Mike Vukovcan Credit and congratulations to the Hopewell Girls Junior High Volleyball program.
The sign of a good program and of players that are putting in the work is getting better every day, every week and every month.
The players on this team are certainly doing that which is an encouraging sign for the future of volleyball in Hopewell.
Getting better isn’t always about wins and losses but that’s an added bonus when that happens.
In their next to last match of the season, the Lady Vikings traveled to take on a solid West Allegheny program, with the 8th grade team winning and the 7th graders losing in a highly competitive 3-set match.
In the 8th grade match, the Vikings won the opening set 25-15, dropped the second one 25-21 before winning the deciding third set, 17-15. Nice job ladies!
In total, Hopewell served 21 aces, led by Abby Babinsack with 8, Lilliana Katcher with 5, Lillian Otto with 4, Ava Ray with 2 and Jazzmin Mudge with 2. Wanted to highlight Mudge because all season, she’s worked hard in practices and has been a tremendous teammate. Yesterday, due to an injury, she was called into action and delivered with 2 important aces. Nice job Jazzmin.
Here is match point of yesterday’s exciting match.
In the 7th grade matchup, West Allegheny took the 1st set, 25-13 with Hopewell responding with a 25-13 second set win. In the 3rd frame, WA got the better of Hopewell, 15-10.
Sam Holsinger, who’s been on fire lately, continued her strong play leading Hopewell with 6 aces. After that, Afton Budris, Brooke Otto and Arionna Shell each served 2 aces, while Amiyah had one.
The final match of Hopewell’s 2025 season takes place at home on Wednesday against Fort Cherry. If you’re able to, stop over to the Junior High to see these teams for the final time this season and congratulate them on a tremendous season! The 7th grade match starts at 3:30 PM, with the 8th graders starting at 4:30 PM.
