Niagara Falls Enters 2026 With Senior Experience Across the Floor

Overview

• Niagara Falls enters the 2026-27 season after finishing 7-11 in 2025-26.
• The roster features nine seniors and seven juniors, giving coach Abby Edwards options across the front row, back row and setter/right-side spots.
• Seniors Izabella Mountain, Brooklyn Bilson, Alannah King and Malia Sandstrom are among the players with multi-season varsity background.
• Key early schedule points include the Sept. 3 opener at CSAT, the Sept. 10 home opener against Kenmore East and a Sept. 22 home match with Grand Island.

Niagara Falls begins the 2026-27 girls volleyball season with a senior class spread across the floor and a chance to keep building under head coach Abby Edwards.

Niagara Falls finished 7-11 in 2025-26, improving on 5-12 in 2024-25 and 4-13 in 2023-24. This year's roster features nine seniors and seven juniors, and it gives Niagara Falls a mix of returning varsity background and players who can fill several roles.

The senior group includes Izabella Mountain and Isabella Moccio at right side/setter; Brooklyn Bilson at outside hitter/middle blocker/setter; Kailyn Pyra and Alannah King at outside hitter; Malia Sandstrom and Samantha Masker in the middle; Natalia Tomkiel at defensive specialist/libero; and Olivia Davis at defensive specialist.

Mountain and Bilson give Niagara Falls two seniors with extensive varsity background, while King, Sandstrom, Pyra, Tomkiel, Davis and Masker add more upper-class options throughout the rotation.

The junior class also covers several areas of the floor. Jahzarii King plays outside hitter/defensive specialist, Arianna Cotton at defensive specialist/libero, Peyton Robins at defensive specialist, Demitria Spurgeon at middle blocker/outside hitter, SaraAnne Anderson at right side/outside hitter, Giavanna Garfalo at right side/setter and Samiyah Morgan in the middle.

Niagara Falls is scheduled to open Sept. 3 at CSAT before visiting Niagara Wheatfield on Sept. 8. The first home match is set for Sept. 10 against Kenmore East, followed by September matchups with Kenmore West, North Tonawanda, Lewiston-Porter, Grand Island, Lockport and CSAT.

The October stretch includes return dates against Niagara Wheatfield, Kenmore East, Kenmore West, North Tonawanda, Lewiston-Porter, Grand Island and Lockport, plus an Oct. 14 trip to City Honors.