Bellarmine 3, Oakland 0
High-seeded Bellarmine defeated defending champion Oakland Part 25-12, 25-14, 25-20 within the opening spherical of NorCal Division IV to punch its ticket to a semifinal house recreation with Lincoln-SF.
“We’re happy with their effort and excited to get again into the fitness center tomorrow to fine-tune a number of facets of our recreation,” Bellarmine coach BJ Prudencio instructed the Bay Space Information Group through electronic mail. “This preparation can be key as we put together for Thursday's semi-final match at house.”
He mentioned sophomore outdoors hitter JJ Barton was the participant of the sport for the San Jose personal college because it received the Central Coast Part Division I title.
Regardless of the lopsided ultimate rating, Oakland nonetheless had some notable factors. Senior Hugo Newton had 4 digs and teammate Raul Henriquez had six kills within the first set. Freshman Moses Heida had two blocks.
Oakland coach Kao Saephanh instructed this information group that Alexander Lonh had a block and a kill. The Wildcats end their season at 11-13, whereas Bellarmine improved to 18-18.
Valley Christian 3, Bishop O'Dowd 0
Valley Christian introduced the brooms to San Jose because the Warriors stormed visiting Bishop O'Dowd 25-17, 25-16, 25-23 within the first spherical of the NorCal Division I playoffs.
The San Jose personal college will journey to Sanger Excessive for a semifinal recreation.
Andy Xu, Harry Shi and Andrew Salisbury have been standout stars for the West Catholic Athletic League, which received the CCS Open Division title on Saturday. Shi arrange Greg Li for the game-winning kill to seal the sweep.
Valley Christian superior to the following spherical with a 32-10 document, whereas O'Dowd completed the season 35-3.
Monta Vista 3, Worldwide-San Francisco 0
Monta Vista went to San Francisco and held off Worldwide-SF 25-23, 25-23, 25-16 to advance to the second spherical of the NorCal Division III semifinals, the place they are going to go to Moreau Catholic.
“There have been some superb defensive saves at essential junctures within the first two units that turned the tide of those two shut units,” Monta Vista coach Paul Chiu wrote in an electronic mail to BANG.
Elijah Kang as soon as once more led the staff in kills and Henry Hu and Varchas Athreya additionally contributed. Pratham Kannan and Joaquin Garcia additionally had huge blocks for Monta Vista.
Chiu mentioned Rahul Pothenini “once more anchored the protection and led the staff in kicking and served very successfully all through the match”.
Monta Vista improved to 20-13 and Worldwide completed the season 24-5.