by Carlo Edra
BAYONNE - With Coco Ostorga, Bayonne High School's starting setter out with a stomach virus, the second seeded Bees were at risk of an early exit. Back-up setter Nick Stanlaw more than made up for Ostorga's absence and led Bayonne with a 25-18, 25-16 victory over the 7th seeded Clifton in the New Jersey North Sectional Quarterfinals on Wednesday. Stanlaw spread the ball beautifully and provided the Bees with 21 assists and 2 aces.
Game one started out "ALL GUNS BLAZING". Both teams traded points until the game was tied 10-10, then the turning point. Bayonne was able to sideout making the score 11-10 before Sophomore opposite Richie Boyle exploded on the net. He provided Bayonne with their 12th point on an assisted block, forced a Clifton hitting error by smothering the hitter for the 13th point, and finally finishing a 4 point run with a solo block for Bayonne's 14th point. Throughout the run, the crowd and the team errupted and gave the Bees tons of momentum. Bayonne showed multiple options on offense and pinpoint serving causing Clifton's serve receive to breakdown and make their offense rely soley on an outside attack. These keys were the reason Bayonne wins game one 25-18.
Game two saw Bayonne carry on their play from the previous game by bursting out to a 7-1 lead. In this run, the Bees notched 2 aces and forced multiple passing errors causing free-ball after free-ball that they were able to easily transition for kills. Clifton unable to overcome their passing seemed like they had already given up. They completely lost the fire that was very apparent at the beginning of the match. Bayonne cruises to win game two 25-16.
The Clifton High School Mustangs finish their season with a record of 25-6. In today's match they were led by Eddie Colon with 6 kills and Christian Hyra with 5 of his own.
Carlo Edra is head men's volleyball coach at New Jersey City University.
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