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The penultimate week of the regular season played out like it\u2019s the postseason.<\/span><\/p>\n

Top teams are playing each other nearly every day, and the results are truly unpredictable. <\/span><\/p>\n

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After Lexington beat Needham via reverse sweep, the Rockets rebounded with a 3-1 win over a Natick squad that had swept them in their first matchup, before blanking Brookline in its backup gym. That\u2019s caused the biggest shakeup in the upper echelon of the Globe\u2019s Top 20 boys\u2019 volleyball poll to date. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The other biggest bounce-back performance of the week belongs to Newton South, which defeated Division 2\u2019s top , Westfield, in five sets, after dropping six of its eight matches this season against teams currently in the Globe poll. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Another key revenge win came at the right time for Milton, sweeping reigning Bay State Herget Division champ Braintree. Cambridge rises greatly after defeating Newton North and continuing its upward trend after dropping its first three matches of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Records based on scores reported to the Globe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Related: <\/span><\/span>Eastern Mass. boys\u2019 volleyball: Players of the Week, May 8-14<\/div>\n
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The Globe\u2019s Top 20 boys\u2019 volleyball poll<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Globe poll as of May 16, 2026. Teams were selected by the Globe sports staff.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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No.<\/td>\nTeam<\/td>\nRecord<\/td>\nPrevious<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>\nLexington<\/td>\n16-2-0<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>\nNeedham<\/td>\n14-3-0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\nBrookline<\/td>\n13-1-0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\nWayland<\/td>\n14-2-0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/td>\nNatick<\/td>\n12-2-0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/td>\nMilford<\/td>\n12-5-0<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/td>\nNewton South<\/td>\n9-6-0<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/td>\nChelmsford<\/td>\n15-1-0<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.<\/td>\nBarnstable<\/td>\n15-2-0<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/td>\nCambridge<\/td>\n9-7-0<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.<\/td>\nMilton<\/td>\n12-6-0<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.<\/td>\nLowell<\/td>\n15-2-0<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.<\/td>\nActon-Boxborough<\/td>\n9-7-0<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.<\/td>\nBraintree<\/td>\n11-7-0<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.<\/td>\nNewton North<\/td>\n5-9-0<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.<\/td>\nWeymouth<\/td>\n9-6-0<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17.<\/td>\nO\u2019Bryant<\/td>\n10-5-0<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.<\/td>\nGreater New Bedford<\/td>\n14-2-0<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19.<\/td>\nMedfield<\/td>\n13-4-0<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20.<\/td>\nWestford<\/td>\n10-4-0<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The top five gets a full reshuffle, with a new No. 1, and the turmoil extends up and down this week’s rankings, with Newton South and Cambridge both leaping nine spots. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"\nGlobe Top 20 boys\u2019 volleyball poll: Biggest upheavel of the season - Boston Relocation Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=465\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Globe Top 20 boys\u2019 volleyball poll: Biggest upheavel of the season - 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