Five Players From a Top 20 Matchup
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Below are five athletes from a recent CIF playoff match: Isabelle Marco Isabelle Marco S Sacred Heart Prep | 2024 CA | 5’10” | 2024 | S/OH | Sacred Heart PrepOne can expect that the stat sheet line for Isabelle…
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Isabelle Marco
Isabelle
Marco
S
Sacred Heart Prep | 2024
CA
| 5’10” | 2024 | S/OH | Sacred Heart Prep
One can expect that the stat sheet line for
Isabelle Marco
Isabelle
Marco
S
Sacred Heart Prep | 2024
CA
will be nearly filled in each night. As both a setter and a hitter, she touches the ball a lot. When hitting, her approach sets her up to broad jump through the air. This floating through the air often leads to a driving attack that goes deep to the opponent’s corners. Additionally, she contacts the ball slightly outside her body that allows her to make a cross court shot with ease.
Naomi Watson
Naomi
Watson
6'2" | MB
Sacred Heart | 2024
State
CA
| 6’2″ | 2024 | MB | Sacred Heart Prep
Naomi Watson
Naomi
Watson
6'2" | MB
Sacred Heart | 2024
State
CA
gets to many sets. Both her dedication and awareness are mostly to appreciate for that. Another example of those two descriptive phrases is her transition hitting. Specifically, she gets off the net and back in for an approach very well at this current speed of the game. Her end result of an attack is typically straight ahead or rotating back to her left. When blocking, she reaches a height of the second red on the antenna.
Isabella Romero | 5’10” | 2025 | OH | Archbishop Mitty High School
The 20 foot approach of Isabella Romero is smooth and follows the general instructions of an approach to continually make bigger steps. Specifically, her last two steps really close in on a set well. This gives her time when in the air to adjust to a blocker’s defense. She reaches back but then that delay in the air really gives her options of where to place the attack. Romero is a hitter that hits with pace and records quite a few clean kills.
Nicole Macalintal | 5’5″ | 2024 | L | Archbishop Mitty High School
The active feet of a defender, like Nicole Macalintal has, balanced with stopped feet upon opponent contact make for opportunities to see spectacular defensive plays. Macalintal does great positioning herself to make those plays. Specifically, she often stops in an intersection of where the longest part of the court for the opponent hitter is. Additionally, she gets fairly close to the endline for an opponent line shot. Her celebration of a point is not to excited and not to calm keeping her team moving onward.
Annabella Rando | 5’4″ | 2024 | L/DS | Archbishop Mitty High School
The Monarchs defense has another anchor in Annabella Rando. When the ball is contacted at or above her shoulders she often holds her platform just a little bit longer than any other attack location. When the ball is hit into a seam, Rando dives in with zero hesitation. That mentality has likely created her versatility in the backcourt. Specifically, keep watching to see her play in multiple positions in the backcourt. She displays awareness on the court of playing a ball then making room for her teammates to play the next ball.