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Practices are all business for Mariner’s volleyball team.

The Marauders arrive on time, work on improving their skills and go hard against each other during spirited scrimmages.

Even though Mariner has yet to play its first match, this year’s team is shaping up to the best in Julia Riordan’s four years as head coach

“It’s doing the little things,” Riordan said. “We’re now at the point where we just get in the gym and we just play. They know all the vocabulary we’re talking about. They know the drills we’re doing. They know all the little skills that we’re working on...