Lexington outlasts Milford in marathon boys volleyball match

LEXINGTON Two days after pulling off its gutsiest win of the year with a reverse sweep over No Cambridge the Lexington boys volleyball band again proved its mettle Wednesday night to keep the state s longest developing win streak alive Behind kills from Ale Luciani in a playoff atmosphere he and coach Marc Turiano felt was the the bulk intense event of the season the No Minutemen - rallied from a - match deficit to outlast No Milford - - - - - - for their th straight win The rowdiness of the Scarlet Hawks - junior varsity company and bench brought plenty of juice to a match that star Gus Da Silva kills and his teammates fed off but the Minutemen s well-rounded group generated enough to hold them off for a second straight emotional win Coming into this week I saw it as a measuring stick Turiano revealed There s still selected things we ve got to clean up but I think it shows that we ve grown winning two five-setters in a row after opening the year by dropping a five-setter The guys are improving they re getting better It s all in that upward trajectory We just have great moments Luciani added We go on runs and our crew is together I m really proud of how we play Lexington s Evan Carroll right spikes the ball into Milford s Colin Greco during Lexington s - boys volleyball win Wednesday Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill Boston Herald Composure was tested throughout for both which Lexington didn t show as much of in the first and third sets the latter of which Milford s Diego Inacio-Santos kills used three kills to spark a - run and close out a - win for a - match lead After Luciani s five kills and limited errors helped Lexington separate from a - lead in the fourth set to take it - though the Minutemen delivered in the fifth As Da Silva erupted for six kills Lexington s depth answered just about every Milford point for a whopping straight side outs traded in the winner-take-all frame Luciani had four kills Evan Carroll had one of his seven blocks Nic Sanchez de Rojas notched two of his kills and Nadav Vachtel added a block Setter Mahin Rajesh assists dished seven assists none bigger than the diving bump to Luciani for the winner that ultimately silenced Milford Milford s Eston Lebron digs for the ball during boys volleyball action against Lexington Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill Boston Herald I haven t felt that level of intensity in this gym this year Turiano declared It s been a while since we ve had a match that was that intense Our composure was really put to the test tonight We can hear each other more than we can hear everyone in the stands Luciani added Coach Turiano consistently emphasizes the little runs of three You side out and you get two serves I think the present day that worked wonders Lexington s depth was a major driver of program which Luciani credited for the win over his own efforts Millford s Colin Greco left spikes the ball at Lexington s Kolbey Manuela center and Nicholas Sanchez de Rojas Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill Boston Herald Turiano agreed but nonetheless admired the senior captain s performance to rise above for a monster performance This was a slugfest of a competition between our No outside and their No outside Turiano mentioned Especially in the fourth and fifth set everybody knew where the ball was going on both sides Luciani proved why he s a senior captain