By Fred Siegle
JERSEY CITY - St. Peters showed that it is again the team to beat in North Jersey on Tuesday, beating Hudson County rival Bayonne 25-18, 25-22 on Tuesday in the first meeting of the season between the two teams.
The Marauders, ranked No. 4 in the Powerzonevb.come rankings (and the highest ranked North Jersey team) and the Bees, ranked No. 5, will play at least one more time, at Bayonne, in the regular season, and could also meet in the Hudson County and State tournaments. Senior outside hitter Al Yesneski said its home crowd helped spur the victory.
"We had a good crowd, and I think when you play in front of fans like that, it's easy to play off the emotion,'' Yesneski said. "Plus, we had a good day Saturday (at the Bloomfield tournament, where they lost in three games in the final to No. 1 St. Josephs), and we were just trying to continue the momentum from that.
Seniors Jake Blicharz (10 kills) and Miles McCann (7) led the way in the victory. Alex Cogott had 8 digs.
''Our offense is tough to stop, especially when Jake and Miles are hitting well,'' Yesneski said.
Danny Kochanski (8 kills) and Krystof Bogdan (6) led Bayonne, while Mike Kucza had 5 kills and setter Coco Ostorga had 22 assists. The Bees were hampered by poor passing.
"We did a poor job in serve-receive,'' said coach Pat Longo. "Mentally, we just broke down. If you want to run your offense, you have to pass the ball.''
"Hopefully, we'll take this game, learn from our mistakes, and be ready for them the next time,'' Longo said.
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