Coach Mulry and Coach Bisulca's second season was an encore to their first season's magic, as the Lancers won Back-to-Back League and Sectional Championships. After graduating 6 from the 2007 championship team some doubted whether the Lancers could pull it off again. However, returning key starters and contributors kept the critics at ease.

2008 was the first season the MIAA allowed teams to play in tournament play days during the season and the Lancers took full advantage by playing in the Spalding Showcase of Champions Tournament and Medfield Open Date. The tournaments allowed the Lancers to put their skills to the test against some of the best teams in the Northeast including Milford (MA Div I), Andover (MA Div I), Burnt Hills (NY Class A), Salem (NH Div 1), North Kingstown (RI Div 1), Sacred Heart (MA Div III), Holliston (MA Div II), Bourne (MA Div II), Hopkinton (MA Div II), Old Rochester (MA Div II), Falmouth (MA Div I).

The Lancers also played an Independent match against Cumberland, Maine powerhouse and five-time consecutive State Champion Greely High School, dropping the match 1-3 but realizing that our special team was able to hang with just about anyone when we were on our game.

The Lancers received a big ego check by dropping a 5-set home match to rival East Longmeadow after being in control for most of the match. We quickly learned how fast our goals can be taken away and were determined not to let it happen again. Fighting for control of first place in the Eastern League with East Longmeadow and Amherst the Lancers surged at the end of the season winning two epic comeback matches to take the Eastern League Championship.

The Lancers earned the second seed in the Western Mass tournament with an overall record of 15-3 and faced 6th seed and Eastern League foe West Springfield in the Quarter-Final round. The Lancers took control of the match winning the first two sets but West Springfield would not roll over taking the next two sets. The Lancers played with determination and took the fifth set 15-5 to advance to the Semi-Final against third seed Chicopee Comp.

Chicopee Comp was a bit of an unknown. The two teams did not meet during the regular season and it took the first set to feel each other out. The Lancers won the first set 25-22 and never looked back as they won 3-0 to advance to the final for the second straight season.

The battle everyone had wanted since the beginning of the season was finally upon us, number one seed East Longmeadow vs number two seed Longmeadow in a "Battle of the Border" Western Mass. Final. After splitting our regular season matches with each other in five sets no one knew what to expect. The Lancers did the unthinkable and shut down the potent East Longmeadow offense to take the championship 3-0 by scores of 25-12, 25-23, 25-12 and advance to the state semi-final. The Lancers (18-3) faced North Sectional juggernaut Central Catholic (22-0) for the

right to advance to the state final for the first time in program history. The Lancers jumped out to an 18-15 lead in the first set but was plagued by forced and unforced errors going up against 6'3" and 6'2" blockers and fell 0-3.

While the Lancers did not reach their goal of a state championship, the team hardly underachieved. The biggest compliment the team received was during the state semi-final when a bus load of Longmeadow students made the hour and a half trip to support their Lancers.