended in a Class 1A - Region 2 Quarterfinal against St. Albert where they were swept in three sets 25-13, 25-19, and 25-13.</p> <p><strong>GRADUATED:</strong></p> <p><strong>Kenna Howard (MH)</strong></p> <p>Howard played in all 33 sets for the Knights in 2020 and had a team-high 3.4 KPS(113), a team-high 13 total blocks, 1.0 DPS(34), and a team-high 13 service aces with an 83.3% serve efficiency.</p> <p>Also graduating and participating in the volleyball program at Fremont-Mills is Johnson, Chloe (DS).</p> <p><strong>RETURNING PLAYERS:</strong> </p> <p><strong>Kaelynn Driskell (2022, S)</strong></p> <p>Driskell played in all 33 sets for the Knights last season and had a team-high 6.2 APS(203), 22 kills, 1 block, a team-high 2.2 DPS(74), and 10 service aces with a 95.3% serve efficiency.</p> <p><strong>Emma Malcolm (2023, DS)</strong></p> <p>Malcolm played in 27 sets for the Knights in 2020 and contributed 20 digs.</p> <p><strong>Teagan Ewalt (2023, MH)</strong></p> <p>Ewalt played in 30 sets for the Knights last season and had 1 assist, 1.6 KPS(48), 12 total blocks, 1.7 DPS(51), and 3 service aces with an 84.2% serve efficiency.</p> <p><strong>Izzy Weldon (2024, OH)</strong></p> <p>Weldon played every set of her freshman season and had 1.3 KPS(43), 1 block, 1.6 DPS(52), and 10 service aces with an 88.0% serve efficiency.</p> <p><strong>Ellie Switzer (2024, MH)</strong></p> <p>Switzer played in every set in her freshman season as well and had 25 kills, 7 total blocks, 1.3 DPS(42), and 4 service aces with 92.0% serve efficiency.</p> <p><strong>Macy Mitchell (2024, RS)</strong></p> <p>Mitchell played in every set for the Knights last season and had 17 assists, 3 kills, 2 blocks, 1.9 DPS(63), and 6 service aces with an 84.9% serve efficiency.</p> <p>Also returning for Fremont-Mills will be <strong>Lily Crom (2024), Malea Moore (2022, OH), </strong> and <strong>Ella Owen (2023, DS)</strong>.</p> <p>Fremont-Mills got hit by the quarantining nightmare and had 4 matches either postponed and never played or outright canceled.  Numbers can tell you a lot about a team, but only if they are accrued correctly over a long period of time and this was not one of those times.  It would be like trying to run a car race but two cars have to stop every two blocks for stop signs, and there are no modifications to even out the odds with the other teams.  Kenna Howard is a fantastic middle hitter.  In club ball, she played with the 18s in her junior year because she was that good.  Kaelynn Driskell is a phenomenal setter who I do not believe got to use all of her skills due to the same thing, COVID quarantining rules.  It was not fun, it hit all of our high school teams, and it made our seasons look, at best, as if someone were sick or injured in the stats.  That being said, Fremont-Mills has good volleyball players and a bunch of these juniors and sophomores who played a majority of the sets that the Knights did get to play in 2020, will have tons of experience when they return to the court this season.  I look for Fremont-Mills to be just as strong as ever this year, especially after taking some time to regroup, grow, and get an influx of underclassmen who are waiting in the wings for their second season of varsity volleyball in their sophomore and junior years.        </p>