Feb. 12, 2025

Volleyball canceled tonight; GTMS is closed for snow day. We will resume next week with the Feb. 19th schedule.

January 3, 2025

Format

Each week, with the exception of March 5th, 3 teams will come to train and 2 teams will have a bye (off-week).  A typical training night will consist of drill focused on developing individual skills such as serving, passing, setting and hitting, which form the basics.  A portion of each session will also be devoted to giving instruction on team play basics such as defensive positions, 3-contacts "pass, set and hit" before ball goes over the net, etc.  As they progress, there will be more game-like play introduced.  The last week, March 12th, all teams will participate in a tournament. 

We don't have room for spectators, so please bring your daughters promptly at 6pm and pick them up at 7:15pm each night that they are scheduled.

Winter 2025 PAL Girls 7/8 Volleyball Schedule

* Schedule was revised to reflect all Wednesday dates

Team Rosters

 

First Name	Last Name	Team
Cassandra	Aguilar	1
SOPHIA	BUI	1
Aliana	Llerena	1
Anabelle	Maldonado	1
Mackenzie	Millard	1
Isabella	Morales David	1
Phaedra	Pagan	1
Brooklyn	Woodson	1
Tamya	Alexander	2
Arianna	Ferringo	2
Alexa	Figley	2
Andrea	Gonzales	2
Audrey	Holder	2
Scout	Madison	2
Alexa	Martinez	2
Kaia	Pizagno	2
Paige	Rembert	2
Maureen	Riad	2
Taylor	Bailey	3
Alayna	CHIARLANZA	3
Lia	Hartwell	3
Caroline	Kember	3
Kylee	McKay	3
Sofia	Previti	3
Sonia	Ramos	3
Laila Isabella	Rosario	3
Jazlyn	Torres	3
Jordyn	Berret	4
Katelyn	Hanselman	4
Riley	Minissa	4
Brenna	Nagle	4
Zena	Riffle	4
Hailey	Villaflor	4
Scarlet	Warriner	4
Jaelyn	Wilkens	4
Emily	Callahan	5
Rita	Escajadillo	5
Jeannesa	Franck	5
Stella	Galluccio	5
Abigail	Macchione	5
Tara	Macchione	5
Cecelia	Moder	5
Shayla	Moran	5
Annalyse	Nardone	5

3/14/2024
Congratulations to this outstanding group of girls who won first place in our 7/8 Girls Playoff last night.


This year we had over 40 7th and 8th grade girls.  Their volunteer coaches, Jillian Becker, Jayla Bussey and Olivia Shertenleib are all outstanding players for their local high schools, and did a fantastic job of working with our middle school group.

2/27/2024
We are moving the Wednesday, Feb. 28th session to Thursday Feb. 29th to accommodate PAL Basketball playoffs.

12/31/2023
Happy New Year!  We start our first night of training by team on Wednesday, January 3rd.  The schedule is below, and is subject to changes based on the GTMS calendar.  "Bye" means that your team is not scheduled for that night.  Below the schedule are the team rosters showing the players by first name and last initial.

2024 Schedule

Date	Teams Scheduled	Bye
3-Jan	3, 4, 5	1,2
10-Jan	1, 2,5	3,4
17-Jan	2,3,4	5, 1
24-Jan	1,4,5	2, 3
31-Jan	1,2,3	4,5
7-Feb	3,4,5	1,2
14-Feb	1,2,5	3,4
21-Feb	2,3,4	5, 1
29-Feb	1,4,5	2, 3
6-Mar	1,2,3	4,5
13-Mar	Tournament 1	All teams
20-Mar	Tournament 2	Top 2

2024 Team Rosters

 

Team	Name
1	Katelyn B
1	SOPHIA B
1	Tiana D
1	Rita E
1	Madison G
1	Araina S
1	Maci W
2	Kherington C
2	Lilly D
2	Jilliane F
2	Shiloh N
2	Sonia R
2	Riley S
2	Ava S
2	Meryl S
2	Mia T
2	Marisa Y
3	Jordyn B
3	Hailey C
3	Andrea G
3	Katelyn H
3	Brenna N
3	Veroeliz R
3	Abigail S
3	Brooklyn W
4	Isabella D
4	Skylar H
4	Claire M
4	Karlee M
4	Paige R
4	Laila Isabella R
4	Hannah S
5	Ava B
5	Mackenzie D
5	Bailey L
5	Grace N
5	Violet S
5	Penelope S
5	Leah V
5	Cayla Y

12/11/23
VB Cancelled for Wednesday, December 13th and December 20th
Due to a last-minute scheduling change at GTMS, we have to cancel girls 7/8 volleyball due to the Winter Concert on December 20th and the Winter Break, we will be off until January 3rd.  We will add two weeks on to the end of the schedule to makeup for those two lost dates.  When we come back on January 3rd, we will be using a schedule so that 3 of the 4 teams come every night until we are done in late March.


9/23/2023

Our 7th / 8th Girls Volleyball program will be run as a combination clinic and league.  The first few weeks will be spent teaching basics such as serving, passing, setting and spiking.  We will then put each of the girls on a team and play in league fashion for the rest of the season.  The first night is Wednesday, November 29th from 6pm to 7:30pm at Galloway TWP Middle School.  We will meet every Wednesday at the same time unless the school is closed until early March.

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3/15/23We concluded another successful season for our Middle School girls.  This year we had 34 girls and those that stuck around at the end of tournament night can be seen in this photo. I offer a special thanks to Maddie Pell and Jayla Bussey, both current high school and East Coast Crush VBC travel volleyball players who generously volunteered to help coach these girls.  Not pictured are Lex Houston and Patria Moreno, current college athletes, and former ECC travel players who also coached this year. 



Schedule and Team Rosters

12/31/2022

In order to provide a better instructional experience for the 37 girls that we have in our 7th and 8th grade program, we have divided the group into 4 teams.  Each week, 3 of the 4 teams will attend, Coach Phil and Coach Lex and will work with the girls on individual and team play skills.  The 4th team each week will have a "bye" where they will not attend.  The last 2 weeks of the session will be used for an in-house tournament with all 4 teams attending.

Schedule

Date	Teams	Bye
Wednesday, January 4, 2023	2,3,4	1
Wednesday, January 11, 2023	1,2,3	4
Wednesday, January 18, 2023	1,2,4	3
Wednesday, January 25, 2023	1,3,4	2
Wednesday, February 1, 2023	2,3,4	1
Wednesday, February 8, 2023	1,2,3	4
Wednesday, February 15, 2023	1,2,4	3
Wednesday, February 22, 2023	1,3,4	2
Wednesday, March 8, 2023	1,2,3,4	Tournament
Wednesday, March 15, 2023	1,2,3,4,	Tournament

Team Rosters

Player First Name	Player Last Name	Team
Jadyn	Clinkscale	1
Leah	Engelmann	1
Jilliane	Ficcaglia	1
Emma	Hagofsky	1
Olivia	Hagofsky	1
Brooke	Kienzle	1
Adeline	Mendoza	1
Diya	Patel	1
Kaylie	Reed	1
Madison	Shaffer	1
Isabella	Baldwin	2
Paige	Goodwin	2
Grace	Napolitano	2
Riley	Sanders	2
Hannah	Schmidt	2
Kali	Sheerin	2
Violet	Steinen	2
Penelope	Steinen	2
Marisa	Yaccarino	2
Cayla	Yin	2
Isabella	Carucho	3
Jamie	Chiao	3
Ashley	Madden	3
Allison	Mulligan	3
Shiloh	Nelson	3
Gabriella	Rivera	3
Charleigh	Thompson	3
Aubrey	Torres	3
Lilly	DeAngelis	4
Jordyn	Fleischhauer	4
Julianne	Goodman	4
Alexandra	Perez	4
Alondra	Quinonez-Torres	4
Norma	Ramirez	4
Meryl	Snyder	4
Mia	Teeney	4
Lucia	Werz	4

Off for Winter Break until Wednesday, January 4th

12/22/22
We are off now due to the school being closed for Winter Break.  We will return to training on January 4th.  The girls will be divided into 4 teams so we can better manage the number of athletes in each session.  Our plan when we return from break will be to have 3 of the 4 teams come each week, with the 4th team having off that week.  Coach Lex and I believe that will allow us to run more drills to train the girls, and then the last two weeks will be set up in tournament fashion.  I will email the parents the team rosters and schedule, as also post them on this page sometime next week. 

11/25/2022:

Parents,

 

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!  I'm sending this email as a reminder that Galloway PAL volleyball begins this Wednesday, November 30th at 6pm for our 7th - 8th grade girls.  Please bring your athletes to Galloway Township Middle School (GTMS) a few minutes before 6pm, dressed and ready to begin training.    The address for GTMS is 100 S. Reeds Road, Galloway, NJ and you pass two other schools before you get to GTMS at the very end of Reeds Road.  The gym entrance is on the left side of the building as you are driving in.  

 

Tee shirts, sweats or volleyball spandex (girls) and gym shoes are required.  Knee pads are recommended; an example of the type of kneepad used for volleyball is below:

 

https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/under-armour-adult-2-0-volleyball-knee-pads-16uarurmr20kpxxxxvll/16uarurmr20kpxxxxvll

 

Jewelry is not allowed for safety reasons so have your kids leave their earrings, necklaces, watches, wrist bands, etc. at home.  Also, have them bring a water bottle, there is a filling station outside the gym in the hallway.  Other than water, no food or drink is allowed in the gym.  

 

Drop your young athlete off in the GTMS gym a few minutes before 6pm and you can return to pick them up promptly at 7:15. The first night is Wednesday, November 30th from 6pm to 7:30pm at Galloway TWP Middle School.  We will meet every Wednesday at the same time unless the school is closed until mid-March.  We are off for Winter Break, and a schedule will be posted on the www.gallowaypal.org  website at this location:

 

https://www.gallowaypal.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1348640&ctl=Edit&mid=1465386

 

Our 7th / 8th Girls Volleyball program will be run as a combination clinic and league.  The first few weeks will be spent teaching basics such as serving, passing, setting and spiking.  We will then put each of the girls on a team and play in league fashion for the rest of the season.  We are sold-out at maximum capacity, so we will not be accepting any additional players.  There is very little spectator room at GTMS, so if you are able to drop your athlete off and come back to get them promptly at 7:15, it would be appreciated. 

 

This is our 25th year of doing PAL Volleyball!  Scroll down to see a picture of last year’s group.

 

Phil Kening

Galloway PAL Volleyball Director

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9/30/2022
Our 7th / 8th Girls Volleyball program will be run as a combination clinic and league.  The first few weeks will be spent teaching basics such as serving, passing, setting and spiking.  We will then put each of the girls on a team and play in league fashion for the rest of the season.  The first night is Wednesday, November 30th from 6pm to 7:30pm at Galloway TWP Middle School.  We will meet every Wednesday at the same time unless the school is closed until early March.

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3/14/2022
Thank you to all of our awesome 7th and 8th grade athletes and to Coaches Jayne Wilkinson and Patria Moreno for such an awesome volleyball season.  We hope to see you all back next year!








Here is another picture of this awesome group

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December 19, 2021,
Due to the high number of girls that have signed up for volleyball, and the need to keep a greater degree of social distancing, we are establishing "teams" of girls that will operate on a weekly schedule.  The girls made their teams on Wednesday, December 16th, but after review, we had to make some changes.  An email was sent to all parents with the team rosters and the schedule.  I will post rosters and schedules on this site as well. The way the schedule will be set up, is that 3 of the 4 teams will meet each week, with the 4th team having a bye (off-week).  The schedule is below and you can scroll down to see the team rosters.
  

Weekly Schedule

Date	Teams	Bye
Wednesday, December 22, 2021	2,3,4	1
Wednesday, January 5, 2022	1,2,3	4
Wednesday, January 12, 2022	1,2,4	3
Wednesday, January 19, 2022	1,3,4	2
Wednesday, January 26, 2022	2,3,4	1
Wednesday, February 2, 2022	1,2,3	4
Wednesday, February 9, 2022	1,2,4	3
Wednesday, February 16, 2022	1,3,4	2
Wednesday, February 23, 2022	1,2,3,4	Tournament
Wednesday, March 2, 2022	1,2,3,4,	Tournament

Revised Team Rosters

Player First Name Player Last Name Team Katie Colella 1 Jessica Kane 1 Alanna Malc 1 Caroline ODonnell 1 Isabella M. Ramos 1 Braelin Senn 1 Kaci Velardi 1 Alejandra Weller 1 Addison Andre 2 Francesca Badyna 2 Madeline Bahnak 2 Samantha Ysabel Bianzon 2 Taylor Frazer 2 Sadie Seabrook 2 Rowynn Shevlin 2 Sakyah Agard 2 Joanna Byrd 3 Julie Chiao 3 Gabriella Rivera 3 Rhealynn Ronas 3 Hayden Scivoletto 3 Anita Sefedini 3 Charleigh Thompson 3 Ava Camp 4 Cailin Gaeckle 4 Joelle Glenn 4 Shiloh Goldfarb 4 Hannah Goodwin 4 Mary Pratt 4 Christina Smith 4 EViTA Yanusz 4