Summit took on ALJ today looking to get their first win of the season. The 25-20, 14-25, 24-26 loss was another blow to the Lady Hilltoppers who saw 6 match points evaporate after the team fought back from an early deficit to control the remainder of the 3rd game.
Summit did not start off well in the first game, falling behind 8-3 and 13-5 after a mere 4 rotations. Val Guzman started rotation 5 with an ace and before she was done, Guzman had pulled SHS to within 1 at 13-12. After Katie Samay served in rotation 6, the Lady Hilltoppers had knotted the score at 15 and never looked back as the team outscored ALJ 10-5 the rest of the way to earn a 25-20 game 1 win.
The second game was more of the same as a slow start by the Hilltoppers had SHS down by 7 at 18-11 after 6 rotations. Summit just never got on track and fell to ALJ 25-14.
SHS faced yet another 3rd game match this season and the 2nd time the team had a less than stellar 2nd game after winning game 1. The deciding game was tight throughout with the score being 11-10 ALJ after 6 rotations. Gabby Mejia took SHS to a lead near the midpoint of the game at 14-13. Although ALJ regained the lead at 16-15, Casey Nardino re-established the Hilltopper lead with 3 service points, seemingly putting Summit in control at 19-17. After Grace Galuppo and Val Guzman put the team in control at 24-19, the game seemed well in hand and the first win a mere kill away. But the kill never came and SHS could not stop the ALJ serve as the Crusaders scored the last 6 points to steal the victory from the Hilltoppers at 26-24.
Summit hit for 20 kills but also had 21 errors. The team continued its torrid serving pace with another double digit performance with 13 aces while serving at nearly 92%. Summit also played outstanding defense digging up 36 attacks, 22 of which came from Jocelyn Mendez and Val Guzman.
Summit will look to turn their fortunes around on the road tomorrow at Linden.
JV COMES BACK FROM 0-1 DOWN TO TAKE THEIR 2ND WIN OF THE SEASON
The JV Squad had an early lead after 6 rotations at 10-6 but both squads struggled to keep the ball in play from the service line. SHS continued to hold the lead after Olivia Skrobola served the team to a 14-10 lead after 7 rotations. ALJ responded though and rattled off 5 service points to take the lead at 16-14. Game 1 seemed all but lost when ALJ ran off 6 straight points by rotation 11 and took a 24-20 lead. Blakely McCann then brought the team back to knot the score at 24 but a service error opened the door for ALJ and they ran right through it, taking the age 26-24.
Game 2 was far less competitive with SHS jumping on top early behind the serving of Camille Della Piazza, 11-7. Olivia Elko took control after rotation 6 and pushed the Hilltopper lead to 16-10, a lead the team would not relinquish. Summit would outscore ALJ 9-6 the rest of the way to seal the game 2 win.
In game 3, SHS came out very tight and found themselves down 9-3 in the deciding 15 point game 3. After Coach Ross called a time-out, the Hilltoppers relaxed and Olivia Elko's serving was yet again a factor, providing the team with 6 service points and giving the team a 10-9 lead. ALJ took the lead at 14-13 and had a match point after Camille Della Piazza had pulled SHS even at 13 but the Hilltoppers broke serve and Juliana Fiore got SHS to the brink of victory at 15-14 but ALJ was able to fight that match point off and knot the score at 15. After both teams missed opportunities to take charge of the match, Olivia Skrobola stepped up and closed out the match behind her serving and defense.
SHS improved to 2W-1L and will face off vs. Linden tomorrow, looking for their 3rd win of the season.
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