CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The Lady Eagles of Liberty: Mountain View downed Fatima on Saturday to earn Missouri's Class 2 high school volleyball title.
Finishing second in the state, the Lady Comets won the second of three sets, with their opponents taking the championship by 25-19, 20-25, 25-21.
Editor's Note: A full game story appears in Sunday's newspaper and is posted online via this link. A transcript of News Tribune reporter Tony Hawley's gametime tweets follows.
- 4:45 PM - We are about 20 minutes away from the start of Fatima vs. Liberty: Mountain View for the Class 2 volleyball championship.
- 5:07 PM - Fatima is 34-3-2, while Liberty: Mountain View is 38-3-1. #mopreps
- 5:17 PM - Tied at 9. #mopreps
- 5:23 PM - Fatima trails 18-15 in G1. #mopreps
- 5:24 PM - Timeout Fatima, trailing 19-15. #mopreps
- 5:26 PM - Another Fatima timeout. Lady Comets trail 21-16. #mopreps
- 5:30 PM - Liberty: Mountain View beats Fatima 25-19 in Game 1. #mopreps
- 5:38 PM - Liberty: Mountain View timeout. Fatima leads G2 8-4. #mopreps
- 5:45 PM - Timeout for Liberty: Mountain View. Fatima leads 15-11. #mopreps
- 5:53 PM - We are going 3. Fatima wins Game 2 25-20. #mopreps
- 6:03 PM - Timeout Liberty: Mountain View. Fatima leads 10-7. #mopreps
- 6:07 PM - Two big errors for Fatima part of Liberty: Mountain View comeback. Liberty leads 12-10. Fatima timeout. #mopreps
- 6:12 PM - Fatima timeout trailing 20-15. #mopreps
- 6:17 PM - Timeout Liberty: Mountain View. Fatima trailed 24-17, now within 24-21. #mopreps
- 6:18 PM- Liberty: Mountain View beats Fatima for Class 2 state title: 25-19, 20-25, 25-21. #mopreps
Full game story now posted:
Fatima takes second in Class 2 volleyball
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