Amidst a playoff atmosphere, "Youth Night" and contentious back-and-forth delays over officiating, Melrose captured a 25-20, 25-18, 25-21 win. The win brings Melrose to 12-2. Wakefield falls to 9-5.
Nobody says "BeanTown" in Boston. But it was SabineTown tonight with a masterful performance in the middle to spark the victory.
It wasn't a cakewalk. Wakefield has excellent coaching, solid size, and had a large group of enthusiastic fans. Melrose had key inputs from multiple players.
Sofia Papatsoris puts one away at the net.
Sabine has craft outside and blocking mastery in the middle.
With the score tied at 20 in the first set, Melrose ran off five straight to finish the frame.
Melrose freshman Ella Friedlaender saw second set action and Melrose continued to accelerate. The set was always under Melrose control.
Others had their fingers in the pie, too.
Adele Akland's serve trickles over, Wakefield fights it off, but Emme Boyer finishes the play. Melrose won the set handily.
The third set saw some of the most spectacular Melrose defense in years and Melrose fought off a valiant Wakefield at the end. Sabine hammers home a winner to break a 21-21 tie. Next, Wakefield is called for a violation. Then, Wakefield violates again in the net. Finally, Sabine blocks an attack and gathers herself to quickly attack for the winner.
Melrose notes: Youth Night brought a larger than usual crowd plus several alumnae. Rachel Johnson and Sydney Doherty from the 2012 champions were on hand as well as Manon Marchais from 2023.
2 comments:
We are missing the fact that Kayla, Wakefield coach, is also a 2012 State Champion alumni. Thank you for the support at the game Rachel & Sydney!
Thanks for reading. Regular readers know that Kayla has appeared in "the blog" over 30 times in the past year and well over a hundred times overall. Melrose volleyball fans and historians are well aware of her legacy within MVB and as Wakefield coach. In fact one parent commented on "The Wall" last night.
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