Jessica Jendryk said that as a freshman at Benet, volleyball helped her to overcome her shyness. "Volleyball helped me to open up more," said Jendryk, Benet’s powerful 6-foot-1 middle hitter. "I used to be timid."
Under more ordinary circumstances, the storyline surrounding the area's
most dominant high school volleyball team would revolve around four
returning starters.
Hampshire girls volleyball coach Karen Whitehouse has no other choice but to act like nothing is different when she assembles her team today for the first official day of practice.