Mariners advance to CCS volleyball semifinals

The Aptos High girls volleyball team is back in the Central Coast Section Division III semifinals after outlasting San Mateo in three games on Saturday night.

The Mariners prevailed 25-22, 25-15, 25-22.

With the win, Aptos will travel to Sacred Heart Cathedral in the semifinals on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Sacred Heart Cathedral, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, swept Saratoga on Saturday night.

• Harker 3, Soquel 2: At Soquel, the Knights, the defending CCS Division IV champions, were eliminated in five games 23-25, 21-25, 26-24, 28-26, 15-13.

Middle blocker Sarah Savoca injured her ankle in the fourth game and was unable to continue.

The Knights finished the season 22-10.

• Harbor 3, Mercy of San Francisco 0: At Harbor, the Pirates advanced to the CCS Division IV semifinals with a 28, 26-, 25-11, 25-14 victory over the Skippers.

Harbor is back in the semifinals for the first time since 2008, when it got all the way to the finals.

The top-seeded Pirates will face Harker on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Menlo in Atherton.

• Castilleja 3, Anzar 2: At Castilleja in San Jose, the Hawks were eliminated 19-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-20, 15-13 in the quarterfinals of the CCS Division V tournament.

Anzar finished the season 23-6.

• Notre Dame 3, Pacific Collegiate 0: At Notre Dame, the perennial volleyball power from Salinas eliminated the Pumas 25-13, 25-15, 25-12 in the CCS Division V quarterfinals.

Notre Dame has won all of its girls volleyball championships in Division IV. However, it is a Division V team this year because of its small enrollment.

The Pumas finished the season 23-4.

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Water polo

Soquel: The Knights’ water polo teams had mixed results in the CCS playoffs on Saturday.

The boys team is still alive after edging out Valley Christian 11-9. With the win, the fourth-seeded Knights will take on top-seeded Sacred Heart Prep on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Serra High in San Mateo.

Sacred Heart Prep disposed of Burlingame 18-0 in its quarterfinal contest.

Soquel’s girls team saw its season come to an end at the hands of Castilleja, as it lost 10-1. The Knights ended the season 24-4.



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