2007 was not just the first season for head coach George Mulry and assistant Ken Bisulca, it was a season of firsts for the team. Coach Mulry challenged the girls to run an unfamiliar first tempo offense which they embraced with open arms. This made for a much faster paced and exciting Lancer team.
The Lancers made an amazing run through Western Massachusetts with an undefeated Eastern League record of 16-0, earning the Lancers their first Eastern League Championship in program history...finally getting that elusive banner on the gymnasium wall.
The Lancers had a full schedule of 20 regular season matches. They were pushed to 5 games in 10 of the 20 matches and pulled out victories in 9 of the 10 to finish the regular season 18-2.
The Lancers entered the Western Massachusetts tournament as the number 1 seed and earned a quarter final round bye and the first playoff home game in program history. The Lancers faced the fourth seeded West Springfield Terriers (14-6) in the semi-final match. The Lancers prevailed in 4 games (25-21 :: 25-12 ::15-25 :: 25-20) to advance to the Western Massachusetts Finals (another program first) and a meeting with defending champion Amherst Regional.
The Lancers made history as they pulled off a straight 3-0 win (25-16 :: 25-14 :: 27-25). The games were much closer than the score indicated and the girls had to fight for every single point. The Lancers eventually lost to Massachusetts State Champion Westborough in the state semi-finals but it was hardly a let down after such an amazing season.
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