Sunday, November 22, 2009

Special Recognition: Now and Then

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This season's team created memories and landmark accomplishments. In addition to a Division 2 North Championship brought back to Melrose...the players got well-deserved special recognition.

Middlesex League All-Stars
All-League Team
Hannah Brickley (League MVP)
Laura Irwin
Jess Farr
Colleen Hanscom

Second Team (Middlesex League)
Alex Harlow
Athena Ziavras

MGVCA Division 2 All-State Team
Hannah Brickley (three time selection)
Colleen Hanscom (first time selection and fourth Melrose player so honored)

Boston Globe All-Scholastics
Hannah Brickley (Division 2 Player of the Year)

One individual who deserves a lot of credit (and asks for none), is assistant coach Steve Wall. He shares in the success of Coach Celli (Division 2 Coach of the Year) along with another fixture of Melrose volleyball, his wife Heidi.

Several fans asked me if I had any old video from the 2005 season...and I was able to retrieve part of the Melrose comeback against Medfield in the state championship game. Medfield captured its fourth state championship in five years yesterday, 3-0 over Bourne.




You might notice several features on this video:
  • the powerful hitting and approach of Medfield's Molly Barrett
  • the spectacular point at 23-21 where Jen Cohane got a concussion as she hit the floor
  • the remarkable hand-eye coordination of setter Amanda Hallett...how she picks the ball off the net
  • the comeback from 23-16 was one of the great sequences of Melrose volleyball, made possible only because the coaches believed in the team

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