UNIONTOWN — Marmaton Valley High took home third place by winning three of four matches at the Uniontown Invitational Saturday.
The Wildcats roared back from an early stumble to take down host Uniontown in three sets in the opener; dropped a tough, three-set match to Southern Coffey County; and then ended the day with a bang in rolling past Galena and Northeast-Arma in straight sets.
Uniontown roared out of the gates, jumping out to leads of 5-0 and 9-2 in the opening set, and then rattling off five straight later in the set to lead 18-6. Marmaton Valley never recovered, falling, 25-12.
But the tune changed in the second set. Tayven Sutton served up four straight to open the match. The Wildcats added seven more points in a row on Roslyn Houk’s serve and never looked back in a 25-12 romp.
It was Janae Granere’s turn to rack up the points in the tiebreaker. She led a 5-0 run midway through the set as MV sealed the 2-1 win with a 25-12 set.
The SCC match was a back-and-forth affair.
The Lady Titans prevailed, 25-22, in the first set before Marmaton Valley evened things with a 25-21 second set.
Southern Coffey County took a 7-4 lead, took control with an 11-7 run to lead 18-11, and then rattled off five straight points to clinch the 25-13 tiebreaker.
The Wildcats didn’t let the disappointment linger, taking control early in its final two matches of the day.
Marmaton Valley thumped Galena, 25-17 and 25-12, before knocking off Northeast, 25-15 and 25-16.
The Wildcats (19-11) are back in action Tuesday at Pleasanton.
