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With 28 assists, 7 digs and 4 aces, Zach Sindoni commanded the back row in Haverhill's 3-0 North quarterfinal volleyball sweep of Chelmsford.

Haverhill's volleyball team ended the regular season undefeated (18-0), but it wasn't easy, edging Andover  3-2. James Murray and Drew Caruso both had 17 kills for the Hillies to offset the 33 kills of Andover's Joe Kuykendall and Zach Sindoni piled up 46 assists.

After a chippy encounter in Haverhill a couple of weeks ago, host Methuen and the Hillies engaged in a hard-fought but civil volleyball rematch that Haverhill won again in three straight games. Kyle Mansour was strong at the net for Methuen, but the Hillies had a triple threat in Drew Caruso (13 kills), Tom Oliveira (10 kills and 2 1/2 blocks) and Kevin Hirschfeld (9 kills) that made the difference.

With Zach Sindoni (31 assists) deftly setting up everybody on Haverhill's front line, the Hillies emerged with a 25-18, 25-19, 25-11 victory over Methuen to stay unbeaten at 6-0.

HAVERHILL — After squandering the lead in a first-game loss, Haverhill rebounded with three straight wins to defeat visiting Lawrence 3-1 last night.

The Hillies, which won the program's first North Division title last year in a victory over the Lancers, overcame that 32-30 loss in the first game to win the final three by scores of 25-23, 25-16 and 25-20.