Emily Viti couldn’t hold back her emotions, while Kelvin Rivera later admitted he’d save the inevitable tears for when he gets home.

The Framingham boys’ volleyball coach and senior star player shared an emotional embrace at the net after the Flyers impressively swept Needham, 25-23, 29-27, 25-23, for the program’s first state championship Wednesday at Concord-Carlisle High School.

The two linchpins of the Flyers’ remarkable season, which concluded in a dominant showing against the former champion Rockets, struggled to find words to describe the feat.

They just knew all along their final hurrah would end like this.

“Of course we’re here and of course we did this,’’ Viti said of her first reaction. “They’ve overcome so much I’m not at all surprised that they fought through that and were able to win that match.’’

Rivera saved arguably his best show for the final act when the Flyers needed it most.

It wasn’t just Rivera’s gaudy statistics (game-high 25 kills, 20 digs, 5 blocks, 2 aces) and the unmatched hitting clinic he displayed from the front and back row.

The senior stopped a furious late Rockets rally in the first set by scoring the Flyers’ last three points. In the second frame, on the verge of losing momentum and down, 24-22, Rivera executed a clutch dig and kill one after another to help Framingham escape a set that featured 11 ties and nine lead changes. He capped off the deciding third set with eight kills that kept the Rockets out of reach.

“We’ve been working for this for so long,’’ Rivera said, smiling. “Winning this for the school feels great. There is no better feeling.’’

Junior setter Josh Oakes (30 assists) consistently rattled a Rockets defense with finely placed passes and a handful of tip kills.

Framingham’s back-line defense anchored by Tyler Chan (nine digs), Matt Chin (10 digs), and Jason Shapiro (12 digs) showed why it’s one of the state’s top ball-hawking units.

Needham piled up 35 unforced errors and fumbled away multiple chances with match point in the second set.

Trevor Schofield (14 kills), Declan Ennis (10 kills), and Brendan Lombardi (nine kills) led Needham’s front-line attack.

“Thought we strayed away from our brand of volleyball tonight,’’ Rockets coach Dave Powell said. “You can’t do that against a great team like that.’’

The Flyers bring a title back to a town Viti says they’ve made proud.

“Everything Framingham needs them to be they’ve been,’’ Viti said. “After the adversity on and off the court, they fought it off and they got here.’’

Division 1 girls’ tennis

Wellesley 3, Nashoba 2 — The Raiders were leading Nashoba, 2-1, in the Division 1 state championship and Caitlyn Avery was leading, 5-2. But Nashoba’s Ari Sanjar battled back and tied the set at five before Avery finally ground out a 7-5 set win, clinching the championship for Wellesley.

With Avery’s second singles win (6-2, 7-5), Wellesley won the championship, 3-2, and completed the season undefeated at 24-0.

“I just practice keeping my composure,’’ Avery said. “I just slowed down my breathing and just kept my calm.’’

Caitlyn’s sister, Ashley, won the first singles match (6-2, 6-0) to put Wellesley ahead early; but Nashoba tied it with a win in the third singles, Emma Picaroprevailing in straight sets (6-0, 6-4). Wellesley got another point from the second doubles team of Pooja Reddy and Alexis Tsang.

“We came here in 2009 and lost in the finals and we were undefeated going into the finals,’’ Wellesley coach Alan Brazier said. “It’s really satisfying to get it done today.’’

Nashoba got another point with a three-set win in the first doubles match. Nashoba’s Kyra Fasano and Meredith Curran fell in the first set, 6-3, before winning the next two (6-1, 7-6) to end the championship at 3-2.

“We had three matches coming into this [that ended] 3-2, so we had to fight our way here,’’ Brazier said. “It seemed like every match somebody stepped up and got us that third point.’’

Division 3 girls’ tennis

Martha’s Vineyard 5, Hopedale 0 — Martha’s Vineyard (21-0) is now back-to-back Division 3 state champion with a win over Hopedale in the championship match. The Vineyarders never needed a third set in any match as they rolled in the rematch of last season’s championship.

“It’s always a little easier if you’ve seen your opponents,’’ Martha’s Vineyard coach Nina Bramhall said. “We have a sense of what to expect so that played a little role. When you have no idea — you’ve never seen them — that makes you nervous.’’

Martha’s Vineyard’s Kelly Klaren (6-0, 6-2) and Camilla Prata (6-0, 6-0) won their matches in the second and third singles before Kat Roberts (6-1, 6-1) clinched the win in the first singles match. The Vineyard’s Lizzie Williamson and Victoria Scott won in the first doubles (6-0, 6-0) and Amadine Muniz and Nuun Eksiri took the second doubles (6-1, 6-2).

“It feels great, I’m already looking forward to next season,’’ said Roberts, a junior. “She [Aimee Figgins] was really consistent and she got a lot back so I had to mix it up and play more aggressive.’’

“You can’t ever take anything for granted,’’ Bramhall said. “You just have to go out and play as well as you can and I think that’s what everybody did today.’’