Texas HS Match to Watch: Prosper vs. Boyd

<!-- 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>As district play starts to pick up, some teams have been managing to remain undefeated. Here are two of them, who will clash:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Prosper vs. Boyd - September 19, 6:30 PM - @ Prosper HS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Prosper</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Prosper Eagles enter Tuesday's encounter on a five-match winning streak that includes sweeps in the first three district matches - their overall season record has 23 victories and just six losses. Senior middle blocker [player_tooltip player_id='155117' first='Ayden' last='Ames'] returned from winning the U19 world title with the US national team in incredible form and has been leading the team with 232 kills and 53 blocks, besides ranking second in digs (212) and passes (336). Junior setter/right side [player_tooltip player_id='180167' first='Hannah' last='Beauford'] has also been instrumental to Prosper's strong results, contributing 405 assists, 161 kills, 184 digs and 26 aces. Another junior, libero [player_tooltip player_id='202871' first='Sophie' last='Bridges'], leads the Eagles in digs (304), passes (383) and aces (28). Senior middle [player_tooltip player_id='187910' first='Sydney' last='Thornton'] stands out in blocks, with 95 and could get to 100 against Boyd.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/prospervb/status/1692976167773417858?s=20","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://x.com/prospervb/status/1692976167773417858?s=20 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Boyd</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Boyd Broncos from McKinney will try to secure their tenth straight and 20th overall victory for the season. They currently have a 19-1 win record for the season and are undefeated in district play with three triumphs. Senior setter [player_tooltip player_id='142203' first='Carson' last='Eickenloff'] has been huge for Boyd this season, leading the team in assists (456) and aces (25) and ranking second in kills (198) and digs (329). Junior outside hitter Ale Romo has been the Broncos' leading scorer with 204 kills, besides contributing with 309 digs and 383 passes. Other individual standouts are junior setter [player_tooltip player_id='525255' first='Sara' last='Quigley'], with 454 assists and 127 kills, and senior libero Kali Vanderhoof, with 461 digs and 385 passes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwq5aRaO1Q8/","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"instagram","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwq5aRaO1Q8/ </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed -->