Monday, April 19, 2021

Game 10: Perfect 10, Melrose 3 Burlington 0

Melrose ran the regular season table with a Patriots Day 25-22, 25-16, 25-16 win over Burlington (8-2). 

Melrose fell behind 11-20 in the first set, refusing to fold and closing with a 14-2 run. 

The win catapults Melrose into a quarterfinal matchup tomorrow against  Belmont in the Middlesex League playoffs. 

Elena Soukos led Melrose with a fourteen-strong lioness' share of kills. 


Video from the MHS-TV YouTube.com feed with YouTubeTrimmer. 


Elena delivered from both sides including this Eva Haralabatos (29 assists) backset into a right-sided kill. 



Burlington showed exceptional first set defense but couldn't stop this Chloe Gentile attack. 


Abby Hudson committed to this attack late in set one, delivering a critical winner to tie the set at 22. 


"Form begets function." Watch the beautiful run-up of Gia Vlajkovic as she wipes the block. 


Don't sleep on the defense. Emma Desmond serves and gets back into the play to fight off a pair of attacks, followed by Autumn Whelan digging a kill and Eva making another saving play. 

Coach Scott Celli praised the team's poise in playing from behind. Strong clubs find ways to overcome adversity that will come during the postseason. 

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