Sahuarita went 5-0 to capture the championship of the 42nd Annual Flowing Wells Girls Volleyball Tournament held Friday and Saturday. The Mustangs held off Dougles 2-1 in the semifinal round, with the deciding set going to 16-14, and Sahuaro beat Rio Rico in three sets in the other semifinal match to meet Sahuarita in the Gold Bracket final.

Sahuarita jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first set and that lead held up the rest of the way with the Cougars cutting the lead down to 10-9 at one point but Sahuarita reeled off five straight points again to help carry the team to a 25-19 win. The second set remained close early with Sahuaro building a slim 11-9 lead but a couple of aces from Sophia Alvarez and a couple more from Payton Zenan helped fuel a 19-12 lead and the Mustangs went on to win the deciding set 25-19.

Willcox beat Tombstone 2-1 (25-10, 26-28, 16-14) to win the Blue Bracket.

Sahuarita is now 11-4 overall and 3-1 in power-ranking matches including a 3-0 win at Sahuaro on Thursday and the team will travel to Sunnyside (4-5, 2-2) on Monday. Sahuaro (9-6, 1-2) will travel to Amphitheater (1-6, 0-1) on Thursday.

The Epic Tourneys Volleyball Invite, featuring around 112 teams in the Tempe area, is slated for Sept. 23-24.

Sahuaro. (Andy Morales/AZPreps365)

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

Flowing Wells over Desert View 2-0 (25-12, 25-9)

Tombstone over Pueblo 2-0 (25-17, 25-23)

Willcox over Nogales 2-0 (25-22, 25-22)

Rio Rico over Desert Christian 2-0 (25-14, 25-13)

Douglas over Sahuaro 2-1 (18-25, 25-23, 15-10)

Sahuarita over Walden Grove 2-0 (25-20, 25-20)

Rio Rico over Flowing Wells 2-0 (25-16, 25-16)

Sahuaro over Tombstone 2-0 (25-17, 25-8)

Walden Grove over Willcox 2-0 (25-23, 25-13)

Desert Christian over Desert View 2-0 (25-11, 25-19)

Douglas over Pueblo 2-0 (25-17, 25-22)

Sahuarita over Nogales 2-0 (25-21, 25-14)

Flowing Wells over Desert Christian 2-0 (25-15, 25-17)

Douglas over Tombstone 2-1 (25-12, 21-25, 16-14)

Sahuarita over Willcox 2-0 (25-22, 25-23)

Rio Rico over Desert View 2-0 (25-23, 25-11)

Sahuaro over Pueblo 2-0 (25-17, 25-20)

Walden Grove over Nogales 2-0 (25-23, 25-15)

Willcox. (Andy Morales/AZPreps365)

 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

Sahuaro over Walden Grove 2-0 (25-16, 25-23)

Douglas over Flowing Wells 2-1 (23-25, 25-16, 15-11)

Sahuaro over Rio Rico 2-1 (20-25, 25-22, 15-12)

Sahuarita over Douglas 2-1 (23-25, 25-18, 16-14)

Douglas over Walden Grove 2-0 (25-15, 25-19)

Rio Rico over Flowing Wells 2-1 (25-27, 26-24, 15-11)

Rio Rico over Douglas 2-1 (25-20, 11-25, 17-15)

Pueblo over Desert View 2-0 (25-17, 25-23)

Nogales over Desert Christian 2-0 (25-23, 25-18)

Tombstone over Pueblo 2-1 (11-25, 25-17, 15-3)

Willcox over Nogales 2-0 (25-18, 25-12)

Pueblo over Desert Christian 2-0 (25-18, 25-22)

Nogales over Desert View 2-0 (25-15, 25-16)

Pueblo over Nogales 2-0 (25-15, 25-11)

Willcox over Tombstone 2-1 (25-10, 26-28, 16-14)

 

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Sahuarita over Sahuaro 2-0 (25-20, 25-19)