Check out the results for SOL volleyball teams in action this week.
National Conference
PENNSBURY 3, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 1 (25-22, 29-27, 21-25, 25-19)
The perennial SOL powers found themselves locked in another classic war.
“It was the typical battle between our two schools, which seems to be the theme for years,” coach Michael Falter said. “We trailed in every single game.
“North actually went on a 9-0 run to start the match. We played Mount St. Joseph on Monday and did the same thing, but they settled in. In the second game, we were down 17-11 and we came back to win. In the fourth game, we were behind 14-9 and came back to win.
“They never panicked. They settled in and showed great perseverance and mental toughness and chipped away and played disciplined volleyball, which is what I’ve been asking them to do all year.”
Cara Reilly finished with 19 kills while Lauren Bransfield added 10 and Taylor McCartney, eight kills.
“Cara Reilly came up really big in the end when we needed to put the ball away,” Falter said. “I told Kelsey (Ongradi), my setter, ‘Just give her the ball until they stop her.’ Percentage-wise she was putting the ball away, but this was definitely a team win.”
Ava Patterson and McCartney each had four aces. Defensively, Dagny Gould led the way with 19 kills while Patterson added 14 digs while Kelsey Ongradi had nine. McCartney had eight digs.
“We played amazing defense,” Falter said. “It’s the best defense have played all year, by far.
“Dagny Gould, who’s our sophomore libero – for being a sophomore and stepping into a starting role, she is calm. She never gets fazed by anything. Ava Patterson reads the ball really well and has a good feel for the court.
“If it were not for our scrappy defense and relentless pursuit of the ball, I don’t believe we would’ve been able to fight back from some of those deficits. For the most part, we are a young team in terms of starting experience. It’s nice to see that we are making progress, showing growth and playing more like a team every match.”
The two teams will meet in a rematch on Oct. 8 at Council Rock North.
“You never know because Tennent is playing well, but that could be for the league title or a share of the league title,” Falter said.
WILLIAM TENNENT 3, NESHAMINY 0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-20)
The Panthers served for 21 aces, led by the four-ace performances of Alex Koppany and C.C. Weir. Amber Wood, Chelsea Gallagher, Jaime Bonner and Maddie Richard each had three aces. Bonner led the attack with 10 kills while Gallagher added eight and Wood had seven kills. Ashley Weidman added five kills. Koppany dished out 32 assists. Weir had three digs while Koppany and Bonner each had two.
For the Redskins, Molly MacDonald had 12 digs and three aces, and Mackenzie Maher had four kills and three blocks.
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 3, BENSALEM 0
The Golden Hawks received important contributions from Katie Quinn (six kills, two aces), Kelly Nicholas (five kills, one ace), Donna Spiteri (eight kills, one ace, four digs) and Melissa Nichlas (15 assists, three aces, five digs).
Continental Conference
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 3, SOUDERTON 0 (25-20, 25-9, 25-20)
The Patriots used a balanced attack in their sweep of the Indians. Bridgett Terrel and Lindsay McIntosh led the attack with eight kills and Hannah LaMond added five kills. The Patriots had 11 service aces, led by four from Lauren Helveston and two each from Erin Lane and Natalie Arm. Halveston also had 27 assists. Defensively, Clow had a team high nine digs while Lane added eight. Hannah Lunak had seven digs and Natalie Arm had six digs.
NORTH PENN 3, QUAKERTOWN 0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-19)
The Maidens were led by the performance of Hannah Simmon, who had eight kills, two aces and four digs. Sammy Powers added four kills and three aces, and Amy Pastuszak had five aces and two kills. The Maidens are 2-2 in the SOL (2-3 overall).
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 3, PENNRIDGE 2 (7-25, 25-21, 25-23, 16-25, 16-14)
The Bucks rallied from a slow start to eke out the win in Tuesday’s tightly contested match. Alicia West led the Bucks with 10 kills, seven aces and eight digs. Sophia Videva added three kills and four blocks, and Kelly McKinstry had four aces, nine assists and five digs. Kailey Prall had 19 digs while Candace Rupert and Ashley Juliano each had three kills.
American Conference
NORRISTOWN 3, CHELTENHAM 1, (25-21, 14-25, 25-17, 25-19)
The Lady Eagles were able to hold off the Lady Panthers, thanks to the solid serving efforts of Jackie Cook, Carmelina Branca and Lucy Cusamono. Cusamono also contributed four kills while Morgan Kampmeier added three kills. Setter Karla Ronan was credited with 13 assists.
The Lady Eagles will travel to Truman on Wednesday for a non-league contest at 3:30 p.m.
ABINGTON 3, WISSAHICKON 0 (25-20, 25-13, 25-9)
Junior outside hitter Carley Cooper had another big match for the Ghosts, contributing 12 kills, one block, four digs and five aces. Sophomore outside hitter Leah Simmons added six kills, one block, three digs and seven aces. Sophomore outside hitter Stacy Wolfinger had one block and five aces, and junior middle hitter Kate Ryan had three blocks. Sophomore setter Emma Garg had one kill, 19 assists, two digs and two aces. Sophomore libero Jamie Kidd had one kills, five digs, two aces and two aces.
“A strong serving game by the Lady Ghosts kept Wissahickon out of system most of the game,” coach Jea Lee said. “It was a great team effort.”
HATBORO-HORSHAM 3, UPPER DUBLIN 1 (25-15, 25-19, 23-25, 25-16)
Junior Sam Jones led the Hatters’ offense with 19 kills and served 20 points. Other kills were earned by junior Dymond Black with four and junior Alexa Kennedy, sophomore Cassidy Quattro, and sophomore Jaimee Stoczko with three each. Junior Candyce Riley led the defense with 19 digs, while Junior Rachel DeMarco contributed nine, and Jones added five. Freshman Allison Laucella served 17 points including two aces, and Riley served 13 points. Seniors Hannah Steiger and Katie McKay dished out 16 and 12 assists respectively.
For the Flying Cardinals, junior outside Taylor Stek had 11 kills and one ace while junior Kelly Sun had six kills, one block and eight assists.
UPPER MERION 3, PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-12)
The Colonials were led by the defensive efforts of Keelin McEleney (15 digs) and Emily Houck (nine digs). Setter Torri Biggins had 10 assists, and the offense was led by the four-kill effort of Bridget Raimondo.
Monday, September 16
ST BASIL ACADEMY 3, ABINGTON 0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-19)
Carley Cooper led the Ghosts with seven kills, five blocks and seven digs. Claire Gassman had three kills, four blocks and six digs. Leah Simmons had four kills and five blocks, and Kate Ryan had seven blocks. Emma Garg had 15 assists, one block and four digs.
NORRISTOWN 3, HALLAHAN 1 (25-18, 25-9, 19-25, 25-16)
The key to the Eagles’ non-league win, according to coach Bernadette Vereb, was overall teamwork and good ball control. Carmelina Branca led the Lady Eagles with five aces, one kill and two blocks, followed by Jackie Cook with four aces and two kills and Karla Ronan with four assists.
HARRY S TRUMAN 3, CHELTENHAM 0 (25-20, 25-12, 26-24)
Rachel Jesse (seven kills, four blocks, seven aces) and Madeline Parisi (six kills, three aces) led the Lady Panthers. Kelly Graham added two kills, two aces and four digs.
METHACTON 3, QUAKERTOWN 1 (25-23, 25-15, 26-24, 25-14)
Quakertown received important contributions from Amanda Pursel (four kills, one block) Liana Buonanno Taylor (two kills, 10 digs) and Jen Sterner (12 assists, two kills, one block, one ace).
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 3, NESHAMINY 0 (25-19, 25-8, 25-23)
The Patriots were led at the net by the performances of Kelly Guillen (six kills), Rachel Clow (five kills) and Hannah LaMond (five kills). Lindsay McIntosh led a strong service game with five aces while Erin Lane added three and Natalie Arm and Lauren Helveston, two each. All told, the Patriots had 15 aces. Halveston also had 24 assists while Casey Miller had eight. Defensively, Lane had 16 digs while Lunak had six and McIntosh, Terrel and Helveston added five each.
MOUNT ST JOSEPH ACADEMY 3, PENNSBURY 2 (25-10, 25-21, 20-25, 22-25, 15-9)
In a tightly contested match of the district powers, the Magic eked out the five-set win on their home court.
“We came out extremely flat in the first game – not really sure why for a big match like that,” coach Michael Falter said. “After dropping the first game 25-10, I expected them to come out a little more fired up in the second game, but that was not the case.
“We finally settled in and started to make a run towards the end of the second game, which gave us momentum going into the third despite the loss. We made some adjustments defensively and were able to take the third and fourth games. Unfortunately, a slow start in the fifth game was something we could not overcome. Cara Reilly and Ava Patterson both had really good matches and were able to come up with some big kills at crucial times.”
Defensively, Dagny Gould led the Falcons with 16 digs while Reilly added nine and Patterson, five. Reilly (13 kills) and Patterson (15 kills) also led the Falcons at the net. Taylor McCartney had 11 kills. Patterson also had four aces, and Gould added three.
Thursday, September 12
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 3, PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 1 (21-25, 25-13, 25-19)
The Titans dropped the first set of Thursday’s non-league match but came back strong, winning the next three.
“They put a lot of pressure on us with their serves, but we rallied back from being down and came on strong,” South coach Ulana Keer said. “The second game we pushed with our serves, and Jax Babezki served out 10 points before PW regrouped from our attack.
“Caitlyn McCrory served well tonight, serving for 33 attempts and having a team high of 10 kills in games three and four.
“Jackie Haffey and Babezki blocked their attack with a team high of eight and seven respectively while our back row of Larissa Keer, Cait McCrory and Cecilia Miller dug for 25 assists that resulted in kills.
“Lindsey Edling, Madi Conroy set Miller and Danilowicz for a consistent attack.”
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