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Needham Natick

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Redhawks

The Natick (MA) varsity volleyball team won Friday's home non-conference match against Needham (MA) by a score of 3-0.

Game Details: NATICK HIGH

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Needham	14	19	16	0
Natick	25	25	25	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Match Stats

Needham (14-15)

Needham has not entered stats for this match.

Natick (14-15)

Natick

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	18	6.0	33.3	54	7	.204
7	Meg Merlino (Sr)	3	4	1.3	30.8	13	3	.077
10	Kate Meyer (Jr)	3	3	1.0	42.9	7	1	.286
11	Natalie Palmer (Sr)	3	4	1.3	26.7	15	2	.133
14	Nicole Due (Jr)	3	3	1.0	60.0	5	0	.600
29	Skylar Schmidt (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
30	A. Morley-McLaughlin (Sr)	3	4	1.3	66.7	6	0	.667
31	Zoey Gifford (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	3	0	.000
36	R. Podtburg (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	1	-.250
44	P. Patterson (Sr)	3

Natick

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	3	10	3.3	13.7	73	12	83.6
7	Meg Merlino (Sr)	3	3	1.0	20.0	15	3	80.0
10	Kate Meyer (Jr)	3
11	Natalie Palmer (Sr)	3	2	0.7	18.2	11	3	72.7
14	Nicole Due (Jr)	3	1	0.3	6.7	15	1	93.3
29	Skylar Schmidt (So)	2
30	A. Morley-McLaughlin (Sr)	3	2	0.7	13.3	15	2	86.7
31	Zoey Gifford (Jr)	3	2	0.7	16.7	12	2	83.3
36	R. Podtburg (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0
44	P. Patterson (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	4	1	75.0

Natick

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	3	2	0.5
7	Meg Merlino (Sr)	3
10	Kate Meyer (Jr)	3
11	Natalie Palmer (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3
14	Nicole Due (Jr)	3	1	1	0.3
29	Skylar Schmidt (So)	2
30	A. Morley-McLaughlin (Sr)	3
31	Zoey Gifford (Jr)	3	1	1	0.3
36	R. Podtburg (Jr)	2
44	P. Patterson (Sr)	3

Natick

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP
	Team Totals	3
7	Meg Merlino (Sr)	3
10	Kate Meyer (Jr)	3
11	Natalie Palmer (Sr)	3
14	Nicole Due (Jr)	3
29	Skylar Schmidt (So)	2
30	A. Morley-McLaughlin (Sr)	3
31	Zoey Gifford (Jr)	3
36	R. Podtburg (Jr)	2
44	P. Patterson (Sr)	3

Natick

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHE
	Team Totals	3	15	5.0	2
7	Meg Merlino (Sr)	3
10	Kate Meyer (Jr)	3
11	Natalie Palmer (Sr)	3
14	Nicole Due (Jr)	3
29	Skylar Schmidt (So)	2
30	A. Morley-McLaughlin (Sr)	3
31	Zoey Gifford (Jr)	3	15	5.0	2
36	R. Podtburg (Jr)	2
44	P. Patterson (Sr)	3

Natick

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP
	Team Totals	3
7	Meg Merlino (Sr)	3
10	Kate Meyer (Jr)	3
11	Natalie Palmer (Sr)	3
14	Nicole Due (Jr)	3
29	Skylar Schmidt (So)	2
30	A. Morley-McLaughlin (Sr)	3
31	Zoey Gifford (Jr)	3
36	R. Podtburg (Jr)	2
44	P. Patterson (Sr)	3

Rankings & Records

Needham (14-15)

National	MA	Div.
5,192	85	35

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	SW	SL
5-10	2-7	3-4	2-6	.333	.222	19	35

Natick (14-15)

National	MA	Div.
713	10	5

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
17-3	10-1	9-1	7-1	1-1	.850	.909	55	17

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Needham	16.6	19.3	18.5	21.0	15.0	1.3
Natick	23.4	22.4	24.3	24.0	12.8	2.8

Team Stat Comparison

Needham		Natick
-	Kills	431
-	Total Blocks	42
-	Serving Aces	137
-	Assists	366

Team Leaders

Needham		Natick	National Avg.
-	Kills	#11 Natalie Palmer115	55
-	Total Blocks	#30 Aileen Morley-McLaughlin34	15
-	Serving Aces	#7 Meg Merlino28	17
-	Assists	#31 Zoey Gifford331	52

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Needham	5-8		Natick	13-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/2/14	Wellesley	Needham	(W) 3-2	9/30/14	Wellesley	Natick	(W) 3-0
				10/27/14	Natick	Wellesley	(W) 3-1
9/9/14	Walpole	Needham	(L) 3-0	9/12/14	Walpole	Natick	(W) 3-2
				10/14/14	Natick	Walpole	(W) 3-0
9/12/14	Brookline	Needham	(L) 3-0	10/7/14	Natick	Brookline	(L) 3-2
10/14/14	Needham	Brookline	(L) 3-0
3/30/15	Brookline	Needham
9/16/14	Needham	Framingham	(W) 3-0	9/2/14	Natick	Framingham	(W) 3-0
10/16/14	Framingham	Needham
3/27/15	Needham	Framingham
9/19/14	Weymouth	Needham	(W) 3-2	10/9/14	Natick	Weymouth	(W) 3-1
10/21/14	Needham	Weymouth
9/23/14	Braintree	Needham	(L) 3-1	10/2/14	Braintree	Natick	(W) 3-2
10/23/14	Needham	Braintree	(L) 3-0	3/30/15	Braintree	Natick
9/30/14	Needham	Newton North	(L) 3-0	9/9/14	Newton North	Natick	(L) 3-2
10/27/14	Newton North	Needham	(L) 3-0
10/7/14	Norwood	Needham	(W) 3-0	9/23/14	Natick	Norwood	(W) 3-0
				10/23/14	Norwood	Natick	(W) 3-0
10/7/14	Needham	Milton	(L) 3-1	9/16/14	Natick	Milton	(W) 3-0
				10/16/14	Milton	Natick	(W) 3-0
10/9/14	Needham	Dedham	(W) 3-1	9/19/14	Dedham	Natick	(W) 3-0
				10/21/14	Natick	Dedham	(W) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Needham (14-15)		Natick (14-15)
5-10	Overall	17-3
2-7	League	10-1
3-3	Non-League	4-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
5-8	Common Opponent	13-2
3-4	Home	9-1
2-6	Away	7-1
0-0	Neutral	1-1
0-0	Playoff	3-1
5-10	In-State	17-3
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0