It was a game to remember, with the Region Title on the line, but Mingus failed to prevail.  The Sand Devils beat the Marauders 3-2 in the final regular season matchup.  Game scores were 25-19, 20-25,22-25, 25-13, 12-15.  Page claimed the region with a record of 8-2, while Mingus and Flagstaff tied for 2nd with records of 7-3.  Sinagua upset Flagstaff Saturday also, which allowed for the tie for 2nd place.  Mingus will be seeded number 2 in the region tourney this Saturday because of higher power points, howerver everyone will have to travel to Page for the Tournament . Mingus is currently #6 in power rankings in 4All.  Flagstaff is 14 and Page still at 16.  We are fortunate to be high in the rankings for the state tournament.  We will host the first round of state at home on Wed. Nov. 12th.

Saturdays game against the Devils was a tough loss for the Marauders.  We were prepared physically and mentally.  We had the momentum going into game five with a 25-13 win in game four.  We were up 10-6 and had a couple of bloop plays and some weird calls after that.  Everything just seemed to go their way the last 5 points of the game.  We were stunned.  I thought for sure we were going to win that fifth game.  The girls were too.
The inconsistencies in the final points of games this season wassomething we have been working on all season.  Although better, they resurfaced in game five.  The Marauders will try to even things out at the Region Tourney this Saturday.  We have a first round bye, seeded 2nd.  It's likely we will face Flagstaff in the second round and Page again in the finals.  It is our goal to win the region tourney before heading into the state one. 
 Jill Peterson had a great game against the Sand Devils with 3 ace serves and 12 kills.  Her highest on the season.  She ran some quick plays which kept Pages defense out of her way.  Her serving is always tough too. Good job Jill.  Cassie Bailey and Tessa Fanning each had 3 ace serves also.  We have been working in practice on serving tough.  We have definitely gotten better at serving.  I was proud of that.