Volleyball team’s coaching strategy coming into focus

On the first day of two-a-days in August 2025, Marble Falls High School volleyball head coach Zoey Beard-Hanrahan was leading her first practice and began it by asking her players to go to the baseline to run lines.

After a few minutes of running with some athletes breathing hard, Beard-Hanrahan pointed out that a few were missing from summer strength and conditioning during the June and July sessions. And she wanted her players to know the importance of their attendance.

Fast forward to 2026 and the circumstances have changed. That’s because the 2025 team not only advanced to the playoffs for the first time in more than a decade, the Lady Mustangs won two playoff matches to make school history.