Chart-Toppers from Day Two
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the Shore conference, Pinelands took down Jackson Liberty in straight sets last night thanks to the combined efforts of setter </span><b>Molly Quigley-Sanborn</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and senior outside hitter </span><b>Olivia Anderson</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><b>Anderson</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> finished last night’s match with 13 kills and an ace. Only a sophomore, </span><b>Quigley-Sanborn</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has already proven herself as a reliable asset to the squad with 17 assists against Jackson Liberty and 12 against Lacey the day before.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Even with a few players out, Jefferson still took a two-set victory over Chatham last night at home. Defensive specialist </span><b>Gianna Favata</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> stepped up last night to set and managed to earn 21 assists.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Senior </span><b>Savannah Boyce</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of Sterling came into the season with 11 kills. This middle/oppo has really started to hit her stride now with three years of varsity playing time under her belt. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Union City took Kearny in a tight first set ending at 29-27 and then again in the second for a 2-set sweep, and it was a fun match to watch. Junior </span><b>[player_tooltip player_id="128494" first="Nathaly" last="Flores"]</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> led the squad with 13 kills on the outside. Following closely behind was junior </span><b>Mathilde Karskens</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on the outside with 11 kills and 8 digs. With the support of senior setter </span><b>Natalya Hechavarria</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, having earned 24 assists last night, these two juniors will have a great season followed by a powerful senior year. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though they fell in the third set against Pequannock last night, Mountain Lakes put up quite the fight. Six-rotation outside hitter </span><b>Rachel Curran</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is the heart and soul of this year’s varsity squad, having put down 12 kills and 4 aces against the Panthers.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Howell took down Marlboro in a 3 set match due in part to the offensive prowess of junior </span><b>Olivia Hill</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. With 10 kills, 1 block, and 1 dig, </span><b>Hill </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">took control of this match to pull out the win in set 3. Senior setter </span><b>Rachel Ferrara</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> racked up 24 assists that match setting up </span><b>Hill</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Malina Ferrandino,</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><b>Emma Spanvill</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Central Regional fell in two sets to Toms River North, but not without a fight. Junior outside hitter </span><b>Jenna Czajkowski</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> fought hard to earn her 11 kills, 6 digs, and 1 block against North. Unfortunately for her, North’s offense was just more well spread out, their defense was too good with Libero </span><b>Caitlin Beahm</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s 18 digs, and serving too strong with 9 total aces against them.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barnegat took down Lakewood in two sets thanks to the combination of junior </span><b>Patria Moreno</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s 8 kills and senior</span><b> Veronica Tikhomirova</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s 9 kills. </span><b>Tikhomirova </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">can actually</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">thank </span><b>Moreno</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for the attempts as she was responsible for 13 of the team’s 18 total assists.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Toms River South bounded back from a tough first set loss against Toms River East with two monster sets 25-18 and 25-17. Junior setter </span><b>Megan Currie</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> worked hard to spread the ball around and even garnered 24 assists for her squad, but it wasn’t enough to finish them. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the most nerve-wracking matches of the night was the 3-set cage match of Hunterdon Central against Hillsborough. These athletes took the third set to a final score of 34-32 with Hunterdon Central to take the win. They played a more balanced game with 21 assists by senior </span><b>Ava Rogerson</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and 11 and 9 kills by junior </span><b>Grace Sollner</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and senior </span><b>Sydney Eckhardt</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> respectively. Hillsborough tried to get it done with an impressive 15 kills from senior </span><b>Zoe Mastakas</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, 13 kills from junior </span><b>Josie Marcinek</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and 28 assists by senior </span><b>Kaitlyn Alexander. </b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ridge took Montgomery in 3 sets with the combo of junior setter </span><b>Ryan Ganny</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s 20 assists and senior </span><b>[player_tooltip player_id="99825" first="Kristen" last="Hodges"]</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s 10 kills. Montgomery tried to stay alive with digs in the double digits by </span><b>[player_tooltip player_id="99887" first="Georgia" last="Wess"]</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Cristina Fogg</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><b>Antonia Ipeker</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> but it wasn’t enough to get it done.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a close game to 3 sets, Kent Place took down Scotch Plains-Fanwood. Senior </span><b>[player_tooltip player_id="99806" first="Adelina" last="Berisha"]</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> had a great game with 13 kills, 5 aces, and 11 digs for Scotch Plains-Fanwood and senior </span><b>[player_tooltip player_id="99818" first="Kaelie" last="Chung"]</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> kept them alive with 24 assists. For Kent Place, freshman setter </span><b>Margeaux Morial</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> brought it home with 20 assists in her very first high school volleyball match to support fellow freshman outside </span><b>Lauren Osuala</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s 12 kills. </span></p>
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