Check out the recaps for SOL girls’ volleyball teams in action Monday. Abington/Wissahickon photos provided courtesy of Jon Sklut. Check back for a gallery of photos. (CR North photo provided)
SOL American Conference
ABINGTON 3, WISSAHICKON 0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-21)
The Ghosts celebrated Senior Day with a sweep of the visiting Trojans. Coach Dan Marsh paid tribute to his team’s five seniors.
“Ally Rice has been a varsity player for four years and always finds a way to make us better. She has become a great leader and has put her team’s success over her own her whole career,” Marsh said. “Liv Guare is a three-year starter at middle hitter, who has gotten better every year. She really has matured as a player and a person. Her smile makes everyone relax.
“Katherine Rogers suffered a season-ending ACL tear, but she asked to do the scorebook just to be a part of her team. That says all you need to know about her character.
“Sofi Stonehouse is a tremendous person, hard worker, so polite and coachable. She solidified our back row with solid play.
“I’ve known Julia Bruestle a long time. I’d be hard pressed to find a better human being. She never complains, always there for her teammates, works her butt off to make us better every day. A coach’s dream.”
The underclassmen did their part to make sure the seniors had a good day. Setter Izzy Reilly handed out 26 assists to go with five kills. Kenya Lucas led the Ghosts at the net with 16 kills, and Lila Stonehouse had eight kills.
HATBORO-HORSHAM 3, NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY 0 (25-13, 25-11, 25-21)
The Hatters extended their season record to 4-0 with a sweep over a talented New Hope-Solebury squad.
“We started and stayed strong throughout the entire match as New Hope's squad proved to be exemplary in both serve receive and defense,” HH coach Jon Young said.
The defense and reception were anchored by senior Libero Jess Howard with six aces as well as 13 digs. Sophomore setter Grace Howard ran the offense with 32 assists, four digs and four aces. Sophomore outside hitter Kayla Jones dominated the net with 16 kills. Other contributors include junior outside hitter Nastya Tsetsko with six kills, sophomore middle hitter Jade Lauzier with five kills and juniors opposites Ava Santo and Izzy Bombas adding three and two kills respectively.
Hatboro-Horsham takes on Plymouth Whitemarsh at home on Wednesday.
SOL National Conference
COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 3, PENNSBURY 1 (25-15, 25-19, 27-29, 25-17)
In yet another classic battle between the conference powers, it was the Indians notching the hard-earned win over the defending champion Falcons.
“The Council Rock North girls were looking forward to this match as it’s always great competition,” coach Michael Adams said. “The girls came out ready to play and played great team volleyball.”
“Junior outside hitter Ashleigh Adams led the way in all categories with a very strong and talented senior group that allows our team to attack from all areas of the net and even out of the back row.”
Adams turned in a stellar outing with 20 kills, four aces and 12 digs. Senior outside hitter Mary Baniewicz had nine kills, seven digs, three aces and one assist. Senior middle hitter Julia Walton added four kills, three aces, four digs and two blocks, senior opposite hitter Cora Lake had two kills, two digs and three blocks, and senior middle hitter Sabrina Pasemann added two kills and two big blocks.
“May had nine kills, and Julia, Sabrina and Cora had a combined eight kills and lots of blocks,” coach Adams said. “Libero Mikayla Adams stayed steady and keep us in system so we could run our offense even out of serve receive.
“Junior setter Kate Logan had an impressive night of setting with 29 assists and consistent play all night. It was a great match with some fun long rallies against a very talented Pennsbury team.”
Logan had 29 assists, two digs and one ace while Mikayla Adams added 10 digs, three assists and two aces.
For the Falcons, Izzy Marinelli had another huge night at the net, finishing with 29 kills to go along with two aces and 10 digs. Kat Croteau added four kills and four digs. Setter Carissa Van Veen had 29 assists, four aces and one kill. Grace Sobey contributed 10 digs, and Amelia Stefanowski had five digs.
With the win, the Indians upped their record to 3-0.
SOL Continental Conference
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 3, QUAKERTOWN 0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-10)
The Titans used an all-around team effort in Monday’s sweep of the Panthers.
Junior setter Shannon Rector had six aces, three kills and 27 assists. Junior defensive specialist Rian Grant contributed four aces and nine digs. Leading the attack were senior outside hitter Courtney Pohl with 17 kills and four aces and junior outside hitter Millie Grove with 11 kills, six digs and two aces. Also contributing were senior setter Shayne Prudish with nine assists and junior defensive specialist Morgan Schaefer with three aces. In their first varsity matches, junior opposite Olivia Dallmer had one kill and junior defensive specialist Nora Romano had kill and three digs.
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