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
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