Check out the recaps for SOL boys’ volleyball teams in action Tuesday. Pennridge/CB South photos courtesy of John Sklut. Check back for a gallery of photos: https://solsports.zenfolio.com/f869437409
SOL National Conference
NESHAMINY 3, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 1 (21-25, 25-16, 27-25, 25-23)
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Neshaminy (3-1, 1-1 SOL) will travel to William Tennent on Thursday, and Council Rock North (2-2, 2-1) will be on the road at Cheltenham on Thursday.
BENSALEM 3, COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 1
The visiting Owls defeated the Golden Hawks 3-1 on Tuesday to improve to 6-0 on the season.
The Owls had a balanced offensive attack led by Dev Patel (15 kills 1 block) and Jahaan Patel (13 kills 1 block). Vraj Patel (10 kills 3 blocks) and Yosuf Khan (7 kills) also played well. Roman Walsh provided a spark for Bensalem with nine kills two blocks and two aces. Veer Patel paced the offense with 44 assists and libero Luv Patel had a strong match with six assists of his own.
For the Golden Hawks, freshman outside Josh Cook (10 kills, 2 digs, 1 ace, 1 block) and senior outside Ethan Harding (8 kills, 3 digs, 1 ace, 1 block) led the attack. Senior Chris Fyke (15 assists, 1 ace, 4 digs) and junior Joey Bowman (3 aces, 9 assists, 7 digs) split the setting duties. Sophomore outside Will Geiger (1 kill, 1 ace, 3 digs), senior middle Adam Kirk (4 kills, 1 block) and senior middle Spiros Meleas (3 blocks) also contributed. Defensive specialists/liberos – senior Tommy Fabrizio (17 digs), senior Jacob Kramer (3 digs) and junior Jake Macartney (3 digs) – anchored the Golden Hawks’ defense. Rock South’s right sides – sophomore Eddie Alsnis and senior Stephen Rankel – combined for two blocks, two kills, two digs and one assist.
Bensalem (6-0, 3-0 SOL) plays at Pennsbury on Thursday, and Council Rock South (1-5, 1-3) will be on the road at Wissahickon on Wednesday for a non-league match.
WILLIAM TENNENT 3, ABINGTON 0
PENNSBURY 3, CHELTENHAM 0
SOL American Conference
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 3, SOUDERTON 1 (25-22, 25-16, 24-26, 25-20)
Led by the standout effort of Dean Nguyen, the visiting Bucks earned a hard-fought win over the Indians. Nguyen led the Bucks with 17 kills and 11 digs.
Also for the Bucks, Cooper Tyksinski had eight kills and three blocks while Logan McHenry and Nick Anton both had seven kills. Setter Liam Boyle was credited with 39 assists. Caleb Woodring contributed 10 digs.
For the Indians, Everett Self (11 kills, 14 digs) and Derek Stefanowicz (10 kills, 10 digs) led the way. Gio Iervolino added five kills and four blocks, Justin Doppler had four kills and six blocks, and Colton Musselman contributed five kills and three blocks.
Central Bucks West (5-1, 4-0 SOL) will host North Penn on Thursday, and Souderton (2-4, 1-3) will travel to Lower Merion for a non-league match on Monday.
UPPER DUBLIN 3, CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 1
The Flying Cardinals received big performances at the net by Cory Pendleton and Zakary Brown, who led the way in their win over the visiting Patriots. Pendleton finished with a team-high 19 kills and four digs while Brown added 12 kills, one ace and five digs.
UD setter Scott Barenbaum dished out 36 assists and also had one ace, three digs and one block. Dominick Plaku’s 14 digs led the defense. He also had four aces and one assist. Also contributing were Joseph Theodorson (5 kills, 2 blocks), Michael Loose (3 aces, 1 assist, 4 digs), Potter Rudl (2 kills, 1 block) and Seamus Frayne (5 kills, 1 assist, 2 blocks).
For the Patriots, AJ Helveston (11 assists) and Ryan Coxey (17 assists) split setting duties. Helveston also had seven kills, two blocks, one ace and one dig while Coxey had three kills, two aces and five digs. Reid Miller led a balanced East attack at the net with eight kills as well as one block and six digs. Evan Blank added six kills and 11 digs, Shane Sutton had five kills and five blocks. Kyle Knorr contributed eight digs. Also contributing were Tommy LeFever (1 kill, 1 block, 1 dig) and Caleb Lyzinski (1 block, 1 dig).
Upper Dublin (4-1, 3-1 SOL) will host Quakertown on Thursday, and Central Bucks East (3-2, 2-1) will host Pennridge on Thursday.
NORTH PENN 3, QUAKERTOWN 0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-20)
The visiting Knights notched their first win of the season, defeating the Panthers in straight sets.
For the Panthers, Owen Reinford’s nine kills led the attack He also had three digs. Owen William added seven kills, one ace and four digs. Tyler Moyer (12 assists, 2 kills, 9 digs) and Sean Gillin (10 assists, 3 kills, 13 digs) shared setting duties. Also contributing were Vadym Mazurak (1 kills, 3 aces, 4 digs), Alex Alfaro Diaz (2 kills, 2 digs), Jack Harris (1 kill, 1 ace, 1 dig) and Quinn Costanzo (15 digs).
North Penn (1-5, 1-4 SOL) will travel to Central Bucks West on Thursday, and Quakertown (1-3, 0-3) will be on the road at Upper Dublin on Thursday.
PENNRIDGE 3, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 1
The visiting Rams dropped the first set of Tuesday’s match but came back to win a hard-fought second set, setting the stage for the 3-1 win.
Setter Evan Jalosinski handed out 32 assists and also had three kills, three blocks and nine digs. Bryce Ammon led a dangerous Ram attack with 14 kills and three blocks. Also coming up big for the Rams were Chris Cullen (9 kills, 3 blocks), Aaron Ladd (7 kills, 2 blocks, 2 aces, 7 digs), Jude Rotonodo (7 kills, 3 blocks) and Logan Jaloskinski (3 kills, 7 aces).
Pennridge (3-0 SOL) will travel to Central Bucks East on Thursday, and Central Bucks South (1-3) will host North Penn on Monday.
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