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High School Female Athlete of the Week: Don’t Count Out Danielle Beder
High School Female Athlete of the Week: Don’t Count Out Danielle Beder
Scott French, Special Contributor to the Daily Pilot
Since Danielle Beder discovered beach volleyball, it’s making her a terror in the indoor game, and that’s one reason not to count out Sage Hill School as the postseason nears, no matter that the Lightning have endured uncommon difficulties this year.
Injuries, including a concussion that sidelined Beder the first three weeks of the season, have taken a toll on the powerhouse program. Sage Hill dropped its first dozen matches, was never in the San Joaquin League hunt and finished third at 4-4 with Friday’s sweep of Capistrano Valley Christian.
Sage Hill (10-17), which has won four CIF Southern Section titles under coach Dan Thomassen, is finding its footing as the Division 3 playoffs arrive, and Beder has a lot to do with that. She led the Lightning to fifth place in the Pearl Division at the Nike Tournament of Champions on Oct. 5 in Phoenix, Ariz.
Beder, a 6-foot-1 senior opposite, contributed 64 kills, 31 digs, 14 blocks and seven service aces as the Lightning went 5-2 during the two-day tournament. Sage Hill won 10 of 11 sets in victories over Pasadena Mayfield (twice), Omaha (Neb.) Northwest, Flagstaff (Ariz.) Coconino and O’Neals Minarets. The losses were to Newport Harbor and Jersey City (N.J.) Hudson Catholic.
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