The 9th grade team concluded its 2019 season this past week with three consecutive matches. On Wednesday, Senior Night, the team took on the Ridge Red Devils as the appetizer to the Senior Night match-up versus the Oak Knoll Royals. On Thursday, the Pioneers of New Providence came calling in hopes of avenging their earlier loss to the Hilltoppers. 9th graders finished out their season on Friday against the Scotch-Plains Fanwood Raiders.
The match against the Red Devils was decided by the service line as the Hilltoppers dropped a 2-1 decision based on its inability to match the Red Devil serving attack.
The Pioneers took set 1 from the Hilltoppers by a 27-25 score as a near perfect service game from the New Providence Squad late sealed the fate of SHS. Set 2 saw the Hilltoppers come back from a 21-4 deficit to close to within 4 over 3 rotations where the Summit serving game out-scored the Pioneers 15-2 to give the Hilltoppers hope at 23-19 but two late errors derailed the comeback and the Pioneers came away with the victory despite the furious Hilltopper comeback.
For the last match, Summit faced off versus the Raiders to close out the season and despite the SPF squad having more experience in the game, SHS swept the Blue and White 2-0 by scores of 25-16 and 25-11 to close out 2019 with a 10W - 7L record. With SHS leading in a tight match 12-9 through 7 rotations, Allison Wauters, as she has often done this season, ripped a 4-0 run to blow open set 1, 17-9, in route to a 25-16 set 1 victory.
In set 2, the teams were locked in another tight battle through 6 rotations with SHS again leading 13-11 after 6 rotations. A service error by the SPF squad expanded the lead to 14-11 and put Abby Wells at the line to serve. Wells ran off an 11-0 service run that eradicated any thought the Raiders had to come back into the match.
Congrats to Coach Gutierrez and the Squad for their wonderful season!!
UPSET MINDED JV'S EFFORT COMES UP SHORT AGAINST THE BLUE DEVILS
The Junior Varsity traveled to Westfield to take on the Blue Devils in the Semi-Finals of the Union County JV Tournament. Summit was very competitive and pushed the Blue Devils in set 1 but the consistent play of Westfield wore down the Hilltoppers late and JV dropped set 1 late. Set 2 was a clinic in serving dominance as the Westfield squad dominated from the service line and Summit could not convert its opportunities and dropped a 2-0 decision to the #1 Westfield Blue Devils. JV's record is now at 18W - 5L.
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