Head coach Andy Bernstein split his seventh-grade team up in a double header against a pair of teams from Crossroads. In the first match, the Falcons’ seventh-graders beat Crossroads’ sixth-graders 25-9, 26-24. In the first game, St. Matthew’s was led by setter Kellie Barnum and Alexandra Stage, who combined to serve 14 points. Catherine Wang, Bo Campot, Lauren Kaufman, Laurel Irvine, Annie McNutt, Lauren Jones and Kelly Ohriner contribued with pinpoint passing and solid defense. In the second game, setters Taylor Bartholomew and Danielle Greenberg combined to serve 15 points and Ohriner finished off the match with two aces. In the second match, St. Matthew’s seventh-graders beat the Roadrunners’ seventh-grade squad, 25-23, 25-11. Barnum and Greenberg ran the offense once again, combining for 13 service points in the first game. Lucy Davis, Katie Hathaway, Christine Kanoff, Meredith Kornfeind, Kaitlyn Power and Barbara Vlietstra provided the offense and defense to pull it out. Game 2 saw the Falcons put forth a well-balanced team effort from the start, as nine different players tallied service points, led by Barnum’s eight and Kornfeind’s six.
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