Prep roundup: Campolindo volleyball advances to NCS quarterfinals with win over Berkeley
Girls volleyball
Campolindo 3, Berkeley 0
Three hitters reached double-digit kills as Campolindo cruised to a 25-9, 25-15, 25-15 win over Berkeley in the opening round of the North Coast Section Division I playoffs on Tuesday.
Senior Aveya Stone had 14 kills, junior Mia Walloch finished with 12 and freshman Hanna Raczynska recorded 10 in a dominant offensive display led by freshman setter Amelia Knutsen.
Campolindo will host Amador Valley in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
Castro Valley 3, Las Lomas 1
No. 9 Castro Valley upset No. 8 Las Lomas 25-16, 14-25, 25-21, 29-27 to advance to the NCS Division I quarterfinals.
Tessa Smith led the Trojans with 17 kills and six digs. Dasha Barmina chipped in seven kills and Maddie Lew added 31 assists. Lew also reached 1,100 career assists after Tuesday’s game.
Castro Valley will travel to top-seeded San Ramon Valley on Saturday.
Mission San Jose 3, Ukiah 1
Claribel Chen and Melissa Jin led the way for Mission San Jose as the Warriors advanced to the Division I quarterfinals.
Chen had 12 kills, two serving aces and 11 digs while Jin recorded 11 kills, 14 digs and a serving ace. Junior Allyson Wang added nine kills and Connie Li had eight.
No. 6 Mission San Jose will travel to No. 3 Tamalpais on Saturday in its quarterfinal matchup.
Milpitas 3, Lynbrook 0
Milpitas won its final game of the regular season, sweeping Lynbrook 25-17, 25-23, 25-11.
Junior Sara Svihovec led the Trojans with 18 kills, two serving aces and 14 digs. Kylie Dang and Natasha Lacuzong each had 11 kills for Milpitas, which ended the regular season on a five-match winning streak.
Castilleja 3, Pinewood 0
Senior Araika Ramchandran showed out in the final regular season home game of her career, totaling 12 kills, three serving aces and 13 digs to lead the Gators to a 25-22, 25-18, 25-16 sweep of Pinewood.
Priscilla Chan and Camryn Nuckles each had eight kills. Castilleja finished the regular season 11-10, 8-4.
Boys water polo
Menlo School 12, Archbishop Mitty 9
Menlo advanced to the second round of the West Catholic Athletic League playoffs with a close win over Mitty at home.
Hunter Coleman led Menlo with four goals and four steals. Jackson Coleman added three goals and Alex Stoffel dished out three assists.
Menlo will play at top-seeded Sacred Heart Prep on Thursday.
College Park 16, California 11
The Falcons cruised to a victory over a tough California team behind eight goals from junior Nic Austen. Senior Mikhail Popov added four goals for College Park, which bounced back after back-to-back losses to Redwood and Campolindo.
Julian Vasconcellos led California with four goals as the Grizzlies dropped to 11-11, 5-4.
Girls flag football
Sacred Heart Prep 18, St. Ignatius 7
Ryleigh Longaker threw for 138 yards and three touchdowns as SHP won a close game at St. Ignatius.
Cate Hansen, Ellie Shen and Bella Gonzalez each caught a touchdown pass as the Gators improved to 13-5, 7-3. St. Ignatius dropped to 2-10, 0-7.
Archbishop Riordan 54, The King’s Academy 35
There was no shortage of offense in this game as Riordan put up 54 points to defeat The King’s Academy.
Riordan quarterback Nicole Hayeem was 29-for-35 passing with seven touchdowns. She also ran for a score.
Kaylin Bowman and Lola Guandique each caught two touchdown passes while Hana Wadlow racked up nine catches and a score. Sara Noguera and Josie Espinoza-Schleicher led the Crusaders’ defense with two interceptions each.
Riordan ended its season 17-2 and was undefeated in 10 West Bay Athletic League games.
Foothill 19, Amador Valley 12
Brea Olson completed 24 of 33 passes for 243 yards and three touchdowns as Foothill defeated cross-town rival Amador Valley on the road.
Claire Young had three catches for 45 yards and two scores while Morgan Obrien had three catches for 44 yards and a touchdown. Jazzy Simons was a standout on defense for the Falcons, racking up 10 tackles.
San Ramon Valley 19, Monte Vista 0
SRV blanked Monte Vista as Gia Ryan threw for three touchdowns and the Wolves’ defense totaled four interceptions.
Etc.
Multiple East Bay teams advanced through the NCS volleyball playoffs that began Tuesday. Monte Vista advanced in the Division I bracket with a sweeping win over Northgate. … Bethel and St. Joseph Notre Dame advanced through Division III. … Alhambra, Redwood Christian and Kennedy-Fremont advanced to the quarterfinals of the Division V bracket. …The Santa Clara Valley Athletic League started its water polo playoff tournament on Monday. On the boys side, No. 5 seed Palo Alto defeated No. 4 Gunn 11-4, No. 3 Los Altos blanked No. 6 Mountain View 17-0 and No. 2 Harker beat No. 7 Fremont-Sunnyvale 20-3. In the girls tournament, No. 1 Palo Alto defeated No. 8 Gunn 21-5, No. 5 Los Gatos upset No. 4 Castilleja 13-10 in double overtime, No. 3 Harker beat No. 6 Mountain View 11-3 and No. 2 Los Altos moved to the semifinals with a win over No. 7 Lynbrook.