Check out the recaps for SOL boys’ volleyball teams in action Monday.
SOL National Conference
NESHAMINY 3, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 0 (25-17, 26-24, 25-15)
The Redskins earned a sweep of the visiting Indians.
“CR North is a very well coached team that continued to push us all night long,” Neshaminy coach Pat Klingerman said. “It will be another tough battle when we see them again this Wednesday at their place.”
Dan Berzin (11 kills, 6 digs, 1 ace, 1 block), Kieran Edwards (9 kills, 3 digs, 2 assists), Josh Hamilton (6 kills, 3 aces, 4 digs, 1 block), Ben Clendening (5 kills, 1 block) and Josh Clendening (4 kills, 3 aces, 2 digs, 3 blocks) controlled play at the net. Setter Brandon Sloskey had 30 assists, six digs and one kill. Michael Sooby had seven digs and two assists.
Neshaminy (16-0, 12-0 SOL) will travel to Council Rock North (16-5, 10-3) for a rematch on Wednesday.
ABINGTON 3, COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 0 (25-8, 25-16, 25-17)
The Ghosts received contributions up and down their lineup in sweep of the Golden Hawks.
“Council Rock South put up a strong fight and kept challenging us,” Abington coach Jason Barshinger said. “We had a really strong showing from the service line tonight. Darius Brown came up big with an ace to finish the match off.”
Setter Colin Mulvihill had 10 assists, one kill, one dig and 1.5 blocks. Making contributions to the win were Ben Holler (2 aces, 1 dig), Xavier Voit (2 kills, 2 aces, 4 blocks), Myles Winegrad (5 kills, 2 aces, 2 digs, .5 blocks), Zach Miller (3 kills, 4 aces, .5 blocks), Jake Kosik (3 digs, 1 assist, 1 ace), Joseph Clark (2 kills, 3 blocks), Shaun Bustin (3 kills, 1 dig, 2 blocks), Mario D’Alessio (1 dig), Brendan Dougherty (1 assist), Thomas O’Malley (2 digs), Nikolay Grinyuk (2 digs), Malachi Stonehouse (1 dig), Jack Scharnikow (1 kill) and Darius Brown (1 ace).
Abington (11-6, 6-6 SOL) will host William Tennent on Tuesday, and Council Rock south (2-16 2-12) will host Council Rock North on Tuesday.
UPPER DUBLIN 3, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 0
Benjamin Dorsey’s double-digit kills (12) and digs (13) led the Flying Cardinals in their sweep of the Titans. He also had one block and one dig.
David Levin added nine kills, nine digs, three aces and three blocks, and Terrell Turner had six kills, two aces and two digs. Setter Cole Brown had 25 assists to go along with four digs and one block. Also contributing were Ari Weiner (3 aces, 5 digs), Dominick Plaku (2 aces, 1 assist, 3 digs), Liam Cassidy (2 kills, 2 digs) and Eli Kaufman (1 kill).
Upper Dublin (13-4, 12-1) will close out its regular season at Central Bucks East on Tuesday, and Central Bucks South (2-17, 0-13) will be on the road at Souderton for its season finale on Tuesday.
Non-league
PENNSBURY 3, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 2 (25-22, 20-25, 25-14, 23-25, 15-7)
The Falcons edged the visiting Bucks in a hard-fought five set match.
Nate Knapp had 16 kills, one ace, five digs and five blocks while Nate Sadley added 15 kills (.609 hitting percentage), one assist, three aces, one dig and four blocks, providing an impressive one-two punch at the net for the Falcons. Setter Jon Nixon had 38 assists, four kills, three digs and one block. Evan Brown was also a force at the net with two kills and seven blocks. Noah Maslow had six kills (.333), one assist, three aces, four digs and two blocks. Brady Burgfechtel (10 digs, 1 kill, 3 assists, 2 aces) and Brian Drewes (10 digs, 3 kills, 1 assist, 1 ace) made important contributions on defense. Ryan Matteo added one kill and one assist.
Pennsbury (6-8, 5-7 SOL) will host Bensalem on Tuesday, and Central Bucks West (4-14, 4-9) will travel to Quakertown on Tuesday.
BENSALEM 3, LOWER MERION 2
Bensalem edged the aces in a non-league road match.
Jeremy Rodriguez (18 kills) and Shiv Parekh (14 kills 2 blocks) had great matches for the Owls. Parth Patel (6 kills) and Dev Patel stepped up huge in key moments. Setters Ricky Patel (29 assists) and Ohm Patel (19 assists) ran the offense effectively. Arjun Patel and Rohan Patel anchored the defense. Jack Wineburg (11 kills) and Bruce Bell (4 kills) also came up with big plays at the net.
Bensalem (9-8, 4-8 SOL) plays at Pennsbury tomorrow and home against Pennsbury on Wednesday to close the season.
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