The varsity girls’ volleyball team finished the final game of their season with a 13-15 record, winning their final match 3-0 against Notre Dame High School on Oct. 17. The team did not qualify for Mission League or California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) playoffs.

In the middle of the season, the team had a 1-8 losing skid during league play. Despite their mid-season struggles, middle hitter Maya Stillwell ‘26 said the team has shown improvement from last year’s performance.

“This season was another year of continuing to build the foundation of what we want the volleyball program at Harvard-Westlake to be,” Stillwell said. “We made a lot of progress towards this goal by getting even a little better every single day at practices and in games.”

The team’s growth from last year has been particularly evident in non-league play, where they went 11-7 and picked up key wins against Rancho High School and Iolani High School in the Durango Fall Classic. As the season comes to a close, Stillwell said the team aspires to make further progress and continue building the foundation of the volleyball program. “Going into next year and into our last game, I hope we can continue this progress and keep strengthening who we are as a team and as a whole program,” Stillwell said.

Setter Grace Ge ’28 said she is happy the team finished the final three games of the season on a positive note going 2-1, and that she looks forward to the future of the program. “I’m proud of how we’ve turned things around this season,” Ge said. “All our hard work during the year is really paying off, and I’m excited to be part of the future of this team and a member of the volleyball program. I hope we can do even more next year.”

Lauryn Lewis ’26 said the team has grown a lot throughout the year and made a lot of memories. “We’re such a tight knit group of girls who genuinely have the best times together,” Lewis said. “It was a short season but the memories we made will live forever.”