Settling in: Lady Broncos sweep past Lewisville

McKinney Boyd senior Megan Mollett hit .500 with a match-high 13 kills to pace Tuesday’s sweep of Lewisville (25-11, 25-12, 25-12). The Lady Broncos moved to 20-5 on the season with the win, which followed a strong showing over the weekend at the Arlington Invitational.

“It was a good, clean match,” said Kelly Quinn, Boyd head coach. “We played well.”

Boyd never trailed against Lewisville courtesy of strong defense and a well-rounded attack. The Lady Broncos hit .318 as a team and had a handful of players with five or more kills. Among them was senior middle blocker Krista Bukovec, who contributed across the board with six kills, two aces, three and a half blocks and four digs.

Momentum shifts were few and far between during the match. Lewisville only managed to keep pace early in sets; given enough time, the Lady Broncos worked methodically to put things away. In the first set, they used a 13-3 run to turn a four-point, 12-8 lead into their winning margin.

The Lady Broncos ruled the second set to an equal extent and closed out on a four-point run that included a pair of Lewisville errors. Boyd’s coast-to-coast domination continued in the final set, where senior middle hitter Emma Meyer landed the match-winning kill to close a 10-3 run.

Meyer helped build Boyd’s high hitting percentage with a .500, five-kill performance mirrored by junior opposite hitter Lauren Petrisin, who hit .556 with five kills. Boyd senior libero Kaley Seaber had a team-high 19 digs and four aces, while junior setter Parker Sheperd compiled 14 assists as the team’s main facilitator.

“Our setters are doing a good job of setting up the offense right now, which is making everyone look good,” Quinn said.

Tuesday’s win followed a 7-1 run at the Arlington Invitational last week. Boyd opened the tournament Friday by sweeping pool play with wins against Denton Guyer (25-12, 25-18), Lake Ridge (25-5, 25-11) and Grapevine (25-20, 25-27, 25-17). The Lady Broncos won their crossover match against Birdville (25-15, 25-23) to advance to the tournament’s gold bracket, where they continued play Saturday by sweeping Richland (25-12, 25-18).

The win set up their second match of the season against Plano, who they previously defeated at the Allen-hosted Texas Open. The Lady Wildcats came out victorious this time around in a close three-set match (26-24, 22-25, 25-20).

“We really played up-and-down [against Plano],” Quinn said. “We came out and got on top of them 16-9 in the first set and then they came back in the first set and won. We did the exact opposite in the second set. We got behind and came back and won.”

Boyd closed the tournament by beating Allen (25-16, 25-12) and Red Oak (25-12, 25-11) to finish fifth for the third time in as many tournaments. Seaber earned all-tournament honors for her performance at Arlington.

Allen and Plano will join Boyd in District 10-5A when league play starts up Friday, Sept. 21. The Lady Broncos win against Allen – their second of the season – and loss to Plano put them at 3-1 so far against district teams.

After a short hiatus, Boyd will be back in action next Tuesday when it hosts Marcus at 6 p.m. The Lady Broncos six-team district, as opposed to the usual eight-team format, necessitates a longer pre-district schedule. After facing Marcus, they close out pre-district play against Hebron and Coppell.

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