Clymer enters 2026 with proven production back

Overview

• Clymer went 13-8 in 2025-26 and begins 2026 with Trudy Malecki as head coach.
• Harleigh Faulkner posted 78 kills, 122 digs, 36 aces and 15 blocks as a junior in 2025-26.
• Keira Kinal added 82 kills, 86 digs, 53 aces and 19 blocks as a sophomore last season.
• Setters Addie Wiggers and Maiya Dunnewold return after recording 198 and 177 assists, respectively, in 2025-26.
• Clymer opens Sept. 1 against Maple Grove and continues early September against Westfield, Maple Grove and Ellicottville.

Clymer Girls Volleyball Pre-Season Preview

Clymer enters the 2026 girls volleyball season with Trudy Malecki as head coach and several players back from a 13-8 season.

The returning production starts with Harleigh Faulkner and Keira Kinal. Faulkner, a senior middle hitter/outside hitter, finished 2025-26 with 78 kills, 122 digs, 36 aces and 15 blocks. Kinal, a junior middle hitter/outside hitter, had 82 kills, 86 digs, 53 aces and 19 blocks as a sophomore.

Clymer also brings back two setters with substantial assist totals from last season. Addie Wiggers recorded 198 assists as a freshman in 2025-26, while Maiya Dunnewold had 177 assists as a sophomore. Mikaela Jackson gives Clymer another returning contributor after posting 72 kills, 38 digs, 20 aces and 25 blocks as a freshman.

Defensively, Alyssa Pratt returns after a 101-dig junior season.

Clymer's 2026 schedule opens Sept. 1 against Maple Grove, followed by Westfield on Sept. 8, a trip to Maple Grove on Sept. 10 and Ellicottville on Sept. 11. The team then has back-to-back dates with Pine Valley and Forestville before road matches at Panama and Sherman.

Later schedule markers include Cassadaga Valley on Sept. 23, North Collins on Sept. 28, return dates with Pine Valley and Ellicottville, and an October run that includes Sherman, Westfield, Cassadaga Valley, Panama and North Collins.