Summit came off a solid 2 days of practice ready to take on New Providence, one of the top teams right now in the conference. SHS played brilliantly at times, however, as has been the unfortunate story thus far for the Maroon and White, Summit committed too many errors late and dropped a 25-19, 25-23 decision to the Pioneers.
Summit had a tremendous start behind the hitting and serving of Casey Nardino who stepped up to serve in rotation 3 after a few kills out of the front and hit for 7 service points (2 aces) to give SHS the lead at 10-6. By rotation 7 the team saw their lead evaporate as the Pioneers knotted up the score at 14. Summit couldn't regain momentum and saw New Providence's best server rattle off 5 service points behind 2 aces and a few attacking miscues to give the Pioneers a 20-16 lead before she was done. Down by 4 and still within striking distance, SHS did what has been familiar late in these sets and committed a service error which allowed New Providence to extend the lead to 6 at 22-16. The teams traded points from there on out and Summit dropped the game 25-19.
The team reacted well at the onset of game 2 as the team fought back from a 13-10 deficit in rotation 6 behind Katie Samay who hit 2 aces in a 5-0 run that gave Summit a 15-13 lead. But yet again, the Hilltoppers lost momentum off a service error and saw the Pioneers' best server step up again in rotation 8 and hit Summit for 4 service points behind poor passing that led to 2 New Providence kills and 2 Summit hitting errors. Trailing 19-16, Summit managed to generate a kill and break momentum but could not get any closer than 2 points as key hitting errors derailed any momentum generated by good Hilltopper defense. The Pioneers followed those miscues with 2 consecutive service errors that kept SHS alive and Val Guzman stepped up again from the service line and ripped an ace and added another service point to tie up the score at 22. The Hilltoppers were re-energized but made a crucial unforced hitting error to give the ball and the lead back to New Providence who extended the lead to 24-22. Despite a Nardino kill to keep Summit alive at 24-23, a well dug attack
by New Providence led to a final kill out of the left side that Summit could not retrieve and SHS lost
the game and match 25-23.
The team will play tomorrow at the Heal the Children Tournament at Rahway Rec Center.
JV MISSING KEY STARTERS TO STOKES ROLLS OVER THE PIONEERS
JV continued its winning ways with a 25-18, 25-14 win over New Providence. Olivia Elko was yet again instrumental in the match scoring 10 points behind 6 aces and 4 kills while Cheryl Liu added 5 kills to lead SHS to its 4th victory.
Game 1 was essentially over after 6 rotations as Summit held a 14-5 lead and never looked back from there. New Providence made a run at the squad, cutting the lead to 4 at 21-17 but the Hilltoppers slammed the door with a 4 service performance by Olivia Skrobala who closed out the game at 25-18.
Game 2 was more of the same with SHS jumping out front 5-0 right out of first rotation and extending it to 13-6 by rotation 3 and Elko's serving. By rotation 6 the lead had ballooned to 19-11 and the match was over soon thereafter after another 6-3 run to close game 2 and the match.
JV will next take on ScotchPlains-Fanwood on Monday.
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