The Lady Hilltoppers saw their pre-season come to a close with decisive 3-0 and 2-0 set wins on the Varsity and JV Levels respectively on Thursday against Morristown-Beard School. The squads looked solid from the service line and used their serving attack to set the tone for their set sweeps of the Crimson.
Due to the bleacher installation in the main gym, the JV and 9th grade squads lost a previously scheduled match this past week. The results of the scrimmage season were very positive for the program.
The 9th graders (19 strong) took 3 sets from East Brunswick in their season debut. The JV took 1 set from Millburn, 1 from Colonia, 1 from East Brunswick and swept Mo-Beard 2-0 for a preseason scrimmage record of 5W-5L. Considering the squad is primarily 10th graders going up against teams filled with club players, it bodes well for the squad for this season.
Varsity went up against 4 of the toughest teams in Group 3 during scrimmage season:
1st Match lost 3 sets to Millburn, 2018 #1 ranked in Essex County, Semi-Finalist in County Tournament, Quarter-Finalist in Group 3 State Championship.
2nd Match lost 3 sets to Colonia, 2018 #1 ranked Middlesex County, Semi-Finalist in County Tournament, Quarter-Finalist in Group 3 State Championship.
3rd Match won 1 lost 2 to East Brunswick, #7 in Middlesex County, Quarter-Finalist in County Tournament, First Round Group 3 State Championship.
4th Match lost 3 sets to JP Stevens, #2 Middlesex County, County Champion, Quarter-Finalist in Group 3 State Championship.
5th Match won 3 sets to Morristown-Beard.
The Varsity Squad will look to take their performance against the Crimson of Mo-Beard into next
week's opening match versus Wardlaw-Hartridge, a team that upset the Hilltoppers on the road by a 2-1 set score.
You can see the top ranked players during scrimmage season using this link:
SCRIMMAGE STATS
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