The Unity JV volleyball team opened the 2016 season at Coopersville High School.  The team split the first match against Coopersville, and also the second match against Tri County. During the 3rd pool play match, Unity had taken set 1 and was in the middle of set 2 when the tornado sirens started blaring as a tornado warning had been issued.  All the teams, officials and spectators filed into the locker rooms for a hot and crowded 45 minutes to wait for the all clear. After finally receiving the go-ahead to continue play, Unity came out on top of Black River for the second set ending their pool play with a 4-2 set record. 

Bracket play began shortly after and the team had placed 3rd overall. They first took on Zeeland West and came out on top with a 25-17 and 25-21 win. They advanced to take on Coopersville once again and they battled to split the 1st 2 games 25-19 and 17-25. Unity took full control of the 3rd set and went on to win 15-3.  The  championship game brought on undefeated Grand Haven, and even though Unity put up a great fight, Grand Haven came out victorious with scores of 15-25 for both sets.

The girls came together as a team to fight for each match and even came from behind in several sets to win! They kept the missed serves to a minimum and had a few game changing blocks and attacks! Taking home a runners up trophy was a great start to the season!