The 2018 Lady Hilltoppers opened the campaign with a tough matchup against last year's semifinalists in the Union County Tournament and the matchup proved that the Hilltoppers still have a bit of work to do to challenge that level of competition.
Summit fell to Union 2-0 in a lopsided affair that saw the Farmers hit for 15 aces to Summit's 2. The lone bright spot for the Maroon and White was the offensive play of Carmel Barsh who led the squad with 4 kills and no errors.
On the JV side, Summit took the first set in a tight battle decided by the serving power late in the set of the Hilltoppers. The team had a few too many missed offensive opportunities in set 2 and lost an opportunity to close out the match late after an early 5 point deficit had been cut down to 1 late in the set but 3 free ball errors cost Summit the set. Set 3 saw the Farmers roll out to a 9-3 lead but the Hilltoppers fought back to take the lead late before yet again seeing serving errors and free ball receive errors thwart their chances to earn their first win.
Both squads will travel to Rahway on Friday to take on the Indians in their first divisional matchup of the season. Summit has been very successful of late against the Indians, taking 5 of the last 6 matches in the last 3 years with a few 3 set wins in the mix. JV has gone 4W-2L over the last 3 years against Rahway as well.
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