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Volleyball Season Underway Today
The North Andover girls practice today for the first time this season and have their first preseason game tomorrow.
Welcome to the fourth installment of our Scarlet Knights fall sports season preview. Today we look at the .
North Andover is coming off a solid regular season in 2010.
The Knights qualified for the MIAA Division 1 North tournament with a regular season record of 12-8. That was good enough for the 11th out of 12 seeds in the tournament.
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In the first round of the playoff tourney, . Chelmsford, who finished the regular season with a 14-6 record, moved on to the semi-finals before being knocked out by Reading.
Soon-to-be MVC rival, Andover, won the Division 1 North tournament.
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North Andover has their first practice this afternoon at 3pm.
The Knights get a playoff rematch against Chelmsford tomorrow in their first preseason game. That game will be at Chelmsford at 3:30pm.
North Andover has two other preseason games. On Thursday, Sept. 1, the Knights travel to Lexington for a 3:30pm game. The Knights then travel to Andover for a game against the Warriors at 9am on Sept. 3.
The first regular season game for North Andover will be on Sept. 7th at home against Tewksbury.
Later in the season, North Andover hosts Masco on Sept. 26.
A regular season matchup against Andover will be a tough test. North Andover hosts the reigning Division 1 North champions on Oct. 22 at home.
The Knights’ regular season concludes on Halloween at home against Saugus.
Tune in to Patch throughout the season for coverage of the Scarlet Knights girls volleyball team and as always, your pictures and videos are welcome. Just send an email to jay@jayoza.org to contribute.