Hopewell Girls Volleyball Start Out 2-0 Following Win Over Fort Cherry

Last night, the Hopewell Girls Volleyball team brought out the broomsticks in their 2024 home opener.

The Lady Vikings won 3-0 over the Fort Cherry Rangers, improving their record to 2-0.

The girls dominated and were led by my 3 key performers of the night- senior MH Alyssa Spang, junior OH Briana Inderelst, and junior setter Bella Ceccarelli. Hopewell looks to have a huge upcoming season led by senior captains RH Reese Murray, OH Jordan Sirianni, who are accompanied by libero Mena Catanzarite, Spang and RS Kaidence Mcardle.

Here are just some of the highlights from last night’s win.

FIRST SET:
*First point of the Vikings first home match comes from a kill from Alyssa Spang. Hopewell 1-0
*Spang with the block. Hopewell 3-2
*Block by Reese Murray. Hopewell 6-2
*Nice tip over the net by Jordan Sirianni. Hopewell 8-2
*Sirianni with an ace. Hopewell 14-5
*Bella Ceccarelli with the nice block. Hopewell 17-9
*Briana Inderelst with a sweet dig leads to a Vikings point. Hopewell 18-9
*Spang with the kill. Hopewell 20-11
*Sirianni with another nice tip. Hopewell 22-12
*Ceccarelli completely fools the defense and dumps it over the net. Hopewell 23-13
*Lahna Murray with the kill. Hopewell 24-14
*Inderelst finishes the set off with a kill.

HOPEWELL WINS FIRST SET 25-16

2ND SET:
*Spang with back-to-back kills to start off the set. 2-2
*Ceccarelli with a great dig, which leads to a Vikings point. Hopewell 3-2
*Mikayla Kurta fakes out the defense for a kill. Hopewell 8-4
*Reese Murray with the ace. Hopewell 11-7
*Spang with another block. Hopewell 21-11
*Mena Catanzarite passes to Ceccarelli, who sets up Sirianni for the kill. Hopewell 22-13

HOPEWELL WINS SECOND SET 25-14

3RD SET:
*Spang with the kick save and it leads to a Vikings point. Hopewell 1-0
*Ceccarelli with another great dump. Hopewell 3-2
*Sirianni spikes it for the kill. Hopewell 5-3
*Reese Murray with another ace. Hopewell 12-9
*A full team effort with plenty of amazing plays by everyone, especially Catanzarite, Ceccarelli and Inderelst, which leads to a Vikings point after a very long rally. Hopewell 14-10
*Spang with yet another kill. Hopewell 16-12
*Lahna Murray with an amazing block. Hopewell 19-16
*Catanzarite passes to Ceccarelli, who sets up Inderelst, for the kill. Hopewell 23-22
*Sirianni with a great spike, which leads to the kill and the win for the Vikings.

HOPEWELL WINS THIRD SET 25-23 

The team looks great at the beginning of the season and will look to improve to 3-0 this coming Tuesday as they host Quaker Valley for the first conference game of the season. Quaker Valley will be one of the top teams in the section and in the AA conference so a packed gym this Tuesday would mean a lot to this team. The match will begin at 7 PM from Hopewell High School.