Texas HS Match to Watch: FBCHA vs. Concordia Lutheran

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The high school volleyball season is going at full pace in the state of Texas and during the next four months, hundreds of matches will be played across the Lone Star State until we know the new state champions.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prep Dig will be covering multiple matches every week and featuring the players that stand out the most for their performances over the course of the season, but we'll also preview some matches that have the potential to be very interesting ones. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The private high school tournaments have gotten more and more competitive over the years and some really exciting matches will be held in Texas over the next months. Here's one of them:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>FBCHA vs. Concordia Lutheran - September 7, 6:30 PM</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>FBCHA</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A freelance volleyball program in the Houston area, the Fort Bend Christian Homeschool Athletics Eagles are up to an excellent start to their season, having dropped just two of their 25 matches - one of which exactly to Concordia Lutheran at the Houston Open at the end of August. Senior Cadence Coleman is very reliable and consistent at setter and has surpassed 400 assists so far in the season. Offensively, the junior Willingham twins Abby (outside hitter) and Emma (middle) share the scoring load with freshman outside hitter Mikayla Moore - the three combine for 487 of the team's 749 kills. Sophomore libero [player_tooltip player_id='531749' first='Victoria' last='Shupe'] has been solid defensively with 307 digs and 404 passes and freshman Melody Coleman has a lot of potential in the middle.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":453410,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/IMG_0251.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-453410" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Second Baptist vs. FBCHA</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Concordia Lutheran</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Concordia Lutheran Crusaders from Tomball will start their district matches in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) league next week and are adjusting the last details ahead of their opening match. The Crusaders have been in good form in the season, having triumphed in 21 of their 28 matches so far. Concordia Lutheran had a major upgrade at setter this season with seniors [player_tooltip player_id='186231' first='Anna' last='Blaine'] and [player_tooltip player_id='184155' first='Carleigh' last='Schluter'] joining from Klein Collins. The team is also very strong at the pins with [player_tooltip player_id='291718' first='Rylee' last='Henderson'] and juniors [player_tooltip player_id='447335' first='Haley' last='Herndon'] and Kinzie Riley being all prolific scorers. Junior [player_tooltip player_id='456265' first='Imerie' last='Jones'] brings an athletic presence in the middle while senior [player_tooltip player_id='238115' first='Carmen' last='Harless'] and junior Sara Sellers get the job done on the backcourt at defensive specialist/libero.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/hudl {"name":"acf/hudl","data":{"embed_code":"u003ciframe src='https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/2/492487/64efa6b9b0191001d08e6356' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreenu003eu003c/iframeu003e","_embed_code":"field_62daf7995fd8c"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-64f8d9992792b"} /-->