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The post-season winning streak for the Foothill High girls’ volleyball ended in the North Coast Section D-I finals, but the Falcons’ season lives on for the CIF State Volleyball Playoffs.
The Falcons advanced to the NCS finals with a 19-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-20 win over Las Lomas. The highlights came from Kait Vogel (28 digs, 16 kills, 10 service pts), Ilayda Caglar (17 kills, 16 digs), Shreya Patel (23 assists, 14 service pts), Makenzie Bulaon (26 assists, 7 service pts) and Sahej Toor (6 kills, 1 block).
In the finals, the Falcons dropped a tough 25-21, 16-25, 17-25, 23-25 match to Carondelet.
Foothill got good play from Vogel (25 digs, 14 service pts, 13 kills), Addie Boeschenstein (10 kills, 2 blocks), Emily Evans (7 kills, 1 block), Ale Sioco (13 digs, 10 service pts) and Olivia So (21 digs).
The loss may have actually benefitted the Falcons for the CIF State Playoffs. By virtue of the win, Carondelet was placed in the D-I tournament, drew the No. 12 seed and travels to No. 5 Clovis West for a Tuesday match.
Foothill was put in the D-II tournament and was seeded No. 2, hosting a first-round match against Milpitas at Amador Valley.
Monte Vista is also representing the EBAL in the CIF event, drawing the No. 5 seed in the open division. The team will travel to Rocklin to face the No. 4 seeded team on Wednesday night.
NCS FOOTBALL
To no surprise, the EBAL is well represented in the NCS Football Playoffs.
There was a bit of an unexpected moment when Amador Valley was seeded No. 6 in the D-II tournament after going 3-7 on the season.
By virtue of playing in the loaded EBAL, the Dons were able to get spot in the playoffs, and by being in D-II, they make some noise in the tournament.
They open 7 p.m. Friday at No. 3 Northgate. Northgate is 10-0 on the season, but that was only good enough for the No. 3 seed.
California, at 6-4 overall, is the No. 1 seed, and Windsor, an 8-2 team, was seeded No. 2. Windsor is coming off a 45-0 loss to Cardinal Newman.
For some comparative scores, Dublin — a 4-6 team overall — beat Clayton Valley 24-21 this year, and Northgate beat Clayton Valley 47-28.
In their final game of the season, Northgate beat Las Lomas 48-3. Foothill, which lost 28-0 to Amador, beat Las Lomas 27-0. The Dons finished with a 30-22 loss to California, so it might be a good fit for the Dons.
The one surprise I thought about NCS was that Granada was put in the D-IV playoffs and given the No, 4 seed, which means they will host No. 5 American Canyon Friday night in the first round.
The Mats finished 5-5 overall, and with their 24-22 win over Livermore last week, finish 3-0 in the EBAL Valley division, taking the league title.
American Canyon also finished 5-5 this year. After starting 5-2, the team lost its last three games, falling to Cardinal Newman (63-0), Windsor (35-17) and Marin Catholic (37-14).
On the Open/D-I tournament, De La Salle was seed No. 1 and will host No. 8 Liberty on Friday night. The game of the week will be No. 5 Monte Vista (8-2) playing at No. 4 San Ramon Valley (9-1).
It is the second straight week the two sides face off, with San Ramon Valley previously coming away with the 21-16 hard-fought win.
