![Freshman Milan Earl and sophomore Lucy Kaplan sit with their grandparents at Archer’s annual Grandparents and Special Friends Day Friday, March 15. The event took place over three 75-minute sessions. “[I hope my grandparents] gain an understanding about what I do, Kaplan said, because I know they ask a lot of questions and can sort of see what I do in school and what the experience is like to be here.](https://archeroracle.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/grandparents-day-option-2-1200x800.jpg)
Varsity beach volleyball competes in league meet, qualifies for playoffs
Archer’s Beach Volleyball team competed against Marymount and Windward on April 24.
The team warmed up at their home court in Santa Monica, California, at the Annenberg Community Beach House. In pairs, the players competed against two different teams.
The Archer girls played their first match against Marymount High School. Archer’s first seed team, Clara Gasperetti ’17 and Sophie Smyth ’17, lost.
Archer’s second seed team, Christian Lunhow ’16 and Valentina Pianiri ’17, won their match in the third set.
The third seed, Macoy Ohlbaum ’18 and Briana Johnson ’18, lost.
The team then played their second match against Windward High School. Gasperetti and Smyth won the first seed game, and so did Lunhow and Pianiri in the second seed. Archer sophomore Annie Moore ’17 and Ohlbaum lost in the third seed.
In terms of accumulative wins and losses, the Varsity team lost to Marymount and won against Windward overall.
“We always have a lot of fun out here and I can’t wait to see the effect beach volleyball has on the Archer Varsity Indoor Volleyball program,” Gasperetti said after the match.
This is the second year the team has qualified for playoffs.
“Archer’s varsity Beach Volleyball team, with victories over Windward and Pacifica Christian, clinched third place in what many consider the toughest division in the 105 team Interscholastic Beach Volleyball League (IBVL),” Kristen Benjamin wrote in an email to the school.
