Sunday, November 11, 2018

FHS Volleyball takes D1 Central-West Sectional Title for First Time

Josh Perry, the Managing Editor of HockomockSports.com, provides the game recap for the FHS volleyball win in the D1 Central-West Sectional.


"During a dominant regular season, Franklin was not pushed to five sets even once. In fact, the Panthers had only dropped three sets overall heading into the state tournament. 
In three postseason games, Franklin has gone to five sets all three times and has won all three of them. 
That pattern held again in the Div. 1 Central/West final on Saturday evening at Wellesley High. Franklin cruised through the first two sets, demonstrating why the Panthers are still unbeaten, but then Shrewsbury rallied to win two straight and force a decisive final set. Franklin jumped out early to win the fifth set 15-5 and secure the program’s first-ever sectional title. 
“You just have to work harder than the girls on the other side of the net, just want it, and I think it showed in the fifth set that they wanted it,” said first-year Franklin coach Kelsey Weymouth. “I’m beyond proud.”
Continue reading the article online
https://hockomocksports.com/franklin-goes-five-sets-to-win-first-ever-sectional-title/


Click here for a photo gallery from this game.
https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2018-2019/Fall-2018/Franklin-Shrewsbury-Volleyball-11-10-18/

Libero Riley Marino (5) jumps for joy after a Franklin point during the D1 Central/West final at Wellesley High. (Josh Perry/HockomockSports.com)
Libero Riley Marino (5) jumps for joy after a Franklin point during the D1 Central/West final at
Wellesley High. (Josh Perry/HockomockSports.com)

FHS plays Barnstable at FHS on Tuesday, Nov 13 in the State Semi-final
FHS plays Barnstable at FHS on Tuesday, Nov 13 in the State Semi-final

MIAA bracket for State finals  http://miaa.statebrackets.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=5047

The volleyball game is scheduled to start at 5 PM on Tuesday!

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