Before last season, Carrollwood Day’s volleyball team had not advanced past the district tournament semifinals. But in 2014, the Patriots won their first district and region titles to reach the Class 3A final four, where they finished as runner-up to Clearwater Central Catholic. Miraculous. Improbable. Or maybe just the beginning of a dynasty. The Patriots are 16-2 midway through the season, and they are the new No. 1 team in the Hillsborough County rankings as they come off a sixth-place finish at the Berkeley Premier, a 24-team national tournament that included the Nos. 2- and 3-ranked teams in the country. “We were really happy with the tournament,” coach Eric...
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