Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Game 8: Melrose 3 Wilmington 0

Melrose (8-0) stayed unblemished with a straight set 25-8, 25-15, 25-13 defeat of the visiting Wilmington Wildcats.

Melrose blended the usual suspects, attack from Elena Soukos and strength up the middle (Chloe Gentile, Autumn Whelan) with a coming out party for sophomore Sadie Jaggers and the relentless outside attack of Gia Vlajkovic.

Setter Emma Desmond added long service runs to keep Wilmington at bay and Ava Burns delivered kills from the opposite to put the cherry on top. 

Melrose went out to a quick start and never looked back in the first set combining attacks from Elena, Sadie, and Gia. 

Wilmington fought back smartly in the second set before Melrose pressure and relentless Soukos attacks and Gentile blocks put them on their heels. 

The third set featured Jaggers pounding the pumpkin in the middle despite being undersized relative to the Wilmington bigs. 

Melrose traveled to D1 powerhouse Newton North on Friday. The attack watchword for the Tigers' program is "intent" as former Coach Richard Barton preached hard hitting first and developing finesse later. 

ML Notes: The "games of the day" in the Middlesex League are Woburn at Belmont and Wakefield at Burlington. Woburn looks to stay atop the Liberty Division and Burlington looks to rebound from their home loss Monday. 


 

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