HP Sweeps Hallsville, Faces Prosper Next

October 31, 2017November 15, 2019 Todd Jorgenson 0 Comments Berkley Hays, Hallsville Ladycats, Hallsville volleyball, Highland Park Lady Scots, Highland Park volleyball, Kate Nugent, UIL volleyball playoffs

Highland Park’s Kate Nugent (2) and Berkley Hays (3) play at the net against Hallsville during Monday’s playoff match in Mineola. (Photo: Mark Martin)

A year later, the second-round playoff loss to Prosper, which prematurely ended a promising season, still stings for Highland Park volleyball players and coaches.

If a rematch was the ultimate goal, then the Lady Scots did their part on Monday, when they swept Hallsville in a Class 5A Region II bi-district match in Mineola.

Now the Lady Scots (27-18) can turn their attention to perennial powerhouse Prosper, assuming the Lady Eagles advance past Frisco Independence on Tuesday. The match is tentatively slated for 7 p.m. Thursday at Coppell, the same site as last year’s five-set thriller.

HP wasn’t significantly tested by the Ladycats in a three-set win, 25-15, 25-18, 25-13. For the second straight season, he Lady Scots finished the regular season as the runner-up in District 15-5A behind Lovejoy, which is the only team to defeat HP (twice) in the past two months.