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PREP PREVIEW ’92 / Six Teams to Watch : Newport Harbor

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Coach: Dan Glenn (seventh year).

1991: 16-4, 8-2 in league; second in Sea View League. Southern Section 5-A second round.

Key returners: Amy Evans, Sr., 5-6, outside hitter; Dani Foley, Sr., 5-8, outside hitter; Misty May, So., 5-10, outside hitter; Melissa Schutz, So., 5-11, middle blocker; Sara Warmington, Jr., 5-5, back row.

Key newcomers: Jenny Hecker, Fr., 5-6, setter; Sara Fairborn, So., 5-8, outside hitter.

Outlook: The Sailors lost the Twin Towers--Maureen McLaren and Tara Kroesch--to graduation. “We lost 90% of our offense right there,” Glenn said. Picking up the slack will be the Hecker sisters, Julie, Jenny and Josey, who transferred from San Clemente. Jenny Hecker will take over the setting duties and May, last year’s setter, will move to outside hitter. Evans played tennis last year after starting on the volleyball team as a freshman. The league race? “It will be Corona del Mar, then everybody else,” Glenn said.

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