The Top Freshman Girls Volleyball Players from Orange County

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This past girls volleyball season has had a lot of notable girls volleyball players, but there was freshman that stepped up for their teams to turn heads. These class of 2027 players made their teams better and took some of the pressure off the other players on their team.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are some of the top freshman girls volleyball players from Orange County:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["455792"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Kingston was one of the reasons why the Monarchs won the CIF-SS Division 1 Championship and the CIF State Open Division Championship. She totaled 113 kills and 125 blocks, leading all freshman in the state of California in blocks. 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Olson had 510 kills, which led all freshman in California in that category. Some of Olson's biggest matches came in the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs, totaling 34 kills and 13 digs in a five-set win over Chaminade of West Hills in the opening round and 30 kills and 13 digs in a five-set over Santa Margarita in the second round. 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She had 494 kills which was second from all freshman from California in that category and added 237 digs. Matavao also hit .288 on the season, which ranks in the top 10 of freshman from California. A couple of her notable matches were against Ontario Christian on September 5 in a non-league game where she had 30 kills and 10 digs in a five-set road win and 27 kills, six digs, three service aces and three blocks in a five-set win over Redondo Union in the CIF-SS Division 2 semifinals. 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Real has a strong and fast serve that can be tough to control and in that tournament match against Newport Harbor, her serving helped Santa Margarita come back from a 16-9 deficit to eventually win the set 25-22 and the best two out of three match. Real finished the season with 148 kills and 55 blocks. 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