The Dragons win again!

HSMSE Volleyball

On March 21, High School for Math, Science and Engineering's volleyball team, the Dragons, played a scrimmage against Bronx High School of Science's "B" volleyball team, the Wolverines. The Dragons ended up with the victory, but the Wolverines put up a great fight. One key player for the game was Yassine Khaliqui.  Khaliqui is a junior that has been playing on the Dragons' team for two seasons.

The Dragons won this game, but there were some flaws in their playing. First of all, there was little to no communication happening. Therefore, there was a lot of confusion in the air as well as collisions. Another blemish was the repeated mistake of blocks.When attempting a block, the hands are supposed to be out in front so that the ball does not roll onto the floor. The team members were not able to control this, which led to many points being scored by the other team.

Khaliqui played a very well game today, but had troubles with blocking. In today's game  Khaliqui was able to pick up four kills in his eight attack attempts. This is a great record and not only that, but it seemed that Khaliqui has been working on his blocks because he was able to get two blocks in this game. Another key feature Khaliqui has added to the team was his assists. In total Khaliqui received three assists without being a setter. In an interview Khaliqui was asked what he could do to improve. He replied, "I can improve on hitting and blocks. Wait and I need to be less hot."

The future of the Dragons seems very bright and it seems that they are looking at a chance for the playoffs. If the Dragons and Khaliqui can continue playing this they are almost guaranteed to go to the playoffs, but they must cover up their flaws.