Performing Arts opens 2026 girls volleyball season with mixed-class roster

Overview

• Performing Arts finished 11-5 in 2025-26 under head coach Tiffany Rogers.
• Kylah Sanders, Violet Rodgers, Anya Rodriguez and Emma Dellapenta give Arts prior-season varsity experience.
• Emma Dellapenta and Violet Rodgers are setter options, with Eva Pagan at libero and several back-row players around them.
• Performing Arts opens at home against South Park on Sept. 9 and City Honors on Sept. 10 before visiting Leonardo da Vinci on Sept. 14.

After an 11-5 season in 2025-26, Performing Arts enters 2026 with a roster that blends upperclass experience and younger players in key spots.

The Arts roster includes five seniors: Nailea Garcia-Calderon, Ralina Franceschini, Somarya Yelder, Anya Rodriguez and Greyshlieann Oquendo. The junior class includes Mikaiylah Billups and Emma Dellapenta, while Kylah Sanders, Eva Pagan and Violet Rodgers are listed as sophomores.

Sanders, Rodgers, Rodriguez and Dellapenta give Arts returning varsity experience from 2025-26. Dellapenta enters as a setter and back-row player, while Rodgers is another setter option. Pagan is at libero, and Rodriguez, Franceschini and Yelder are among the back-row options.

Tiffany Rogers leads Performing Arts as head coach, with Chandra Cheek serving as junior varsity head coach.

The schedule gives Performing Arts a steady run of familiar opponents. Arts opens at home against South Park on Sept. 9 and City Honors on Sept. 10, then visits Leonardo da Vinci on Sept. 14 and East Community on Sept. 16 before hosting Research Laboratory on Sept. 18. The September slate also includes MST, MEC/Bennett, Burgard and Riverside.

October brings return dates against Leonardo da Vinci, East Community, Research Laboratory, MST, MEC/Bennett, Burgard and Riverside, followed by an Oct. 22 trip to Hutch Tech.