The volleyball team will play their final district game against Flower Mound Oct. 24 at 5:30 p.m. in the arena. The team is confirmed to make it to playoffs. They have a 12-1 record in district with their only loss being to Flower Mound.

“We are a different team than we have been in the past,” head coach Rachel Buckley said. “They’re on the trajectory I want them to be [on]. They’re picking up speed, they’re locked in [and] handling the teams at the standard that we want them handled.”

If the team wins this game, they will be titled as co-district champions alongside Flower Mound. If they lose, they will be titled district runner-ups. The top four teams in the district make it to playoffs, and then split based on the school’s enrollment size.

“They’re comfortable with each other,” Buckley said. “Their energy has been amazing through practice. They have finally connected, and their cohesion is just where we want it to be.”

The team will play three rounds of playoffs without outside hitter Taylor Johnson due to her competing with the U.S. national volleyball team in Colorado Springs, Colorado and San Jose, Costa Rica. They have been running through different lineups in preparation for her absence.

“I expect challenges with our lineup for playoffs,” Buckley said. “[The] lineups are not as cohesive as the main lineup that we’ve been rolling with, but they still are playing at a very high level. [I’m expecting] some errors from the kids that I’m asking to come play in those spots that Taylor normally plays in.”

Each player has been setting their own personal goals alongside the team’s overall goals. They have averaged 15 kills per set and have a .391 hitting percentage. The team completed 1,298 kills compared to the national average of 596 this year.

“We’re more prepared than the last time we played [Flower Mound,]” setter Kamryn Mullican said. “[We’ve been practicing] our rotations a lot; we’re prepared, and it’s our last game so I think it’ll be the best one.”