TUESDAY
The Knights clinched third place and a spot in the PAL CCS play-in game next week with their win over the Ravens.
Josiah Yeager extended his record-setting setting season with five more goals for Hillsdale (8-3 PAL Bay, 12-7) overall. Isaiah Yeager added three goals and two assists, while Hudson Yates tallied twice.
Half Moon Bay 3, Sequoia 0
Half Moon Bay beat Sequoia 25-16, 25-16, 25-12
Gabby Harrison recorded 14 kills for the HMB (2-10 PAL Bay, 10-18 overall) to up her team-high total of 83 while Ava Cardiel added nine kills and eight digs of her own. Aliya Wicks also dropped 27 assists as the Cougars pick up their second straight victory after dropping the previous four.
Sequoia falls to 9-15 in Bay play and 3-9 overall.
Menlo Atherton 3, Burlingame 2
The Bears have yet to drop a match within league play, but the Panthers came the closest of anyone on Tuesday as M-A held on for a 25-20, 13-25, 25-19, 19-25, 15-12.
Dani Eline and Duru Ruacan both had 15 kills for M-A (12-0, 18-6) while Ruacan also added three aces. Burlingame (10-2, 17-5) has only two league losses, both coming at the hands of M-A as they now move to two games back with two matches left to play.
Sophie Rubinstein lead the way again for the Dons with 13 kills to increase her season total to 326 in a 25-18, 25-17, 25-16 win.
Her teammate, senior Kathleen Suayan, also stood out with 16 digs and three aces of her own for Aragon (9-3, 19-12). The Dons sit just a game behind Burlingame in the standings with the two schools set to matchup on October 24.
San Mateo falls to 4-8 in division play and 16-12 overall.
The Fighting Knights distributed the wealth in their hard fought win against the Scots, 27-25, 25-21, 21-25, 10-25, 15-12.
Junior Natasha Abbaszadeh led the way offensively for Hillsdale (3-9, 7-16) with 19 kills and 11 digs. Allison Khau, another junior, added 23 digs while freshman Ella Schaumkel tallied 11 kills and seven aces of her own.
Carlmont falls to 5-7 in the Bay and 13-13 overall.
Senior Nevaeh Davidson recorded five kills and 14 digs for the Warriors while junior Audrina Lopez added 22 digs of her own but the second-place, Wildcats who’ve only dropped one league match all season, reigned victorious.
Woodside improves to 11-1 in Ocean play and 15-8 overall. South City falls to 3-9, 8-18.
The first-place Colts got back in the win column after dropping a non-league match against Rio Americano of Sacramento this past Saturday. El Camino (11-1, 19-5) hasn’t dropped a league match since Sept. 14 when they fell to Woodside.
Jefferson drops to 1-11 in division play and 25-11 overall.
The Vikings also got back into the win column themselves after dropping their previous five matches against a mix of league and non-league competition. They beat the Tiger, 25-18, 26-24, 25-17.
After dropping their first six matches of the season, the Vikings have responded strongly with an 8-4 mark through Ocean Division play. and find themselves in third place in the Ocean Division.
Mills is 12-7 overall, while Terra Nova falls to 6-6, 7-15.
The Mustangs swept the Rams in three sets, 25-11, 25-13, 25-11 to stay in fourth place, a game behind Mills.
Capuchino improves to 7-5 in the Ocean and 11-12 overall. Westmoor falls to 1-11, 2-23.
The Mustangs also improve to 6-4 overall on the road, better than their 3-6 home mark and 2-2 neutral.
Menlo Atherton 5, Hillsdale 2
Hayley Maravillas and Maya Wu got the Fighting Knights (2-11) on the board in singles with a 3-6, 6-4, 11-9 and 6-4, 6-0 victories respectively, but the Bears (11-2) proved to be too much on the doubles side taking all three matches. The duo of Jiaqui Zhang and Emma Yuen, and Nia Sarzadeh and Sohia Jobst for the Bears swept their days clean with a pair of 6-0, 6-0 victories to lead the way.
Anna He, Lian Wang and Taylor Lee all picked up victories for the Dons (8-5) in singles while Mia Farber responded with a victory of her own for the Wildcats (2-11). In doubles, the Dons swept their way to victory with Jessalyn Williams and Kat Russell, and Maddy Fong and Mana Ueno picking up their wins in straight sets.
Lead by the Mulready sisters in singles, the Panthers (9-4) picked up the home victory with both Mila and Shea Mulready recording 6-1, 6-0 wins. Sequoia’s (5-8) Tessa Folan responded with a victory of her own in singles, but the Panthers swept the doubles matches all in straight sets to secure the victory.
The undefeated Scots (13-0) were tested in their home match against the Bearcats, namely in doubles where a thrilling 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 victory helped duo Tatum Fritts and Francsca Wesley get on the board for San Mateo (2-11). The Scots would sweep the rest of the day with Chloe Khachadourian, Megan Bence, Ujala Chauhan and Katherine Zhang all recording straight set singles victories.
Capuchino 5, South San Francisco 2
The Mustangs (6-6) and Warriors (0-12) split their singles matches on Tuesday but Capuchino would respond in doubles in a big way by sweeping all three matches. Amelia Bautista and Caitlyn Yan, Kaia Tsui and Malak Twam, and Kamryn Mendoza and Esisha Ramas lead the way with solid 6-0, 6-1; 6-0, 6-3 and 6-1, 6-3 victories respectively, for the Mustangs.
Westmoor (8-5) picked up a big road win at Oceana (3-7) on Tuesday to maintain their third-place standing. A relatively even day that saw Oceana pick up victories in both singles and doubles was highlighted by Westmoor’s Clarise Wu who won her singles match in convincing fashion: 6-0, 6-0.
El Camino 6, Terra Nova 1
Sitting just a game behind Westmoor, the Colts (7-4) swept their way through singles despite a down-to-the-wire 7-6(5), 4-6, 10-7 effort between El Camino’s Lia Woo and the Tigers’ (2-11) Amelia Montoya. Kaylee Tran and Liah Trade got Terra Nova on the board in doubles, but Yasmeen and Zayna Juhar, and Eva Tamayo and Zoei Ng slammed the door with impressive doubles wins for the Colts.
The first-place Cougars (12-0) showed up in a big way over the second-place Vikings (10-2) on Tuesday. Despite a Reina Watabiki 6-4, 6-4 singles victory for Mills, Half Moon Bay would take the rest of the day highlighted by duo Chloe Qugundah and Nicole Hide who won 6-1, 6-0, and Giorgia Carter and Shahbano Aurangzeb who won 6-0, 6-3.
Sacred Heart Prep 5, Harker 2
The Gators dropped the first two singles spots to the Eagles, but dominated the other five matches.
Sadie Goldstein, at No. 4 singles, and the No. 1 doubles team of Sannon Bennitt and Jasleen Chohan both won their matches at love, 6-0, 6-0. The No. 2 doubles team of Jessica Pica and Lauren Field lost only two games in a 6-0, 6-2 victory. Berkeley Bernstein, playing at No. 3 singles, dropped only four games in a 6-4, 6-0 victory.
Menlo School 6, Crystal 1
The Knight stayed undefeated in WBAL Foothill Division play, cruising past the Gryphons.
Emily Li, Izzy Klug and Sulia Gayle all won their singles matches in straight sets, while doubles team Lucinda Schafer and Alexa Hua won in a third-set tiebreaker.
Menlo School 234, Notre Dame-Belmont 252, King’s Academy 262
Joelle Kim, a senior, shot a 2-over 37 to lead Menlo to wins over both NDB and King’s Academy at Baylands Golf Links in Palo Alto in the WBAL regular-season finale.
Hailey Kim added a 42 for Menlo, while Chloe Lee carded a 48.
With the win, Menlo improves to 12-4. The WBAL championship is Monday at Sunnyvale Municipal.
