1A Super Regional Tournament: Tucson Northwest vs. Tucson Southeast

 

The top three teams from the Tucson Northwest Region and the Tucson Southwest Region met this week to decide the champion of the Super Region Tournament with an additional automatic playoff berth at stake. St. David won the Tucson Southeast Region and Ray the Tucson Northwest Region so both programs came into the Super Regional with an automatic playoff berth but the champion of the Super Region would have also earned a playoff spot if it was a team besides St. David or Ray. That did not happen with St. David beating a surging Patagonia squad 3-0 to claim the championship.

The seeding for the state tournament has St. David claiming the No. 3 seed, Duncan No. 12, Desert Christian No. 15 and Ray No. 16. Had Patagonia pulled off one more upset, the Lobos would have bumped Desert Christian out of the state tournament and it almost happened.

Patagonia upset No. 12 Duncan 3-2 on Thursday in the first round of the Super Regional after being down 2-1 and then pulled off another 3-2 win over No. 17 Ray on Friday in the semifinal round before losing to St. David in straight sets Saturday night.

St. David middle Anissa Jacquez finished the championship match with 14 kills off of 24 assists from Mayla Trejo and Taylee Jacquez came up with 10 aces to help pace the Tigers. Patagonia standout Jenny Vasquez had 6 kills and she helped lead the team back from a 20-13 deficit in the third set by sparking an 11 to 1 run to take a 24-21 lead.

The Tigers regrouped under first-year head coach Breana Tillett and the team pulled out a 26-24 win for the sweep. Tillett (Breana Carpenter) helped set the recent Tiger dynasty in motion when she was a standout player for former head coach Tylene Miller in 2008. Miller passed away last November at the age of 59.

The 1A sate playoffs start on Tuesday, Nov. 1.

 

THURSDAY, OCT. 27

Patagonia over Duncan, 3-2 (15-25, 26-24, 11-25, 25-19, 15-11)

Desert Christian over San Simon, 3-1 (25-14, 25-14, 18-25, 25-15)

 

FRIDAY, OCT. 28

Patagonia over Ray, 3-2 (25-22, 25-23, 21-25, 21-25, 15-7)

St. David over Desert Christian, 3-1 (23-25, 25-8, 25-17, 25-13)

 

SATURDAY, Oct. 29

 

Third Place Match

Desert Christian over Ray, 3-0 (25-18, 25-10, 25-23)

 

Championship Match

St. David over Patagonia, 3-0 (25-14, 25-11, 26-24)