LAS VEGAS, NEV. — The top seeds held serve on Friday in pool play at the
Durango Fall Classic, setting the stage for an epic second day of action in bracket play.
There were a few bumps on Friday as some of the one-seeds needed three-set victories, but Durango is about surviving not how it's done.
Of the 16 No. 1 seeds, 14 are in this week's MaxPreps Top 25 including No. 2
Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.), No. 3
Marymount (Los Angeles, Calif.) and No. 4
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.).
All three needed a three-set victory, including Sierra Canyon's opening match in which the Trailblazers dropped the first set 17-25 to three-seed
Saint Francis (Mountain View, Calif.) before notching 25-11 and 25-16 set wins.
Makenna Barnes and Marymount take on 'Iolani on Saturday in bracket play at the Durango Fall Classic. (PHOTO: Jenni Webber)
Mater Dei lost the first set as well in its match with two-seed
Folsom (Calif.) before winning 25-19, 25-11 to secure a 3-0 day.
Marymount, likewise, had to win the final two sets against its pool two-seed
Mercy (Louisville, Ky.).
Xavier College Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.), No. 5 in this week's MaxPreps Top 25, didn't drop a set on Friday. But the Gators got a wake-up call in their 1 p.m. opening match against
Chaminade (West Hills, Calif.) as the Eagles raced out to a 6-0 lead in the first set and extended it to 11-3 before Xavier got on track.
With all the one-seeds winning their pool, it sets up a gauntlet of a qualifier where the winners advance to the championship bracket and the losers battle for the silver division title.
Saturday schedule (MaxPreps rankings)No. 2
Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) vs. No. 43
Skyview (Nampa, Idaho), 8 a.m.
No. 11
Cathedral Catholic (San Diego, Calif.) vs. No. 12
Assumption (Louisville, Ky.), 8 a.m.
No. 5
Xavier College Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.) vs. No. 16
Mira Costa (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), 8 a.m.
No. 8
Torrey Pines (San Diego, Calif.) vs. No. 14
Harrisburg (S.D.), 8 a.m.
No. 3
Marymount (Los Angeles, Calif.) vs. No. 22
'Iolani (Honolulu, Hawaii), 9:15 a.m.
No. 7
Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, Calif.) vs. No. 19
Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.), 9:15 a.m.
No. 6
Cornerstone Christian (San Antonio, Texas) vs. No. 17
Marist (Chicago, Ill.), 9:15 a.m.
No. 4
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) vs. No. 32
Corona del Sol (Tempe, Ariz.), 9:15 a.m.
The winners play in the quarterfinals at 11:45 a.m. with the semifinals scheduled for 2:15 p.m.
The finals are slated for 4 p.m.
All matches in the Championship Division are at Silverado High School.
