Fitzner, Torrey Pines girls ready for back-to-back CIF volleyball quest (by Ken Grosse)

Post date: Oct 16, 2018 10:46:10 PM

With two matches left in the 2018 regular season, the No. 1-ranked Torrey Pines girls volleyball team is in the process of fine-tuning for the upcoming CIF Open Division championships. Coach Brennan Dean’s Falcons, 27-3 on the season and a perfect, 8-0, in the Avocado League West will be aiming for back-to-back section crowns and their seventh in the last eight years. Although there are a lot of familiar faces on the Torrey Pines roster, this is a decidedly different team than the one that took home the CIF trophy last fall.

The 2017 squad, particularly on the offensive side, was keyed by senior Jaden Whitmarsh (now playing beach volleyball at UCLA) who piled up 408 kills on a whopping 931 swings. This year the approach is a bit more diversified. You could call it a team with “no” stars or a team with “all” stars. Whichever perspective one favors, there’s no arguing the results it is producing. (more)