Massachusetts High School Volleyball - Burlington routed by Methuen
May 12, 2022: Methuen, MA 01844 The Burlington Red Devils volleyball team (Burlington, MA), was dropped 3-0 in Thursday's non-league challenge with the host Methuen Rangers (Methuen, MA)
The Rangers (5-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Central Catholic (Lawrence, MA). The Raiders enter the Merrimack Valley challenge with a 3-11 record. In their last challenge, Central Catholic was dropped by North Andover (North Andover, MA), 3-0, in a league challenge.
Next, the Red Devils meet the Medford Mustangs (Medford, MA) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, May 16. Burlington will attempt to move on its 3-6 season record. The Mustangs enter the challenge with a 2-9 record after their 3-0 non-league loss to Somerville (Somerville, MA).
Match Summary
Methuen is another experienced and seasoned program. Burlington had a slow start in the first and second set with inconsistent passing and setting for offense, but the defense and blocking were good. In the third set, the team came together better on offense and defense, but several unforced errors with net violations, missed serves and ball handling errors was the difference in losing this set.
