For the Hazen volleyball team, it’s all about getting on the same page.

With the addition of first-year coach Savannah Feist, the senior Highlanders now have their fourth coach in four years.

“It’s definitely a challenge,” Feist said. “Stability has been non-existent in this program.”

Not helping matters, Feist was hired late which made it difficult to get summer programs going. Luckily, she’s been able to get enough numbers for full varsity and junior varsity teams; there just isn’t much experience to go around.

“We’re looking really good,” she said. “They have a lot of heart, they just don’t have a ton of volleyball experience.”

Key players will be Annie Phan and Harriet Aquino, both liberos (a libero is a defensive and passing specialist). Zoey Feist will be important at outside hitter and Elena Page will play a big role at setter.

The biggest factor will be communication.

“We need to play together and stay calm and collected,” Phan said. “It’s all mental. Volleyball is all mental. I honestly think we can beat a lot teams.”

This is Feist’s first coaching job. She played four years at Kentwood and went on to play at Bellevue Community College.

The Highlanders opened the season with a win against Lindbergh Tuesday night. Hazen won 25-20, 25-23 and 25-18.