When Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK won its county championship last year, it did so in dramatic fashion, coming back from a two-set deficit.

This season, the group hadn’t dropped a set. And coming into its biggest matchup of the season, the Hawks displayed why they may be the team to beat.

Bella Sallie had 13 kills as Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK defeated host Massapequa , 25-22, 25-20, 25-19, in Nassau AAA-I girls volleyball on Monday night.

“Everyone heard about the big game tonight," senior Dylan Katz said. "We knew it was going to be crazy. The crowd was going to be tough, but we knew we had what it took to pull it off.”

In the opening set, Savanna Appleton’s block, Victoria O’Neill’s kill and Lacey Petrullo’s ace put Massapequa ahead 22-21, giving the team its first advantage sin

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