Several NJAC squads opened up play last night. In a battle of 2 ARV squads, Stockton knocked off Montclair State, 3 sets to 1.
Latest D3 Top 25 poll is due out later today.
ARV Montclair State vs. NJCU up shortly.
Also keeping tabs on ARV Stockton @ Rutgers-Camden.
Stockton and Montclair State are both up 2 sets to nil.
Final: Montclair State over NJCU in 3
(25-6, 25-16, 25-17.)
Montclair State: .361 hitting pct for match.
Final: #24 Stockton over William Paterson in 3 sets
(25-13, 25-14, 25-13.)
Stockton: 8 service aces in match.
#21 Stockton and ARV Montclair State both win in 3 sets tonight.
NJAC Matchups:
#3 Seed Kean vs. #6 Wm. Paterson
Kean .231 team hitting pct.
Kean: DeLio: 3rd in Conference in Service Aces/Set
Wm. Paterson: Sybello - 5.5 assists per match
#4 Rutgers-Camden vs #5 NJCU
NJCU: 1.38 Team Blocks/Match (2nd in NJAC)
R-C: Nebrich 2nd in NJAC in Service Aces/Set
Cobb: .418 hitting pct.
Kean and Rutgers -Camden won the earlier match-ups during the regular season.
Final: #3 Kean over #6 Wm Paterson in 3.
(25-18, 25-14, 25-18).
Kean: .258 hitting pct. for match
Thornton .421 hitting pct. Brua .385, Fawns .286 respectively.
Final: #4 R-C over #5 NJCU in 3.
(25-23, 25-13, 25-15).
NJCU came from 10 pts down to tie Set 1 at 22 a piece before R-C finished that one off.
R-C: .264 hitting pct. for match
Choice .538 individual hitting pct. (3 other R-C players had .250 or higher hitting pct.)
Semi-Final Match-ups:
Montclair State vs. Kean
Stockton vs. Rutgers-Camden
Again, higher seeds won earlier regular season match-ups.
NJAC Semi-Final Results:
Stockton over Rutgers-Camden in 3 sets.
(25-7, 25-12, 25-17.)
Stockton: 15 service aces, .456 team hitting pct. for match.
Montclair State over Kean in 3 sets.
(25-22, 25-17, 25-12.)
Montclair State: Higgins .433 hitting pct.
It'll be a Stockton/Montclair State final.
Stockton won the regular season meeting between the 2 squads.
NJAC Championship Match Result:
Stockton takes the NJAC title 3 sets to 0 over Montclair State
(25-12, 25-18, 25-13)
Stockton: Sullivan .800 hitting pct. Kohloff .571 hitting pct.
Rowan (NJAC) chose not to compete in Spring 2021. (Potential "X" factor this fall? :-X :-\
The following New York Region Fall WVB Pre-Season Polls are now up:
Empire 8: (St. John's Fisher is picked as favorite, link too long to post here).
SUNYAC: https://www.sunyacsports.com/sports/wvball/2021-22/releases/20210823llc5cs
NJAC: Stockton is picked to finish 1st.
USMMA/Sarah Lawrence up shortly: (A Merchant Marine win gives that squad a bit more breathing room at the top of the Skyline Conference).
Skyline Conference Final: USMMA over Sarah Lawrence in 3 sets:
(25-13, 25-16, 25-16)
USMMA: Outhit Sarah Lawrence .322 to -.032 for match
Steffen 12 spikes for points .455 hitting pct.
2nd Final: Manhattanville stuns St. Vincent in 5 sets
(21-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-7, 15-11)
Manhattanville: Outhit MSV .074 to .000 in Set 5 to get the road win.
3rd Final: Farmingdale State over St. Joseph's LI in 5 sets:
(24-26, 22-25, 25-16, 25-11, 15-12)
Farmingdale State: Outhit SJ LI .087 to -.059 for the win.
All 3 in-conference leaders win, the Sarah Lawrence loss isn't that costly.
CUNYAC Pre-Tournament Notables:
Teams: John Jay and Baruch are 14th and 19th in the nation in Aces/Set (2.95 and 2.82 respectively); Brooklyn and Hunter finished tied in Hitting Pct (.149); Brooklyn also had the lowest Opp Hitting Pct. (.097); Baruch and Brooklyn tied in Digs/Set (16.04);
Players: John Jay's Taylor Hunt is 19th in the nation in Aces/Set (0.74) and led the CUNYAC with 50 Service Aces. Hunter's Erin Hyman led the conference in Total Digs (368); Brooklyn's Aleah Rafat led in Spike Points/Set (3.33) and Points/Set (3.95).
SUNYAC:
Teams: Buffalo State led in Aces/Set (2.46); Geneseo in Digs/Set (16.87), Cortland led in all other categories.
Players: Brockport's Shelby Budnick led in Aces/Set (0.60) and Service Aces (52) Teammate Meaghan Mastro led in hitting pct. (.328); Cortland's Hannah Southcott led in 4 offense-related categories (Spikes for Points, Attacks/Set, Spike Points/Set and Total Points/Set) and Fredonia's Kourtney Krchniak led in Assists/Set (7.94) and Total Assists (122).
Action in both conferences begins later today.