Melrose lost against Longmeadow on Wednesday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Melrose Red Raiders fell 3-1 to the Longmeadow Lancers. The Red Raiders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Melrose was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Longmeadow work for it, especially in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 28-26, 17-25, 25-21.
Leah Fowke and Sofia Papatsoris certainly did their best on Wednesday to avoid the loss. Fowke had 13 digs, six kills, and 30 assists, while Papatsoris had 23 kills and three digs. Papatsoris has been hot recently, having posted five or more kills the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Sabine Wenzel, who had 17 kills.
Longmeadow can attribute much of their success to Tess Tonsing, who had 11 digs and five aces.
Melrose's loss ended a ten-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-5. As for Longmeadow, they pushed their record up to 22-0 with the win, which was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season.
Melrose does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Longmeadow, they will head out to take on Oliver Ames at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Oliver Ames will roll in looking for their sixth straight victory, something Longmeadow surely won't give up without a fight.
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