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The Class 2A San Juan Basin District Tournament started with a surprise.<\/p>\n
Hosting the tournament, the Dolores Bears fiurst played Ignacio.<\/p>\n
The Bears were 0-2 against the Bobcats in the regular season, and Ignacio lost only one league game all year.<\/p>\n
However, after dropping the first game to Ignacio, Dolores ran off three wins to win the match (23-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-14).<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a couple of lineup switches that went in our favor,\u201d said coach Gina Hollen. \u201cThen they were just able to capitalize off of Ignacio\u2019s mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Mancos Blue Jays were swept in their first match against the ranked Ridgway Demons (11-25, 17-25, 17-25), and both Mancos and Dolores fell in three games during their second matches.<\/p>\n
The Bears dropped three straight to Ridgway (18-25, 11-25, 13-25), while the Blue Jays fell to Ignacio (22-25, 14-25, 11-25).<\/p>\n
In each team\u2019s final game of the day, the Blue Jays and Bears faced off.<\/p>\n
Dolores freshman Tatum Majors started the first game with a kill, and later, served up consecutive aces to give the Bears an early 9-2 lead.<\/p>\n
Mancos\u2019 Taryn Gordanier tapped in a kill to stop the run, and freshman Mackenzie Benitez\u2019 ace cut the Bears\u2019 lead to 11-6.<\/p>\n
But the Bears followed with a run that included spikes from Josie Majors and Cameron Elder and aces from Larissa Umberger and Sierra Schwartz to lengthen the gap to 19-12.<\/p>\n
Umberger set freshman Aryelle Wright for a spike to make it 20-12, then Wright closed out the game serving to secure a 25-12 win.<\/p>\n
Umberger and Schwartz gave Dolores an early lead with aces in game two, but Nichole Hess and Gordanier kept Mancos in it with kills.<\/p>\n
Trailing 23-16, Mancos\u2019 Taylor Power-Bahr went on a run that included three aces to cut the lead to 23-20, but the Bears closed it out to win 25-20.<\/p>\n
After taking the first two games, Dolores carried momentum into game three, winning 25-13 and sweeping the set.<\/p>\n
The Blue Jays were winless on the day, ending their season at 4-19.<\/p>\n
With wins over Ignacio and Mancos, the Bears finished districts in second, and advance to the Class 2A Region C Tournament in Cedaredge, against Cedaredge and West Grand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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