Andrew Hopman said his team accomplished the impossible.

It turned out his players knew all along it was going to happen.

Old Bridge, No. 3 in the NJ.com Top 20, used star performances from Ashley Markle and Weronika Malinowski and strong contributions from everyone else in the lineup to defeat No. 1 Williamstown 3-0 on Thursday in the NJSIAA Group 4 state semifinals.

The Knights won by scores of 25-21, 26-24 and 25-18 to improve to 32-1 and avenge their only loss this season, halting the Braves’ 43-game winning streak in the process. They will face No. 12 Westfield on Saturday in the state final at Franklin High School.

“We came in as prepared as we could, we came in as fierce as we could, and we were confident,” Markle said. “We knew we could beat them, we knew we could win a state c

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