Lewiston-Porter enters 2026 volleyball season with four seniors, deep junior class

Overview

• Lewiston-Porter finished 5-14 in 2025-26 and enters 2026 with Nicole Krawczyk as head coach and Jen Duff as assistant coach.
• The senior group includes Gianna Venditti, Oktavia Jochymek, Sadie Baird and Jocelyn Just.
• Junior setter Ellee Edwards and sophomore outside hitter Charlotte Ryan also return with varsity experience.
• Lewiston-Porter opens Sept. 1 at Kenmore East and Sept. 3 at Kenmore West before its Sept. 8 home opener against North Tonawanda.

Lewiston-Porter Girls Volleyball Pre-Season Preview

Lewiston-Porter enters the 2026 girls volleyball season under head coach Nicole Krawczyk after a 5-14 finish in 2025-26.

The roster starts with four seniors. Gianna Venditti gives the group a setter/outside hitter/libero option, Oktavia Jochymek is an outside hitter, Sadie Baird is a middle hitter and Jocelyn Just is a defensive specialist. Venditti and Jochymek enter their senior seasons after playing in each of the past three seasons.

The Class of 2028 gives Lewiston-Porter its largest group. Sophie London, Ella Brown and Isabella Fahs work in defensive specialist roles, Ellee Edwards and Olivia Hufnagel are setters, Natalie Catlin and Bailey Wentland are middle hitters, Claire Brucato is an outside hitter and Brooke Barber is a middle hitter/outside hitter. Charlotte Ryan, an outside hitter from the Class of 2029, rounds out the roster.

Lewiston-Porter opens Sept. 1 at Kenmore East and visits Kenmore West on Sept. 3 before hosting North Tonawanda on Sept. 8 and Wilson on Sept. 10. The September schedule continues with Grand Island, Lockport, Niagara Falls, Roy-Hart, CSAT, Niagara Wheatfield, Kenmore East and Kenmore West.

October brings road matches at North Tonawanda, Grand Island, Niagara Falls and Niagara Wheatfield, along with home matches against Newfane, Lockport and CSAT.