The JV Squad took their show on the road to Elizabeth and despite a 1st set loss 25-20 to the Minutewomen, the squad rallied back from a 15-9 deficit to tie the score in set 2 thanks to Knight and her service run. The Top continued to claw back and eventually take the victory behind Colon and Armstrong. Unfortunately, the Elizabeth JV was just a defensive juggernaut in set 3 keeping every SHS attack alive and out-serving the Top late in the match to take the victory and dropping Summit to a 5-3 record.
The Junior Varsity Squad did not have much time to mull over the loss as the Dragons of Kent Placed loomed a mere 48 hours later. The team bounced back nicely on the road and took control early from the service line with key service pressure and great location attacks by Miles as well as a steady and predictable delivery of the great Top passing by Moghal which propelled the squad to a comfortable 2-0 victory which was quite a departure from the first game of the season when SHS needed a Wu service run to salvage a victory and was on the ropes. This time, on the road, JV took control and never looked back.
The team finished off the week against the Rahway Indians who had given the Top everything they could handle on the road earlier in the season and nothing really changed at home. As a matter of fact, the visitors took the first set from the Top 25-21 and looked much improved but on this match day, it was the Colon show as the Soph DS dropped 18 service points over the last 2 sets and hit for 6 aces to create the separation the Hilltoppers needed in each set. Add to that serving the key hitting by Meltzer, Miles and Wu and there was no doubt about the outcome of set 2. Set 3 saw the Indians get out to a 6-2 lead but again Colon saved the day with a 7 point service run (3 aces) that blew the set open and gave the Top the victory 2-1 to improve to 7W-3L.
Next up, Westfield on Tuesday on the road.
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