Melrose (16-1) hosted the Frontier Red Hawks in a major intersectional 'friendly'. Melrose players were not happy with what they saw as subpar performance against Wakefield and showed it with a 25-20, 28-26, 25-17 win.
Both teams seemed tight early but as play proceeded the quality of play improved as expected.
Frontier had a dominant outside hitter, Jillian Apanell, who came in with 206 kills (4.0/set) and a .244 hitting percentage. They also had an outstanding libero and solid setter, but not as much overall offensive force as Melrose.
After an exhausting second set win, 28-26, Melrose came out flat for the third, trailing 6-1. A Scott Celli timeout energized the team and the key play of the match, a brilliant dig by Autumn Whelan turned the match around. The play occurred with the score 7-2 and from that point Melrose outscored Frontier 23-10 to seal the match.
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