Volleyball Recap: Union Catholic Gets Past Summit

The Union Catholic Vikings were able to grind out a solid win over the Summit Hilltoppers on Wednesday, taking the contest 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Vikings.

Union Catholic not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept Summit between 17 and 19 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final set scores wound up at 25-19, 25-17.

Union Catholic has now won six of their last seven games at home. That's given a solid lift to their 12-4 record this season. That said, the team wasn't facing the toughest opposition over that stretch, as it included 2-11 Summit and 1-3 Kent Place (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 27.2% over those games). As for Summit, their loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-11.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Union Catholic will square off against their in-conference opponent Cranford at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Summit is set to take on their familiar foe Governor Livingston at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.