The Menlo School girls’ volleyball team has been rewarded for its outstanding season, and will get to stay home for the holidays while competing in the CIF NorCal tournament. The Knights (33-6) were awarded the No. 1 seed in the Division IV playoffs and will host No. 8 Central Valley in a first-round match on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 7 p.m.
Central Valley (23-10) is from Shasta Lake City in the Northern Section.
Menlo will play at home as long as it continues to win. The second round will be Saturday, Nov. 29, with the Knights potentially facing the winner between No. 4 Sutter (41-1) and No. 5 Ripon (43-5).
The NorCal title match will be Tuesday, Dec. 2, with the state finals moving to the Bren Center on the campus of UC Irvine on Dec. 6.
Menlo won its third consecutive Central Coast Section Division IV girl’ volleyball championship Saturday with a 25-12, 25-15, 25-19 victory over top-seeded Harbor at Independence High in San Jose.
The Knights now have now won seven CCS Division IV titles in the past 10 years.
— Palo Alto Weekly. For more, go to TheAlmanacOnline.com.
