Payne says experience is key to Lady Yegua success in 2021

Upperclassmen to lead Somerville into playoffs and in run for District 26-2A title

  • HALLE STEVENS
    HALLE STEVENS
  • EMMA KOVASOVIC
    EMMA KOVASOVIC
  • 2021 SOMERVILLE LADY YEGUAS
    2021 SOMERVILLE LADY YEGUAS
  • ALAZIA VELA
    ALAZIA VELA
  • ABIGAIL FLENCHER
    ABIGAIL FLENCHER
  • KENDLE BARTLETT
    KENDLE BARTLETT
  • CAMIA MARTIN
    CAMIA MARTIN
  • RA’MAYA CARTER
    RA’MAYA CARTER
  • LADY YEGUA SENIOR Halle Stevens kills the ball during a practice at the high school gym last week. -- Tribune photo by Denise Squier
    LADY YEGUA SENIOR Halle Stevens kills the ball during a practice at the high school gym last week. -- Tribune photo by Denise Squier
  • LADY YEGUA SENIOR Emma Kovasovic bumps the ball during a practice last week.
    LADY YEGUA SENIOR Emma Kovasovic bumps the ball during a practice last week.
  • Payne says experience is key to Lady Yegua success in 2021
    Payne says experience is key to Lady Yegua success in 2021
  • ALAZIA VELA prepares to serve the ball during a Lady Yegua practice last week at the high school. -- Tribune photo by Denise Squier
    ALAZIA VELA prepares to serve the ball during a Lady Yegua practice last week at the high school. -- Tribune photo by Denise Squier

    Though the varsity volleyball roster for the Lady Yeguas may only have seven players, each player on the roster brings a lot of experience to the team this season.

    Five of the seven 2021 Lady Yeguas are upperclassmen and six of the seven have varsity experience on the court, including last year’s Newcomer of the Year -- Kendle Bartlett, a sophomore this year.

    Somerville head coach Rachael Payne is e…