Mountain View’s Mia Lee hits the ball towards Nice Grove in a highschool volleyball match in Nice Grove on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information
The signal of an important crew is the power to beat challenges and present resiliency. Mountain View is proving early this season they're an important crew. Regardless of falling behind early Tuesday night time at Nice Grove, the Bruins rallied to take management of the match in a 25-21, 25-19, 25-20 sweep over the Vikings.
The Bruins discovered themselves trailing 7-0 within the first set earlier than scoring their first level, however by no means panicked or faulted. After slowly crawling again into the sport, Mountain View recorded its first lead of the night time at 21-20 and rode that momentum to a first-set victory.
It was additionally that momentum that carried the Bruins in units two and three, taking early leads and controlling the remainder of the set on their option to the sweep. Mountain View was led by senior Lucy Perez, who completed the night time with 10 kills and 6 aces, hitting .391%.
“It takes us a second to get going, however as soon as we get right into a groove, we're unstoppable,” stated Perez.
Unstoppable is a good way to explain the Bruins serving. Mountain View completed with 13 aces as a crew and had the Vikings protection on their heels all night time from the service line.
“We will probably be that form of serving crew all season lengthy,” head coach Dave Neeley stated. “We weren’t nearly as good of a serving crew final yr as we had been two years in the past, however this yr goes to blow the previous two years out of the water.”
Regardless of the sport being performed at Nice Grove, the Bruin trustworthy confirmed out, particularly the coed part. Standing instantly behind the Mountain View aspect, the chants and cheers helped raise the Bruins at any time when they felt the momentum beginning to slip away.
“They're so loud,” stated Perez. “They're cheering us on, and at any time when we're in a funk, they're proper there behind us.”
“It’s one among my favourite issues about being the coach right here,” added Neeley. “Our faculty, all the best way from the administration all the way down to the lecturers and each scholar completely adopted this volleyball crew as their crew.”
That assist will go a good distance for Mountain View as they appear enhance after two straight second-place finishes within the state match. A troublesome non-region schedule may also put together the Bruins of their quest for a state title. After knocking off defending 6A state champion Lone Peak and now Nice Grove, Mountain View will put together to host Sky View, Idaho, and later battle with Bishop Gorman Excessive Faculty, one among Nevada’s prime volleyball groups.
“We've got excessive targets and we wish to have the ability to play the most effective groups to try to accomplish these targets,” stated Neeley. “It is a group of seniors that received the state championship, after which after two years of being there however not scoring the ultimate level, they actually need to get again there.”
His senior star agrees.
“All of us hated the sensation of coming in second the final two years, and we simply don’t need to ever really feel that once more,” Perez stated. “We all know we are able to beat these good groups, so we all know we're greater than able to profitable a state championship.”