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Needham Winchester

Rockets

Red & Black W

The Winchester (MA) varsity volleyball team won Monday's neutral playoff match against Needham (MA) by a score of 3-0.

	S1	Wins
Needham	-	0
Winchester	-	3

Final score provided by M. Porrazzo.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Needham (25-26)

Needham has not entered stats for this match.

Winchester (25-26)

Winchester

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	21	33	1.6	42.3	78	15	.231
1	Defne Mergen (Jr)	3	4	1.3	80.0	5	0	.800
3	Madelyn Crooks (Jr)	3	3	1.0	25.0	12	4	-.083
5	Johanna Melhorn (Sr)	3	8	2.7	57.1	14	1	.500
7	Viviana Cella (Jr)	3	2	0.7	28.6	7	1	.143
11	Karen Huai (Jr)	3	2	0.7	40.0	5	2	.000
13	Kaiyal Kumaran (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
16	Hazel Lovins (Jr)	3	14	4.7	40.0	35	7	.200

Winchester

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	21	14	0.7	19.2	73	9	87.7	43
1	Defne Mergen (Jr)	3	1	0.3	7.7	13	2	84.6	6
3	Madelyn Crooks (Jr)	3	4	1.3	25.0	16	2	87.5	10
5	Johanna Melhorn (Sr)	3	3	1.0	20.0	15	0	100.0	10
7	Viviana Cella (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	Karen Huai (Jr)	3	5	1.7	38.5	13	3	76.9	9
13	Kaiyal Kumaran (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0	2
16	Hazel Lovins (Jr)	3	1	0.3	10.0	10	2	80.0	6

Winchester

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	21	2	8	6	0.3
1	Defne Mergen (Jr)	3	0	2	2	0.7
3	Madelyn Crooks (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
5	Johanna Melhorn (Sr)	3	2	2	4	1.3
7	Viviana Cella (Jr)	3	0	2	2	0.7
11	Karen Huai (Jr)	3	0	1	1	0.3
13	Kaiyal Kumaran (Fr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
16	Hazel Lovins (Jr)	3	0	1	1	0.3

Winchester

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	21	35	1.7
1	Defne Mergen (Jr)	3	9	3.0
3	Madelyn Crooks (Jr)	3	6	2.0
5	Johanna Melhorn (Sr)	3	5	1.7
7	Viviana Cella (Jr)	3	0	0.0
11	Karen Huai (Jr)	3	1	0.3
13	Kaiyal Kumaran (Fr)	3	9	3.0
16	Hazel Lovins (Jr)	3	5	1.7

Winchester

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	21	32	1.5	76	5
1	Defne Mergen (Jr)	3	26	8.7	64	0
3	Madelyn Crooks (Jr)	3	5	1.7	5	1
5	Johanna Melhorn (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
7	Viviana Cella (Jr)	3	1	0.3	2	0
11	Karen Huai (Jr)	3	0	0.0	1	1
13	Kaiyal Kumaran (Fr)	3	0	0.0	4	2
16	Hazel Lovins (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	1

Winchester

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	21	38	3	1.8
1	Defne Mergen (Jr)	3	0	1	0.0
3	Madelyn Crooks (Jr)	3	13	1	4.3
5	Johanna Melhorn (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
7	Viviana Cella (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
11	Karen Huai (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
13	Kaiyal Kumaran (Fr)	3	14	1	4.7
16	Hazel Lovins (Jr)	3	11	0	3.7

Winchester's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Match Story

Massachusetts High School Volleyball - Needham bounced by Winchester

November 3, 2025: Needham, MA 02494

The Needham Rockets volleyball squad (Needham, MA), was defeated 3-0 in Monday's non-league battle with the visiting Winchester Red & Black (Winchester, MA)

With the win, Winchester improves its record to 21-1 on the season. The Red & Black travel to Newton North (Newtonville, MA) to meet the Tigers in a non-league challenge on Friday, November 7. The Tigers enter the challenge with a record of 20-2. Newton North won 3-0 in their recent non-league challenge against Westford Academy (Westford, MA)

Needham vs Winchester Volleyball Match Info

Mon., Nov. 3, 2025

The Winchester (MA) varsity volleyball team won Monday's neutral playoff match against Needham (MA) by a score of 3-0.

This match is a part of the "2025 Massachusetts Girls Volleyball State Tournament - Division 1".

Rankings & Records

Needham (25-26)

MA	Div.
19	11

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
16-4	8-0	10-2	6-1	0-1	.800	1.000	51	21

Winchester (25-26)

MA	Div.
10	5

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
21-2	16-0	11-0	9-2	1-0	.913	1.000	65	8

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Needham	23.7	24.9	23.5	24.2	15.0	2.6
Winchester	25.0	25.2	24.8	25.0	-	2.8

Team Stat Comparison

Needham		Winchester
617	Kills	777
61	Total Blocks	74
257	Serving Aces	311
829	Digs	649
605	Assists	738
870	Receptions	880

Team Leaders

Needham		Winchester	National Avg.
#13 Sadie Stants179	Kills	#16 Hazel Lovins303	53
#35 Eva Andrews21	Total Blocks	#5 Johanna Melhorn47	11
#13 Sadie Stants60	Serving Aces	#1 Defne Mergen59	16
#1 Elizabeth Tam172	Digs	#13 Kaiyal Kumaran123	83
#12 Bella Lee394	Assists	#1 Defne Mergen581	50
#1 Elizabeth Tam235	Receptions	#13 Kaiyal Kumaran285	85

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Needham	2-2		Winchester	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/2/25	Needham	Newton North	(L) 3-0	10/17/25	Winchester	Newton North	(L) 3-1
10/14/25	Newton North	Needham	(L) 3-1	11/7/25	Winchester	Newton North	(L) 3-1
9/4/25	Brookline	Needham	(W) 3-0	9/26/25	Brookline	Winchester	(W) 3-1
9/19/25	Barnstable	Needham	(W) 3-2	9/30/25	Winchester	Barnstable	(W) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Needham (25-26)		W Winchester (25-26)
16-4	Overall	21-2
8-0	League	16-0
7-3	Non-League	3-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-2	Common Opponent	2-2
10-2	Home	11-0
6-1	Away	9-2
0-1	Neutral	1-0
1-1	Playoff	2-1
16-4	In-State	21-2
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0