Cassell's Corner

Host Tommy Cassell sits down with Andrew Mainini, who coaches the Hopedale girls volleyball team in the fall and Milford boys volleyball team in the spring. Mainini is in the midst of the girls volleyball season as the Blue Raiders finished last season with a 17-1 record and a No. 1 seed in the Division 3 Central sectional. Hopedale is off to a 5-2 start so far this season, dropping the matches to Millbury, who kicked Hopedale out of the tournament last year, and Shrewsbury, who is in Division 2. Mainini talks about what he has learned about being a coach over the years and how last season taught him he can (and should) diversify the strategies he teaches the girls. A Milford alumnus, Mainini is in his fifth season coaching Hopedale girls volleyball and he will be starting his third year at Milford this upcoming spring. He talks about what it was like to coach the junior varsity program for Linda Zacchilli in Milford and then to follow in her footsteps when she retired. Cassell’s Corner Each week, Tommy