Westborough is 8-1 against Melrose since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Westborough Rangers will venture away from home to take on the Melrose Red Raiders at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Westborough sitting on 18 straight wins dating back to last season and Melrose on seven.
Westborough is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Massachusetts' top teams: Bishop Feehan, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Westborough was ranked first). Westborough had just enough and edged Bishop Feehan out 3-2 on Monday.
Westborough was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 24-26, 18-25, 25-18, 15-10.
Westborough's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Montana Weaver, who had 23 digs and two aces, and Kathleen O'Reilly, who had six kills, four digs, and two aces. That's the most aces Weaver has posted in her last seven games.
Meanwhile, Melrose got the win against Arlington on Monday by a conclusive 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-20, 25-12.
Melrose had a senior duo take command as Leah Fowke had four digs and 30 assists and Caroline Higonenq had 14 kills and five digs. Fowke is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 17 or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Sabine Wenzel, who had ten kills.
Westborough pushed their record up to 9-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Melrose, their win bumped their record up to 10-1.
Everything went Westborough's way against Melrose when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Westborough made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Westborough since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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