The last time Summit earned a victory over the Farmers of Union was in 2014, a 2-1 win at Summit. Since then, the Farmers have owned SHS, winning the last 5 matches in a row, dropping only 1 set in that span. The Hilltoppers hope to buck the trend as they open the 2017 season in Union on Sept. 7th.
Rahway is Summit's home opener on the 8th and the Maroon and White have had a good rivalry with the Indians over the past three years. Summit has split each of the season series in the last three years. In 2014, the teams won their respective matches at home by 2-1 margins. In 2015, the Hilltoppers lost handily at home in the opening match in the season series but avenged that loss on the road with a 2-1 win. 2016 saw the Hilltoppers drop a 2-1 decision on the road but later in the season steamrolled the Indians 25-6, 25-19 in a decisive 2-0 victory.
The Maroon and White's outlook for the 2017 season is bright but serving consistency and offensive production will be the keys to Summit's fortunes, especially against the Union Farmers and the Rahway Indians.
Sunday, September 3, 2017
2017 SEASON PREVIEW
The Lady Hilltoppers will enter the 2017 season looking to turn the corner and make states since 2011 after a 2016 season that had many 3-set frustrations that led to a sub .500 record.
The 2016 squad opened the season 0-3 with 3 consecutive 3 set losses but none more painful than the first loss to Union who beat SHS in 3 despite Summit winning set 1 25-9. The Farmers stormed back in set 2 with a 25-19 win to set up a classic 3rd set. Summit trailed 24-20 late in set 3 but an ace and 3 kills had the Hilltoppers on the brink of an amazing win. Although Union served for the match at 25-24, Casey Nardino hit a key kill to tie the set and followed up with an ace to give the Hilltoppers match point at 26-25. But that was the end of the Maroon and White's scoring. That loss set the tone for a frustrating month as SHS went 2W-9L with 4 3-set losses.
The mental fortitude of the squad was outstanding as the team pulled itself together and had a banner October, going 6W-6L against the tougher part of its schedule. After 3 consecutive 3 set losses to open October, Summit closed the season with a 6W-3L record and is hoping that last trend carries the team into 2017. Clearly, the seven 3 set losses in 2016 were a major factor in the team's fortunes and were the direct result of an offense that, although improved, could not muster enough points to overcome untimely errors.
The 2017 squad is quite different from the last 3 years. This is the tallest squad across the front row that SHS has fielded in 4 years and also the youngest. Last year, SHS had 12 seniors on the squad but this year, only 4. For the first time since 2010, 9th graders are starting on Varsity (Williamson and Stocks) and the team has 6 players (Inggs, Pulgar, Stocks, Trindell, Thompson, Williamson) who have played off-season club volleyball, the most players in its history.
The team will rely on the decision-making ability of its setter, McDonnell (Sr.), to run a faster tempo offense and the offensive contributions of returners Inggs (Jr. MB), Trindell (Jr. MB/OPP) and Thompson (Sr. OH), all who have club experience. The team will also rely on the passing of Pulgar (Jr. DS) and Williamson (9th Lib) to set up the offense and anchor the defense with the athletic Della Piazza (Sr. DS) rounding out the defensive efforts and playing a vital role on serving. But the team will also rely on its unprecedented depth as the bench looks to play a vital role in the team's offensive and defensive success.
On offense, returner Samay (Sr. OH) and newcomers Nardino and MacPherson (Jr. OHs) will add to the offensive efforts from the outside and newcomers Barsh (Jr. MB) and Goudreau (Soph. MB) will bolster the middle attack and defense. Liu (Jr. DS) and Stocks (9th DS) will provide much needed defensive and serve receive options while Skrobala (Jr. S/OPP) will add a needed backstop to the setting and blocking position.
In the team's 3 scrimmages, here were some scoring highlights:
TOP 5 PASSERS (TOTAL ATTEMPTS - Scrimmages and Practice)
Williamson 98
Thompson 52
Camille 46
Samay 45
Pulgar 33
Stocks 33
TOP 5 SERVE RECEIVE RATINGS (Scrimmages and Practice)
Williamson 2.01
MacPherson 1.78
Samay 1.78
Thompson 1.73
Pulgar 1.67
TOP 3 POINT SCORERS (K+BLK+ACE)
Inggs 18
Williamson 8
Nardino 8
Samay 7
MacPherson 7
Thompson 7
TOP 3 KILL TOTAL
Inggs 15
Williamson 7
Thompson 6
Samay 6
MacPherson 6
TOP 3 ACE SERVERS
Della Piazza 6
Nardino 4
McDonnell 4
Williamson 2
TOP 3 DIG TOTALS
Williamson 17
Della Piazza 9
Thompson 7
TOP 3 HITTING EFFICIENCY
MacPherson .455
Samay .333
Inggs .280
TOP 3 KILL %
MacPherson 45%
Samay 44%
Inggs 44%
Williamson 40%
TOP SERVING %
McDonnell 92%
Williamson 91%
Thompson 75%
The 2016 squad opened the season 0-3 with 3 consecutive 3 set losses but none more painful than the first loss to Union who beat SHS in 3 despite Summit winning set 1 25-9. The Farmers stormed back in set 2 with a 25-19 win to set up a classic 3rd set. Summit trailed 24-20 late in set 3 but an ace and 3 kills had the Hilltoppers on the brink of an amazing win. Although Union served for the match at 25-24, Casey Nardino hit a key kill to tie the set and followed up with an ace to give the Hilltoppers match point at 26-25. But that was the end of the Maroon and White's scoring. That loss set the tone for a frustrating month as SHS went 2W-9L with 4 3-set losses.
The mental fortitude of the squad was outstanding as the team pulled itself together and had a banner October, going 6W-6L against the tougher part of its schedule. After 3 consecutive 3 set losses to open October, Summit closed the season with a 6W-3L record and is hoping that last trend carries the team into 2017. Clearly, the seven 3 set losses in 2016 were a major factor in the team's fortunes and were the direct result of an offense that, although improved, could not muster enough points to overcome untimely errors.
The 2017 squad is quite different from the last 3 years. This is the tallest squad across the front row that SHS has fielded in 4 years and also the youngest. Last year, SHS had 12 seniors on the squad but this year, only 4. For the first time since 2010, 9th graders are starting on Varsity (Williamson and Stocks) and the team has 6 players (Inggs, Pulgar, Stocks, Trindell, Thompson, Williamson) who have played off-season club volleyball, the most players in its history.
The team will rely on the decision-making ability of its setter, McDonnell (Sr.), to run a faster tempo offense and the offensive contributions of returners Inggs (Jr. MB), Trindell (Jr. MB/OPP) and Thompson (Sr. OH), all who have club experience. The team will also rely on the passing of Pulgar (Jr. DS) and Williamson (9th Lib) to set up the offense and anchor the defense with the athletic Della Piazza (Sr. DS) rounding out the defensive efforts and playing a vital role on serving. But the team will also rely on its unprecedented depth as the bench looks to play a vital role in the team's offensive and defensive success.
On offense, returner Samay (Sr. OH) and newcomers Nardino and MacPherson (Jr. OHs) will add to the offensive efforts from the outside and newcomers Barsh (Jr. MB) and Goudreau (Soph. MB) will bolster the middle attack and defense. Liu (Jr. DS) and Stocks (9th DS) will provide much needed defensive and serve receive options while Skrobala (Jr. S/OPP) will add a needed backstop to the setting and blocking position.
In the team's 3 scrimmages, here were some scoring highlights:
TOP 5 PASSERS (TOTAL ATTEMPTS - Scrimmages and Practice)
Williamson 98
Thompson 52
Camille 46
Samay 45
Pulgar 33
Stocks 33
TOP 5 SERVE RECEIVE RATINGS (Scrimmages and Practice)
Williamson 2.01
MacPherson 1.78
Samay 1.78
Thompson 1.73
Pulgar 1.67
TOP 3 POINT SCORERS (K+BLK+ACE)
Inggs 18
Williamson 8
Nardino 8
Samay 7
MacPherson 7
Thompson 7
TOP 3 KILL TOTAL
Inggs 15
Williamson 7
Thompson 6
Samay 6
MacPherson 6
TOP 3 ACE SERVERS
Della Piazza 6
Nardino 4
McDonnell 4
Williamson 2
TOP 3 DIG TOTALS
Williamson 17
Della Piazza 9
Thompson 7
TOP 3 HITTING EFFICIENCY
MacPherson .455
Samay .333
Inggs .280
TOP 3 KILL %
MacPherson 45%
Samay 44%
Inggs 44%
Williamson 40%
TOP SERVING %
McDonnell 92%
Williamson 91%
Thompson 75%
Monday, August 21, 2017
Friday, August 18, 2017
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
2017 LADY HILLTOPPERS VOLLEYBALL SQUAD
First of all, THANK YOU !!!
Thank you for all your energy, hard work and dedication to this process.
I know this was tough for some of you and it is not an easy situation considering we don't have a 9th grade team. But I couldn't have been prouder of the improvement EVERYONE displayed and I just hope everyone had a good time during the process.
There are 3 groups that are listed, VARSITY, JUNIOR VARSITY and PRACTICE SQUAD.
IF you did not make it or are on the practice squad, these are the opportunities
that are available to you IN-SEASON to get better and set up for next year's tryouts.
IN SUMMIT
http://www.cjva.org/fall
IN ROSELLE CATHOLIC
http://www.crushvb.com/fall_ms__hs_team_programs
If you did not make it and want a face-to-face, text/email or phone evaluation summary, please text me via Remind and let me know how you would like the summary. ALSO, if you want to try some other sport instead, Cross-Country is welcoming any volleyball. soccer or field hockey kids that didn't make it.
VARSITY AND JV will practice 9am-12pm tomorrow
PRACTICE SQUAD will meet 12:15 - 12:30pm to go over schedule and practices going forward
VARSITY
Carmel Barsh 11th
Camille Della Piazza 12th
Sylvie Goudreau 10th
Georgia Inggs 11th
Cheryl Liu 11th
Alisha McDonnell 12th
Katie MacPherson 11th
Micaela Nardino 11th
Tessa Pulgar 11th
Katie Samay 12th
Olivia Skrobala 11th
Kiera Stocks 9th
Taylor Thompson 12th
Lauren Trindell 11th
Ava Williamson 9th
JUNIOR VARSITY (1 spot open)
Hannah Allocco 9th
Isabel Berkeley 9th
Sarah Brennan 9th
Ava Calabrese 9th
Krista Ann Clapp 10th
Luisa Esquivel 10th
Abby Doyle 10th
Megan Gregory 9th
Kyra Guenther 10th
Gabbie Guidetti 9th
Kate Hanson 10th
Cassandra Hrehorovich 10th
Sarah Maldonado 9th
Madeleine Murphy 9th
Daniela Ospina 10th
Meghan Tarashuk 9th
Erin Vostal 9th
Kasey Walsh 9th
Annabella Yorio 9th
PRACTICE SQUAD (goal is to move up to JV)
Anna Akirtava 9th
Maleya Christian 9th
Sarina Cusumano 9th
Catherine Eldridge 9th
Clara Eroles 10th
Gwendolyn Gallagher 9th
Nia King 10th
Sydney Limmer 9th
Julissa Lopez 10th
Miranda Mendez-Carvajal 10th
Yuna Oh 10th
*** PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK THE SPELLING OF YOUR NAME***
Thank you for all your energy, hard work and dedication to this process.
I know this was tough for some of you and it is not an easy situation considering we don't have a 9th grade team. But I couldn't have been prouder of the improvement EVERYONE displayed and I just hope everyone had a good time during the process.
There are 3 groups that are listed, VARSITY, JUNIOR VARSITY and PRACTICE SQUAD.
IF you did not make it or are on the practice squad, these are the opportunities
that are available to you IN-SEASON to get better and set up for next year's tryouts.
IN SUMMIT
http://www.cjva.org/fall
IN ROSELLE CATHOLIC
http://www.crushvb.com/fall_ms__hs_team_programs
If you did not make it and want a face-to-face, text/email or phone evaluation summary, please text me via Remind and let me know how you would like the summary. ALSO, if you want to try some other sport instead, Cross-Country is welcoming any volleyball. soccer or field hockey kids that didn't make it.
VARSITY AND JV will practice 9am-12pm tomorrow
PRACTICE SQUAD will meet 12:15 - 12:30pm to go over schedule and practices going forward
VARSITY
Carmel Barsh 11th
Camille Della Piazza 12th
Sylvie Goudreau 10th
Georgia Inggs 11th
Cheryl Liu 11th
Alisha McDonnell 12th
Katie MacPherson 11th
Micaela Nardino 11th
Tessa Pulgar 11th
Katie Samay 12th
Olivia Skrobala 11th
Kiera Stocks 9th
Taylor Thompson 12th
Lauren Trindell 11th
Ava Williamson 9th
JUNIOR VARSITY (1 spot open)
Hannah Allocco 9th
Isabel Berkeley 9th
Sarah Brennan 9th
Ava Calabrese 9th
Krista Ann Clapp 10th
Luisa Esquivel 10th
Abby Doyle 10th
Megan Gregory 9th
Kyra Guenther 10th
Gabbie Guidetti 9th
Kate Hanson 10th
Cassandra Hrehorovich 10th
Sarah Maldonado 9th
Madeleine Murphy 9th
Daniela Ospina 10th
Meghan Tarashuk 9th
Erin Vostal 9th
Kasey Walsh 9th
Annabella Yorio 9th
PRACTICE SQUAD (goal is to move up to JV)
Anna Akirtava 9th
Maleya Christian 9th
Sarina Cusumano 9th
Catherine Eldridge 9th
Clara Eroles 10th
Gwendolyn Gallagher 9th
Nia King 10th
Sydney Limmer 9th
Julissa Lopez 10th
Miranda Mendez-Carvajal 10th
Yuna Oh 10th
*** PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK THE SPELLING OF YOUR NAME***
Thursday, August 3, 2017
PHYSICAL CLEARED LIST AS OF 8/8
This will update every day or 2 but I will send out a Remind message when I do
Please reach out to me first via Remind with any questions unless you have been instructed to reach out to the trainers by me via GoogleDoc or by text
PLEASE READ THIS FIRST
They need to have the following from you to clear you:
1-current physical within 1 year of start date***
2-health history form ***
***they won't send paperwork for approval till they have BOTH of these***
3-consent form
4-permission slip
Standard Messages on GoogleDoc:
OK = you can try out if and ONLY IF this is next to your name
Clearance Pending = waiting for paperwork approval, otherwise looks good for try-outs right now
No Paperwork in = they don't have anything from you AND you probably need a new physical
Need Physi / Health History form = pretty self explanatory, they have 3 and 4 above but are missing 1 and 2
Need Online paperwork = that's 3 and 4 above found online in district website... turn that in, you'll be cleared
Need Health Hist Form = missing #2 above, they won't turn paperwork in to be reviewed till you get that in... it's like you don't have a physical
IF YOU DON'T SEE YOUR NAME IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING FROM YOU
This is the link that has the list and that I'll update this weekend...
Cleared Link
Please reach out to me first via Remind with any questions unless you have been instructed to reach out to the trainers by me via GoogleDoc or by text
PLEASE READ THIS FIRST
They need to have the following from you to clear you:
1-current physical within 1 year of start date***
2-health history form ***
***they won't send paperwork for approval till they have BOTH of these***
3-consent form
4-permission slip
Standard Messages on GoogleDoc:
OK = you can try out if and ONLY IF this is next to your name
Clearance Pending = waiting for paperwork approval, otherwise looks good for try-outs right now
No Paperwork in = they don't have anything from you AND you probably need a new physical
Need Physi / Health History form = pretty self explanatory, they have 3 and 4 above but are missing 1 and 2
Need Online paperwork = that's 3 and 4 above found online in district website... turn that in, you'll be cleared
Need Health Hist Form = missing #2 above, they won't turn paperwork in to be reviewed till you get that in... it's like you don't have a physical
IF YOU DON'T SEE YOUR NAME IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING FROM YOU
This is the link that has the list and that I'll update this weekend...
Cleared Link
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
2017 SEASON NEARLY HERE!!!!
GET PAPERWORK IN!!!! DUE ON 8/1
GO TO THIS LINK ASAP AND FILL OUT INFO I NEED FOR TRAINERS
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R6Ib4GwRSW-6JaenI6iGBLUKydBKy1eAd4HYEc_CsHQ/edit?usp=sharing
KEEP DOING BODYWEIGHT WORK!!!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/115Nldbb9cZKXWra8FI23Z-c_6bgMKEWlyX4KvLaqU9A/edit?usp=sharing
GO TO THIS LINK ASAP AND FILL OUT INFO I NEED FOR TRAINERS
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R6Ib4GwRSW-6JaenI6iGBLUKydBKy1eAd4HYEc_CsHQ/edit?usp=sharing
KEEP DOING BODYWEIGHT WORK!!!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/115Nldbb9cZKXWra8FI23Z-c_6bgMKEWlyX4KvLaqU9A/edit?usp=sharing
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