Good process dictates a chance at good outcome. Melrose has relied on excellent coaching, community enthusiasm and support, improving infrastructure and offseason play,
The team has a veteran core, with talented players at each year level (sophomore to senior)
Brooke Bell keys the offense as setter.
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Brittany Adelman is healthy and hitting.
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Jen Cain is a top defender at the opposite spot.
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Sophomore Maeve Moriarty competes for time at setter.
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The coaching staff is amped up already.
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Rachel Johnson has improved her hitting to go along with solid blocking.
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Cassidy Barbaro looks to get more time in the back row.
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Sydney Doherty competes for time at outside hitter.
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Southpaw Kayla Wyland plays tall with a long reach at the net.
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Sarah McGowan has a strong all-around game and could be the next big hitter in Melrose history.
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Amanda Commito returns from season-ending knee surgery and is a force in the back row.
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Alyssa DiRaffaele is a libero with a potent serve.
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Sophomore Jill MacInnes looks to translate energy into playing time.
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Jill Slabacheski is one of Melrose top all-around players.
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Rachael Wolley backs up Brooke Bell at setter.
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Maggie Moriarty is another back row player with a potent serve.At least in the Boston Globe online "Teams to Watch" Melrose wore the Harry Potter invisibility cloak. To be fair, the Lady Raiders got a feature in Globe North.
Maxpreps.com presents another resource to follow the team.
Photographs courtesy of Don Norris. (more to follow, time permitting)
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