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The Marcus volleyball team isn’t showing signs of slowing down.
The
Marauders extended their record to 15-5 on Tuesday night thanks to
impressive wins over both Colleyville Heritage and L.D. Bell in a duel
match. Marcus beat Bell in the first match 25-11, 25-21, 26-24 and then
returned to the court with a dominating 25-10, 25-11, 25-18 win over
Colleyville. The wins helped Marcus snap a two game losing skid.
“It
was definitely a good night for us,” head coach Cristie Liles said. “We
were in a rhythm for the entire night and we got a chance to play a lot
of different girls and see a bunch of different combinations. It was
definitely a good tune up heading into Pearland.”
The team
started the Pearland Invitational on Thursday, though no scores were
available at press time. The tournament – which runs through Saturday –
is Marcus’ third and final preseason tournament. They’ve already played
at tournaments in Duncanville and Allen – finishing with a combined
11-4 record. The team has just one non-district tilt left against
Arlington Martin on Sept. 4 before its District 6-5A opener against
Carrollton R.L. Turner.
For right now, Marcus looks pretty solid.
Against
Bell, Emily Maher finished with 13 kills while teammate Brittany
DeWeese recorded eight kills and six blocks. Jenna Miller finished with
seven aces and 25 assists. Rachel McCormick had 16 digs. Against
Colleyville, Maher had 12 kills, three aces and seven blocks. DeWeese
had eight kills and Miller had 27 assists.
Last week, the
team finished fourth at the Allen Tournament, losing its last two
matches to Coppell and Plano West. Lyndi Johnson made the
All-Tournament team.
“Our goal in that tournament was to
do better than we did at Duncanville,” Liles said. “We are still having
issues with mistakes. But I couldn’t ask for much better from the
girls.”
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