Pennridge 3, Souderton 2 (26-28, 23-25, 31-29, 25-19, 15-9)
In a classic battle between the neighboring rivals, the Indians extended the defending district champion Rams to the limit before falling in five tightly-contested games.
Ram setter Matt Trumbower handed out 62 assists in Monday night’s kill-fest. Erik Moyer was the beneficiary of many of those sets, finishing the night with a game-high 25 kills. Derek Kemmerer was not far behind with 21 kills to go along with 10 digs. Mike Shenk added nine kills while Matt Beck had seven kills and four blocks. Ryan Chinnici had six blocks.
Jake Braun led the Rams’ defense with 28 digs while Christian Lizana had 10 digs.
For the Indians, Alex Long was credited with 46 assists and 13 digs. Seniors Cody Leatherman (21 kills, 12 digs) and Trevor Bishop (20 kills, 14 digs) both had big nights for the Indians. Andrew Diesel had nine kills and three blocks. Christian Benner had a huge night defensively with 34 digs.
The Rams, who improved to 13-0, will host North Penn on Wednesday night.
Central Bucks East 3, Central Bucks South 0 (25-12, 25-12, 25-12)
Shane Donovan led the Patriots with nine kills, two assists, an ace and a dig. Steve Raitt had seven digs and a kill, and Greg Sawyer added six kills, six digs and a block. Jeff Wolf was a force in the middle, picking up 11 digs, two blocks and two aces to go along with his five kills.
Quakertown 3, Upper Dublin 1 (25-17, 21-25, 25-19, 25-13)
Nate Stout was credited with 35 assists while Ryan Mease had 11 kills and nine digs and Zach Morgan had nine kills and nine digs.
For the Flying Cardinals, Jordan Walden led the attack with 13 kills while Dror Bareket and Avery Jackson contributed eight and seven kills respectively. Jackson also had 12 blocks. Dave An led the team in points scored with eight and one ace. Bareket and Brian Shim also contributed seven points each, and Bareket recorded two aces. An also had 28 assists. Senior libero Jon Lee led the passing with 18 digs.
"We played well overall but continue to struggle with passing consistently and getting out of serve receive," Upper Dublin coach Matt Ehlers said. "Also, I would like to see our guys putting more emphasis on serve placement as opposed to power."
In game one, the Panthers jumped out to a lead and never looked back, but the Flying Cardinals came back to win the second game.
"We played with high energy and consistency, and we were able to control the game and win," Ehlers said. "In the third and fourth games, Quakertown regained the momentum and was able to control the game with serving, big hits from their outsides and solid defense, both with blocking and playing behind the block with digs."
Neshaminy 3, Bensalem 0 (25-14, 25-9, 25-13)
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