All-Central Volleyball: Versatile Fisher earns another league honor with Strath Haven

Ellie Fisher is listed as an outside hitter and defensive specialist on Strath Haven’s volleyball roster. She plays outside hitter for the Delaware United Volleyball Club in Hockessin.

But you could put any position next to her name and it would be appropriate. That’s how versatile she is.

“When I first started club I even played libero,” Fisher said. “I was a setter for a little bit. I like being able to be thrown in anywhere and do a little bit of all of it.”

Fisher did just that as a senior. Despite missing two games with a sprained left ankle, Fisher posted 219 digs, 193 kills, 30 aces, six assists and six blocks to lead the Panthers to an 9-3 record and a berth in the Central League semifinals during the coronavirus-shortened season. That enabled Fisher to earn All-Central League honors for the second year in a row.

Joining Fisher on the first team are Strath Haven teammate Olivia Dumont, Maddie Wood and Liv Scerba from league champion Garnet Valley, Abiah Lane from regular-season champ Lower Merion, Conestoga’s Lillian Caldwell and Abi Herrin from Ridley.

For Fisher, and all the players, just having even an abbreviated season was a blessing, although it meant giving up the opportunity to participate in the District 1 tournament and, possibly, PIAA playoffs

“As a graduating senior, getting high into the district tournament would have been pretty cool to do, but I think we definitely made the right decision not to participate,” Fisher said. “We were given the choice to participate in the district and state tournaments, but then we would have had to forfeit all of our Central League games. My coach (Rachel Powers) gave all the seniors the option and we talked about it and figured out what we wanted to do, and I definitely think we picked the right option.

“One of our things since we were freshmen is we wanted a Central League title. Unfortunately, we didn’t get that, but it was worth a shot. Obviously, our last game (a 3-1 loss to Garnet Valley in the league semifinals) wasn’t one of our best but we did everything we could and I wouldn’t have changed anything at all.”

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