Sports briefs: MC boys volleyball sweeps San Marin
Marin Catholic boys volleyball defeated San Marin in straight sets, 3-0, behind some strong all-around performances Thursday. Lorenzo Barbagelata-Miller led the Wildcats with 15 kills, eight digs and five aces, while Charlie Stocker added 13 kills, 10 digs and three assists. Ryan Geissberger came up with 26 assists, five aces and three kills.
• Adrien Van Doren had 13 kills as Tam emerged with a 25-20, 29-27, 19-25, 25-15 victory against Archie Williams in a rematch of last year’s MCAL title game. The Red-tailed Hawks (4-1, 1-0) also got 10 kills and four aces from Brendan King.
Boys basketball
St. Vincent de Paul boys basketball head coach Tom Bonfigli has announced his plans to retire following the end of the 2023-24 season. Bonfigli is currently tied for sixth place on the California All-Time wins list, according to Cal-Hi Sports. Bonfigli sits at 843 career wins heading into his final season, needing just one to pass the late Mike Phelps, who had 843 wins at St. Joseph Notre Dame and Bishop O’Dowd.
Women’s tennis
Dominican University came from behind to claim a 4-3 victory over Cal State LA on Wednesday afternoon at the Cal State LA Tennis Complex. All eyes turned to No. 4 singles and the match between the Penguins’ Zoe Coggins and L.A.’s Hideka Takamura which was the tightest of the day. The first set went back and forth needing a tiebreaker to decide which also took extra points, but in the end it was Coggins who came out on top 7-6 (6). Takamura then held on for the narrow 6-4 victory in the second set to set up a winner-take-all moment. With all their teammates gathered around to cheer them on the final set also remained tight, but Coggins got a slim advantage as she led 5-4 heading into her serve. Coggins held serve and delivered the victory for Dominican as she won the final game for a 6-4 third set win.
Bocce
The Marin Bocce Foundation anticipates it will be able to offer a few openings in its popular night leagues at Albert Park, once the current resurfacing project on the courts is completed.
The facility, located adjacent to Albert Park in downtown San Rafael, typically has about 1,200 league players active in 160 teams in its daytime and evening leagues combined. The federation is the largest club of its kind on the West Coast with the most league players.
The nine-week spring season will begin in late March. The cost is $495 per evening league team per season; the per-person cost depends of the size of the team. Anyone age 18 or older is eligible to register.
There a few openings for individuals in the senior daytime leagues on existing teams as well. The weekday sessions begin at 10 a.m.
Call (415) 485-5583 or email general manager Jessica Libien at jessica@marinbocce.org to learn more about the openings, special events, nonprofit fundraisers, corporate team-building outings, and individual or team bocce lessons. Online registration is available; all the details are found on marinbocce.org.