By Ed Piper
Serene Liu, the defensive center for La Jolla's field hockey team, shot out of nowhere as a sophomore last year to become one of the highlight players on the team.
"Serene is playing really well," some of her teammates told a reporter early in the 2017 fall season.
Liu has continued that climb in improvement toward excellence, and her teammates on this year's Viking team have recognized that by voting her as the sole captain of the three team captains who is a junior.
The 5'5" 11th-grader displays a firm persistence in defending opponents, like Scripps Ranch, which La Jolla opened its season against at home Thurs., Aug. 30. Despite a 2-0 defeat, Liu and her teammates checked the Falcons closely. They held the third-ranked team in San Diego to a single goal through nearly 46 minutes of play.
"Serene is a huge standout on defense," says Viking second-year coach Amanda Combs Warford. "Other coaches notice her as well. Yesterday (in the opener) the Scripps varsity coach said, 'Who's that player that plays center for you?' She is incredibly fast and gets super low on defense, and has great instincts for taking the ball from the other team."
Adds Combs, "Her team voted her as team captain, and it just shows that she is seen as a strong player and leader of our team."
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