Mountain View battled back to beat Verrado 2-1 in the championship match of the View Invitational held on the Mountain View campus in Marana Saturday afternoon. The Vipers took the first set 25-21 and led 17-12 in the second before the Mountain Lions came alive.

Mountain View led the first set 16-13 but Verrado went on a 12-4 run the rest of the way to go up 1-0 but the Mountain Lions returned the favor in the second set. Verrado went up 17-12 on an ace from Seth Doerr but a service error, a net violation and an ace from Bryant Sorensen flipped momentum. A block from Oliver Scott would tie the set at 18-18 and then Mountain View pulled away to tie the match up at 1-1 with 25-21 victory.

Verrado came out and took a 1-0 lead in the third and deciding set but net serve was followed by a block from Ty Morrow and then the Vipers committed a net violation and that was followed by a block from Hunter White and Mountain View took a commanding lead at 5-1 in the set scheduled to go to 15 points.

The Mountain Lions would build a 10-7 lead but the Vipers had one more push and a kill from Cole Doerr cut the lead down to 10-9. Blocks from Scott and Morrow followed however and Mountain View pulled out a 15-11 win to take the match 3-1.

Mountain View finished 6-0 at the tournament and Verrado went 4-1.

Mountain View (8-3) will play at Pueblo (5-15) on Tuesday and Verrado (13-3) will visit Buckeye (7-4) on the same night.

 

POOL PLAY: FRIDAY, MARCH 28

Cayon del Oro over Pueblo, 2-0 (25-22, 25-14)

Flowing Wells over Buena, 2-1 (22-25, 25-23, 15-11)

Mountain View over Gregory School, 2-0 (25-16, 25-9)

Verrado over Buena, 2-0 (25-11, 25-11)

Agua Fria over Pueblo, 2-0 (25-12, 25-16)

Sahuaro over Gregory School, 2-0 25-14, 25-21)

Canyon del Oro over Agua Fria, 2-1 (25-20, 26-2, 6-15)

Verrado over Flowing Wells, 2-0 (25-22, 25-15)

Mountain View over Sahuaro, 2-0 (25-21, 25-21)

Buena over Pueblo, 2-0 (25-20, 25-19)

Mountain View over Canyon del Oro, 2-0 (25-16, 25-18)

Verrado over Gregory School, 2-0 (25-16, 25-10)

Mountain View over Flowing Wells, 2-1 (23-25, 25-20, 15-11)

Agua Fria over Sahuaro, 2-1 (25-16, 23-25, 15-9)

 

BRACKET PLAY: SATURDAY, MARCH 29

Agua Fria over Flowing Wells, 2-0 (25-17, 25-20)

Canyon del Oro over Sahuaro, 2-0 (25-16, 27-25)

Gregory School over Pueblo, 2-1 (25-22, 18-25, 15-9)

Verrado over Agua Fria, 2-1 (25-16, 25-27, 15-12)

Mountain View over Canyon del Oro, 2-0 (25-12, 25-18)

Buena over Gregory School, 2-0 (25-9, 25-23)

Agua Fria over Canyon del Oro, 2-0 (25-19, 25-17)

Pueblo over Gregory School, 2-1 (25-20, 15-25, 19-17)

Sahuaro over Flowing Wells, 2-0 (25-14, 25-18)

Buena over Pueblo, 2-1 (21-25, 25-17, 15-11)

 

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Mountain View over Verrado, 2-1 (21-25, 25-21, 15-11)