Check out the results for SOL girls’ volleyball teams in action Wednesday.
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 3, CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 0 (33-31, 20-25, 18-25, 25-21, 15-10)
The Titans edged the Patriots in a marathon first set but then dropped the next two before rallying for the emotional win.
“It was a battle,” coach Kurt Godfrey said. “I have never been involved in a set that has gone that high. I mean 28-26 and even 29-27, sure, but to be able to say we went to 33-31…”
The Titans’ coach didn’t finish his thought. He didn’t have to. The score speaks for itself. South actually led 18-13 at one point, but the Patriots rallied to knot the score 22-22, and the battle of wills began.
“We practice situational kind of things like this,” Godfrey said. “Never are we practicing 33-31, but we’re practicing – it’s 20-23 them and how do we get back into it? It’s 20-20 first of five, and how do we get to 25?
“We practice these things, and I don’t know if the girls really understand that they’re going to come back into a match like this, but that’s exactly why we practice them. Situational serving, we’re in serve receive and it’s 22-24 them – where do we serve? Tonight our hard work paid off.
“That being said, East wanted that set just as badly as we did. It’s a big inter-district rivalry just like it is against West.”
Senior outside hitter Megan Manderson was a force at the net and also came up big defensively, finishing with 18 kills, 34 digs and five aces.
“Megan Manderson had an incredibly huge night for us tonight,” Godfrey said. “She hit the ball 49 times tonight with 18 kills and two hitting errors.
“Their defense was all over the place.”
Senior libero Morgan McCrory led the Titans defensively with 48 digs, two kills and one assist.
“You talk about taking one for the team – her knees, her elbows, her entire body is going to be sore tomorrow because she dove all over the place tonight,” Godfrey said. “Our defense played really aggressive tonight. They stayed at home and played really, really well.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever been involved in such long rallies throughout an entire match. You may get a couple of long rallies in a game or two games, but we had long rallies all night long tonight. We started our match at quarter to seven, and we weren’t done until 9:15. It was an incredibly long match. The first set obviously shows how close of a match it was, but the rest of the scores don’t show the excitement, the intensity and just how close it really was tonight in every single game. It was a really good match that we were able to come up on the right side of.”
Setters Kelly Danyluk (18 assists, three aces, one kill, eight digs) and Erica Werener (19 assists, two aces, seven digs) both had big nights. Alyssa Dallmer added three aces, seven kills, four blocks and three digs while Caroline Choromanski had 14 digs.
“I’m incredibly proud of the way that all of our girls played,” Godfrey said. “Even girls that stepped into new roles.
“Kayla Dougherty hasn’t really started for us in the past and had the opportunity to start in the last few games, and she’s playing phenomenally for us. She had five kills, a couple of errors, but she played defense really well. She blocked really well for us tonight. She didn’t have any blocks, but she forced hitters to go around her. She has been on fire for us since we played West last Monday. She’s worked so hard in practice, and she’s earned every minute of her playing time. She’s starting and doing great.”
For the Patriots, Devon Hall had four aces, 12 kills and six digs, and setter Emily Lunny added three aces, 2.5 blocks, nine digs and 30 assists. Hannah Walentukonis had a team-high 14 kills while Jess Krzemanski had a big night with 11 kills, 15 digs and seven blocks. Jess Guillen had five kills and 2.5 blocks. Morgan Beakley lead the defense with 25 digs to go along with three aces. Morgan D’Angelo added 10 digs, and Ysabelle Minschwaner finished with six kills and 12 digs.
“They were out for us tonight,” Godfrey said. “We beat them the first time, and they wanted our number tonight. They worked really hard.
“I was really impressed by their movement on defense and the way in which their servers spread out the ball. I think East played really, really well tonight, and my hat’s off to them. We were able to dig just a little deeper and come away with the win.
“We made some errors early in the match that hurt us in games one, two and three, but I think we were able to clean them up for sets four and five.”
SOUDERTON 3, QUAKERTOWN 0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-14)
The Indians improved to 8-4 overall (7-4 SOL) with their sweep of the Panthers. Setter Lauren Hamilton had 16 assists and eight digs. Contributing to a strong service game were Talia Watson (four aces, eight digs), Haley Novak (seven digs, five aces), Mirand Baronett (four aces, seven digs) and Bella Mazzeo (five aces). Leading the Indians at the net were Maria Iervolino (six kills), Tori Reiner (three kills), Hannah Fairweather (three kills) and Molly McCarthy (three kills).
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 3, BENSALEM 0
The Golden Hawks were led by Faith Turner (three kills, four blocks), Celina Varian (five kills, one block) and Katie Ufer (12 digs).
UPPER DUBLIN 3, NORTH PENN 1
The Cardinals, according to coach Paul Choi, received contributions from everyone on the court.
“It was a total team effort win,” the Cardinals’ coach said.
Setter Bryn Stek had a big night, finishing with 42 assists, 17 digs, one ace and three kills. Jenny McAneney led the way at the net with 15 kills as well as 10 digs and one ace. Maggie Weglos also had a huge night, finishing with 12 kills, 23 digs, one ace and one assist. Josie Barrett paced the defense with 26 digs to go along with four aces and one assist. Also contributing were Catie Yoast (four kills, three digs), Jackie McMenamin (eight digs), Layne Morgan (seven kills, one block) and Sarah Sharp (two aces, five digs).
PENNSBURY 3, NESHAMINY 0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-10)
Julia Vreeswyk led a balanced Falcon attack with 10 kills to go along with two aces and two digs. Jess Leventry added four kills on a night that saw 10 players deliver kills. Shelby Hastings, Elley Torres and Kiley Buckman had a pair of aces. Buckman also had 11 assists, and Torres had three digs. Setter Sydney Buell had 16 assists and one ace. Cheyenne Agrio led the Falcons with eight digs to go along with three kills.
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 3, ABINGTON 0
The Colonials upped their unbeaten streak to 14 with a sweep of the Ghosts. Coming up big at the net as well as defensively were Emilee Waltz (four aces, 14 kills, 15 digs) and Lily Acquaviva (12 kills, 11 digs, two aces). Lauren Coscia added eight kills and three digs. Setter Bridget McTamney had 29 assists and six digs. Olivia Carbo had a big game defensively with 15 digs, four assists and one ace. Samantha Ward added eight digs and three aces.
For the Ghosts, setter Anna Bantner had 21 assists. Contributing to a balanced attack were Grace Whitney (five kills, two digs, three blocks), Kaley Ehnow (six kills, three blocks), Hannah Dalton (six kills, one block, three digs) and Kaylee Goodson (four kills, three digs). Amanda Rice had a team-high six digs.
COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 3, HARRY S TRUMAN 0 (25-7, 25-6, 25-13)
The Indians rolled to a sweep of the Tigers, and when it was over, coach Mike Adam had high praise for his opponent.
“I have nothing but respect for Truman’s coach and players,” the Indians coach said, going on to laud the play of his junior setter. “Julia D’Apolito played amazing and tallied 10 aces and 14 assists.”
Senior outside hitter Morgan Collito was on the receiving end of many of those sets, finishing with 11 kills, one dig and one block. Also contributing were Alyssa Coates (five kills, seven aces), Hadley Grundman (four kills, three aces, one block), Robin Smith (four kills, one block), Sarah Caola (13 assists, one dig, one ace), Dana Bandurick (three kills, one block), Mackenzie Tinner (one kill, one block), Kalein Mealey (two kills, one dig, one ace) and Grace Schweizer (five aces, one dig).
HATBORO-HORSHAM 3, CHELTENHAM 0 (25-8, 25-17, 25-20)
Junior outside hitter Katerina Yankanich led the team with 15 kills on 34 attempts. She also added eight aces, seven digs, a block, and an assist in a stellar outing. Senior Victoria Rapak, junior Julia Heinze, and freshman MaryKate Scully all added three kills to the mix. Senior libero Allison Laucella had 15 digs, a kill and five assists, and sophomore setter Rachel Dittus had 19 assists.
For the Lady Panthers, Alessandra Booth contributed four kills, one ace and four digs, and Megan Dougherty added three kills, one ace and nine digs. Mia Leonard added two kills and three blocks while Clare Maus had nine assists and one kill.
Hatboro-Horsham takes on conference rival Upper Dublin at home Friday night at 7 p.m.
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 3, WILLIAM TENNENT 0 (25-16, 25-9, 27-25)
Leading the Bucks in their sweep of the Panthers was Katie Hudson with 12 kills, 11 digs and one block. Setter Kayla King had 26 assists to go along with two aces and 13 digs. Mackenzie Brooks added eight kills, four aces, nine digs and two assists. Kailey Prall led the way defensively with 25 digs. April Neeld had seven kills and three digs, and Casey Taylor added five kills and two digs.
PENNRIDGE 3, WISSAHICKON 0 (25-17, 25-12, 25-19)
Steph Judkins inched closer to the 1,000-kill mark with 21 kills in another overpowering performance. Just 12 kills separates Judkins – who also had four aces - from the milestone. Maddie Moser added four kills and 11 assists, and Charis Edwards had three aces.
Tuesday, Sept. 27
HATBORO-HORSHAM 3, CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 1 (16-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-18)
C.B. East came out strong, controlling the first set and taking it handily. Hatboro-Horsham responded by winning three straight sets, upping their record to 12-1 overall and 9-1 conference.
Senior outside hitter Holly Owen had a breakout match with 20 kills on 37 attempts to go along with eight aces, four blocks and eight digs. Junior outside hitter Katerina Yankanich had 10 kills, four aces, one block and 11 digs. Senior libero Allison Laucella had 19 digs on the night and added six aces. Junior Maddie Kallmeyer contributed six digs and four aces. Senior middle hitter Victoria Rapak had two solo blocks and three kills. Sophomore setter Rachel Dittus had 34 assists on the night.
For the Patriots, Devon Hall led the way with 12 kills, 11 digs and three aces. Setter Emily Lunny had 22 assists, 12 digs and two blocks, and Jenn Krzeminski added four aces, eight kills, three blocks and six digs. Caitlin Kiernan contributed one ace and eight digs. Hanna Walentukonis added five kills, and Jess Guillen had four. Ysabelle Minschwaner had three kills and one ace, and Morgan Beakley added two aces and 19 digs.
PENNRIDGE 3, NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY 1
Steph Judkins led the Rams to the non-league win over the Lions, finishing with 14 kills and five aces. Becca McBride added seven kills. Caitlin Saalfrank led the defense with 22 digs.
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