Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Game 11: Playoffs, "Quarter Pounder" Melrose 3 Belmont 0

Melrose (11-0) remained undefeated with a convincing 25-10, 25-12, 25-11 sweep over the Belmont Marauders.

Melrose advances to the ML12 semifinal Thursday night against Lexington, who defeated Wakefield 3-1 in the other quarterfinal. 

Video from MHS-TV YouTube.com feed via YouTubeTrimmer.com 


Melrose dominated from the opening serve (above), which Emily Hudson finished at the net. 



The WPI-bound senior ruled the net with size, athleticism, and skill.



Sophomore Chloe Gentile stopped this Marauder attack cold. 



Meanwhile, Junior Elena Soukos had her full bag of tricks on display - net play (above), serving, defense, outside attacking, back row hitting. 



Above Elena gets a back row winner off an assist from Autumn Whelan. 



But the star of the final frame was Junior Outside Hitter Abby Hudson with a series of kills like the one above. 

Lady Raider Notes: Scoreboard (below) from BostonGlobe.com. 

It was all 'chalk' for the ML12 quarters with top seeds Winchester and Melrose winning as well as two seeds Lexington and Burlington.

Swampscott High coach Ryan Celli offered that this was the "most dominant playoff game performance" he had seen from a Melrose team. 










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