Mira Costa girls volleyball begins new chapter in storied history
Junior Memphis Glasgow is expected to lead Mira Costa’s offense, moving from middle blocker to outside hitter this season. Photo Taking over a perennial powerhouse Mira Costa girls volleyball program would not be an easy task for anyone, but having only one month to prepare the team for the season has added to the challenge for new Mustang head coach Austin Rester. When Hayley Lawson-Blanchard resigned in June to take the head coaching job at Harvard-Westlake, Rester applied for the job and received a phone call in late July with news that he had been selected. Rester played professionally on the AVP tour for seven years, played outside hitter professionally in Bulgaria, Puerto Rico and Argentina, and trained with both the USA Indoor and Beach National teams. He spent four years coaching varsity at Cathedral Catholic High School, during which time he led both the boy’s sand volleyball team and the boy’s indoor teams to the San Diego championships. He recently coached Sunshine Volleyball Club’s 17-1s and 14-South Bay teams that reached the US Junior National Championships. “Mira Costa has such a storied tradition,” Rester said. “It’s been such a whirlwind time for me, the hardest…
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