Saturday, November 14, 2026
Lely’s new head coach Jordan Brincku addresses the team during a timeout.
Lely’s Misda Dantes hits the ball at the net in Lely’s win over Immokalee.
Kyra Schmid gets low for a successful dig.
Hope Heidenreich, Jenna Jackson, and Laney Dunstan confer during their match against Immokalee.
An Immokalee player tips the ball over the outreached hands of Lely’s Hope Heidenreich at the net.
Rookie head volleyball coach Jordan Brincku feels she has the Lely volleyball team heading in the right direction after defeating Immokalee in four games Thursday night, Sept. 22, at the Trojans’ gym. The win evens Lely’s record at 4-4.
“It was a really fun game,” Brincku said. "We got to show off one of our starting lineups today.”
Lely won the opening game against Immokalee (4-8), then, after losing the second game, won two straight games to take the best of five match.
Brincku, who coached Lely’s JV team last season, is hoping to return Lely to its former status as a perennial district championship level team. She’s looking at this season as a rebuilding project. Lely finished 7-16 last season.
"I was JV coach last year,” Brincku said. "Some of the girls on our team were on my JV team and some of them were on my club team. I coached for Vibe through USA South last year. I did get coach of the year, which was pretty cool. Last year I coached 15s, so some of the girls on this team were on that club team. They’re really good girls. I think this year is definitely a rebuilding year. That’s really been my biggest goal, building up community, mindset, and going back to the fundamentals."
Lely plays in the Collier County Public School tournament this week then returns home on October 4 against Naples Classical.
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