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Volleyball roundup: Defensive turnaround sparks Plano East in sweep of McKinney Boyd

by | Sep 11, 2024 | Latest, Sports

Plano East junior Simone Heard, pictured in previous action, recorded 16 kills in the Lady Panthers’ 25-19, 25-21, 25-13 road win over McKinney Boyd on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Photo by Tina Lopez / Murphy Monitor

By David Wolman

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Trailing 17-13 in the second set after a kill by McKinney Boyd freshman hitter Trinity Johnson, Plano East proceeded to turn things around defensively and made the same kinds of hustle plays that the Lady Broncos did leading up to that point. On one play, Lady Panthers junior Marisabelle Sias sprinted 10 feet in less than two seconds toward the Plano East team bench to make a pass to keep the play alive. 

Effort plays like the one that Sias made ignited a 12-4 Lady Panthers run to end the middle set, and Plano East rode that momentum into the third set where they proceeded to polish off a 3-0 sweep (25-19, 25-21, 25-13) of the Lady Broncos on Tuesday, Sept. 10, from McKinney Boyd.

Junior outside hitter Simone Heard recorded eight of her 16 kills in the first set.

For more on this story see the Sept 19, 2024 digital edition of the Murphy Monitor. Subscribe today and support local journalism in your community.

By David Wolman • [email protected]

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