By Fred Siegle
OLD BRIDGE - When it won the state championship last year, St. Joseph's volleyball team set the bar high for all the school's future teams to measure their success against.
And coach Miguel Cabrita said his team, No. 1 in the Powerzonevb.com State Top 10 preseason rankings, started the 2007 campaign in mid-season form after beating No.4 Old Bridge 25-18, 25-20 on Thursday.
Of course, the Falcons have plenty of weapons, with middles Drew Colon (7 kills) and Paul Konapacki (4 kills, 5 blocks), and right side Keith MacDonald (10 kills) back from last year and new stars Marcin Midura (4 kills, 1 ace in one game), Kyle Ditmars (2 kills), Eddie Rossiter (2 kills) and Aidan Nemergut (19 digs).
"I'm happy,'' Cabrita said. "My thing - I know we have a great offense. It's ball control and passing I was looking for today. And to me, that was at mid-season level. I think we played well as a team. But we have to keep improving from here.''
Old Bridge, meanwhile, is in need of a break after starting the season with losses to No. 1 St. Joes and No. 2 East Brunswick. Lance Rogers led the Knights with 8 kills, but that was off 21 attempts. Joe Nemeth had 5 kills and Elvis Obi had 4.
St. Joes hopes to keep up the pace on Tuesday when it hosts No. 3 Southern, No. 6 St. Peters, and No. 7 CBA on Tuesday in a quad match starting at 10 a.m.
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