(MA Sports Web) During Saturday’s Girls Volleyball state championship games at Billerica High School, much history was made as Bellingham, Hopedale & Franklin all won their first Girls Volleyball state titles in their programs history, and it happened back to back to back!
Division 3: #1 Bellingham defeats #3 Case 3 to 1 in the 3pm game
On Saturday November 15th at Billerica High School, Bellingham out of the TVL won their first Girls Volleyball state title in School history! #1 seeded Bellingham took down a very tough #3 seeded Joseph Case team 3 sets to 1 to capture the Division 3 State Championship.
Bellingham took a back & forth first set with an ACE from Aubrey Callery to cap off the 27-25 first set win. Set two continued the back & forth trend and went into extra time as Bellingham needed 28 points to close it out. Mia Milani (JR) struck with an ace to close out the set 28 to 26 and put the Blackhawks up 2 to 0 in the match.
In the third set, Case overcame a 9-3 Bellingham lead to take the set 25-21. The fourth set was another action-packed, intense back and forth battle. An Ace by Kayleigh Simpson which put the Blackhawks up 18-15 marked the beginning of an 8 to 3 run for the Blackhawks which would be capped off by a Mia Milani point to clinch the set 25 to 18 and give the Bellingham Blackhawks the 3-1 match victory plus their first Girls Volleyball State Title in School history!
Bellingham finishes their State Championship winning season with a record of 22 wins and 2 losses. Joseph Case finishes with 22 wins and 3 losses. Bellingham also finished their incredible season with 17 sweeps!
View more from the epic Bellingham Win HERE!
Division 5: #1 Hopedale defeats #7 Smith Vocational 3 to 0 in the scheduled 5:30pm game at Billerica H.S.
Following Bellingham’s historic D3 State title win, the Hopedale Blue Raiders out of the Dual Valley League claimed their first Girls Volleyball state title win in program history with a sweep of Smith Vocational and finish their state championship title season with 19 wins and 6 losses. Smith V.T. finishes 17 and 4.
Hopedale defeats Smith Vocational in Div. 5 volleyball state championship @HopedaleSports @illmanMWphoto @MIAA033 @MetroWestSports https://t.co/8CXcjbfm92 pic.twitter.com/oukQYvJ1ly
— Worcester T&G Sports (@tgsports) November 16, 2025
Congrats #Hopedale https://t.co/tq9jzsxmDU
— TVL Sports Updates (@TVLSportsMa) November 16, 2025
End of Set 3: Hopedale 25-23 Smith Voc
Final: Hopedale 3-0 Smith Voc
No. 1 Hopedale girls volleyball wins the @MIAA033 D-V state championship 🏆, its first in program history. pic.twitter.com/gs3H7klSVS
— Kenneth Manoj (@kenneth_manoj) November 16, 2025
Division 1: #5 Franklin defeats #2 Newton North 3 to 2 in the scheduled 8:00pm game at Billerica H.S.
Following Bellingham & Hopedale collecting their first Girls Volleyball state championship wins in school history, the Franklin Panthers out of the Hockomock league collected their 1st Girls Volleyball state championship win and dethroned 3x in-a-row state champion Newton North taking the 5-set win 3 to 2 and handed Newton North their first state championship loss in the last 4 years.
Franklin finished their State Championship winning season with a record of 23 wins and 2 losses, Newton North finishes 22 and 3.
The D1 volleyball state champion Franklin Panthers, first title in program history #hockomock pic.twitter.com/LHSpwknGwx
— Josh Perry (@Josh_Perry10) November 16, 2025
Final: Franklin 3, Newton North 2 (25-15, 25-27, 19-25, 25-23, 15-12), Makayla Kuykendall goes down the line with the final swing and Franklin dethrones the Tigers and winning their first state title #hockomock pic.twitter.com/UhXHGpsfIF
— Josh Perry (@Josh_Perry10) November 16, 2025
Makayla Kuykendall was undeniable in the first finals appearance for @FHSSports, coming through with electric kills and keeping the Panthers afloat in a five-set thriller@GlobeSchools story: https://t.co/U2GRaeobOK
— AJ (@aj_traub) November 16, 2025
D1 state champions (for the first time): Franklin pic.twitter.com/a21nBnxMIQ
— Greg Dudek (@gdudek10) November 16, 2025
