Athletics Recap

ATHLETICS RECAP

MARYMOUNT VOLLEYBALL

Undefeated with a record of 36-0, Marymount's Volleyball Team was nationally ranked #1 throughout their entire season, winning 5 championships. You can watch their winning game at the GEICO Girls Volleyball Invitational Championship by scanning the QR Code on the right.

CROSS COUNTRY The Cross Country team kicked off the 2021-2022 season with a 2nd place finish at the Brentwood Invitational. They then participated in our two Mission League Cluster Meets where they took home 3rd place victories. At the Mission League Finals, the Sailors clinched 2nd place and this secured advancement to the Div. 4 CIF-SS Prelims where they placed 15th. The Varsity team was led by Alana Godfrey’22 who represented Marymount as she individually qualified to the CIF State Finals and finished 18th overall.

EQUESTRIAN Marymount Equestrians placed 4th out of 72 high school teams in the overall school standings for the 2021-2022 school year. Seniors Mary Wickstrom’22 and Isabella Saint Martin ’22 took home distinguished rider honors for the Sailors while participating in 3 IEL shows throughout the year. Mary was named the Overall Varsity High Point Rider as well as the Overall Hunter Champion while Isabella was named the Overall Jumper Champion.

GOLF Marymount’s Varsity Golf Team clinched 7th place overall this year in the Mission League. The Sailors had an inaugural introduction of a JV Golf team and carried 22 golfers for the most Sailor golfers participating in recent years. Senior Emily Fox ‘22 was the only Sailor who qualified for the Golf Individual Tournament.

ROWING Marymount athletes represented MAC Rowing this year and turned in amazing performances. Juri Kim ’24 placed in 3rd place in WJV8+; Caroline Ross ‘22 earned a GOLD medal in the Women's Junior 4+, SILVER medal in the Women’s Junior 2+ , GOLD medal in the Mixed Junior 8+; and Elizabeth Burger ’24 placed 2nd in the 26b - U17 M1x.

TENNIS Junior Varsity Tennis captured the Sunshine League title with an undefeated league record of 6-0 and an overall season record of 8-7. Varsity Tennis tied for 2nd in the Sunshine League with a record of 3-2 and qualified with a doubles pair advancing to the CIF Individual Sectionals Tournament in Carpinteria. Quincy Plotts ’23 and Keira Lavelle ’23 were victorious against Providence in round 1 but were defeated by South Torrance in the 2nd round.

VOLLEYBALL Freshman/ Sophomore, Junior Varsity, and Varsity Volleyball all had great success this year capturing 1st place titles in the Mission League in the fall season. JV volleyball went undefeated with a record of 8-0 in the league while Varsity not only had an undefeated league season but went undefeated with an overall record of 36-0 in all tournament and league matches combined. This special team was ranked #1 in the USA throughout their season and captured title after title while traveling the country competing at the NIKE Tournament of Champions, Durango Tournament in Las Vegas, and the Geico Invitational in Arizona. The team was named CIF-SS Div.1 League Sectional Champions, Open Division Regional Champions, and State Open Division Champions. Cari Klein was named Coach of the Year while standout outside hitter Elia Rubin’22 was named CA Gatorade Player of the Year and MVP. The team proudly hung their State Banner in the Pavilion with a season Sailors will never forget. BASKETBALL New Coach, Esteban Copado, led the young Varsity Basketball team to a 5th place finish overall in the tough Mission League. The team fell short of making playoffs but hopes that moving into the Sunshine League for next year will strengthen their odds of being playoff bound.

SOCCER For the second year in a row, the Varsity Sailors clinched 1st place in the Sunshine League with an undefeated record of 6-0-2. Senior Isabella Agajanian ’22 was impressively named MVP of the Sunshine League. The team only gave up 3 goals all season and headed into the first round of playoffs against Orange Lutheran. The season was cut short with an overtime loss with a golden goal by OLU in the first minute which sadly ended their season.

SOFTBALL The Sailor Softball team finished the season tied for 2nd place in the Sunshine League and advanced to the CIF-SS D.VII playoffs. After defeating the Oakwood Owls in the first round, the team was defeated by Leuzinger by a score of 15-29, which ended their playoff run. Jillian Dombroski ‘24 was named to the AllI CIF-SS Section Softball team.

TRACK & FIELD The Track and Field team took 3rd place overall in the competitive Mission League. The Sailors had some impressive results this year, but no individuals made the mark to continue to the CIF-SS playoffs.

SWIMMING Sailor swimming had some great wins this season over Notre Dame Academy and non-league opponent Archer. The team headed to Crespi for the Sunshine League finals and walked away with both individual and team medals. Junior Izzy Montgomery ‘23 individually qualified for the CIF-SS Prelims in Mission Viejo. She swam the 100 Butterfly and then qualified with her 100 Backstroke time to move on to the championshsips where she placed 15th overall.

CIF ACADEMIC TEAM AWARDS Two Varsity Marymount teams were honored recipients of the CIF Academic Cumulative GPA awards. Varsity Golf finished 8th place out of 22 schools and our Varsity Water Polo team placed 9th out of 19 schools. A big congratulations to all Sailors who were part of these rosters for the 2021-2022 season.

2021-2022 COLLEGE RECRUITED ATHLETES

- Kelly Belardi – Volleyball, Stanford - Kerry Keefe – Volleyball, Duke - Charlotte Rasmussen – Volleyball, Amherst College - Elia Rubin – Volleyball, Stanford - Julia Nickl – Equestrian, TCU - Rhiann Sheffie – Volleyball, Cal State Long Beach - Megan Verbiest – Volleyball, USC

WATER POLO The Sailor Water Polo team took 6th in the Mission League this year as Freshman Audrey Bonelli ’25 was named to the 1st team All League while Junior Elizabeth Fisher ‘23 was named to the 2nd team All League.