LADY HILLTOPPER VBALL BLOG : IRVINGTON BLUE KNIGHTS NO MATCH FOR HILLTOPPERS IN ROUND 1 OF N2G3 TOURNAMENT

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

IRVINGTON BLUE KNIGHTS NO MATCH FOR HILLTOPPERS IN ROUND 1 OF N2G3 TOURNAMENT

The Hilltoppers had a 20-1 kill advantage and an 18-3 ace advantage in a 25-10, 25-8 match victory that propelled the Summit squad to the Quarter-Final match at home on Wednesday versus Barringer High School.

Despite a 22-2 scoring advantage in game 1, the Hilltoppers got out to a slow start and trailed 5-1 at the start after giving up an ace and tallying 4 consecutive hitting errors. After that auspicious start however, SHS started to find its rhythm and outscored the Blue Knights 24-5 to wrap up game 1. Meghan Tarashuk and Gabbie Guidetti led the onslaught with 7 aces and Vivian Roberts and Erin Vostal combined for 8 kills from 9 swings with 0 errors to lead the Maroon and White to a game 1 victory.

Game 2 was more of the same with the Hilltoppers dominating play from the service line and getting outstanding production from their offensive players in route to a 25-8 score. Summit opened up an 8-2 lead early and never looked back as Irvington could not get any closer than 8-4 before Summit embarked on a 9-2 run that had the Blue Knights reeling down 17-6. Despite a Hilltopper service error, the Top closed out the match on another 8-1 run and, appropriately enough, ninth grader Zoe Zacharias closed out the match on 2 consecutive aces.

Zacharias and Vostal led the way from the service line with 6 aces on 11 attempts and only 2 errors and Vostal joined teammate Eva Oberhuber offensively with a combined 6 kills on 9 attempts with 0 errors. The team was error free in game 2 from an offensive perspective and had 8 total kills on just 13 attempts!

Kasey Walsh had an outstanding game 1, tallying 12 assists to 5 different players before giving way to the game 2 setting tandem of Zacharias and Olivia Lawlor who tallied for a combined 6 assists.

Erin Vostal again led the Hilltoppers in points with 10 and had a net point total of 9 to lead the Top and 7 other players ended at a positive net point result for the match.

Next up, Quarter-Finals, Barringer, 5:15pm, Summit High School Gym, Wednesday the 14th of April.

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2022 TEAM HIGHLIGHTS

SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2022 The 2022 season saw the Lady Hilltoppers win 16 matches, the highest number of wins the team has earned since 2011 and earn the 4th best winning % in program history and the 3rd most wins all-time. The 2022 Team reached the quarter-finals of the state sectional tournament for only the 5th time in program history for the third consecutive time and earned the 2nd highest county tournament ranking in program history. The 2022 Team had 2 players earn All-County recognition (First and Second Team All-County) and 3 players earned All-Conference recognition (2 First Team and 1 Honorable Mention), the 2nd most in program history.

STATS AND RANKS

The 2022 Hilltoppers were the best offensive team the school has ever seen. The Squad ends with the most total kills and kills per game in its history. It also finishes with the best kill %, hitting efficiency and net kills/game. The team also finishes with the most points ever scored and the most points per set average. The prior record had been 770 points by the 2011 Squad and 14 points per set average by the 2012 Team but the 2022 Hilltoppers smashed those records with 909 Total Points and a 14.90 Points per Set Average. The 2022 Hilltoppers notched the 2nd best number of total aces and had the best total number of blocks and third best blocks per game. The team also notched the 3rd best total number of digs and digs per game.

TEAM ACADEMIC AWARDS

THE 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 WINTER, 2021 FALL AND THE 2022 TEAMS EARNED THE AVCA TEAM ACADEMIC AWARD! LESS THAN 50 NJ SCHOOLS GOT THE AWARD OVER THE LAST 6 YEARS.!!! LESS THAN 415 HIGH SCHOOLS NATIONALLY!!! ***Additionally, the top 20% of team GPAs from each division are designated as Team Academic Honor Roll schools, representing the highest scholarly achievement in our sport.*** SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL EARNED THE AMERICAN VOLLEYBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION TEAM ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL EVERY YEAR SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN THE 2020-21 SCHOOL YEAR

COLLEGE OF SAINT ELIZABETH - COACHING RECORD

SAINT ELIZABETH UNIVERSITY (4 SEASONS) I led the CSE Women’s Volleyball program for 4 seasons and guided the Screaming Eagles to its most successful campaign in program history in 2012. The team posted the most wins ever in the history of the program (22W), the best overall record (22W-7L), the most wins in the NEAC since CSE joined the conference (6W), the best team record in the NEAC since CSE joined the conference (6W-6L) and tied the highest finish ever in the NEAC. In 2013, despite losing 4 starters and the starting setter for most of the season, the Eagles finished over .500 at the end of the season for the 3rd consecutive year. Of note, those were the only 3 seasons (2011-12-13) that the program had ever been over .500. The Eagles had 5 players ranked in the top 50 nationally for Aces per Set in the past 3 seasons, including a 14th best national ranking in 2012 and a 17th best in 2013. The team was also ranked 11th nationally in the same category in 2011, 12th in 2012 and 21st in 2013. CSE was the highest ranked DIII team in NJ in that category as well for the first time (2nd highest in 2011-12). The Eagles were also the only NJ DIII team to earn the coveted American Volleyball Coaches Association Team All-Academic Award for 2012-13 AND 2013-14.