Sunday, November 01, 2026

MVB Assist Leaders (as of end 2025 Season)

Coach Scott Celli updates single season and career MVB statistical leaders at the end of each season. 


Here are the most recent completed season data and comments. 

Notes:

1. The job entails more than compiling assists. Setters defend (block and dig), attack in different ways, serve, and more. Sadie might be the best MVB setter/blocker (Leah Fowke also excelled) and she attacks the 'second ball' at a high level (seven kills in the Methuen match). 
2. We don't always know the names from the past. Two terrific players with single season records were Amanda Hallett and Ruth Breen. 
3. Amanda LaBella set during a different scoring era - games to 30 with two out of three sets to win and three out of five in the playoffs. 
4. Brooke Bell and Colleen Hanscom each had three 500+ assist seasons and both are in the Melrose Athletic Hall of Fame.
5. "Lily Fitz" also had three 500+ seasons and was a Boston Globe Player of the Year in 2017. 
6. Brooke Bell's record might be untouchable as in addition to three seasons with a strong supporting cast, she had 102 assists as a freshman.

And yes, Teddy Roosevelt said, "Comparison is the thief of joy." 

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