September 26, 2024
Here are some notes from the first few weeks of the NJ HS Volleyball season for the girl’s…
5 vs 3 set matches
So many girls are happy about the 5 game matches thus far although there have been so few. Despite the approval to experiment, only 1.1% of all games on the schedule have been 5 set matches. In theory, I think everyone supports the concept. But the reality of available court time and fitting in JV and freshman matches as well as practices is making the idea unrealistic. Love to hear everyone’s comments.
Undefeated teams
There are 14 undefeated teams through 9/26. They are #1 Princeton 11-0, #95 Florence 7-0, #12 Old Tappan 8-0, #2 Immaculate Heart Academy 9-0, #68 Cedar Creek 13-0, #22 Hoboken 12-0, #15 Glen Rock 10-0, #20 Secaucus 11-0, #31 Cherry Hill East 11-0, #5 Paul VI 11-0, #128 Newark Central 4-0, #8 Hunterdon Central 10-0, #3 Williamstown 8-0, and #24 Kingsway 6-0. We expect this number to halve as each week transpires. We expect to have just 7 teams 0n 10/4, 4 on 10/11, and 2 on 10/18. Princeton plays IHA on 10/5 and we expect that one of the two will be that match winner. Hunterdon Central and Williamstown play on 9/28. We would not be surprised to see Hoboken sustain as undefeated for the next couple of weeks. Paul VI has Monroe, Notre Dame and the always dangerous Padua of Delaware in the next few weeks but they are likely to sustain as well. Old Tappan can certainly run the regular season table but they have Pascack Valley on PV’s home court coming up after surviving a 3-set match earlier this year with 2 sets at 26-24. Cedar Creek has a light schedule but may get cut down this weekend by Cherry Hill West who has been playing much higher caliber opponents. Glen Rock will likely fall to Ramsey and Secaucus may bear ther first loss against Livingston. We will see just how close we come. Best of luck to all of these great teams.
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Some notable commitments:
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St. Rose senior Grace Toscano is headed to Charleston to play D1 Beach Volleyball, Union Catholic senior Rachel Williams will be headed to Georgetown to play D1 volleyball for the Hoyas, Gwen Atkins of Morristown is headed to D1 St. Frances in PA, Hailey Atkins of Morristown is headed to D1 St. Frances in PA, Megan Evans of Paul VI is headed to D1 UCONN to play volleyball in 2025.
Accolades:
Madison Walia-Peters passed 1,000 assists for her career at Hoboken!!!
Union Catholic’s Rachel Williams broke the all-time career kill record for the Vikings with 695.
Notre Dame’s Cassady Smith surpassed 500 career kills for the Irish.
Reagan Dyba of Hunterdon Central has surpassed 500 kills for her career with the Red Devils.
Tournaments
Governor Livingston took 1st Place at the Millburn tournament for the second year in a row.
#1 Princeton took first place honors at the Northern Valley Invitational Tournament.
#2 IHA took first place in the Livingston Invitational tournament.
Congrats to those girl’s recognized at the 99th percentile of players in NJ in the most recent NJP Player Rater for 9/22:
Park Ridge 2025 Mia Izzo 1 100%
Dover 2026 Sara Canaveral 2 100%
Teaneck 2025 Amali Johnson 3 100%
Union Catholic 2025 Rachel Williams 4 100%
Delaware Valley 2025 Abbey Bivona 5 100%
Old Tappan 2025 Samantha Kranzler 6 100%
Montville 2025 Cassandra Chauhan 7 100%
Woodbridge 2025 Ashley Torok 8 100%
Verona 2028 Brynn Mack 9 100%
Mountain Lakes 2025 Natasha Clark 10 100%
Piscataway 2026 Milani Washington 11 100%
Pascack Valley 2025 Jillian Feeley 12 100%
Teaneck 2027 Sophia McCullough 13 100%
Bogota 2026 Emma Fowler 14 100%
Southern 2025 Jessica Smart 15 100%
Lyndhurst 2026 Sofia Hechavarria 16 100%
Hunterdon Central 2025 Reagan Dyba 17 100%
Morristown 2025 Gwen Atkins 18 100%
Gov. Livingston 2026 Abby Kim 19 99%
Williamstown 2025 Gab Titus 20 99%
Princeton 2026 Naomi Lygas 21 99%
Hillsborough 2025 Neha Tolpadi 22 99%
Donovan Catholic 2025 Brooke Bowbliss 23 99%
Montclair Kimberley 2026 Mahala Weintraub 24 99%
Cliffside Park 2025 Wendy Palaguachi 25 99%
Southern 2025 Bailey Adams 26 99%
Lakewood 2025 Nathalie Arguedas 27 99%
Rutherford 2026 Mackenzie Vellis 28 99%
Princeton 2025 Lois Matsukawa 29 99%
Hunterdon Central 2025 Emma Kovacs 30 99%
Linden 2025 Neika Michel 31 99%
Brick Memorial 2025 Isabella McKelvey 32 99%
Elizabeth 2027 Isabella Morales 33 99%
Central Regional 2025 Halee Smentkowski 34 99%
Old Tappan 2025 Addison Gioffre 35 99%
Montgomery 2025 Izzie Swain 36 99%
Paul VI 2026 Maggie Carcillo 37 99%
Montclair Kimberley 2027 Layla Lynch 38 99%
Scotch Plains-Fanwood 2026 Madelyn Byrne 39 99%
Montville 2025 Lena Unice 40 99%
Mount Olive 2025 Mishka Fernandez 41 99%
New Milford 2025 Natalya Polkowski 42 99%
Bogota 2025 Isabella Cruz 43 99%
Immaculate Heart 2025 Julia Sobilo 44 99%
Watchung Hills 2025 Emma Jubin 45 99%
St. John Vianney 2027 Ayana Warren 46 99%
South Brunswick 2025 Giselle Parker 47 99%
Indian Hills 2026 Anna Baryla 48 99%
Hillsborough 2026 Cynthia Lei 49 99%
St. John Vianney 2026 Genevieve Millett 50 99%
St. John Vianney 2026 Taylor Sofilkanich 51 99%
Union Catholic 2025 Ryan Gorski 52 99%
Wallington 2025 Delilah Tabaka 53 99%
Big games coming up on the calendar:
Friday, 9/27: Pascack Valley vs. Northern Highlands, Ramapo vs. Old Tappan,
Saturday, 9/28: Park Ridge vs. Ramsey, Old Bridge vs. Livingston, Williamstown vs. Hunterdon Central vs North Hunterdon vs Westfield (QUAD),
More updates this weekend…