#11 Haverford 3, #6 Quakertown 2 (23-25, 27-25, 21-25, 25-21, 15-11)
Coach Andy Snyder might have known his team would be in trouble when the Panthers – after winning the first game of Tuesday’s match – opened up a 24-19 lead in game two only to watch the Fords rally for a 27-25 win.
“A series of errors resulted in that loss,” Snyder said. “We just couldn’t execute when we needed to. We had unforced errors at inopportune times, and it piled up on us.
“It seemed like we were playing from behind the whole night. We were staying with them, but we couldn’t get ahead.”
Mike Stover led the Panthers with 21 kills while teammate Ian Jones had 12. Setter Donnie Thomas had 48 assists to go along with seven blocks.
#10 Christopher Dock 3, #7 Council Rock South 1 (25-20, 17-25, 25-23, 25-15)
The Golden Hawks saw their season end when they were upset by Dock.
“We came out and lost game one and then picked it up game two and really played well,” coach Scott Hibbs said. “The team was focused and had a lot of energy.
“We came out to a lead in game three and got down. It was just an emotional roller coaster ride for us. It always is. That’s our team’s MO. Normally, we can pull it out at the end, but we weren’t able to do it today.”
Cody Nowlin led the Hawks with 13 kills while Dave Wilkes added 10 and Connor Shields, six kills. Ben Crouse had 36 digs.
“We were down our starting setter,” Hibbs said of Tim Beger. “We lost him in our Pennsbury match. It was tough to lose a player like that at that time in the season.
“It’s kind of like losing a quarterback or a point guard. It’s tough to accommodate it because kids have to adjust to new sets. It was tough.”
#5 North Penn 3, #12 Lower Merion 0 (29-27, 25-18, 25-23)
The Knights might be the walking wounded, but they had more than enough firepower to dispose of the Aces in three straight games.
“A lot of the guys have been in limited practices, and we didn’t start out that well, but those guys that are hurt all stepped up,” coach Kevin Eck said. “Those guys on Lower Merion are scrappers. They may be a 12 seed, but they got their hands on every ball.”
Kyle Sinding – despite a sore shoulder - led the Knights attack with 22 kills to go along with 10 digs, three blocks and two aces. Matt Elias had 41 assists as well as three kills, eight digs and three blocks. Chris Davidson added 14 kills, five digs and two blocks.
Scott Dickinson rolled his ankle in the Quakertown Tournament but has been gutting it out in games, delivering eight kills and seven blocks.
Matt White, who recently returned to the lineup, injured his shoulder during warm-ups.
“He didn’t have much of an offensive night, but he had one solo block and was in on 14 other blocks,” Eck said. “We needed that from him.”
Defensive specialist Hyun Kang, who was playing with an injured foot, had four digs.
“Three of them were just awesome,” Eck said.
The Knights will travel to Council Rock North for a second round match on Thursday.
#7 Neshaminy 3, #8 William Tennent 0
Setter Brent Jamison dished out 31 assists to a balanced Redskin attack. He also had four digs and one ace. Anthony Kirk led both the attack with 10 kills to go along with 12 digs and two aces. Ryan Roedel had seven kills and three digs while Dave Baron and Vladimir Flys each had five kills. Baron also had three blocks and three digs and Flys, seven digs. Kyle O'Donnell had four kills, one block and seven digs. Drew Keeling led the defense with 14 digs and one ace.
"This was a huge win for us," coach Kevin Roode said. "William Tennent plays tremendous defense, and we knew that we would have to play a really good game to beat them. We have a huge task ahead of us with Pennsbury, but we're looking forward to the challenge."
Nick Gross led the Panthers with seven kills while Kenny Rauchut had four. Nick Ciarlante and Mike Excell led the defense with 10 digs each, and Steve Baranowski had five digs. Larry Volosevich had four blocks. Setter Jeff Milnazik had 21 assists and four digs.
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