Hopewell Boys Volleyball Team BounceBack with Big Win Over Bishop Canevin

After a tough loss the previous night against Ambridge, yesterday evening, our Hopewell Vikings Boys Volleyball team swept the floor with a 3-0 victory against the Bishop Canevin Crusaders. It was a dominating performance from start to finish from the Vikings.

While the entire team played extremely well, my top players from last night were senior captain Seth Young, sophomore Alex Alverado, senior caption Jake Pollick, junior Paul Thompson, and freshman Chris Nguyen.

Here’s a recap of the match. 

Set 1: Hopewell wins 25-18.

• Kill from Seth 1-0 Vikings
• Dig from Alex to Paul who set dumps 2-4 Crusaders.
• Kill from Jake 5-6 Crusaders
• Kill from Alex 7-8 Crusaders
• Dig from Chris 8-9 Crusaders
• Ace from Alex 9-9 
• Kill from Seth 10-9 Crusaders
• Another kill from Seth 11-11
• Kill from Jake 13-14 Crusaders
• Tip from Alex 14-14
• Ace from Jake 17-16 Vikings
• Kill from Alex 19-17 Vikings
• Set dump from Paul 22-17 Vikings
• Kill from Alex 24-18 Vikings
• Kill from Seth 25-18 Vikings

Set 2: Hopewell Wins 25-11

• Kill from Seth 1-0 Vikings
• Kill from Seth 3-0 Vikings
• Kill from Max Bridgman 5-0 Vikings
• Ace from Paul 6-0 Vikings
• Block from Seth and Gannon Berg 8-1 Vikings
• 3 aces in a row from Chris 13-5 Vikings
• Kill from Alex 15-6 Vikings
• Set dump from Alex 16-6 Vikings
• Ace from Alex 16-8 Vikings
• Ace from Paul 19-10 Vikings
• Kill from Seth 21-11 Vikings
• Dig from Jake to Paul who sets up Alex 23-11 Vikings
• Block from Jake 25-11 Vikings 

Set 3: Hopewell Wins 25-14

• Kill from Alex 1-1
• Block from Max and Seth 2-2
• Dig from Seth to Paul who sets Jake for the kill 3-4 Crusaders.
• Kill from Alex 5-5
• Block from Gannon 6-5 Vikings
• Kill from Alex 7-5 Vikings
• Dig from Chris to Paul who sets Alex for the tip 10-6 Vikings.
• Dig from Chris 10-7 Vikings
• Ace from Richy 12-7 Vikings
• Dig from Seth to Paul who sets Max for the kill 13-7 Vikings.
• Dig from Richy Polovina to Paul who sets Seth for a kill 17-11 Vikings.
• Block from Seth 18-11 Vikings
• Crusades loses serve 19-13 Vikings.
• Block from Gannon and Jake 20-13 Vikings
• Kill from Gannon 23-14 Vikings
• Dig from Chris to Paul who sets Justin 25-14
• Hopewell improved their record to 2-3 with two home matches next week against Beaver Country Christian School on Monday and OLSH on Tuesday.