The JV Team opened its season on a great note defeating the Pioneers by a 25-22, 25-16 margin in a match that saw the Hilltoppers be more productive from the service line and out hustle their opponent on out of system balls.
This is the first time SHS has defeated New Providence at the JV level in recent history. The squad, led by Taylor Thompson's serving and Christina Gangi's and Captain Madison Young's offense, out-aced and out-killed New Providence en route to the victory.
In game 1, the Hilltoppers held an 6-5 lead when Thompson then stepped up to serve and rattled off 3 aces and 5 service points to bring SHS to a seemingly comfortable 11-5 score. On the next few switches of serve New Providence was not able to generate much on their serve but neither could Summit and the 15-9 score reflected that fact. But New Providence soon reacted behind their best server and went on an 8-0 run that had the Pioneers in the lead 18-17. The game settled to a back and forth affair at that point until Bella D'Ambrosi rattled off a couple of aces to give SHS a lead at 22-21. This was a lead the team would not give up and soon closed out New Providence 25-22.
In game 2, the pattern continued as Summit's service attack had New Providence on the ropes and led to a 14-6 lead that the team would not give up in route to a 25-16 win that saw Young and Gangi hit for 5 total kills as the Hilltopper defense was able to generate good transition offense for points.
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