October 3, 2024
Undefeated Teams
Princeton, Old Tappan, IHA, Secaucus, Cherry Hill East, Williamstown, and Paul VI, are the only undefeated teams remaining in NJ high school volleyball. As predicted, last weeks number of 14 was halved to 7 this week and is expected to be 3 or 4 by next weeks roundup. Secaucus remains without a loss but heads into a weekend matchup with Livingston which could provide some fireworks. The massive game this weekend is IHA vs Princeton, the #1 vs #2 matchup that will bounce one team from the undefeated ranks and intensify the winners chances to be overall state champion.
Girls!!! Please make sure to connect on Instagram to NJPvolleyball. We have not been able to message many of the players due to new privacy restrictions. We will continue invites for articles and interviews through October.
Commitments and Accolades
Southern Regional achieves another milestone for this season as they take the title in the Southern Rams Invitation Tourney this past weekend.
Kaylie Orlando has shattered the Vernon school record for career assists and now has 875. She can target 1,000 and is on pace to get there. Go Kaylie!!
Hunterdon Central’s Becky Rincon now has over 500 digs in her career for the Red Devils!
Ava Provinsal of Watchung Hills has committed to play D2 volleyball at Belmont Abbey!!
Congratulations to Bridgewater-Raritan setter Irene Papanastasiou for surpassing 500 career assists for the Panthers.
Howell’s Keira Mullen has broken the Rebel record for most kills in a high school season.
Cameron Kapler of Middletown South has passed 300 kills in her career for the Eagles.
Jessica Smart of Southern Regional blew past 500 kills for her career for the Rams.
Neika Michel of Linden surpassed 400 career kills for her career.
Congratulations to BR libero Emily Evaristo for passing 300 digs for her career.
Savannah Torres has broken the Howell all-time record for assists in a season.
Abbey Bivona of Delaware Valley exceeded 500 kills for her career. She has also broke the school record for kills with 518. Great job Abbey!
Gia Sergi a junior from St. John Vianney now has over 500 career digs for the Lancers. She has also committed to play D1 volleyball in the Big East for the Seton Hall Pirates. Congrats Gia!!
Emily Brunatti of Southern surpassed 600 digs for her career this past week.
Lucie Ortiz of Bergenfield now has 500 career assists for the Bears.
Ava Fielder of Hackettstown now has over 200 career kills.
Hackettstown senior Jennifer Jacobsen has reached 800 career assists as well as 400 career digs and now holds the Tiger school record with 142 career aces.
Kinnelon junior Julia Gutkin now has over 500 assists for her career as a Colt.
The following is an updated list of girls recognized at the 99th percentile in NJ per the recent update of the NJP Player Rater for 9/29:
Park Ridge 2025 Mia Izzo 1 100%
Montville 2025 Cassandra Chauhan 2 100%
Union Catholic 2025 Rachel Williams 3 100%
Teaneck 2025 Amali Johnson 4 100%
Delaware Valley 2025 Abbey Bivona 5 100%
Old Tappan 2025 Samantha Kranzler 6 100%
Teaneck 2027 Sophia McCullough 7 100%
Mountain Lakes 2025 Natasha Clark 8 100%
Morristown 2025 Gwen Atkins 9 100%
Woodbridge 2025 Ashley Torok 10 100%
Hillsborough 2025 Neha Tolpadi 11 100%
Southern 2025 Jessica Smart 12 100%
Pascack Valley 2025 Jillian Feeley 13 100%
Bridgewater-Raritan 2025 Irene Papanastasiou 14 100%
Gov. Livingston 2026 Abby Kim 15 100%
Montville 2025 Lena Unice 16 100%
Dover 2026 Sara Canaveral 17 100%
Lyndhurst 2026 Sofia Hechavarria 18 100%
Bogota 2026 Emma Fowler 19 100%
Elizabeth 2027 Isabella Morales 20 99%
Piscataway 2026 Milani Washington 21 99%
Ramsey 2025 Eiley Schneider 22 99%
Paramus Catholic 2026 Chidinma Onwuchekwa 23 99%
Southern 2025 Bailey Adams 24 99%
Brick Memorial 2025 Isabella McKelvey 25 99%
Verona 2028 Brynn Mack 26 99%
Lakewood 2025 Nathalie Arguedas 27 99%
Montgomery 2025 Izzie Swain 28 99%
Donovan Catholic 2025 Brooke Bowbliss 29 99%
Hunterdon Central 2025 Reagan Dyba 30 99%
Paramus Catholic 2025 Olivia Chojnowski 31 99%
Bridgewater-Raritan 2025 Emily Evaristo 32 99%
Old Tappan 2025 Addison Gioffre 33 99%
Rutherford 2026 Mackenzie Vellis 34 99%
Princeton 2026 Naomi Lygas 35 99%
Scotch Plains-Fanwood 2026 Madelyn Byrne 36 99%
Paul VI 2026 Maggie Carcillo 37 99%
Central Regional 2025 Halee Smentkowski 38 99%
Princeton 2025 Lois Matsukawa 39 99%
Linden 2025 Neika Michel 40 99%
Hillsborough 2026 Cynthia Lei 41 99%
Watchung Hills 2025 Emma Jubin 42 99%
Williamstown 2025 Gab Titus 43 99%
Washington Township 2027 Campbell Basu 44 99%
Montclair Kimberley 2027 Layla Lynch 45 99%
Union Catholic 2025 Ryan Gorski 46 99%
Bridgewater-Raritan 2026 Jahniah Biship 47 99%
South Brunswick 2025 Giselle Parker 48 99%
Bogota 2025 Isabella Cruz 49 99%
Paramus Catholic 2027 Kalia Coles 50 99%
Pascack Valley 2026 Addison Demyen 51 99%
Phillipsburg 2027 Alexa Megjugorac 52 99%
Hillsborough 2028 Abigail Fenton 53 99%
Pascack Hills 2025 Gianna Juliano 54 99%
Immaculate Heart 2025 Julia Sobilo 55 99%
Ridgewood 2026 Saige Rogers 56 99%
Metrics
Through the end of September:
3,696 players have recorded stats this season.
1,472 of the total players were seniors representing 40% of the population.
1,261 of the total players were juniors representing 34% of the population.
657 of the total players were sophomores representing 18% of the population.
211 of the total players were freshman representing 6% of the population.
Unassigned representing 2% of the population.
1,641 matches played
5 set matches = 24
920 matches have been won by HOME teams (56%) and 721 have been won by AWAY teams (44%).
445 matches have gone to 3 sets or roughly 27%.