The JV squad was looking to improve its record to 6 wins by taking the 2nd match from New Providence this season. The match turned out to be a far more difficult match than the Hilltoppers had in match 1 versus the Pioneers and the 25-19, 25-23 scores reflected how tight the match was on the Pioneer home court.
The Pioneers opened up a 3-0 lead early and maintained it through the early stages at 7-4 but then Bella D'Ambrosi stepped up to the service line and after an ace, D'Ambrosi got the Hilltoppers up 8-7. Unlike match 1 though, the Pioneer serve receive would not let the Hilltoppers extend the lead and New Providence finished rotation 6 up 10-9. Taylor Thompson saw SHS go down 13-9 but led the team back to within 1 at 13-12 before the Pioneers broke serve. Madison Young took over then and got the Hilltoppers up 15-13 and SHS held on to that lead through rotation 12 19-18.
After a missed Pioneer serve got Summit the ball leading 21-19, Captain Young rattled off 4 service points to close out the game 25-19. The Summit offense and defense were stellar in the game and helped carry the inconsistent serving game through the win.
In game 2, SHS saw a much more spirited and motivated Pioneer team. Summit's serve receive and offense couldn't get on track and the team found themselves down 11-4 before a Young kill got the ball back to the Hilltoppers. Thompson got SHS back to within 3 at 10-13 after 4 service points but New Providence had the lead back to 16-11 after a few more rotations as the offense could not get kills during this stretch. After the teams traded points and each team was stopping the other from getting on a run, SHS was down yet again by 3 at 16-19. Katie Samay served at that point and found her serve after struggling most of the game to bring the Hilltoppers to within 1 at 18-19. After Summit broke the Pioneer serve with a kill, Thompson turned the match with 3 point run to get Summit in the lead for the first time in the game at 21-20.
New Providence managed to tie the score at 21 and after an exchange of serves, the Pioneers got back ahead 23-22 but a key kill by Christina Gangi got Summit to the serving line and Natalie Schluter did not disappoint, hitting 1 ace and 3 service points to seal the game and match 25-23 in comeback fashion.
The player of the match was clearly Captain Madison Young who led the Hilltoppers with a team best 2 aces and team best 8 kills, scoring 10 of the team's points. Alisha McDonnell was outstanding defensively getting a team leading 7 digs, adding 3 assists and 1 kill to the win.
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