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With undefeated seasons, winning records, and many accomplishments throughout their games and tournaments, the non-Varsity fall sports teams at Marian have been anything but unnoticed.

The girls on these teams are constantly building up the sports programs and showing new leadership and success year after year.

The Varsity teams are only as strong as the people who build the program, so the confidence and leadership of the non-Varsity teams are crucial to Marian sports’ success.

The fall sports teams that have selected non-Varsity teams include volleyball, softball, and golf. Cross country has a selected group of girls who run Varsity, but not a named Junior Varsity team.

Another interesting fact about Cross Country is that seniors who aren’t running with Varsity are still permitted to run in Junior Varsity races. This differs from other sports where seniors are only allowed to play on the Varsity team.

 The Junior Varsity volleyball team had a stellar record of finishing undefeated. The Reserve team finished with only one loss. Both the Freshman volleyball team and the Junior Varsity softball team finished with winning records.

The Junior Varsity golf team’s accomplishments ranged from winning a scramble to placing first as a team at the Millard North Dual.

Sophomore Avery Ost was a team leader for the JV softball team and looked back on the season with nostalgia.

“We started off the season knowing each other, but by the end we were sisters,” Ost said. Being a sophomore and going through the JV season the year before, she knew it was her turn to lead. “I needed to step up and show them how Marian softball is played,” Ost said.

The theme of team connections was clear throughout all fall sports teams this season. Junior Ellie Mulligan played on the JV golf team this past season and enjoyed meeting all the underclassmen on the team. “Without golf, I wouldn’t get to know the girls that I do, so the bonding aspect is definitely a huge part of it, but we all also get to learn and improve together,” Mulligan said.

All teams had amazing seasons filled with lots of laughs, team bonding, and, of course, lots of wins.