Hopewell Girls Volleyball
Hopewell Girls Volleyball Drops 4-Set Match to Quaker Valley
Last night the Hopewell Girls Volleyball team faced off against the Quaker Valley Quakers in a huge game. This game had a section championship on the line!
Unfortunately, the girls couldn’t figure out how to slow down the hitters and they lost the match. They gave their all and never quit, but just barely came short. The girls now move to 9-2 overall and 8-2 in the section losing their only 2 games of the season to Quaker Valley.
Some key players from the win last night were, Senior Captain OH Jordan Sirianni, Senior Captain RS Reese Murray, Senior Libero Mena Catanzarite, and Junior Setter Bella Ceccarelli.
Here are some highlights from the match.
Set 1 25-15 Quaker Valley wins
- Jordan Sirianni starts the match off with a kill 1-0 Hopewell
- Alyssa Spang with a great block 2-0 Hopewell
- Jordan with the tip tied up 3-3
- Another block for Alyssa 5-4 Hopewell
- Mena Catanzarite passes to Bella Ceccarelli who sets up Jordan for the kill, all tied up at 6-6
- Jordan with another kill 14-10 Quaker Valley
- Addison Davis passes to Bella who sets up Jordan for the kill 17-11 Quaker Valley
- Ace for Jordan 23-15 Quaker Valley
Set 2 25-17 Quaker Valley wins
- Addy passes to Bella who sets up Alyssa for the kill 6-2 Quaker Valley
- Reese Murray with the kill 6-3 Quaker Valley
- Reese with another kill 14-7 Quaker Valley
- Ace for Reese 14-8 Quaker Valley
- ANOTHER ace for Reese 14-9 Quaker Valley
- Jordan with a kill 21-13 Quaker Valley
- Briana Inderelst with a great swing and kill 24-17 Quaker Valley
Set 3 25-21 Hopewell wins
- A great dig from Mena leads to a Vikings point and kill for Alyssa 1-1
- Jordan with a great swing and kill 2-1 Hopewell
- Reese Murray with a kill 5-3 Quaker Valley
- Jordan passes to Mena who passes back to Jordan for the kill 6-4 Quaker Valley
- Jordan with an ace all tied at 6-6
- Jordan with a great swing and kill 7-7
- Reese again with an ace 8-7 Hopewell
- Mikayla Kurta with a kill 9-8 Hopewell
- Alyssa with an ace 16-12 Hopewell
- Mikayla with a kill 17-15 Hopewell
- Bella with a kill 18-16 Hopewell
- Mena with a great dig leads to a kill for Bri 20-18 Hopewell
- Ace for Bri 23-20 Hopewell
- Jordan with a kill to win the set 25-21 Hopewell
Set 4 25-8 Quaker Valley wins
- Addy passes to Marina Pinchotti who sets up Mikayla for the kill 4-1 Quaker Valley
- Same sequence from before as Addy passes to Marina who sets up Mikayla for the kill 14-2 Quaker Valley
- Reese with an amazing block 17-3 Quaker Valley
- Mena passes to Marina who sets Jordan up nicely for the kill 19-4 Quaker Valley
- Alyssa with a kill 20-5 Quaker Valley
The girls will face off against New Brighton tonight at 7:00 P.M. The match is away but do your best to go support the girls as they look to bounce back in the section and get the win.
Good luck to the girls and Go Vikes!
