Volleyball
Varsity
Overview
In fall 2010, Blair organized an intramural program to feed a growing interest among Blair girls in the sport of volleyball; the program has since evolved into a varsity team.
Volleyball begins in late August with a week-long preseason camp that consists of several practices and team activities a day, as well as scrimmages. In season, Blair competes against other NJISAA schools. Rutgers Prep, Lawrenceville, Pope John and Warren Hills are commonly seen on the schedule.
Meet the Coaches
About Coach Raley
History faculty member Anna Raley joins the Blair volleyball coaching staff in 2021, serving as the assistant varsity coach and head JV coach. In 2022, she became the head varsity volleyball coach. Previously, she was the head JV volleyball coach at the Rabun Gap Nacoochee School. A former collegiate soccer and basketball player at Huntingdon College, Ms. Raley will also serve as the assistant girls' varsity basketball coach.
About Coach Gerdsen
Cassi Gerdsen was the former head girls' volleyball coach and is now serving as the assistant coach. She became the School’s director of admission application management in 2016, following three years of work in the communications office. Cassi and her family have been part of the Blair community since moving to campus from the Pennington School in 2004, where Cassi was director of the school’s student center. A native of Aiken, South Carolina, she studied education at the University of South Carolina-Aiken. Cassi and her husband, Rod, an associate dean of students and science teacher at Blair, have two children, Kate ’20 and Jack '24. The Gerdsens live in Insley Hall, a freshman and sophomore boys’ dorm.
Schedule
View directions to athletic events. To read recaps about past events, go to the "Team News" tab above.
Opponent | Date | Time | Advantage | Result | Score | Status |
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vs.
St. Benedict's Prep
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Away | Loss | 0-2 | |
vs.
Warren Hills
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Home | Loss | 0-2 | |
vs.
Stuart Country Day
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Home | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
Pope John
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Away | Loss | 0-2 | |
vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Home | Loss | 0-2 | |
vs.
Parsippany High School
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Away | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
Princeton Day School
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Home | Loss | 0-2 | |
vs.
Parsippany High School
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Home | Loss | 1-2 | |
vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Away | Loss | 0-2 | |
vs.
Bernards High School
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Home | CANCELLED | ||
States vs. Mount St. Dominic's
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Away | Loss | 0-2 | |
vs.
Villa Walsh Academy
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Away | |||
vs.
Pope John
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Home | Loss | 0-2 | |
States - TBD
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TBD
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TBD | |||
vs.
Mercersburg
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Away | Win | 3-1 | |
vs.
Stuart Country Day
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Away | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
High Point
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Home | Win | 2-1 | |
vs.
St. Benedict's Prep
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Home | Loss | 1-2 | |
vs.
Lawrenceville
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Home | Loss | 0-2 |
Roster
Team News
News & Recaps
On Wednesday, November 9th. Blair honored the fall varsity teams for their memorable season at the annual varsity awards banquet. This season came with its fair share of adversity for all programs, but the Bucs persevered earning winning seasons and personal bests from many student-athletes
In one of their last season games, Blair Academy's girls' varsity volleyball team came into an emphatic win against the High Point Wildcats at home for their senior night defeating them in three sets. After losing the first set, Blair slowly worked their way back to victory.
The varsity volleyball team dominated this past Wednesday against Parsippany High School, defeating them in two sets 25-15, 25-20. Blair was great at both attacking and receiving the ball, picking up every single hit from the opponents and returning with accurate hits.
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Past Results
Fall 2022
Opponent | Date | Time | Advantage | Result | Score | Status |
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vs.
St. Benedict's Prep
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Away | Loss | 0-2 | |
vs.
Warren Hills
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Home | Loss | 0-2 | |
vs.
Stuart Country Day
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Home | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
Pope John
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Away | Loss | 0-2 | |
vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Home | Loss | 0-2 | |
vs.
Parsippany High School
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Away | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
Princeton Day School
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Home | Loss | 0-2 | |
vs.
Parsippany High School
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Home | Loss | 1-2 | |
vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Away | Loss | 0-2 | |
vs.
Bernards High School
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Home | CANCELLED | ||
States vs. Mount St. Dominic's
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Away | Loss | 0-2 | |
vs.
Villa Walsh Academy
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Away | |||
vs.
Pope John
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Home | Loss | 0-2 | |
States - TBD
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TBD
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TBD | |||
vs.
Mercersburg
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Away | Win | 3-1 | |
vs.
Stuart Country Day
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Away | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
High Point
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Home | Win | 2-1 | |
vs.
St. Benedict's Prep
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Home | Loss | 1-2 | |
vs.
Lawrenceville
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Home | Loss | 0-2 |
Fall 2021
Opponent | Date | Result | Score |
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vs.
Kent Place
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Stuart Country Day
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Voorhees High School
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
St. Benedict's Prep
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Warren Hills
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Loss | 1-2 |
vs.
Princeton Day School
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Dover High School
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Win | 2-1 |
States - Kent Place
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Mercersburg
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Loss | 1-3 |
vs.
St. Benedict's Prep
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Win | 2-0 |
vs.
Lakeland Regional High School
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Loss | 1-2 |
vs.
Lawrenceville
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Villa Walsh Academy
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Loss | 0-2 |
Fall 2019
Opponent | Date | Result | Score |
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vs.
Clifton High School
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Loss | 15-25, 22-25 |
vs.
Princeton Day School
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Win | 25-14, 25-11 |
Warren Hills - JV to follow
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Loss | 18-25, 23-25 |
Stuart Country Day - JV to follow
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Win | 25-20, 26-24 |
Dover High - JV to follow
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Win | 25-21, 17-25, 26-24 |
vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Loss | 20-25, 16-25 |
vs.
Summit High School
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Win | 27-25, 25-15 |
vs.
Princeton Day School
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Win | 25-10, 25-21 |
NJISAA States Outbracket - Trinity Hall
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Win | 25-11, 25-12 |
vs.
State Qtr Finals vs Rutgers Prep, Rutgers Prep
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Loss | 17-25, 12-25 |
vs.
Mercersburg
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Win | 20-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-22,15-13 |
Stuart Country Day - JV to follow
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Win | 25-12, 25,19 |
vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Win | 27-25, 25-19 |
vs.
Pope John
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Loss | 19-25, 18-25 |
Phillipsburg - JV to follow
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Loss | 22-25, 19-25 |
vs.
Lawrenceville
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Sparta High School
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Loss | 0-2 |
Fall 2018
Opponent | Date | Result | Score |
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vs.
Warren Hills
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Stuart Country Day
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Win | 25-7, 25-7 |
Stuart Country Day (B Team)
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Win | 25-18, 25-19 |
vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Win | 19-25, 25-17, 25-19 |
States - Newark Academy
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Pope John
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Loss | 13-25, 9-25 |
vs.
Mercersburg
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Loss | 10-25, 14-25, 24-26 |
vs.
Sparta High School
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Stuart Country Day
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Win | 2-0 |
Stuart Country Day (B Team)
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Win | 2-0 |
vs.
Kent Place
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Loss | 0-2 |
Kent Place (B Team)
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Phillipsburg High School
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Warren Hills
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Loss | 1-2 |
vs.
Lawrenceville
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Loss | 0-2 |
Fall 2017
Opponent | Date | Result | Score |
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vs.
Kent Place
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Morris Knolls High School
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Stuart Country Day
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Win | 2-0 |
vs.
Lawrenceville
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Pope John
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Warren Tech
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Win | 2-0 |
Rutgers Prep - States
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Sparta High School
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Mercersburg
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Loss | 2-3 |
vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Kent Place
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Stuart Country Day
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Win | 3-0 |
vs.
Warren Tech
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Win | 2-0 |
vs.
Lawrenceville
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Loss | 0-2 |
JV
Meet the Coaches
Meet Coach Devaney
Ying Devaney is assistant coach of the girls' varsity volleyball team and head JV coach. Before relocating to the United States in 2006, Mrs. Devaney earned her undergraduate degree in sports science at the Physical Education College in Bangkok, Thailand, in the late 1990s. Over the course of her career in Thailand, she served as a health club instructor at Shell Co., Ltd., a health club instructor and supervisor at the Radisson Hotel, an instructor with Outward Bound, a teacher at Khamasiri Memorial School and Sanarangsun Municipal School, and a sport supervisor at the Le Meridien Khao Lake Beach & Spa Resort. She has lived at Blair with her husband, language teacher Tim Devaney, since 2010, and has held various positions across campus, including in the Childcare Learning Center and Golf Shop. A sports enthusiast, she was a gold medalist in Judo at the All-Thailand Physical Education College Games during her undergraduate years, and her hobbies include playing volleyball, swimming and running.
Meet Coach O'Neil
Sarah O’Neil serves as the assistant JV girls' volleyball coach. She joined Blair in 2005 as a Spanish teacher. She came to Blair after teaching for two years in AmeriCorps and completing her undergraduate work at Wesleyan University. Sarah earned a master’s degree from Middlebury Language Schools in 2009 and taught Spanish for 13 years before bringing her language expertise to the English department in 2018. She currently teaches English 1 and a mindfulness elective in the religion and philosophy department. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Sarah has coached field hockey and lacrosse for 15 years. She now teaches yoga and fitness at Blair in the afternoons and resides in Marcial House with her husband, history teacher Quint Clarke ’87.
Roster
# | Name | Class |
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1 | Ehrianna Lucas | 2026 |
2 | Luna Cascetta | 2026 |
3 | Ziyun Da | 2026 |
4 | Jinyi Su | 2025 |
5 | Holiday Madel | 2024 |
6 | Jessica Neary | 2026 |
7 | Nhi Ho | 2025 |
8 | Rachel Kim | 2026 |
9 | Xiangyun Liu | 2026 |
10 | Stella Baceda | 2025 |
11 | Juliana Jordan | 2025 |
12 | Minh Anh Vo | 2025 |
13 | Emily Herra | 2026 |
14 | Allison Blalock | 2026 |
15 | Victoria Ross | 2025 |
16 | Inci Cakir | 2025 |
17 | Yunha Hwang | 2026 |
18 | Margaret Broek | 2025 |
Schedule
View directions to athletic events. To read recaps about past events, go to the "Team News" tab above.
Opponent | Date | Time | Advantage | Result | Score | Status |
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vs.
Pope John
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Away | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Home | Win | 2-1 | |
vs.
Parsippany High School
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Away | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
Princeton Day School
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Home | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
Parsippany High School
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Home | |||
vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Away | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
Villa Walsh Academy
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Away | Win | 2-1 | |
vs.
Pope John
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Home | Win | 2-1 | |
vs.
Stuart Country Day
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Away | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
High Point
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Home | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
Lawrenceville
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Home | Win | 2-0 |
Past Results
Fall 2022
Opponent | Date | Time | Advantage | Result | Score | Status |
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vs.
Pope John
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Away | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Home | Win | 2-1 | |
vs.
Parsippany High School
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Away | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
Princeton Day School
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Home | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
Parsippany High School
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Home | |||
vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Away | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
Villa Walsh Academy
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Away | Win | 2-1 | |
vs.
Pope John
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Home | Win | 2-1 | |
vs.
Stuart Country Day
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Away | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
High Point
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Home | Win | 2-0 | |
vs.
Lawrenceville
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Home | Win | 2-0 |
Fall 2021
Opponent | Date | Result | Score |
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vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Voorhees High School
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Rutgers Prep
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Warren Hills
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Loss | 1-2 |
vs.
Princeton Day School
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Win | 2-0 |
vs.
Dover High School
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Win | 2-0 |
vs.
Lakeland Regional High School
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Win | 2-1 |
vs.
Lawrenceville
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Loss | 0-2 |
vs.
Villa Walsh Academy
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Loss | 1-2 |