Sulphur Springs, Texas -- In 2025, the Leonard Lady Tigers made their first area-round appearance and set a single-season school record in volleyball with 34 wins.

On Tuesday night, Leonard improved to 33-10 on the year and qualified for the school's first berth in the regional semifinals with a convincing three-set win over the Harmony Lady Eagles.

When it came to serving, for Leonard, it was better to give than to receive.

Leonard had a tenuous 10-9 lead in the opener before Alivia Aylor went on an eight-point serving run to give the Lady Tigers an 18-9 cushion. Leonard coasted to a 25-14 win.

Leonard looked to be in trouble in the second set when Harmony built an 18-12 lead, but Leonard senior Bella Neaville reeled off a seven-point serving run to propel the Lady Tigers to a 25-20 victory.

Leonard finished strong with a 25-16 victory in the third set for a sweep.

Leonard sophomore Leah Stoy led  the attack with 12 kills, Avery Ross knocked down nine kills and Ashlynn Cavender also had a strong performance with eight kills.

Bella Neaville filled up the stat sheet with six kills, two blocks, an assist, a pair of aces and 10 digs.

Caroline Holton and Ava Flowers had one kill apiece.

Flowers dished out 28 assists to her Lady Tiger hitters and got under a team-high 15 digs.

Aylor finished with five assists to go along with eight digs and a team-high four aces.

Trinity Newby and Emma Houser both came up with six digs, while Holton, Stoy, Ross and Madison Prather all had four digs apiece.

Jasper Cunningham and Cavender each had three digs and Avery Eaves came up with one dig.

Leonard, the top seed out of District 10-3A for Class 3A Division 2, will face Scurry-Rosser, the runner-up out of District 15-3A, in the regional semifinals.