The Windham girls volleyball team had
playoffs this past week. There was one match on Thursday night at Windham, against
the Gorham Rams. The second match was against Falmouth, at Falmouth last
Saturday.
On Thursday night against Gorham,
Windham walked away with the match, winning three out of the five sets. The
first set was proof just how powerful Windham was, but Rams picked up what
Windham put down, and came out victorious. In the second set Windham sharpened
their aim and their eyes, letting the stray balls fall out of the court.
Melanie Aldrich is the setter on the team, and she did a very good job setting
up the girls to score. Aldrich also did a good job reading the holes in the
other team, and touching the balls back to score. Cassie Fleck was another hard
hitter, scoring two aces within the second set. The second set was taken by
Windham, 25 to 16. The third set was a close Windham victory, with quite a few
well aimed hits and some well-timed blocks. Nataley Jeffery was the wall the
other team avoided at all costs, she was the one jumping at the net for the
blocks, and she along with Jamie Jannarone had the game winning block. Fleck
again was a driving force, as she scored three points in a row with her
powerful hits. This set concluded 25 to 23, Windham. The final two matches to
decide the game were 19-25 and 15-5. Windham won and advanced to the next
round. 
On Saturday at Falmouth the Windham team
started shaky and Falmouth won the set 25 to 12. The second set was a dog fight
till the end. The teams were never more than three points apart. Jamie
Jannarone had quite a few good plays, between serves and hits. Miranda Potvin
also played excellent as she jumped for every hit she could and had good
serves. When the dust settled Falmouth won 27 to 25. In the third set, Paige
Pandora and Cassie Fleck became a wall that most experienced hitters would
think twice about going over. Both of them were blocking well, but together the
girls became almost unstoppable. The third match was taken by a hit from the
other team, and Falmouth went home with the victory, 25 to 19. 
“We played really hard and fought for a
lot of points and did really well as a team", number 36 Miranda Potvin said.
“I’m sad that the season is over and happy we came together as a team.”
“The season went really well,” said
coach Chris Cloutier. “We beat Gorham in the first playoff.” Players of note
for the two games were “Melanie as the setter. Jamie all the way around,
including her serve keeps us in a lot of matches. Her coming back next year is
a key for us,” said Cloutier.
The team will lose six graduating
seniors, but the coach is excited about his strong JV team and is looking for
six or seven players coming from the middle school league.
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