Check out the recaps for SOL girls’ volleyball teams in action Thursday. Abington/HH photos provided courtesy of Jon Sklut. Check back for a gallery of photos: https://solsports.zenfolio.com/f214243981
SOL Patriot Division
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 3, BENSALEM 0
The Golden Hawks received contributions up and down their lineup in their sweep of the visiting Owls.
Cassidy Melnick led a strong service game with 10 aces to go along with five digs. Setter Ashlyn Dinan handed out 18 assists and also had six digs. Olivia DeSaro’s six kills led a balanced attack. Nala Kauer (5 kills), Edan Kauer (5 aces, 4 kills), Cadence Palmer (6 digs, 1 ace), Rachael Buchnik (3 kills, 1 block), Yana Kotyarenko (2 kills) and Rachel Khelmer (6 assists) also contributed.
Council Rock South 1-0 SOL) will host Neshaminy on Tuesday, and Bensalem (1-2, 0-1) will host William Tennent Tuesday.
PENNSBURY 3, WILLIAM TENNENT 0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-21)
The Falcons won for the fourth time in four outings with their victory over the visiting Panthers.
Despite the loss, Tennent coach Brian Bassler was pleased with his team’s showing.
“The sets were closer than the score might indicate against a very strong offensive team,” the Panthers’ coach said. “Addy Criss had 25 digs and played a phenomenal back row.”
Izzy Goebel had 32 assists and six digs to set up Tennent’s offense, and Emmerson McElhinney and Kristina Bentisinova led the offense with eight kills each.
Pennsbury (4-0, 1-0 SOL) will host Council Rock North on Tuesday, and William Tennent (1-2, 0-1) will be on the road at Bensalem on Tuesday.
SOL Continental Division
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 3, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 2
The visiting Patriots outlasted the Titans in a grueling five-set match between the crosstown rivals.
East was led offensively by Catie Tomlinson (9 kills, 12 digs, and 1 ace), Regina Mathur (7 kills, 3 digs, and 2 aces), and Sophia Schwartz (7 kills, 3 digs, and 4 aces). Ali Minacci had a monster night at the net, registering four kills and six blocks, while Summer Darling pitched in three kills. Mia Mettille directed the offense, recording 23 assists to go along with her seven aces. The defense was anchored by Arya Haridas (16 digs) and Calli Pasternack (5 digs).
CB East (1-3, 1-0) will host Souderton on Tuesday, and Central Bucks South (0-2, 0-1) will host Quakertown on Tuesday.
SOUDERTON 3, NORTH PENN 1 (25-23, 13-25, 25-16, 28-26)
The visiting Indians and Knights split the first two sets, but the Indians rallied to win the next two, including a grueling fourth set.
McKenna Murawski’s double-double led the Indians and included 12 kills, 11 digs. She had five service aces. Kay Guessford also had 12 kills to go along with five digs, three aces and one block. Zoe Folk’s 16 digs led the Indians’ defense. She also had one kill. Margaret Donnell (13 assists, 3 digs) and Stella Powers (15 assists, 3 aces, 2 digs) shared setting duties. Lauren Vince had six digs, four aces, one block and one kill.
Souderton (2-1, 1-0 SOL) wills travel to Council Rock North for a non-league match Friday, and North Penn (0-2, 0-1) will be on the road at Central Bucks West on Tuesday.
PENNRIDGE 3, QUAKERTOWN 0 (25-22, 25-13, 25-23)
The visiting Rams earned a sweep of the Panthers.
For the Panthers, Grace White (6 kills, 3 blocks, 6 digs) and Cece Bates (6 kills, 3 digs) led a balanced attack at the net. Ellie White had three kills, three aces and one dig, while Mia Handschumacher had two kills and two aces. Colleen Gallagher’s 10 digs led the defense. She also had four aces. Anna Skogen had four aces, two kills, six assists and five digs, and Genevieve Clark added five assists.
Pennridge (1-2, 1-0 SOL) will travel to Gwynedd Mercy for a non-league match Tuesday, and Quakertown (1-1, 0-1) will be on the road at Central Bucks South Tuesday.
SOL American Division
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 3, UPPER DUBLIN 0 (25-19, 25-15, 25-21)
The Colonials earned a sweep of the visiting Cardinals in Thursday’s SOL opener and evened their early season record at 1-1.
Stat leaders for the Colonials included Amanda Busk with nine kills, followed by Natalie Small with eight kills. Defensively, Giuliana Storti led the team with 13 digs followed by Chloe Esslinger with nine. Chloe's older sister Julia set the pace with 21 assists while Carli Gallagher led the team with four aces.
“Upper Dublin is always a great defensive team and keeps the ball alive,” PW coach Dave Stewart said. “Today the Colonials were a little more consistent staying in system and scrambling when necessary,
Plymouth Whitemarsh (1-1, 1-0 SOL) will host Hatboro-Horsham next Thursday, and Upper Dublin (0-3, 0-1) will be on the road at Abington on Tuesday.
ABINGTON 3, HATBORO-HORSHAM 0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-16)
Liz Tanis was a force at the net for the Ghosts, finishing with six kills and four blocks.
“She’s been great,” coach Dan Marsh said of his middle hitter. “Liz has worked so hard and gotten better every year. She’s now a senior and a legit middle hitter. She probably had three or four aces too.”
Setter Mary Carter dished out 16 assists, and there was no mistaking the significance of Thursday’s sweep.
“This win was huge,” Tanis said. “Coming in the game, Hatboro is always a big intense game that we know we have to put our all in. Off of warmups, we were like – ‘We really have to be on our ‘A’ game and play our game, no matter what.’
“The gym was really loud, we really fed off the energy, and I think it was really different for our team this time because we didn’t let one point get to us. If we messed up one point, we came right back and we killed it right after. This game I feel like we really came together as a team. We fed off each other. This win is a really good start to the rest of our season.”
The win came on the heels of a come-from-behind win over Pennridge on the road that saw the Ghosts rally from an 0-2 deficit to win 3-2.
“(Coach Dan) Marsh has said that we’ve never pulled out of a 2-0 (deficit) like that, so having that on our back and Hatboro next, we said, - we’re going to come out and play even stronger,” Tanis said. “Honestly, we did. We won 3-0, and it felt really good.”
Abington (2-0 1-0 SOL) will host Upper Dublin on Tuesday, and Hatboro-Horsham (0-1) will host New Hope-Solebury on Tuesday.
NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY 3, WISSAHICKON 0
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