Fifteen-team Derry Invitational boys volleyball tournament set for Saturday.

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Friday, April 6, 2018 | 9:24 PM


Fifteen boys volleyball teams are set to do battle at the 24th annual Derry Invitational on Saturday at Derry High School.

Penn-Trafford enters the tournament as the defending champion. The host Trojans, along with North Allegheny, Norwin, Deer Lakes, Shaler, Montour, Latrobe, Armstrong, Fox Chapel, Beaver County Christian, Pine-Richland and District 6's Central Martinsburg, Altoona and Huntingdon, will be looking to knock off the Warriors.

“This is a very competitive field,” Derry coach Shawn Spencer said. “After seeing what I've seen so far this year, I think North Allegheny is probably the favorite. But we'll see what happens.”

The tournament begins at 8:30 with the first round of pool play — competition in five three-team pools.

At the conclusion of the initial pool play, teams will be reseeded by pool record into three pools — first-place teams into one pool and the second- and third-place teams in their own pools.

After the second round of pool play, all teams from the first- and second-place pools and the top two teams from the third-place pool will advance to the playoffs.

All playoff matches are a single 25-point game with no cap.

From past tournaments, Spencer said the championship game will be at approximately 6 p.m.

Michael Love is a Tribune-Review staff writer. Reach him at mlove@tribweb.com or via Twitter @Mlove_Trib.

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