Mann, Hartney in middles of another Garnet Valley win in district volleyball

CONCORD >> No matter what was going on during any given match, Garnet Valley volleyball coach Greg Wood has been able to count on his middle hitters, senior Ally Hartney and junior Samantha Mann, to come through when the Jags needed it most.

The pair has been a model of consistency and that was true again Thursday as third-seeded Garnet Valley topped 14th-seeded Council Rock South, 3-0, to advance to the quarterfinal round of the District 1 Class 4A tournament.

On a day when GV’s service game was a little off, Hartney and Mann were there to help the Jaguars hold off the feisty Golden Hawks, 25-15, 25-20, 26-24, to advance to a game Saturday against the winner of Thursday’s game between No. 6 Plymouth Whitemarsh and No. 11 Perkiomen Valley.

Mann and Hartney pounded nine kills each. The 6-4 Mann had four blocks and Hartney three. All-Delco setter Rachel Cain added 30 assists and six digs, and Julia Bowes (six aces, 13 digs), Emma Rokosky (five kills, 13 digs, two aces) and Gwen Clark four kills, 11 digs, three aces) came up big, too. But it was Mann and Harney who received high praise from CRS coach John Wright.

“Our two middles usually do a nice job because they’re better than the other team’s middles, but this was the first time all year we faced two middles that were better than our middles,” he said. “They were really good.”

Wright was not done complimenting the Jags.

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Garnet Valley’s Ally Hartney pounds a **** against Archbishop Carroll last week. Hartney had nine kills Thursday to lead the Jaguars to a 3-0 victory over Council Rock South in the District 1 Class 4A volleyball playoffs. (Pete Bannan/Digital First Media