Check out the results for SOL boys’ volleyball teams in action Friday.
COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 3, ABINGTON 0 (26-24, 25-17, 26-24)
The Indians celebrated Senior Night by sweeping the Ghosts in three tightly contested games. Senior Josh Hinton was a force both at the net and on defense, finishing with 13 kills, 11 digs, four aces and one block. Jason Yakimiv (seven kills, one block) and Will Stollsteimer (seven kills, 11 digs, two aces) also had big nights at the net.
Senior Dalton Abrahamsen (21 assists, six digs) and Logan Fulgestad (13 assists, eight digs, one ace) split setting duties. Eric Van Thuyne had a team-high 12 digs to go along with two assists. Senior Sean Lyon (five kills, one block, one dig), senior Nick Reich (three kills, three digs), Will Desautelle (two kills, one block) and senior Elonas Marcauskas (one block) also made important contributions.
For the Ghosts, Matt Penecale contributed 10 kills. Joe Wiley (16 digs) and Jake May (12 digs) came up big on defense. Tim Sydel had 23 assists.
Rock North (13-2, 8-2 SOL) will host La Salle High School on Monday at 3:30 p.m.
QUAKERTOWN 3, UPPER DUBLIN 0 (25-19, 25-6, 25-19)
The visiting Panthers rolled to a sweep of the Cardinals. Dylan Flor had a big night at the net, finishing with 18 kills and 11 digs while Lucas Schan added 10 kills and three digs and Coulton Terry had seven kills.
Nick Wesley and Jeff Prusch led the defense with 10 digs each while Mike Dierolf had seven digs. Setter Xavier Villanueva had 30 assists.
The Panthers upped their record to 10-4 in conference play (12-4 overall).
PENNSBURY 3, COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 2 (20-25, 25-16, 22-25, 25-16, 15-13)
The Golden Hawks took a 2-1 lead after three sets only to watch the visiting Falcons rally for the hard fought win.
Sean Sweeney led the Falcons at the net with 16 kills to go along with three aces and 10 digs. David Levey added 13 kills, 20 digs and three blocks, and Kenny Hickman had nine kills (.421 hitting percentage), one ace, five digs and four blocks. Brad Edwards led the defense with 16 digs to go along with five assists. Setter Kevin Killoran had a busy night, contributing 44 assists, 12 digs, one block and one kill. Josh Leon added nine kills, six digs and four blocks while Mason Reilley added five kills, four digs and five blocks. James Greenland added one kill and two digs.
For the Golden Hawks, Ross Sweed had a monster night, finishing with 25 kills, two blocks and 16 digs. Robert Reifsteck added eight kills, three blocks and eight digs while Tyler Hondros had six kills, one block, two aces and 18 digs. Rob Kessel added seven kills and three blocks.
SOUDERTON 3, CHRISTOPHER DOCK 1 (24-26, 25-19, 25-9, 25-19)
The Indians celebrated Senior Night with a win over their neighboring rival, rallying from an early 1-0 deficit to win the next three sets.
“Our season has been a little bit of a struggle, but by the same token, we’re trying to get better and take that next step,” coach Dave Stastny said. “We’ve had our ups and downs, but tonight was really nice. They had the enthusiasm I’m looking for, and the word I keep using is passion. I want passion for the game, and I think the kids really stepped up for it.”
Prior to the game, the team’s two seniors – Luke Clemmer and RJ Ubowski – were honored.
“We said we wanted to remember this night for the seniors,” Stastny said. “They played well.
“I appreciated their hustle, what they did. We started off a little rough the first game, but you have to give Dock credit. They have a nice team, they run a nice middle quick, and some of our middle blockers started getting some blocks, which was a plus.”
Sam Hess led the Indians with 16 kills while Jack Pagan had 10 kills and four aces. Ubowski had a pair of blocks in the middle and Derek DiCesare led the defense with 23 digs.
“He did a great job back there,” Stastny said. “I look at the overall team effort – our setters got everyone involved. Everyone was getting swings, and that was a plus for us.”
The win was the Indians’ third in their last six games after losing eight straight to open the season.
“At the beginning of the year, there was a lot of new people coming up because we lost a full senior team last year,” Clemmer said. “There were a lot of transitions and learning to work together.
“We were getting to know each other and the way you play. I’d just say we became like a family, and that helped us.”
For the seniors, winning at home in front of a large crowd was not a bad way to celebrate Senior Night.
“It feels pretty good,” Clemmer said. “It was really fun, and I’ll always remember it.
“In the first set, we started off with not enough emotion or passion.
“Coach told us, ‘It’s one game. We can’t lose against our rival,’ so we picked up our energy, and we really just fought for it. That’s what it came down to.”
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