Team records depend on multiple factors - talent, performance, health, luck, scheduling. MVB always faces tough non-league competition. "Iron sharpens iron."
Be the team that always shows up to fight, not run.
Last season's playoffs at Longmeadow, Melrose showed up a bit undermanned but brought the fight in a 19-25, 26-28, 25-17, 21-25 defeat. Sofia Papatsoris and Sabine Wenzel combined for 40 kills against a team that had lost only three sets all season.
Limited highlights are available.
Athletes choose the fight or something less. Competitors "bring the rain" in metaphorical fights.
In 2005, Melrose trailed 2-0 in the State Championship and fought off triple match point to extend the contest.
Notice several features on this video:
- the powerful hitting approach of Medfield's Molly Barrett
- the spectacular point at 23-21 where Jen Cohane got concussed as she hit the floor. MVB players are strewn on the deck like bowling pins
- the remarkable hand-eye coordination of setter Amanda Hallett...how she picks the ball off the net
- the comeback from 16-23 was one of the great sequences of Melrose volleyball, possible because the coaches believed in the team
Stay in the fight.
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