Volleyball - Week #2

Morris County - Week #2

By Coach Carchietta – www.MCHSS.net (9-24-2007)

Monday, September 17 – Saturday, September 22

Thanks To the Coaches: I definitely want to thank the coaches who are emailing me results, weekly recaps and stats. They help. If you are not doing it - step it up. Tell other coaches to do the same. If someone complains that they are getting left out, tell them to stop whining and send me a note (coaches only – no parents).

Monday 9/17: Madison inched closer to .500 with a dominating win over Mt. St. Dominic’s, 2-0. Randolph continued on their rough and tough schedule and met up with an undefeated and talented young Livingston squad. The Rams went down 2-0, but battled tough in the second match before falling 23-25. West Morris walked by Columbia in two.

Big Tuesday 9/18: It had to be a big day, since the schedule for the rest of week was severely thinned down as a result of the religious holiday. Parsippany improved to 3-1 on the season with a 25-6, 25-17 victory over Hanover Park. Mendham remained undefeated with a 2-0 victory over Parsippany Hills. Randolph may have pulled the upset of the day when the Rams took out Mt. Olive 25-23, 25-18. The Rams improved to 2-3 – just reminding us about how tough the Iron-division really is. Montville took home their 4^th victory of the season, defeating Sparta in three. Justyna Rebisz knocked back six blocks and Brooke Zammit recorded 12 kills for the Mustangs. Morristown, Chatham and Kinnelon all notched victories in two.

Wednesday 9/19: Mt. Olive rebounded from a tough defeat, just one day earlier, and responded with 2-0 victory over Parsippany Hills. The win took the Marauders to 3-2 on the season. Chatham continued their undefeated ways with a 25-3, 25-15 victory over Whippany Park. West Morris continued to battle through their challenging and top-notch out-of-conference schedule, but again fell short. This time losing to Hunterdon Central. Kinnelon also ran into another perennial contender in MKA. The Cougars won the match in three. The Colts were led by Taylor Prall and Kelly Koch, both with 5 kills. Madison continued to up their record, now even at 3-3. The Dodgers defeated West Orange in two.

Thursday 9/20: Madison may have been on a roll, but the Mustangs put to a stop to that run. Montville defeated Madison for the second time this year. Whippany Park recorded their first victory on the season with a 2-0 win over Morristown-Beard. Morris Knolls went three, and handed Columbia a conference loss. Randolph joined the ranks of .500 teams with a 2-0 victory over Eats Orange. Kinnelon, now 4-5, continued their tough run against CHC-teams and took a 2-0 loss to University. Parsippany Hills also needed three games to defeat Hanover Park. Bella Gavez recorded 14 kills for the Vikings. Mt. Olive took their second consecutive win, taking that long haul to Vernon and coming back victorious. The trip was successful, but the Marauder assistant was late for his duties as spotter for the West Morris-Mt. Olive football game. I can tell you that his replacement was beyond excellent. In the Marquee-Match up of the night, the sister schools met for a prime-time 7:00 start. For those that were doubting the Highlanders, maybe looking for passing of the guards … keep waiting. West Morris took the match in two, 25-17, 25-15. Chalk up the first round of the sibling rivalry to school from Long Valley. I am sure they’ll be more!

Friday 9/20: Morris Knolls handled Sparta in two. The Eagles are now 5-2 on the season. Morris Tech (Morris County Vo-tech for those of you that may have not realized they changed their name) improved to 2-1. The Denville technical school defeated Newark Tech in two. Morris Catholic suffered another loss, this time, in conference play to Arts. The Jaguars needed three games to defeat the Crusaders. Whippany Park, starting a winning streak - now at two, made easy picking of Immaculate Conception of Montclair.

Saturday 9/21: In an email from Chatham A.D. Harvey Cohen, yep AD’s also send out results, notes, etc … I learned: “Women's volleyball team won the championship of the Bloomfield Invitational Tournament. The women were undefeated throughout the day.” According to The Sunday Star Ledger, Chatham defeated Holy Angels in the final match 25-13 and went 8-0 on the day.

The Super-Seven (through Sunday 9/23):

1) West Morris: (State n/r) I said it last week, “They stay at #1 until they are knocked off by Morris or a non-top 20 team. Their loss to NJ #2 Hunterdon Central will not drop them in the Morris Rankings, nor should it drop them out of The Star Ledger top 20 ... but they do there's, I'll do mine, and no one will ever be happy. As I always say, more teams should try to stack their out-of-conference schedule like West Morris does.

2) Chatham: (State #5 - #1 Group 2) Made huge statement taking the Bloomfield Tournament. The one thing I never liked about tournaments was that they do nothing for your record … but the experience is priceless!

3) Mendham: (State #9 - #3 in Group 2) Tough loss to WMC but still a definite top 3 in Morris.

4) Montville: (#10 in Group 2) Wins over Sparta and Madison last week keep the Mustangs at four. Big test this week.

5) Morris Knolls: Defeated Columbia and Sparta and will face Parsippany on Thursday the 27^th, followed by Chatham the next day.

6) Parsippany: I have received an email telling me that this team maybe a top contender in Morris County. This is a good week for the Red Hawks to make this known. Knolls and Mt. Olive come to town on Tuesday and Wednesday.

7) Randolph: Tough call here for #7, but the Rams beat Mt. Olive and that’s good enough for me.

Rest of the top 10: Mt. Olive, Par Hills, Kinnelon

This week’s Schedule:
This is a big week as the MCT Seeding meeting will be next Tuesday (October 2). All games are at 4:00 p.m. unless noted.

Monday - 9/24

• Kinnelon at Science
• Madison at Lakeland
• Whippany Park at MKA
• Fair Lawn at Jefferson (5:00)
• West Essex at Morristown

Tuesday - 9/25

• Chatham at Parsippany Hills
• Morristown at Columbia
• West Essex at Hanover Park
• Pope John at Jefferson
• East Orange at Morris Knolls
• Mount Olive at Parsippany
• West Morris at Roxbury

Wednesday - 9/26

• Montville at Caldwell
• Mt Olive at Mendham
• West Morris at Bridgewater-Raritan (5:30)
• Arts at Kinnelon
• Saint Elizabeth at Madison
• Pope John at Randolph
• Verona at Whippany Park

Thursday - 9/26

• Hanover Park at Roxbury
• Kinnelon at Immaculate Conception
• Mendham at Chatham
• Livingston at Morristown
• Summit at Mt Olive
• Morris Knolls at Parsippany
• Randolph at West Morris

Friday - 9/28

• Chatham at Morris Knolls
• Par Hills at Summit
• Whippany Park at Arts
• Vernon at Jefferson
• West Side at Madison
• Chatham at Morris Knolls

Saturday – 9/29

• Mt Olive at Hackettstown w/ N. Brunswick, 9:00
• West Morris at Livingston Tournament, 9:00
• Morristown at Hanover Park, 10:00
• Roxbury at East Orange, 10:00
• Parsippany at West Essex, 11:00
• Columbia at Randolph, 11:00