John Jay Falls to Greeley 3-1 in Volleyball Opener

The Horace Greeley Quakers beat the John Jay Indians 3 games to 1 in volleyball with game scores of  25-22, 25-20, 23-25, and 25-14 for a season opening victory Tuesday at John Jay High School.

Quaker Head Coach Gina Gomes said that despite losing momentum in the third game, her team was motivated to win it in the fourth.

"We just kind of lost focus," Gomes said. "In the fourth game there really was a different motivation to win and score."

Gomes pushed her players to serve and receive the ball effectively.

Ball control and reaction time proved troublesome for John Jay.

But with four players returned from last year's team, John Jay head coach Tom Rizzotti remained optimistic about the Indians' future this season.

"We just haven't gotten there yet but we will," he said.

The Quakers tied it up at 6-6 in Game 1 to eventually prevail 25-22 off a Meryl Rosenberg kill. John Jay had cut the deficit to within two 24-22 before Rosenberg clinched the victory.

Both teams played tough in Game 2, which was a back and forth contest. John Jay held a 12-10 lead before Greeley tied it up at 17-17. The score was again tied at 18 before Greeley went on to win 25-20 for the 2-0 lead in games.

John Jay prevailed in game three 25-23 on Christina Hafkemeyer's winning kill.

It wasn't enough, however, as the Quakers went ahead 22-11 in the fourth game en route to a  25-14 final.

Horace Greeley looks to make it 2-0 in the young season at home Monday against John Jay East Fishkill at 4:30 p.m. John Jay hopes to rebound Monday at home against Panas in a game slated for 4:30 p.m.