Fair Lawn tops Bogota in TOC volleyball

HACKENSACK - Fair Lawn defeated Bogota, 2-0, in the quarterfinals of the sixth annual Tournament of Champions girls volleyball tournament tonight (Thursday) at Hackensack.

Fair Lawn's size and depth was the difference and you can read about it in Friday's Record and/or Herald News, and click below for the bonus:

Every player contributed as Fair Lawn (23-8) became the third consecutive No. 5 seed to knock off the No. 4 seed in the quarterfinals. While the Cutters were sloppy at times, they managed to regroup.

Fair Lawn faces top-seeded Immaculate Heart (30-1) in Saturday's 4:30 p.m. semifinal at the William Paterson Rec Center in Wayne.

"All in all, we still need to improve if we want to go and try and battle with the No. 1 team in the State," Fair Lawn coach Pete Zisa said.

Cutters senior hitter Cindy Okereke had double-digit kills, junior middle Nicole Sisco had several key blocks in the opener, and senior setter Amy Sharlow eclipsed 1,200 career assists.

Fair Lawn's back-row defense was solid thanks to sophomore libero Tracy Wright , junior Jackie Moschel and senior Kim Kramer.

Fair Lawn, the Group 3 champ, prevented Group 1 champ Bogota from getting into a consistent flow. The Cutters slowed standout junior hitter Janet Snell and the Bucs' passing and setting needed to be a notch better.

"Obviously I'm ecstatic about the season, because our No. 1 goal was to win a State championship, and we did that," Bogota coach Brad DiRupo said. "It would have been nice to win here today, to have a chance to play IHA, but it didn't happen, and so you deal with it."

Thanks for stopping by and have a good evening.

Comments

[Mike]

Way to be FL Cutters!