The Zephyrs had a remarkable season while overcoming adversity and significant injuries.  Let’s celebrate the team's accomplishments!

Varsity Team Awards and Accomplishments

• 27-5 Overall Record
• State Tournament AAA Consolation Champions – best ever finish for a Mahtomedi Volleyball team at the State tournament!
• Academic Gold Award
• Section 4AAA Champions -3rd year in a row!
  • Volleyball: Mahtomedi sweeps Pioneers to earn 3rd state trip in row | Local | presspubs.com
  • SCC TV recording:  Volleyball - 1 Mahtomedi vs. 6 Hill-Murray Section 4AAA Final - October 30, 2024
• Metro East Conference Champions (7-0)
• Farmington Tournament Champions
• Benilde St. Margaret’s Tournament 2nd Place
• Take the Lake Surfboard Winner
  • SCC recording  https://youtube.com/live/l_4A5TOawM8?feature=share
  • Photos by Beth D’s albums | Flickr  (all four matches vs. WBL)

Varsity Individual Awards

• All State – Silvie Graetzer
• State All-Tournament Team – Kaili Malvey
• Academic All State – Kaili Malvey, Olivia Ross
• Metro East All Conference – Claire Crothers, Silvie Graetzer, Kaili Malvey, Sierra Poul
• Metro East Honorable Mention – Louisa Tarnowski
• Individual Mahtomedi Awards
  • Best Offensive Player – Silvie Graetzer
  • Best Defensive Player – Claire Crothers
  • Most Improved Player – Clara Loss
  • Zephyr Award – Olivia Ross

• All 3 teams were Champions at their respective Metro East Tournaments!
• Individual Mahtomedi Awards

Mahtomedi volleyball keeps clicking, stays undefeated with sweep of South St. Paul (startribune.com)

Mahtomedi got 14 kills each from senior outside hitter Kaili Malvey and senior middle blocker Silvie Graetzer, helping the Zephyrs beat visiting South St. Paul 25-17, 25-18, 25-10.

By Cassidy Hettesheimer

The Minnesota Star Tribune

September 17, 2024 at 9:10PM

Mahtomedi’s volleyball team started the 2023 season 3-7. But still, the Zephyrs peaked at the right time and made it to state for a second year in a row.

This go-around, undefeated Mahtomedi (10-0) hasn’t taken long at all to start clicking.

On Tuesday night, 14 kills each from senior outside hitter Kaili Malvey and senior middle blocker Silvie Graetzer helped the Zephyrs sweep visiting South St. Paul 25-17, 25-18, 25-10.

After the program’s first trip to state in 2022, then returning in 2023, the team is thriving. With seven seniors and five juniors on the roster and all its starters returning, Mahtomedi “started at such a higher point this season,” Graetzer said. “And now our end goal is so much higher. We’re not there to get to state. We’re there to do damage at state.”

Against South St. Paul (14-4), the Zephyrs dealt with injuries to two sidelined starters heading into the match and faced the Packers’ high-swinging outside hitter, senior Alaina Panagiotopoulos.

“[Our injured players, Sahar Ramaley and Katie Hergenrader] pushed us to play for each other, and I think we really executed,” Malvey said.

Nine digs and 14 service receptions by junior libero Claire Crothers, plus six blocks by Graetzer, helped numb the swinging sting of Panagiotopoulos’ eight kills. They prepped for her in practice, focusing on eye work in blocking drills and taking up space on the court.

Another offseason key for the Zephyrs took place 10 minutes down the road in Lake Elmo. While not all of last year’s starters played club, all of them participated in club training this year, with a big Zephyrs contingent at Kokoro Volleyball. Even if the Zephyrs weren’t on the same team at Kokoro, they saw each other in the weight room, learned similar schemes.

“We were taught, for the most part, all the same things, so we gelled together super quick,” Malvey said.

Mahtomedi’s strong start has turned players’ excited focus toward their Oct. 10 matchup against Tartan — last year’s Metro East conference champion, after the Zephyrs won the title in 2022.

The girls completed an amazing service project and packed 360 period kits for girls and women who are in need here in the Twin Cities.  A huge thank you to Support Women. Period founders Lisa Johnson, Catherine Sawyer and Greg Picker for coordinating the event!

Support Women. Period:  Our mission is to provide tampons and pads to girls and women in need in the greater Twin Cities area. We believe women of every age should have access to liners, pads, and tampons regardless of socioeconomic standing (rich or poor) during their menstrual cycle. 

• Support Women.  Period.  is a non-profit organization, founded by two Mahtomedi Volleyball moms!  Click on the logo to link to their website. 

• Supplies were donated by Boston Scientific

The girls had a great team building event with Rick Rassier!   (Photos don't want to load but working on it...)

We had great turnout at Cozzie's and hope that everyone had fun!

Thanks to Photographer (and B-squad Dad) Ryan Carlson for taking pictures!!

Link to photos from Cozzie's

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