Hopewell Girls Volleyball Season Ends On Heartbreaking Loss In WPIAL Playoffs

Last night the Hopewell Girls Volleyball team played the Charleroi Cougars in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs, at Ringgold High School. The girls fell short to the Cougars as they lost 3-0. Two top performers from the match were senior setter Haley Hineman and junior MH Alyssa Spang, but shoutout to all the seniors and the whole Vikings team, as they battled all year and played their hearts out. 

Here is a recap of the match.

Set 1 25-21 Charleroi Wins

• Ace for Mena Catanzarite, 1-0 Hopewell
• Haley Hineman passes to Jordan Sirianni who sets up Reese Murray for the kill, 8-5 Vikings
• Jayden Martinez with a great pass to Haley who sets up Jordan for the nice tip, 11-9 Cougars
• Jordan with an amazing dig which leads to a Vikings point, 11-10 Cougars 
• Alyssa Spang with an ace, 16-13 Cougars 
• Block by Abbey Andrews 22-18 Cougars 
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Set 2 27-25 Charleroi Wins 

• Alyssa with the block, 5-5
• Another block for Alyssa, 8-5 Vikings
• Haley sets up Reese for the kill 9-6 Vikings
• Jayden passes to Haley who sets up Mikayla Kurta for the kill, 12-11 Vikings 
• Block for Mikayla, 13-11 Vikings
• Kendall Hineman with a nice pass to Haley who sets up Alyssa for the kill 18-17 Vikings
•  Alyssa with the nice tip, 19-18 Hopewell
• Emma Ford passes to Haley who sets up Josie Ziegler for the kill, 20-19 Vikings
• Haley with the great dump which leads to a a Vikings point, 22-19 Vikings
• Mikayla with the kill, 23-21 Vikings
• Haley sets up Jordan for the kill 24-23 Hopewell
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Set 3 25-23 Charleroi Wins

• A great dig by Haley leads to a Vikings point, 6-4 Vikings
• Reese with the block, 7-5 Vikings
• Haley sets up Alyssa for the kill, 11-9 Cougars
• Mikayla with the kill 12-11 Cougars 
• Jayden passes to Haley who sets up Jordan with the kill, 12-12
• Emma passes to Haley who sets up Mikayla for the kill, 15-14 Cougars
• Haley with an ace, 15-15
• Alyssa with the block, 18-17 Cougars
• A nice pass from Jayden leads to a beautiful back set by Haley to Reese for the amazing kill, 19-18 Vikings
• Kendall with a great dig leads to a Vikings point, match is tied 20-20
• Alyssa with a block, 22-21 Cougars
• Jordan passes to Haley who sets up Alyssa for the kill, 23-22 Cougars 
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And that is a wrap for the 2023 Girls Volleyball season. The girls finished with an 8-9 record and tried their best all year. Congrats on a great year girls, and good luck to the seniors and the team next year!