The Belton varsity volleyball team kicked off their tournament season at the CenTex Queens of the Court tournament, earning a spot in the Gold Bracket and showing steady improvement across all three days of play.
Day 1: Pool Play (2–1) The Tigers opened strong on day one, sweeping back-to-back victories against Brentwood Christian and Wagner in straight sets. Harker Heights presented a tougher challenge later in the day, handing Belton a two-set loss.
Day 2: Pool Play (2–1) Belton mirrored their first day success, earning straight-set victories over Bartlett and Lockhart before dropping a hard-fought match to Chaparral. Despite the loss, the Tigers showed major growth, pushing Chaparral to the wire in extended sets (25–27, 25–18).
Day 3: Gold Bracket Play (1–1) Their strong pool play performance earned the Tigers a spot in the Saturday morning Gold Bracket. Belton dropped a tight opening match against Ellison and finished the day with a 24-26 second set loss to Midlothian Heritage.
Standouts on the weekend were outside hitters Emma Harvey and Taylor Collins leading the offense on day two, delivering 15 kills and 10 kills on the day, respectively, as well as Ella Tucek's all around performance and energy. Day 1 she hit .500 and was the assist leader on the weekend.





