VARSITY CAN´T FIND OFFENSE VS PIONEERS; JV AND 9TH GRADE ROLL ON TO 2-0 SWEEPS

The Pioneers have proven to be one of the Hilltoppers most difficult opponents over the years with Summit only winning a handful of times at New Providence in the last decade.  Today proved to be another lopsided affair as the Maroon and White could not find any semblance of offensive rhythm and dropped a 2-0 decision to the Pioneers by 25-10, 25-8 scores.

After serving 3 of the first 6 serves for errors, the Hilltoppers were perfect from the service line and hit for 3 aces total in the match.  However, the Pioneer side-out offense out of system was so efficient that the Summit players never got a chance to use their biggest weapon consistently.  Summit managed 47 attacks on the match but 4 kills was the output, thus, the predictable outcome.  The Hilltoppers forced 13 free balls that the team passed perfectly in the match but managed only 1 kill out of those plays, a stat that spelled the end to a divisional match for Summit.

Kiera Stocks was all over the court in this match, the Captain notching a match leading 9 digs, passing at a 2.0 rating, sending 8/15 passes to the setters with a perfect 3.0 rating and going 3/3 from the service line with a serve rating of 2.0.  Stocks also handled 7 free ball passes that rated a perfect 3.0.

The Varsity will attempt to right the ship on Friday at home with a divisional match versus Roselle Catholic.


JV ROLLS TO 6TH WIN AND 9TH GRADERS UPSET PIONEERS FOR 5TH VICTORY!

The sub-Varsity levels kept the good times rolling with JV taking charge early of game 1, getting out to a 23-6 lead after 7 rotations.  New Providence ran through a 9-0 burst that got them to within 8 at 23-15 but SHS slammed the door and took game 1 25-16. 

Game 2 was a different story with SHS struggling off the service line and not getting the offensive production from the front as New Prov not only dug many balls but were not going to give the Hilltoppers any easy error points.  The Pioneers had the game tied at 11 after 6 rotations and were trailing by only 3 by rotation 9 (19-16) but Jaclyn Szabados blew the game open with a 6-0 run that closed out the game and match, setting the run up with 2 aces that sparked the win.

Eva Oberhuber was effective in game 1 with 3 kills and teammates Olivia Lawlor and Sabrina Ippolito also added 3 kills each to balance out the attack but it was again Catherine Eldridge who dominated with 6 kills to pace the Hilltopper offense for the match.  Jordan Parella distributed 7 assists and scored on 4 aces and 2 kills to tie for the team scoring lead. 

Meanwhile, 9th Graders surprised the Pioneer squad with a 2-0 sweep by scores of 25-21 and 25-15 to improve to 5W-1L in their inaugural season!