Check out the results of SOL girls’ volleyball teams in action Monday.
UPPER DUBLIN 3, HATBORO-HORSHAM 1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-16)
The Flying Cardinals dropped the first set but came back to win the next three in American Conference action.
“Hatboro Horsham is a very strong serving team which rattled (us) early and often,” coach Paul Choi said. “But we were able to regroup after the first set and became more consistent defensively in serve receive and digging throughout the match, ultimately leading to a four-set win.
“Horsham did not give up and played strong defensively, closing the gap, but (we) had contributions from nearly everyone on the team.”
Middles Alison Gouveia and Sarah Dennin both had four blocks while Gouveia also contributed seven kills. Bryn Stek, who has been consistent all season long, had another double-double with 40 assists and 19 digs. Both outsides, according to Choi, were on fire and really put the pressure on H-H’s defense. Gabbi Johnson had a double-double with 13 kills and 19 digs while Jenny McAneney led the offense with a season high 19 kills (.362 hitting percentage) and 16 digs. Upper Dublin also received contributions defensively from Josie Barrett with three aces and 11 digs while Maggie Weglos added two aces and eight digs.
UPPER MERION 3, WISSAHICKON 0 (25-8, 25-9, 25-2)
Freshmen servers Tori Wright, Kelly Moore, Katelyn O’Brien and Danielle Chung combined for 10 aces to lead a strong UM serving game in Monday’s sweep of the Trojans.
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 3, ABINGTON 1 (25-10, 25-20, 16-25, 25-18)
The Ghosts picked up a win in the third set but could not hold off the Colonials, who won in four.
For the Ghosts, Leah Simmons had 18 kills, 12 digs and two blocks, and Claire Gassman added 10 kills and three digs. Setter Emma Garg had 29 assists and eight digs. Jamie Kidd led the Ghosts defensively with 22 digs, and Gwen Lockery had 10 digs.
Continental Conference
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 3, PENNRIDGE 0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-17)
Leading the Bucks in their sweep of the Rams were Katie Hudson (10 kills, one ace, four digs), Sophie Videva (seven kills, four aces, three blocks, five digs) and setter Kayla King (27 assists, three kills, three aces, one block, five digs). Julia Schweibenz led the Bucks defensively with 13 digs to go along with four kills and two aces. Kailey Prall (three aces, 10 digs), Jen Martyn (two aces, 11 digs) and Deanna Mattioli (three kills, two blocks) also made important contributions.
For the Lady Rams, Steph Judkins had nine kills, six digs and two aces. Ana Vinantonio had three aces and seven digs while Krista Hiller had six kills.
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 3, NORTH PENN 0
Krista Helveston (eight kills, three aces, five digs) and Natalie Arm (seven kills, three aces, three digs) led a balanced Patriot attack. Jenn Krzeminski had four kills and two blocks, and Kate Woolsey added five kills and seven digs. Erin Lane led the defense with 11 digs. Setter Madie D’Angelo had 20 assists and five digs. Hanna Walentukonis had two digs.
SOUDERTON 3, QUAKERTOWN 0 (25-17, 25-7, 25-20)
The Indians rolled to a sweep of the Panthers. Talia Watson had five service aces to go along with seven digs. Setter Lauren Hamilton had 18 assists. Leading a balanced attack at the net were Megan Pirtle (four kills), Tori Reiner (four kills), Molly McCarthy (three kills) and Melissa Gould (three kills, three aces). Kathleen Winters and Terry Wilcox both had two service aces.
For the Panthers, Lindsay Beck (six kills, seven digs), Shiann Alpha (four kills) and Mary Kate Finlayson (four kills, one block) all contributed.
National Conference
PENNSBURY 3, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 1 (25-17, 23-25, 25-22, 25-23)
The Falcons survived a brutal schedule last week and opened what promises to be another challenging week with a key conference win over the archrival Indians.
“Last week was rough for us,” coach Michael Falter said. “We had the Tennent loss, which was tough. We had Garnet Valley on Thursday, Downingtown East on Friday, and North today, and then we have a match Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It doesn’t let up.”
The Falcons dropped the second set after opening up a 20-16 lead but came back to win the next two.
“North fought hard at the end of the second game and came back,” Falter said.
Sophomore Julia Vreeswyk had another huge performance at the net to lead the Falcons, finishing with 17 kills and an impressive .311 hitting percentage. She also had 11 digs and two aces. Her impressive showing came on the heels of back-to-back 24-kill efforts against Garnet Valley and Downingtown East.
“She’s not making errors,” Falter said. “She came into training camp a solid player, and she plays with no fear. She just goes up and swings. She’s confident and comfortable, and she doesn’t care about what’s going to happen. She just does what’s best in the moment.”
Elle Patterson added 10 kills, 11 digs, two aces and one block. Ali Zinnen also had 11 digs. Setter Kate Foley had 33 assists, six kills, 10 digs and two aces. Dagny Gould led the defense with 21 digs. Kayla Haddad added five kills.
“Offensively, we’re a very, very strong team, but defensively, we struggle sometimes,” Falter said. “It’s something we’re working on, but there’s hesitation by the girls at some point, so I told them – ‘You literally have to do everything you can to keep the ball from hitting the ground, so don’t think so much. Just go get the ball.’
“I told them – if we’re going to win this match, it has to be with our floor defense. We were a little inconsistent the first two sets, but in sets three and four, we became a little more consistent with our floor defense. I think that’s what ended up winning the match.”
The Indians were led by seniors Aly Kuiken (11 kills, two blocks) and Katie Rentz (13 kills, one ace, two blocks, 13 digs). Sophomore Maddy Moore added 10 kills and 10 digs. Danae Barkley had two kills and one block, and Hadley Grundman added four kills, one ace and one block. Johanna Batterton had 25 assists. Carrie Kuiken led the team with five aces. Defensively, Grace Schweizer had a team-high 20 digs.
Pennsbury has non-league matches with Mount St. Joseph on Thursday and Strath Haven on Saturday, capping a stretch of eight matches in 12 days.
“It’s good for us,” Falter said. “This is why we play the teams we play, to get ready for districts.”
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 3, BENSALEM 0 (25-14, 25-13, 25-8)
The Golden Hawks earned a sweep of the Owls.
Natalie Kazokas had seven kills, and Taylor Spinelli had three kills and three aces to lead a balanced Hawk attack. Hannah Sullivan added three kills. Hannah Devlin had seven assists and Kelsey McGill had five. Bria DeSaro had five aces to lead the Hawks from the service line.
WILLIAM TENNENT 3, HARRY S TRUMAN 0 (25-15, 25-11, 25-6)
The Panthers used a strong service game in their sweep of the Tigers, finishing with 24 aces. Steph Woolston and Alexandria Dakota Koppany each had nine aces. Koppany also had 20 assists, and Lindsey Snock led the way at the net with eight kills.
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