St. David wins Mountain View Invitational
October 5, 2024 by Andy Morales, AZPreps365
LION’S DEN TOURNAMENT
Oct. 4-5-: Mountain View Marana
St. David went undefeated at the Lion’s Den Invitational hosted by Mountain View Marana including a 2-1 win the championship match over Mountain View. St. David (8-1 in ranking matches) is the No. 2 ranked team in the 1A Conference and the team had victories over 6A Rincon/University, 5A Buena, 5A Flowing Wells, 5A Mountain View and 2A Benson.
The Tigers lost to 1A No. 1 Mogollon at home on Sept. 20. Mogollon is 11-0.
In the championship match, St. David went up 4-0 in the first set but Mountain View responded behind the play of Megan Jacobson who had seven of her 10 kills in the set to go along with a couple of aces and a block. Mountain View went on to take the set 25-20.
St. David went up 7-0 in the second set and the team went on to build a 22-12 lead before taking it 15-16. St. David went up 3-0 in the third set but the set played out to 5-5 but the Tigers went on a 10-4 run to claim the third set 15-9.
Austyn Hatch collected eight kills for St. David and Emma Hart had ten assists. Madeline McCombs had 12 assists for Mountain View and Lacey Hatley had 10.
St. David junior middle Austyn Hatch helped lead the 1A power to a championship at the Mountain View Invitational. #azpreps365 pic.twitter.com/ESJD50o6KA
— Andy Morales (@AZPreps365Andy) October 6, 2024
Mountain View. (Andy Morales/AZPreps365)