Gameday Focus: Girl’s Volleyball vs Delaware Valley G2 First Round

Gameday Focus: Girl’s Volleyball vs Delaware Valley G2 First Round

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The girl’s volleyball team hosts Delaware Valley in the first round of the Group 2 Tournament this afternoon at 4pm. Here is our Gameday Focus.

When: Wednesday, November 2 at 4pm

Where: Cinnaminson High School

#13 Pirates 12-11

Cinnaminson begins their playoff run in the Group 2 Tournament with a home match as the #13 seed.

The Pirates finished the regular season at 12-11 after suffering two straight 2-0 losses to Washington Township and Rancocas Valley.

This is the third consecutive playoff appearance for the girl’s volleyball team.

The Pirates will be looking for their first playoff win since the 2014 season. Cinnaminson took down Roselle 2-0 in the first round of the tournament that season.

After starting the season 0-2 the Pirates reeled off seven straight wins to move to 7-2.

Since then, the Pirates have played to a record of 5-9.

#20 Terriers 14-7

The Terriers, the #20 seed in the tournament, come in with a record of 14-7.

Delaware Valley won three in a row to finish the regular season. The win streak snapped a three-match losing streak.

The Terriers opened the season on a 6-1 run before suffering their second loss.

Delaware Valley was 11-4 prior to their three-match losing streak late in the regular season.

The Terriers are making their fifth straight playoff appearance.

Head to Head

These two teams share three common opponents in Notre Dame, Hopewell Valley and West Windsor-Plainsboro North.

The Pirates went 2-1 against those three teams, losing only to Hopewell Valley.

The Terriers went 4-0 against those teams, beating Hopewell Valley twice.

These programs have not met in the past seven years.

Bookmark this post and use it for live updates throughout this afternoon’s playoff match between Cinnaminson and Delaware Valley.

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Jim is the creator and editor of Cinn City Sports. He also created At the Dish, Life With Tony and Enzo and is the owner of JAVFreelancing. He coached baseball for five years, three at his former high school (Holy Cross in Delran, NJ) and two at prominent Division III program Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. He has worked for the Courier-Post in Cherry Hill, NJ; Metro Networks in Bala Cynwyd, PA; and was the play-by-play announcer for the Camden Riversharks of the Independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball for two seasons (2007-2008) on Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM, the student-run radio station at Rowan University. Jim earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and minor in Journalism from Rowan University in 2008. While in school he was the Assistant Sports Director at WGLS for two years and the Sports Director for one year. He also covered the football, baseball, softball and both basketball teams for the school newspaper 'The Whit.' He is the former Sports Editor for the Cinnaminson and Moorestown Patch websites. Jim lives in New Jersey with his wife Nicole, sons Tony and Enzo and dog Phoebe. He can be reached at jimvassallo@cinncitynews.com

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