Wylie led the fourth set 11-3. Duncanville won 22 of the next 28 points.
That run turned a Class 6A Division I area-round match into a 3-1 Duncanville win on Tuesday night at Forney High School, 25-15, 19-25, 25-13, 25-17, per the High School On SI playoff scoreboard. The math matches The Dallas Morning News account of the comeback: 3 plus 22 is 25, and 11 plus 6 is 17.
Duncanville Volleyball: 41-4 and Ranked No. 12 by MaxPreps
Duncanville is No. 12 in MaxPreps' national girls volleyball rankings, up one spot this week, according to the MaxPreps feed. The Pantherettes are 41-4, won District 11-6A and sit No. 3 in The Dallas Morning News' Class 6A area poll. The win sends them to the regional semifinals for the second straight season, the paper reported, and Wylie News covered the four-set loss from the other side.
Next is Spring Grand Oaks in the regional semifinals on Thursday. That is a rematch of last November's regional semifinal, which Grand Oaks won 3-2.
Allen and McKinney Boyd Volleyball Sweep Into the Next Round
Two more nationally ranked North Texas teams had easier nights. Allen, No. 4 in MaxPreps' national rankings at 38-2, swept Plano West 25-17, 25-12, 25-20. McKinney Boyd, which jumped 10 spots to No. 24, swept Plano East 25-13, 25-16, 25-22 and moves on to face back-to-back state champion Byron Nelson, per The Dallas Morning News.
Team pages and ranking details are on Duncanville's MaxPreps page. For more prep volleyball, see BallerTube's high school volleyball page.
Duncanville and Grand Oaks play Thursday for a spot in the regional final.