FOUR MORE MATCHES - FOUR MORE INTERESTING RESULTS

9th Graders Have Turn-Around Week

9th Graders go 3W-1L this week to go to 7W-6L as the team struggled with their serving early but seemed to turn it around in the last 2 matches of the week to finish with a dominant 2-0 win versus the Barons of Woodbridge.  The young Hilltoppers will test themselves this week with matchups versus Elizabeth (1-2 loss in first matchup), Chatham (won 2-0 last year)  and Cranford (lost 1-2 in a scrimmage)  for PINK OUT !!!

JV Improve But Victories Are Elusive

JV went 1W-3L but was more competitive versus some of their opposition this time around the conference schedule which was clearly evident in the tight matches versus the Highlanders of GL (leading late in set 2), the Dragons of Kent Place (led in both sets late), the split earned with Scotch-Plains Fanwood and the 3 set battle versus the Barons of Woodbridge.

This week will be a challenge for the Top as the Summit JV take on Elizabeth who were victorious 2-0 over the Top in their first meeting.  Chatham took SHS in 2 last year as well in their last meeting and Cranford was also victorious over the Top 2-1 in a scrimmage in August.

Varsity Fight For Win versus SPF But Consistent Wins Evade the Top

Varsity will try to get a pivotal victory over the Minutewomen as they look to gain momentum for states in their 2nd match this season.  With a win,  the Top will guarantee themselves another season in the Watchung next year as well.  The first outing saw Elizabeth win 2-1 with a scoring advantage of 37-28 largely on the back of a 15-7 ace tally in favor of the visitors.  Summit was close on kill numbers, losing that battle by a 22-18 tally but Elizabeth committed only 3 hitting errors the entire match while SHS tallied 15.

Chatham matchups have been classics these last few seasons.  In 2023 Summit won 25-18, 25-23 at home. In 2024,  SHS won a classic battle on the road 25-23, 25-23.  What will 2025 bring? Undoubtedly another classic state tournament like match.

Lastly, the Cranford Cougars visit the Top on Thursday for the team's Dig Pink Night!  Cranford took two of three sets in this year's scrimmage by 25-21,  14-25 and 28-30 scores in a preview of the match to come.  Cranford has all but locked up the Mountain Division Title and will be moving up to the Watchung Division in 2026 but for this year,  the Cougars are looking to send a message to the County as they did when they traveled to UC and stunned the Vikings on the road.  

This week the Hilltoppers dropped a 2-0 decision to GL but showed still an error rate on offense and serving that was too high as the 25-13, 25-17 scores would indicate even though the SHS squad was only out-killed by a 14-11 margin for the match.

Kent Place dropped the Top 2-0 for the 2nd time this week by 25-23 and 25-16 scores.  SHS came back from 20-17 down to take a 22-20 lead in set 1 and 23-22 but failed to close out the Dragons.  Set 2 saw the Top trail 14-12 but later tied 15-15 but they were out-scored 11-1 from that point on to drop that 2nd set.

SPF was a pivotal match for the Top as a loss would all but guarantee a drop in Division by Summit but a win could put the SHS side in a position to stay up.  The match was a classic with SHS taking set 1 25-18,  dropping set 2 25-18 but saw Summit trail 23-9 and go on an 9-0 run to make it interesting at the end with a 23-18 score that forced a Raider TO before SPF closed it out.  

Set 3 came down to the very last 10 points as it has been the case most of the season.  SHS trailed 20-17 but a hitting error by the visitors led to an ace by Natalie who followed up with another tough serve which gave the SHS D a chance to get the ball to Claire who put it down for a kill to knot the score up at 20.  Another 2 Claire kills and a setting error by the visitors had Summit up 23-20 forcing a SPF TO.  The Raiders got a big kill out of the TO and then saw the Top tally 2 hitting errors to see the scoreboard go to 23-23.  SHS got a pivotal perfect pass by Maren and they eventually got a tip kill by Claire to give Summit a match point at 24-23.  On the match point play,  SHS saw Claire swing away, Nadia tip and Catherine block an attack but no point was earned.  SHS won on a 2nd ball return error by the SPF L who was trying to get the ball to the Raider's best OH but failed to do so to give SHS a 25-23 win!  

Less than 15 hours later the squad took on the Barons of Woodbridge in a best 3 of 5 match but the Squad was just off from the level of performance they showed against SPF as they dropped a 25-17, 25-20, 25-21 decision to the visitors.  Summit gave up 22 aces in the match which proved to be the deciding factor in a match that had the Top notch 23 kills despite only passing at a 1.23 rating.  

Summit's offense seems to be on the right track and just needs to produce less errors and the serving woes seem to be in the rearview mirror with the serve receive looking solid on most matchups now.  

Here were the MATCH LEADERS for this past week:

MATCH LEADERS

ACES: Sophie 6,  Rylen / Lynn 4

SERVE RATING (4=ace, 0=err) : Sophie 2.24, Nadia 2.06, Rylen 2.00

RECEIVE PERFECT PASS (3): Maren 18, Mackenna 17, Rylen 5

PERFECT PASS %: Mackenna 37.8  Maren 27.3, Rylen 15.6

RECEIVE RATING (3=perfect, 0=gave up ace): Mackenna 1.96  Maren 1.58, Sophie 1.29

KILLS: Claire 25, Mackenna 23, Molly 12

HIT EFF. (k-e/total att) : Molly .182,   Claire .179,  Lily .118

KILL %: Claire 37.3,  Molly 36.4,  Lily 29.4

DIGS: Mackenna 24, Maren 23, Sophie 18

BLOCKS: Catherine 4, Molly / Nadia / Claire 2

ASSISTS:  Nadia 68

BEST POINT SCORERS: Claire 27,  Mackenna 26,  Molly 14

BEST NET POINT SCORERS (0 or higher w/at least 1 earned pt.): Claire 9,   Molly 6,  Catherine 1  

TOUGH WEEK OF RESULTS BUT TEAMS ARE IMPROVING

 9th Graders faced an uphill battle this week with Westfield and Columbia but showed how far they have come with a 3 set thriller that finished WF's way and a tough 2 setter on the road against a very good Cougar Squad.  This week will prove to be another tough one with GL, Madison, SPF and Woodbridge on the schedule.  Let's see how far the team has come this week!

JV lost their starting setter Maddie to illness and had Naomi step in a a tough week to learn on the fly but the young athlete did just fine under the circumstances.  The Squad dropped a 2-0 decision to WF,  took the win by 2-0 over ALJ and dropped 2-0 decisions to Columbia and Kent Place.  This week will prove to be a real test of the team's development and we are hoping to get Maddie back and see what the team can accomplish when fully healthy.

Varsity committed to this new lineup change (Mackenna OH, Molly OPP, Nadia Setter, Lily MB) at the Millburn Classic and thanks to the team's showing there especially vs West Orange in the Quarter-Finals,  the decision was made to stick with it as the team's passing and offensive output skyrocketed in comparison to the previous 9 matches.  With 4 matches this previous week (WF, ALJ, COLUMBIA, KP),  to gather data on the performances,  this week would determine the success or lack thereof using this lineup in actual matchups.  

The team pushed the then #8 team in NJ to the end in a very tough 2 set loss.  SHS dominated the narrative versus the ALJ squad in a 2-0 win.  In one of the best matches in recent history,  the Top dropped a 25-27, 25-27, 25-15, 25-21, 14-16 decision to the Cougars.  The team ended the week dropping a pair of tough 25-20 set decisions to the Dragons of Kent Place in a match decided by each team's serving prowess at the end of each set.

Needless to say,  the record of 1W-3L for the week did not quite tell the story.  In the prior 9 matches,  Summit was averaging 2 aces per set,  just under 7 kills and about .75 blocks per set which meant the team was only scoring 9.55 points per set and relying on the opposition for the remaining 15 points, not a winning formula.

This past week,  the team is hitting for nearly 4.5 aces per set,  a little over 9.5 kills per set and even improved their blocking per set by about .1 for about 14.5 points per set,  a drastic improvement in the point scoring fueled by a drastic improvement in the serve receive numbers of the squad with the new receive patterns.  Fans of the squad will see more of this "new team" this week and we hope to see the wins start to follow with this new lineup's offensive and reception production.

This week:

KILLS        SHS 102    OPPONENTS 79

BLOCKS    SHS 9        OPPONENTS 11

ACES         SHS 47       OPPONENTS 33

TTL PTS    SHS 158 (14.36 per set)     OPP 123 (11.18 per set)

PASS RATING    SHS 1.74    OPPONENTS 1.40

SIDEOUT %        SHS 48.7    OPPONENTS 48.3

PT SCORE %       SHS 51.7    OPPONENTS 51.3

HIT ERR/ SERV ERR/ FREE ERR/ FAULTS

SHS 124 PTS (11.27 pts per set)  OPPONENTS 84 PTS  (7.64 pts per set)

This is a situation where the numbers do tell the story of a team that can score on anyone and force the issue but has still too many errors to keep opponents in the mix.  

Here were the MATCH LEADERS for this past week:

MATCH LEADERS

ACES: Mackenna 13  Sophie 10  Nadia / Lynn 8

SERVE RATING (4=ace, 0=err) : Lynn 2.22  Nadia 2.18   Sophie 2.17

RECEIVE PERFECT PASS (3): Mackenna 21 Maren 12  Sophie 11

PERFECT PASS %: Mackenna 37.5  Sophie 27.5 and Maren 23.5

RECEIVE RATING (3=perfect, 0=gave up ace): Mackenna 1.79  Sophie 1.79  Maren 1.76

KILLS: Mackenna 41  Claire 24  Molly 12

HIT EFF. (k-e/total att) : Catherine .429  Claire .220  Lily .182

KILL %: Catherine 47.6  Claire 40.7  Mackenna 38.3

DIGS: Mackenna 36  Maren / Sophie 15  Rylen 13

BLOCKS: Catherine 4  Molly 3  Nadia / Lily 2

ASSISTS:  Nadia 88

BEST POINT SCORERS: Mackenna 55   Claire 24   Molly 15

BEST NET POINT SCORERS (0 or higher w/at least 1 earned pt.): Catherine 8  Lily 3  Claire 3  

SUMMIT SHOWS DRASTIC IMPROVEMENT VS WESTFIELD / JV and VARSITY EARN WINS VS ALJ

The 9th Graders bounced back nicely versus the Blue Devils after a first set loss and took their opponents to an incredibly close third set finish which saw the squad succumb to the Westfield Squad by a mere 2 points.

JV also showed great improvement as the squad played a much more competitive match versus the Blue Devils at home as the Hilltoppers got much more offense than their first matchup and saw a better defensive output as the team kept plays alive after Westfield attacks to give themselves better transition opportunities.  Westfield played a much more consistent game overall however and were effective on offense which allowed them to end up on top 2-0 at the end.

Varsity had seen a very dominant Westfield squad on the road and the number 8 team in the state looked to replicate the effort in this matchup as they visited the Hilltoppers in the 2nd match this season. But that expectation went quickly out the window as the Top managed to stay in touch with and push the top 10 Blue Devils throughout the 2 sets.  

The Summit squad out served the Blue Devils netting a 9-8 advantage in aces which meant more to the match once you factored in the errors which were 5 for SHS and 9 for WF to give Summit a net gain of 5 points.  But the difference in the match was the key offensive points late in each set which the Blue Devils won from the service line and the offensive line.  Summit lost the kill battle 19-12 but fracturing the errors,  SHS lost the offensive battle by 10 points in the match which proved to be a main factor in this tight match that was decided late.  

In set 1; Summit was only outscored by a 13-12 margin but out passed Westfield 2.14 to 1.13 and out aced the visitors 5-0 which gave them a chance late in the set.  The late points in the set were a microcosm of the match as the SHS kept asking questions of the Blue Devils but the WF side was able to find a final answer each time.  Summit was down 16-12 but Mackenzie got a tip kill to get SHS 16-13. A missed serve by Summit was followed by another Mackenna kill and a Sophie ace to put the score at 17-15. WF got a kill but Lily got the ball back for the Summit side with a key point out of the middle which was followed by a Mackenna ace for an 18-17 score line and a Blue Devil TO.  But the next 3 points off the TO went the visitor’s way with a kill and 2 SHS errors which forced a Martins TO at 21-17. The Top managed only 2 more points to Westfield’s 4 which saw WF out kill Summit 2-0 in that stretch which proved to be the difference.  

Set 2 

With the score 20-14 WF,  SHS went on a 4-0 run fueled by a Blue Devil service error and 3 consecutive aces by Lynn forcing a Westfield TO but a service error by the Summit side saw WF take advantage with a kill and 3 aces to win 25-18.  WF outscored Summit 17-9 but stayed in the game by only notching one serving error to 4 aces while WF got 8 aces but also tallied 5 errors. 

Despite the loss, the Hilltoppers continued their consistent play from the weekend tournament and looked to do the same against ALJ the following match.

JV earned their 4th win of the season with a 2-0 win versus the ALJ squad in a match that saw the Hilltoppers dominate from the service line and out-kill their opponents by a wide margin to earn a well deserved victory.

Varsity continued its good play earning a 25-15, 25-17 win versus the visiting ALJ Squad in a match that had SHS out score the visitors 11-4 in set 1 and 20-9 in the 2nd set in a dominant performance to earn their 3rd win of the season.  Summit service errors (10 of them) kept their serve percentage below 80% but a near 25% ace percentage made up for it as did the team’s hitting efficiency clicked for .316 with a kill percentage of nearly 48%.  

Taking into account both matchups, here were the team leaders:

MATCH LEADERS

ACES: Mackenna 7 and Sophie 5

SERVE RATING (4=ace, 0=err) : Rylen 2.67 and Mackenna 2.50

RECEIVE PERFECT PASS (3): Mackenna 7 and Rylen/Maren with 4

PERFECT PASS %: Rylen 44.4 and Mackenna 33.3

RECEIVE RATING (3=perfect, 0=gave up ace): Rylen 2.10 and Sophie 2.00

KILLS: Mackenna 12 and Catherine 5

HIT EFF. (k-e/total att) : Catherine .556 and Lily .250

KILL %: Catherine 55.6 and Lily 50.0

DIGS: Mackenna 10 and Rylen 4

BLOCKS: Lily and Maddie 1

ASSISTS:  Nadia 28

BEST POINT SCORERS: Mackenna 19 and Lily/Catherine/Sophie 5

BEST NET POINT SCORERS (0 or higher w/at least 1 earned pt.): Lily/Catherine/Mackenna +2

 

A SUMMARY OF THE PAST HANDFUL OF MATCHES

9TH GRADERS SIT AT 4W-3L AFTER A SPLIT OF THE LAST 2 MATCHES

In a quick look at the last 2 matches,  the 9th graders struggled to match the serve receive and defense of the Minutewomen and despite getting the match to a 3rd set,  the squad could not overcome the Elizabeth consistency and dropped the match 2-1 but came back versus the Vikings of Union Catholic and took the visitors in 2 with improvement in defensive transition.  The squad continues to show improvement on their defensive play and will look to test themselves against the Westfield Blue Devils on Monday who swept them in 2 last matchup.

JV GOES 2W - 2 L TO IMPROVE TO 3W-6L

JV traveled to their neighbor's house at Oak Knoll and took away a 2-0 victory using their offense and consistent serving attack to separate from the Royals late in each set.  

Elizabeth was next and the Minutewomen out-served and out defended the Top in each set and despite a good showing in the 2nd set,  it was the Elizabeth defense and serving attack which always got the best of the Hilltopers in winning 2-0.

The Vikings were next and the squad showed drastic improvement in the 2nd matchup but still came up short versus the UC squad.

The team bounced back nicely though against Madison and came away with a 2-0 victory with an especially effective offensive production led by the squad's serving attack.

VARSITY INJURIES A FACTOR AS A 0-4 STRETCH DROPS RECORD TO 2W-7L

The team continued to struggle to get their offense going with Molly coming back from an ankle injury but then losing both Rachel and Nat in a space of a week which has forced the squad to get creative in its scoring offense by putting Nadia in the setting position, moving Molly to the opposite and getting Mackenna into the OH spot.  Although the switch has yet to yield results,  the tournament performance of the team at Millburn this past weekend gives the team hope for the upcoming week with 4 matches on the calendar.

The squad dropped a pair of 1-2 decisions to the Royals of Oak Knoll and the Minutewomen of Elizabeth in matches that saw the Top both dominate offensively but see their serving or their passing let them down at key points of the game.  That led to a lackluster first set in both the UC and the Madison matches which led to better but yet imperfect set 2s that yielded a loss.  

For this stretch, here were the leaders:

MATCH LEADERS

ACES: Mackenna 5

SERVE RATING (4=ace, 0=err) : Catherine 2.25

RECEIVE PERFECT PASS (3): Mackenna 14

PERFECT PASS %: Mackenna 31.1

RECEIVE RATING (3=perfect, 0=gave up ace): Mackenna 1.96

KILLS: Mackenna 28

HIT EFF. (k-e/total att) : Mackenna .087

KILL %: Mackenna 35.0

DIGS: Mackenna 20

BLOCKS: Catherine 4

ASSISTS:  Nadia 31

BEST POINT SCORERS: Mackenna 34

BEST NET POINT SCORERS (0 or higher w/at least 1 earned pt.): Catherine and Nat +2

FROSH HILLTOPPERS DROP A TOUGH 2-1 DECISION TO LANCERS; JV CONTINUE TO IMPROVE IN LOSS; VARSITY STRUGGLE TO SCORE WITHOUT DEVANEY

 The 9th Graders continue to show improvement despite their 2nd loss of the season.  The serve receive was much improved after some technical changes and the team seems to have found some consistency from the service line and on offense... GL out defended them in transition and the visitors were able to score more often in that phase of the game which was the difference in the match.

JV faced off against another tough serving and hitting team and again showed resiliency in their game as the team was able to mitigate some of the Lancers power with key digs and serving runs of their own.  The consistency in the GL attack eventually wore down the Top and in the 2nd set,  the Hilltoppers were within 3 points late but a late ace and a kill by GL after a Hilltopper hitting error sealed the deal but the young crew (mainly Sophs) continues to show improvement as they face stiff opposition on a game by game basis.

Varsity was without the services of Ayina and Molly but were looking to use their serving and consistent attack to match the GL attack led by A. Kim.  The match was ripped open on the Kim service spot as the GL OH went on a 10-0 service run that gave the Lancers an 11 point cushion that remained until the end of the set at 25-12.  The only silver lining was that the Top were able to stymie her service run the 2nd time around and played even the rest of the way, hope for the 2nd set.

Unfortunately the 2nd set went much the same way of the first with the Hilltoppers yielding too many hitting errors and wasting opportunities to score while the GL crew got some key kills to extend service runs in transition to beat the SHS side by an average of 2-1 or 3-1 in any given service rotation due to the serve receive woes of the squad.  Final score of 25-12 again served as a reminder of the recent offensive struggles by the team.  with a 2W-3L record,  the team face a tough week versus the Royals of Oak Knoll on Monday on the road,  the Minutewomen of Elizabeth and SPF at home Wednesday and Thursday respectively.  The Top has handled their Summit neighbors in recent history, split with Elizabeth last year and so far this year has had a razor this advantage over SPF, winning 4 of 6 sets by an average of only 3.2 points across all sets.

MATCH LEADERS

ACES: Sophie and Mackenna 1

SERVE RATING (4=ace, 0=err) : Sophie 2.29

RECEIVE PERFECT PASS (3): Maren 4

PERFECT PASS %: Maren 28.6%

RECEIVE RATING (3=perfect, 0=gave up ace): Rylen and Maren 1.68

KILLS: Madison 2

HIT EFF. (k-e/total att) : Madison .250

KILL %: Madison 50%

DIGS: Lynn and Maren 5

BLOCKS: none

ASSISTS:  Mackenna 4

BEST POINT SCORERS: Madison 2, Sophie/Natalie/Claire/Mackenna with 1

BEST NET POINT SCORERS (0 or higher w/at least 1 earned pt.): none

BLUE DEVILS TOO MUCH FOR THE HILLTOPPERS

The Summit Program traveled to Westfield to take on the Blue Devils across all 3 levels.  The Blue Devils proved yet again that not only are they a perennial top 2 team in the county but also one of the top 15 programs in the state.

Summit finally dropped a match at the 9th grade level for the first time in over one year (amazing feat !!!) going down to the Blue Devils 25-12, 25-18.  Although the team showed some of the positives of the past 3 matches,  its serve receive faltered due to a Westfield consistent serving attack.

Junior Varsity dropped set 1to the Blue Devils as the Westfield side kept the Top at bay on the serve and dominated on attack.  Set 2 was the reverse,  Summit used a very consistent and nearly flawless serve attack (1 error all set) with an efficient attack and opportunistic defensive stops (2 blocks, 5 digs) to take the set from the Westfield side in a surprising result.  Set 3 unfortunately saw the home side again trouble the Top from the service line and the Summit crew could not adjust or match their effort and succumbed to a very good WF squad 2-1.

Varsity dropped a 2 set decision to Westfield by a 25-13, 25-9 score line.  The numbers show a clear Blue Devil advantage with the Top losing the kill battle 14-11,  out blocked 4-1 and out-aced 5-3 for a WF total scoring advantage of 23-15 but that would indicate a much closer match than it turned out to be... but when one factors in the combined 18 service and attack errors by the Top,  you don't need a PHD in vball analytics to identify the problem.  Summit will try to regain the consistency they showed at the Healing the Children Tourney this past weekend with a tough matchup against the potent GL squad.  

Despite the error numbers,  SHS matched the Westfield serve receive rating with a 1.67 a very big silver lining which could yield great results for the future if the consistency game to game remains.  

MATCH LEADERS

ACES: Nadia, Lynn, Molly 1

SERVE RATING (4=ace, 0=err) : Lynn 2.50

RECEIVE PERFECT PASS (3): Maren 4

PERFECT PASS %: Maren 44.4%

RECEIVE RATING (3=perfect, 0=gave up ace): Lynn 2.29

KILLS: Claire 6

HIT EFF. (k-e/total att) : Claire .154

KILL %: Claire 46.2%

DIGS: Mackenna 3

BLOCKS: Molly, Mackenna 1

ASSISTS:  Mackenna 7

BEST POINT SCORERS: Claire 6, Molly 3, Mackenna 3

BEST NET POINT SCORERS (0 or higher): Lynn +1

VARSITY REPEATS AS HEALING THE CHILDREN TOURNEY CHAMPION

Saturday Tournaments  are an opportunity for the teams to work on consistency, new offensive or serve receive patterns and to give the future of the program an opportunity to get some invaluable experience.  

This tournament was no different as Mackenna got to set 3.5 times in round robin play and got to play as an OH the rest of the time which opened the door for Nadia to run the squad as the setter.  With Natalie and Lynn taking the ACT during the round robin portion of the tournament,  Ayina and Rylen got lots of opportunities to pass and play D throughout the sets and Maddie got to roll through the OH position a few times.  Lily also got in replacing Catherine in the MB spot but unfortunately left early due to illness.  

Once Natalie and Lynn arrived,  they were used in the playoffs so they could get some Saturday reps,  especially after a minor injury to Ayina opened up a playing spot for a DS.

RAHWAY 

Summit ripped off a series of aces late and had key kills out of the middle to beat the Indians 25-21 late in set 1 after trailing most of the set.

Summit dropped set 2 to Rahway 25-21 as the serving errors and quick consecutive aces by the Indians proved to be the difference at the midpoint of the set.

ROSELLE PARK

RP dominated the SHS crew from the service line which stifled the Summit offense and led to a comfortable 25-19 win by the Roselle Park team

Set 2 semed to be going much the same route as the scrappy and opportunistic team were leading late 20-16 but then the service attack from the Top came to life and in 2 rotations the Summit squad had aced their way to a 23-22 lead and closed it out through their OH 25-22.

SCOTCH-PLAINS FANWOOD

In their 2nd meeting of the week and 4th and 5th set overall,  the SPF team took the first set 25-19 relying on a nearly perfect serving attack that kept the squad at bay despite Mackenna getting some great production from the OH position.  Serving errors proved to be a major factor in the set loss.

In set 2 however the script flipped as it was the Summit squad who dominated from the service line and allowed the team to come back from a slight deficit late to get multiple match points, fight off one and eventually ace their way to a 30-28 set win.

PLAYOFFS

Madison #1 1st round bye

SPF #2 1st Round Bye

Rahway #3 vs. Roselle Park #6

Summit #4 vs. Roselle Catholic #5

QUARTER-FINALS - Roselle Catholic

With Lynn and Natalie playing for the first time all day,  the squad had a new OH combination and a new serve receive partnership with Lynn filling in for Ayina (out with minor ankle injury).  

Lynn served for Natalie out of rotation 2 and picked up where she left off as a serving specialist blowing the one set elimination wide open with a point service run (3 aces) and Mackenna finished it off late with a 6 point run to lead the Top to a 25-12 set win.  Natalie led the squad with 4 kills. 

SEMI-FINALS - SPF

Madison vs Roselle Park (upset Rahway 25-22)

RP beats Madison in a nail-biter to reach 2nd consecutive final

SPF vs. Summit (defeated RC 25-12)

Summit took a near perfect serving attack (2 errors to 6 aces) and key kills from the OHs Claire and Natalie to power the Top to the win.  Serve receive was solid with Sophie, Rylen and Maren leading the way and Lynn coming up with key digs late to help the transition attack. 

FINALS - ROSELLE PARK

Summit split the round robin, winning their set with late service runs that propelled them to a split but the Park squad really won the transition game and stifled the SHS offense.  In the finals,  SHS was able to pass better,  serve with more consistency to match the RP efforts and held a lead late 20-16 lead before 2 consecutive hitting errors led to a 21-22 RP scoreline.  SHS managed to ride Molly's serving to a 24-23 lead late and the tourney game point was an anti-climactic foot fault by RP to give SHS the 25-23 Tourney win!