The Summit Lady Hilltpoppers stayed unbeaten on Senior Night against their New Providence neighboors on Friday afternoon. The team was relentless from point 1 to point 50 and held a final kill advantage of 15-5, a block advantage of 2-0 and a 13-4 ace advantage for the match, out-scoring the Pioneers 30-9 for a 2-0 win of 25-11, 25-16.
Game 1 saw SHS jump out to a 5-0 as Captain Kasey Walsh ht for 3 aces and Vivian Roberts got the offense rolling with a kill from the outside. The Pioneers went on a 8-1 run to take the lead back but a service error by New Providence and a Kiera Stocks ace had the squads locked in an 8-8 tie that seemed to indicate that this was going to be a tight match. But Stocks went on a 4-0 run (Stocks ace, Sarah Maldonado kill) which had the Hilltoppers up 12-8. The teams traded service breaks and then Meghan Tarashuk did what she does best and blew open the game from the service line with a 4-0 run that saw ¨Smush¨ hit for an ace and put the New Prov serve receive in tremendous pressure allowing the Hilltoppers to run their best offense on free passes which allowed newly named Captain Erin Vostal to get in the scoresheet with a kill. Despite a service break, Summit got the ball back and got Annabella Yorio in the action with 2 tip kills and Gabbie Guidetti ripped a service ace to get the Maroon and White to a 20-10 lead that was not in doubt. SHS finished the game off on a 5-1 run for the final score of 25-11.
New Prov opened up the second game with a 4-1 run but after a Pioneer hitting error, yet again Roberts got the offense going with a kill that sparked a 6-0 run (Catherine Eldridge and Maldonado kills) that had the Top up 7-4. Another 3-1 run in which Maldonado hit for a kill and had a block sandwiched around another Stocks ace that saw the lead expand to 10-5. One could sense the game was hanging in the balance and the Pioneers responded with a 3-0 run that had them back in the match but Summit reponded with an Eldridge kill which brought Tarashuk up to serve and before she was taken out late in game 2, she had led the Hilltoppers to a 6-0 run blowing open Game 2 (Smush ace, Maldonado kill) . With the score 17-11 Summit, a block by Maldonado led to 2 more kills by Vostal to see the Hilltoppers go up to again an insurmountable 20-11 lead. The teams split the next 10 points for the 25-16 final tally that have the Top at 6W-0L (best start ever), top 10 ranking in Group 3, top 10 in Union County and #1 in the N2G3 section.
The Hilltoppers have a busy week ahead with the county tournament in the horizon and a huge rivalry match-up with Cranford on Monday morning with the seeding meeting on Monday night. A 7W-0L record may just propel Summit to a top 5 ranking for the tournament.
Wednesday, SHS travel to ALJ to attempt to duplicate their win at home and are looking to a first round match on Thursday.
Gabbie Guidetti - Team Lead 4 aces, Team lead 3.38 serve rating
Sarah Maldonado - Team Lead 4 kills, Team Lead Efficiency .333, Team Lead 2 Blocks
Kiera Stocks - Team Lead 8 digs, Team Lead Reception Attempts 9, #2 Pass Rating 2.11
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