Todd Beamer and Mount Rainier were both sitting near the top of the South Puget Sound League North’s standing when they faced off on Tuesday. It was the Rams who went home victorious as they won 3-2.

Comebacks were the theme of the night.

The first set saw Beamer fall behind 19-23. Beamer head coach Pat Taitano called a timeout to try to refocus his team and the call paid off. The Titans stormed back with the next six points, taking the set 25-23.

Beamer once again fell behind in the second set. They trailed by five points midway through the set and once again made a run, but the Rams were able to hold them off as they took the set 25-22.

It was Mount Rainier’s turn to make a comeback in the third set. Beamer led for much of the set, building a 23-20 lead. They failed to capitalize and Mount Rainier took the final five points in the set to win it 25-23 and take a 2-1 lead.

The fourth set was the most back and forth set of the night. Neither team was able to establish dominance until the very end. With both teams tied at 24, Beamer took the next two points for the 26-24 win.

Mount Rainier jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the final set. Once again, the Titans went on a tear, scoring seven of the next eight points.

Despite the scoring run, Mount Rainier pulled off the final comeback of the night as they took a 9-8 lead and never looked back.

They took the final set 15-12.

“Our team showed a lot of resilience,” Taitano said. “We fought all the way through. We fell short in the end and we had a lot of mistakes, but I felt good that we were competitive. We had a chance to win that game.”

Mount Rainier’s Megan Houston had a game-high of 27 kills in the match. She also had three blocks. Alex Wilhite led the Rams in digs with 24 and also added 2 service aces. Ally Hardy had a game-high five service aces and also added 17 kills.

Todd Beamer’s Renee Tiumalu had a game-high 25 digs. Camryn Skari led the team in kills with 13 and also had 18 digs. Jordan Willingham had 10 kills and 14 digs.

The loss was the third straight for the Titans as they fell 3-1 to both Tahoma and Kentwood a week prior.

They are now 8-4 overall and are 4-3 in conference play. They currently sit in fifth place in the league standings.

“I’m still hoping for us to continue to improve,” Taitano said. “We’ve come a long way. I think this team has shown that we’re a good team, a team that people have to take seriously. But I think there’s lots of room for us to grow and be better. We have to be better with our ball control. But I think we’ll be fine.”

Mount Rainier improved to 8-5 overall and 6-1 in conference play. The win kept them from falling in consecutive games. They are currently the top seed in the league for the South Puget Sound League tournament.

Beamer faced Kentlake (2-8, 2-4) on Thursday after the Mirror’s publishing deadline. They play Federal Way (6-6, 2-6) on Monday, Oct. 26 in their regular season finale.