Skins Roll Over Truman, 3-0

Levittown, Pa. -- The Neshaminy boys went to 3-0 on the year with an easy 3-0 victory at Truman today. The game scores were 25-11, 25-10 and 25-1. Today's match photo shows an amazing 19-0 run to start the final game with all 19 points served by senior Ethan Chase. There was no JV match today. The Skins now have a 9-1 games record in league play and are 16-3 in the three league matches and one tournament. But things will get interesting now as the Skins play perennially strong Council Rock-North on Thursday and then travel to what should be a very challenging tournament at Penn Manor High School (near Lancaster) on Saturday. The field will be packed with District 3 teams, and that's the power district in Pennsylvania. Directions to Penn Manor on a later post.

Skins' Win at CR-South Featured on Suburban One Site

For an in-depth story on last night's win against Council Rock-South, click on this link:

Story

And for some great action photos of the match, which are available for order, click on this link:

Photos

Skins Win at CR-South, 3-1

Holland, Pa. -- Neshaminy traveled to nearby Council Rock-South High School and earned its first road victory of the year, a 3-1 decision against the Golden Hawks. The first game was tight with Neshaminy a 25-23 victor. The Skins pulled away in the second game to win fairly easily, 25-16. Game three was another story. Despite leading 22-17, Neshaminy dropped a 25-23 decision and faced a game four. The Skins broke open a close game and won going away, 25-21. Ethan Mawhinney was credited with 16 kills on the night and had at least four in the decisive game. Greg Schumann had 22 digs from his libero position, and Ryan Vaccaro had 32 assists as the team's setter. Vaccaro is today's match photo (right - uniform number 8), courtesy of his dad, Joe, the unofficial/official team photographer. The team is off until Tuesday when it travels to Truman for another road match.

A Great Comeback

This is yesterday's (March 25th) full second game video against Abington. Neshaminy was down 10-4 and 20-17 but came back to win. Tremendous first point, by the way, that was won by Abington but showcased great defense by the Skins.

Skins Open Season with 3-0 Win vs. Abington

Langhorne, Pa. -- The Neshaminy volleyball team defeated Abington, 3-0, in the season opener for both teams on Wednesday evening. Neshaminy went out quickly, winning game one by a 25-16 score. Trailing 10-4 in game two, the Skins went on a run and eventually took the game, 25-21. Neshaminy also was down 20-17 in that second game. Game three was not much of a contest as the Skins pulled away to win, 25-15. Today's match photo is of senior Greg Schumann, who is the team's starting libero. No rest for the Skins, who return to action Thursday night at Council Rock-South. The Skins won both games against CR-South in the Haverford Tournament this past Saturday.

Skins Lose in Semis of Haverford "March Mayhem"

The first tournament of the year wasn't a bad one for the Neshaminy volleyball team. The Skins began the day with the 8:00a match against Masterman H.S. of Philadelphia. After winning game one, Neshaminy lost the second game, but it was the last loss of Pool play. Neshaminy swept two-game matches with Glen Mills, Lower Merion and Council Rock-South. The photo to the right shows juniors Brent Jamison and Kyle Ejsmont putting up a formidable block against Lower Merion (photo credit -- Joe Vaccaro). That meant a semifinal match against Christopher Dock, one of the traditional powers in District One. An exciting match ended in a 25-23 loss for Neshaminy. The event should have been a bit of a confidence-builder for Neshaminy, which begins league play this Wednesday against Abington. The match is at home with the JV match at 3:30p and the varsity match immediately thereafter.

How to Get to Haverford H.S.

Parents and friends traveling to Haverford High School for this Saturday's tournament can use 200 Mill Road; Haverford, PA on their GPS units. This link:

Haverford High School

... will get you directions that you can print out. The tournament is called "March Mayhem," and Neshaminy plays in Pool B with J.R. Masterman of Philadelphia, Lower Merion, Council Rock South and Glen Mills. The 'Skins play the first match of the morning, an 8:00a tussle with Masterman. Pool A features St. Paul VI (I think the Haverford schedule mistakenly typed Paul IV), Collingswood, Haverford, Central Bucks East and Christopher Dock. Remember, Coach Schneider has recommended that JV players attend at least one of the four tournaments. His preference is the Penn Manor Tournament on April 4th because of the high level of play that Neshaminy is likely to see that day. Penn Manor is in the Lancaster, Pa., area.

Time Change for C.R. South Match on 3/26

First off, when typing the schedule a couple of days ago, the match at Council Rock South next Thursday (3/26) was omitted inadvertently. The schedule distributed at the beginning of the year listed the match as an afternoon match, but we are told the times have been changed to 5:30p for the JVs and 7:00p for the varsity. Remember that the length of the JV match actually determines when the varsity starts, so in this case the varsity start time could be slightly earlier or slightly later than 7:00p.

We're BAAAACK!

OK, the webmaster apologizes for letting all this time lag between the end of last season and the beginning of 2009 ... which kinda already has begun! Neshaminy has played two scrimmages, most recently a thrashing of Central Bucks East yesterday (March 16). The regular season begins this Saturday when the 'Skins travel to Haverford for a multi-team tournament. It's a chance for a bit of payback for the team since they were beaten by Haverford in the opening round of last year's District One tournament. Haverford also defeated Neshaminy earlier in 2008 in the finals of the Reading Tournament. Players are expected to be ready for the bus at 6:30a at the high school. Embedded here is a YouTube slide show that was shot and put together by Joe Vaccaro, father of senior Ryan Vaccaro. It's a good one!