Check out the results for SOL girls’ volleyball teams in action Thursday.
COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 3, PENNSBURY 0 (25-11, 25-18, 26-24)
Talk about celebrating Senior Night in style.
The Indians did just that on Thursday, sweeping the Falcons for the first time in Kinsey Lynch’s 10-year tenure at the helm.
“I think a huge, huge momentum factor was the fact that it was Senior Night,” said Lynch, whose roster includes six seniors. “The girls just played out of their minds. It was probably was one of the most memorable matches – if not the most memorable match – I’ve coached in my life.
“The kids just played so well. In the third game, we were down 19-11, and we ended up coming back and winning. We had a couple of little lapses, but we were still feeling confident. They stayed relaxed and poised and knew they had to turn it on because they really wanted to try to beat them in three.”
The Indians received huge contributions from their seniors. Megan Hannagan and Hailey Burns each had six kills. Burns also had 16 digs. Krista Campbell had 24 assists while Carson Easterly had four aces, four kills and 14 digs. Erica Rummel had a team-high 22 digs, and Sam Rowen had 17 digs.
“The energy in the gym was amazing,” Lynch said. “It was phenomenal. The jayvee team won also in three, and they set the tone for us.
“Honestly, we’re playing as a team. That’s the key word. When we play well and play as a team and those kids have a right mindset, it’s tough to beat us.”
Pennsbury coach Michael Falter tipped his hat to the Indians.
“They played a great match both offensively and defensively – very efficient with few errors,” the Falcons’ coach said. “Unfortunately, we did not show up to play tonight, which is extremely odd to me since it’s always a great match.
“We were missing our senior starting middle, who was in a car accident and is out for the season – I’m not sure if it would have made a difference with how many errors we had, but she is a vocal leader on the team, and we missed that tonight. There is still a lot of season left, so hopefully we can use tonight as a lesson.”
Thursday’s win avenged an early season loss to the Falcons (3-2). Two days earlier, Rock North avenged a loss to Williams Tennent with a 3-1 win.
“Hopefully, we’re on a roll,” Lynch said. “Truthfully, some of the losses we have are not because we didn’t have the physical skills or ability to beat the teams we lost to.
“It was because we had huge mental lapses where three, four, five, six points would go by, and we’d dig ourselves in a hole. I think the kids are learning to be more mentally tough and are trusting each other. We have to learn to continue to roll and not let other teams get back in when we’re ahead by three or four points. Tonight was an overall team effort.”
PENNRIDGE 3, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-16)
The Lady Rams received big performances at the net by Steph Judkins (10 kills, 5 digs), Victoria Jones (10 kills) and Ariana Pryzbylowski (8 kills). Setter Meghan Keefe had 30 assists. Lauren Drugotch had six kills and five blocks in the middle. Ana Vinantonio had five aces to lead the Rams’ service game. Kelly Bergen had 11 digs and two aces.
For the Bucks, Sophia Videva had five kills, 5.5 blocks and one ace while Julia Schweibenz had five kills, two aces and seven digs. Kelly McKinstry had three aces and 16 digs, and Ashley Juliano had three kills and 11 digs. Kayla King had two kills, 15 assists and seven digs.
Pennridge’s home match on Monday night against Central Bucks South is the Lady Rams’ DIG PINK night for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
UPPER MERION 3, WISSAHICKON 0 (25-12, 25-7, 25-12).
The Vikings rebounded from Tuesday’s loss to Hatboro-Horsham to earn a sweep of the Trojans. The victory upped the Lady Vikings’ record to 11-1 and 8-1 in American Conference play.
“It was an outstanding team effort as UM gets ready to play Villa Maria at home on Saturday,” coach Tony Funsten said.
SOUDERTON 3, QUAKERTOWN 1 (25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 26-24)
The Indians won Thursday’s tightly contested match to sweep the season series with the Panthers. Savannah Bostwick had a big night defensively, contributing 26 digs. Setter Cori Watson had 32 assists and five aces. The Indians received big contributions at the net from Megan Freed (seven kills, 11 digs, four aces), Melissa Gould (eight kills), Hannah Fairweather (seven kills, five blocks), Megan Pirtle (seven kills, four blocks) and Monica Miller (six kills).
For the Panthers, Amanda Pursel had a big night with 11 kills, six digs and one ace. Katelyn Spieker had five kills, two blocks and two aces, and Jen Sterner had seven kills, nine assists and four aces. Lindsay Beck had 13 digs and one ace.
WILLIAM TENNENT 3, HARRY S TRUMAN 0 (25-13, 25-14, 25-15)
The Panthers found themselves staring at a 9-5 deficit in game one but closed it out with a 20-4 run. Jamie George led the charge with 12 straight serves, including nine aces. Ariel Goldberg added three aces. Alex Koppany had 19 assists, spreading the ball around to Sydney Turygan (six kills), Colleen McDermott (five kills), Cassie McCarney (four kills) and Elisse Hanssen (four kills).
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 3, NORTH PENN 0
Coach Scott Geller described Thursday’s sweep of the Maidens as a “true team effort.”
“Contributions from everyone made this possible,” the Patriots’ coach said. “We had great opposite play from Hannah LaMond with six kills.
“Other kill contributors and strong serving from Natalie Arm, Bridget Terrel, Kelly Guillen, Julia Gallagher, Krista Helveston, Lauren Helveston, Kate Wolsey and Emma Goll.”
Lauren Helveston and Madie D’Angelo led the team with a combined 20 assists.
HATBORO-HORSHAM 3, UPPER DUBLIN 1 (25-15, 23-25, 25-9, 31-29)
The Hatters earned the hard-fought win to solidify their share of second place in the American Conference standings. The entire team contributed to the win. The offense was led by senior Sam Jones and junior Jaimee Stoczko with 10 kills each, while senior Alexa Kennedy contributed nine, junior Cassidy Quattro added seven and senior Dymond Black added another six.
Senior Candyce Riley had a productive day dishing out 39 assists and serving 28 points. Five of her serves were aces. Freshman Katerina Yankanich served four aces, and sophomore Allison Laucella and Kennedy each had three aces. On defense, Stoczko dominated the net with four blocks. Jones had 13 digs, Lucella had 10 digs, and Riley and Yankanich each had nine.
For the Flying Cardinals, Taylor Stek had three aces, nine kills and 14 digs. Setter Bryn Stek had 17 assists to go along with two aces and 11 digs. Gabbi Johnson had one ace, one kill and eight digs while Melanie Phifer had one ace, 11 kills and seven digs. Sarah Dennin had two aces, three kills and seven digs.
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 3, ABINGTON 0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-15)
Abington setter Sarah Donahue had 11 assists and two digs. Leah Simmons had a big night at the net with 13 kills to go along with four digs, two blocks and one ace. Claire Gassman had nine kills, two aces and three digs. Jamie Kidd led the defense with 14 digs while Gwen Lockery had three digs. Anna Banter had two aces.
Wednesday, Oct. 1
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 3, NESHAMINY 0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-19)
Sarah Poli and Larissa Keer had strong serving nights with Poli delivering nine out-of-system serves and four aces while Keer had 15 out-of-system serves and one ace. Eryn Cleary spread the ball around with 14 assists.
At the net, Taylor Danilowicz had seven kills, Poli had five and Megan Manderson had one kill. Brianna Bannach had two digs, Keer had five digs, Sara Ecklemeyer had two blocks and two kills while Meghan Dunn had one block.
SOUDERTON 3, NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY 0 (25-20, 29-27, 25-18)
The Indians celebrated Senior Night with a sweep of the visiting Lions. Liana Reinford had eight digs, and setter Cori Watson had 31 assists and three aces. Megan Freed (10 kills, five digs, two aces), Monica Miller (11 kills), Melissa Gould (six kills, four digs), Megan Pirtle (two kills, two blocks, three aces) and Hannah Fairweather (three kills) all made important contributions.
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