Hopewell Girls Volleyball
Hopewell Girls Volleyball Team Heading to the WPIAL Championship Game!
Last night, the Hopewell Girls Volleyball team faced off against the No. 2 seed Neshannock Lancers in the semi-finals round of the WPIAL playoffs and it definitely did not disappoint!
This game was loaded with excitement, thrill, and drama. Let me tell you, these girls played out of their minds! Never giving up and always making up for simple mistakes made. So many great digs and passes, almost every set to the hitter was perfect, and every swing was hard and placed perfectly! It felt like every swing was a kill, and don’t forget the clutch blocks and aces! Needless to say, the ladies won and are moving on!
Everyone on the team did so amazing but some key players were, Junior OH Briana Inderelst, Senior Captain OH Jordan Sirianni, Senior Libero Mena Catanzarite, and Junior Setter Bella Ceccarelli.
Here is a recap of the game
Set 1 25-21 Hopewell wins
- Alyssa Spang with an ace 6-4 Neshannock
- Briana Inderelst with a kill 13-6 Neshannock
- Mena Catanzarite passes to Bella Ceccarelli who sets up Bri for a kill 13-8 Neshannock
- Jordan Sirianni passes to Bella who sets up Bri again for the kill 14-10 Neshannock
- Mena with an ace 14-11 Neshannock
- Jordan with a nice swing and kill 16-14 Neshannock
- Bri with another kill 21-19 Neshannock
- Ace for Jordan, all tied up 21-21
- Back-to-back aces for Jordan 22-21 Hopewell
- Jordan with ANOTHER ace! 3 in a row! 23-21 Hopewell
- Bri with the hot hand and yet another kill 24-21 Hopewell
Set 2 25-19 Neshannock wins
- Bella passes to Mena who sets up Jordan for the kill 3-1 Neshannock
- Reese Murray with a nice block 5-4 Neshannock
- Reese passes to Marina Pinchotti who sets up Bri for the kill 6-5 Hopewell
- Bri AGAIN with the kill 8-6 Hopewell
- Alyssa with a kill 9-7 Hopewell
- Mena passes to Marina who sets up Jordan for the kill 14-12 Neshannock
- Marina sets up Mikayla Kurta for the kill 18-15 Neshannock
- Reese with an ace 18-16 Neshannock
- Addison Davis passes to Bella who sets up Mikayla for the kill 19-17 Neshannock
- Mena with an ace 19-18 Neshannock
Set 3 25-18 Neshannock wins
- Bri with an ace 2-0 Hopewell
- Reese passes to Marina who sets up Jordan for the kill all tied at 5-5
- Mena with another ace 12-10 Neshannock
- Back-to-back aces for Mena!!! 12-11 Neshannock
- Bella with an amazing block 15-12 Neshannock
- Jordan passes to Marina who sets up Mikayla for the kill 19-17 Neshannock
- Bri with the kill 19-18 Neshannock
Set 4 25-17 Hopewell wins
- Bella with a kill 1-0 Hopewell
- Alyssa with the block 4-2 Hopewell
- Mikayla with an amazing swing and kill 7-5 Hopewell
- Bri with a great kill 8-6 Hopewell
- Reese with another ace 9-6 Hopewell
- Reese passes to Bella who sets up Bri for a nice kill 10-6 Hopewell
- Mena with an ace 13-10 Hopewell
- Bella sets up Alyssa for the kill 14-12 Hopewell
- A great dig by Addi leads to Bella setting up Jordan for the tip and kill 18-14 Hopewell
- Reese with the block 20-14 Hopewell
- Marina sets up Alyssa for an amazing swing and kill 21-15 Hopewell
- 2 great digs from Bri lead to a Vikings point 22-16 Hopewell
- Then, Bri is gonna rotate and swing for the kill, set up by Marina 23-16 Hopewell
- Jordan with an ace 24-16 Hopewell
Set 5 15-9 Hopewell wins
- Alyssa with a great kill 2-1 Hopewell
- Alyssa with a block all tied to 3-3
- Bri with a block tied at 5-5
- Lahna Murray with an amazing swing and kill 8-6 Hopewell
- Addi with an amazing dig leads to a Vikings point 9-7 Hopewell
- Addi passes to Bella who sets up Bri for the kill 10-8 Hopewell
- Marina with an ace 13-9 Hopewell
- Mena passes to Marina who sets up Jordan for the kill 15-9 Hopewell
#WPIAL Final: @Hopewell_Viking defeats Neshannock 3-2 (25-21, 19-25, 18-25, 25-17, 15-9). Win was polished off by this kill by @SirianniJordan.
Hopewell is off to the @wpial7 2A championship to take on @QVAthletics. It's Hopewell's first appearance in the title game in 12 years. https://t.co/VpJ83IuD32 pic.twitter.com/U5v6a6RU3A
— Brandon Rossi (@Ross__Eye) October 30, 2024
The Vikings are moving on to the WPIAL Championship!! They will face off against the Quaker Valley Quakers for the third time this year and the girls hope to get their revenge from two losses in the regular season.
As many of you know it is hard to beat a team three times so the girls are gonna need a lot of support from us Hopewell fans. The championship match will be played on Saturday at 1:00 PM at Peters Township High School!! Go support the girls for the section rematch and a chance at some gold!! Good luck ladies and Go Vikes!!