Recap of Hopewell Girls Volleyball in the Butler “Spike Fest” Tournament

The Hopewell Lady Viking Volleyball team participated in the Butler “Spike Fest” Tournament on Saturday.

This was a 10-team tournament and Coach Borkovic’s team finished in 3rd place overall!

The ten teams were a fix of AAAA, AAA and AA classification teams, including Butler, Seneca Valley, Shaler, Moon, Erie McDowell, Maplewood, Hickory, Cambridge Springs and Serra Catholic.

Here were the Round Robin Pool play results:

Hopewell 25 Serra Catholic 24

Hopewell 25 Shaler 17

Hopewell 25 Cambridge 19

Hopewell 25 Hickory 17

Hopewell 25 Maplewood 20

Butler 25 Hopewell 17

Seneca Valley 25 Hopewell 23

Following the pool play results, Hopewell received the 3rd seed heading into the playoffs.

In the playoffs, Hopewell defeated Erie McDowell in the quarterfinals 25-23 in a very competitive set.

In the semifinal set, Hopewell lost 25-17 to a very powerful Butler team.

“Overall, I was pleased with our performance, ” Coach Borkovic told HSN. “We would have enjoyed playing in the championship set. We played extremely well at times. I thought our best effort was the loss to eventual champion Seneca valley in pool play. There were a few sets where we lost our focus. Bottom line, we gained playing experience, learned some things about ourselves. The girls enjoyed a long day of playing the sports they are passionate about.”

You have a chance to come out and watch and support this team this coming Tuesday as they host a very good Quaker Valley team. This is an important conference matchup. The JV team starts things off at 6 PM, followed by the varsity.

Come over to Hopewell High School to support this talented team.

Go Vikings!!