Emotional Final Appearance Gives Local High School Volleyball Player a Moment to Remember for Her Lifetime

Among the elite programs and players, the prep volleyball world is a pretty small community, or at least a tight one.

Such was the case Monday evening at Mayfield.

The Cubs, who have already clinched third place in the Prep League and an automatic playoff berth were hosting a Flintridge Sacred Heart program waiting on its CIF-SS at-large bid, that will come out this Thursday.

And while there wasn’t much more on the line in the regular-season finale than pride and heading into the playoffs on a winning note, first-year Mayfield coach Cambria Martin made an incredibly classy gesture for her opponents from La Canada.

Katherine Lund, the older sister of FSHA star junior Megan Lund, had to retire after her sophomore year (two years ago) from volleyball because of the effects of multiple concussions she suffered.

Almost two years later, FSHA wanted to give Katherine a moment she could remember for a lifetime, so they reached out to Mayfield to see if they’d be OK with allowing Katherine to join her sister on the court to serve for the first point of the match.

Katherine Lund’s serve went (as planned) untouched for an ace as the Mayfield players showed class and grace in respecting one of their peers.

And for Lund, it was magical.

The gym was packed, despite the match being played at Mayfield so they could honor her one last time, and two years since she had last stepped on a court competitively.

As the ball hit the floor, the gym erupted in cheers (from both sides) and every Tologs player went back toward the FSHA senior celebrating her one-time return, and to just see that smile on her face, and each gave Katherine a hug before the match continued.

Not that it really mattered in the big picture, in terms of a change in a league race or playoff seeding, but FSHA pulled it out in four games.

The Tologs earned a 28-26, 25-21, 23-25 and 27-25 victory, in what would be considered under other circumstances one the season’s more exciting and competitive match ups.

Megan Lund made her big sister proud with a match-high 25 kills.