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Trojans stay unbeaten in league

The Parkland High School girls volleyball team had a busy week of competition last week with four matches in the span of eight days. The Trojans won three Eastern Pennsylvania Conference matches, but dropped a nonconference match.

Parkland opened the week defeating Central Catholic at home last Monday, Oct, 5, lost at Spring-Ford the next night, then took down Whitehall last Thursday before beating Dieruff this past Monday.

In the win over the Vikettes, the Trojans won by scores of 25-23, 25-18, 25-12. Gabby Nissen led the attack with 12 kills and five digs. Sami Walls finished with six kills and Riley Schilling had five. Chloe Coonradt tallied 11 digs and four aces. Alex Serina recorded 26 assists and two aces.

The matchup against Spring-Ford was a meeting of the top two teams in the state at 4A.

Parkland fell by scores of 12-25, 22-25, 24-26. Nissen and Walls both had eight kills and combined for five blocks, with Nissen adding eight digs. MJ Bhanji totaled seven kills and five blocks. Josee Kim notched 11 digs and Coonradt had 10. Serina contributed 28 assists and seven digs.

In the victory against the Zephyrs, the Trojans were victorious by scores of 25-19, 25-12, 25-14. Bhanji led the way with 11 kills and three blocks.

Walls finished with eight kills and both Schilling and Nissen had six. Zoey Leach tallied 10 digs and two aces. Serina contributed 19 assists and Kim had 14.

In the win over the Huskies, Parkland came out on top by scores of 25-8, 25-8, 25-6. Schilling recorded seven kills and Laila Coppedge added five kills. Serina finished with 26 assists and four service aces.

Parkland, which upped its record to 16-1 overall and 15-0 in the conference, finished the regular season this past Wednesday against Emmaus.

The Trojans will enter the EPC playoffs as either the one or the two seed.

PRESS PHOTO BY GRACE DEPPEMJ Bhanji had 11 kills in a recent Parkland win over Whitehall.