Bulldogs End Their 12 Game Winning Streak in the Championship Game
Bergen makes a big run by winning 12 games in a row, which included first round wins versus Brookdale CC & Semi-Final match versus Ocean CC. Region Champions Northampton ends Bergen's season in the Championship Game.
Paramus, NJ - Women's Volleyball had a tremendous season with an 18 win season, which landed the Bulldogs all the way to the Region XIX Championship match versus defening champs Northampton CC. The Bulldogs had a 12 game winning streak before falling to the Northampton Spartans 3-0.
They had a big hurdle to jump before facing The Spartans in the Championship match. In the Final Four Region XIX Tournament the Bulldogs had to face #2 seed Ocean, which the team had split the regular season series 1-1. Both matches had gone to 5 sets and were nail biters till end. The first set was a loss by Bergen by the score of 24-26. The second and third set Bergen rallied back 25-23 & 25-22. Ocean fought back and won the fourth set 23-25. The final set was one of the all time sets in Bergen history. Bergen was down 13-9 with sophomore Nadia Vaso serving for the Bulldogs. If you could not feel your heart pounding you were not at the match. The Bulldogs tied it up 13-13 and the crowd was quite for the last two points. The Bulldogs won the hard fought match by the score of 15-13 and sent them into the Championship Round.
Unfortunately The Bulldogs did not have enough gas when facing Northampton 30 minutes after the exhausting semi-final match. Bergen lost the final match 3-0 and the Bulldogs kept their heads up and received the Silver Plaque for runners-up.
Nadia Vaso and Gioia Abreu both received All-Region Tournament Team for their outstanding play throughout the tournament. Bulldogs will lose three sophomores this year Nadia Vaso, Rhonyelle Sowell and Marcela Ortiz. Bergen will be looking to build for next year. Go Bulldogs!!!
