The Summit Squad was looking to build on recent close games against some of the top 10 teams in the county as they faced off against the #5 team Linden. Summit started off slow, dropping set 1 25-8 and despite a drastic turnaround in set 2 which saw the Hilltoppers trail 3-0 early but storm back to take the lead 17-14 in the latter stages, the end result was familiar, with SHS collapsing late as Linden pulls an 11-3 run to close out Summit in set 2 25-17.
Summit just could not get on track in set 1 as the Hilltoppers could not get their offense on track and hit for only 3 kills while accruing 6 errors in a -.187 first set performance. Summit also gave up 5 aces which was enough to help Linden run away with the set 25-8.
In set 2, the team continued to struggle down 3-0 early but after a quick time-out, the team came back to tie the set and actually jump ahead late as Angela Scott brought the team back from a 4 point deficit at 9-13 to 12-13 behind thanks to 3 aces which helped trigger another 5-0 run that had Summit up at 17-14. But key errors in both passing and offense saw the team give up 8 straight points to go down 22-17 before they were able to side-out. Linden dispatched the Hilltoppers a few points later with a 25-17 win.
After early struggles, Julianne Smolyn was again the passing rock for the squad with a 2.08 rating for the match as she handled 24 of Summit's 47 passes. Cassidy O'Malley and Casey Nardino hit for 7 kills and only 1 error (4 and 3 respectively) but it wasn't enough to slow the Tigers.
JV FALTERS LATE AND LOSES A 3 SET HEARTBREAKER TO LINDEN
Summit was dominant in set 1 building a 13-6 and a 19-14 lead but each time the Linden Tigers did not fold and fought back to within 2 each time. Summit was able to rely on their serving in each of those cases to snap the streak and finish the set 25-19.
In set 2, Summit's serving and passing was spotty at best early and trailed 9-3 at one point. Summit slowly chipped away at the lead and relying on Sammi Auerbach, Grace Galuppo and Taylor Thompson's serving, Summit climbed all the way back and took the lead late 19-17. But the Summit serve receive couldn't get on track and allowed Linden to ace their way back to the lead 21-20. After trading points to get the score to 22-21, Summit were the lucky recipients of a couple of Tiger errors which got Summit up 23-22. It was a short lived celebration though as a free ball error and 2 straight passing errors, gave the Tigers the unlikely win at 25-23.
Set 3 saw SHS trail throughout as the serving from key players faltered and the Linden passing seemed to be the best of the 3 sets. Summit trailed by 3-4 points throughout but got to within 2 points late with the score 18-16. Linden went on a 7-3 run from that point on fueled by 2 Summit service errors and 2 passing errors which spurred Linden to the upset victory, 25-19.
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