Four undefeated girls volleyball teams remain in North Jersey. All are ranked in the Top 20, and the team with the most wins on the season got its coach to a milestone late last week.
Rutherford won a battle of unbeatens with St. Mary on Friday, 25-22, 25-19, to give coach Helen Antzoulides her 500th career victory. Antzoulides is in her 18th season with the Bulldogs after 12 at the now-closed Paterson Catholic, and her career record after the team’s 13th win of 2021 stood at 500-274 (.646 winning percentage).
On Tuesday, the Bulldogs earned the No. 12 seed in the Bergen County Tournament. So deep is the field that 23 qualifiers received consideration for this week’s Top 20.
Top 20 Volleyball rankings
- Immaculate Heart (12-0)
- Demarest (10-0)
- River Dell (9-1)
- Bogota (10-1)
- Ridgewood (7-2)
- Wayne Valley (11-2)
- Northern Highlands (8-3)
- Clifton (10-1)
- Pascack Valley (6-3)
- Bergen Tech (9-1)
- Old Tappan (5-4)
- Rutherford (14-0)
- Paramus Catholic (7-3)
- Ramapo (5-2)
- Ramsey (7-3)
- Fair Lawn (4-4)
- Tenafly (6-4)
- Glen Rock (8-1)
- Pascack Hills (5-3)
- Immaculate Conception (8-0)
Also considered: Cresskill (8-2), Emerson (9-3), Leonia (8-2), Paramus (4-7), St. Mary (11-1), Secaucus (8-2).
(Records through Tuesday’s matches)
Greg Tartaglia is a high school sports reporter for NorthJersey.com. For full access to live scores, breaking news and analysis from our Varsity Aces team, subscribe today. To get breaking news directly to your inbox, sign up for our newsletter and download our app. Email: tartaglia@northjersey.com Twitter: @njtags13
