Prep roundup: Valley Christian wins individual, team CCS girls golf championship

James Logan’s Alyssa Lim captures NCS D-I girls golf title. In CCS girls volleyball playoffs, Los Gatos, Mountain View among the winners in Tuesday’s quarterfinals

Girls golf

CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE CCS

Valley Christian was the best in the Central Coast Section in girls golf on Tuesday, both individually and as a team.

Varsha Ramachandran won the section’s individual championship by a stroke over her Valley Christian teammate Joyce Zhang and a Stevenson duo, Lucinda Wu and Nicole Iniakov, who shot 3-under 69 at Laguna Seca Golf Ranch.

Lexi Lowe of Leland and Allison Yang of Harker both shot 72.

Valley Christian finished first in the team standings with 385 points. Stevenson (393) finished second, and Harker (407) finished third.

The top three teams and four individuals who were not on a qualifying team advance to the NorCal regionals, which will be held on Monday at Berkeley Country Club.

Individually, Lowe, Saratoga’s Millie Wang (73), Los Altos’ Camille Thai (73) and Pioneer’s Katelyn Chang (75) advanced.

CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE NCS

Alyssa Lim of James Logan won the North Coast Section Division I individual championship on Monday at Tilden Park Golf Club in Berkeley with a 1-under 70.

She finished one stroke behind Michelle Ho of Dougherty Valley and Sydney Silva of Bishop O’Dowd.

Dougherty Valley won the team title with a score of 413. Monte Vista (421 points) finished second, and Carondelet (421 points) finished third.

The top three teams, as well as four individuals who are not on a qualifying team, will advance to NorCals on Monday.

Lim, Silva, Elizabeth Liu (73) of Branson, and Michelle Woo (73) of Mission San Jose qualified for the regionals.

Female Volleyball

PLAYOFFS IN THE CCS

Division One

Leigh 0, Los Gatos 3

Los Gatos focused on playing a clean match with few errors in preparation for its quarterfinal match against seventh-seeded Leigh on Tuesday night at home. To that end, the Wildcats performed admirably, winning 25-17, 25-22, and 25-19.

“The team really put that practice mindset into play, and I could not be more proud of our team,” said coach Nicole Ciari in an email. “It was great to see all that hard work in practice was paying off.”

Britt Melinauskas, a freshman right-side hitter, had “an amazing match” as the team’s setters worked hard to get her the ball. Melinauskas was Los Gatos’ “big point scorer,” according to Ciari.

Los Gatos’ attack was diversified by setter Maya Walker, making the Wildcats unpredictable and creating scoring opportunities.

“Every ball they could up in the back row and worked well together in serve receive,” Ciari said of Sarah Herman, Mia Halsey, and Nicole Steiner.

On Thursday, Los Gatos (17-9) will host third-seeded Branham. The Bruins advanced with a 25-20, 25-20, 21-25, 25-13 win over Carlmont.

Mountain View No. 3, Homestead No. 1

Mallory Berent had 12 kills and Emmy Thomander had 10 to help fourth-seeded Mountain View beat fifth-seeded Homestead 25-20, 22-25, 25-21, 25-20 at home.

The Spartans also received seven kills from Addy Kopp and Katy Yu, as well as outstanding defense from libero Kendyll Winn, who provided her team with consistent serve receive and timely digs.

Mountain View’s Alex Sakamoto stood out both offensively and defensively as the Spartans (24-7) advanced to the semifinals on Thursday.

Division Two

Sobrato 0, Aragon 3

Top-seeded Aragon advanced to the semifinals with a 25-17, 25-11, 28-26 win over ninth-seeded Sobrato at home.

Kaylee Clayton led Sobrato with 15 kills, 17 digs, and an ace as the season ended for the Morgan Hill school. Jordan Bouton also contributed 27 assists, five aces, and an assisted block for Sobrato.

On Thursday, Aragon will host fourth-seeded San Mateo. On Tuesday, San Mateo defeated fifth-seeded Lynbrook 25-22, 25-17, 25-16.

On Thursday, sixth-seeded Woodside will face second-seeded Monta Vista in the other semifinal.

Woodside defeated third-seeded Gunn 25-22, 25-23, 25-21 on Tuesday, while Monta Vista defeated tenth-seeded Westmont 25-19, 26-28, 25-14, 25-16.

Other games

In Division IV, third-seeded Mercy-Burlingame advanced with a 25-13, 25-16, 25-19 victory over sixth-seeded Pacific Grove in a match played at Serra. Ava Cacao had 18 kills, Juliana Mufarreh had 11 kills, and Mia Ferdinand added four aces and two blocks. Mercy will face second-seeded Harbor in the semifinals on Thursday. Top-seeded Burlingame, third-seeded Sacred Heart Cathedral, and fifth-seeded Archbishop Riordan advanced to Thursday’s semifinals in Division III.