The Amador Valley girls’ water polo team had a strong week, winning its lone East Bay Athletic League game and then going 3-1 in the Tri-Valley Tournament to take fifth place.
The EBAL game was a 14-5 win over Dublin.
Susan Swyers continued her torrid scoring run this season with six goals to pace the Dons. Addi Drain and Abigail Jones scored three each, with Anusha Shelatkar and Zahra Alami scoring one each.
Deepika Suresh had 12 saves to pace the Amador defense.
The Dons opened the Tri-Valley Tournament with a 16-4 win over Terra Linda.
Swyers scored 10 goals to lead the attack. Drain added three goals, Shelatkar had a pair, and Caitlin Brown had one goal. Suresh had eight saves for the Dons.
In the second match, the Dons fell 8-7 to Leigh. Swyers scored four goals, Drain two and Jones 1. Suresh has 12 saves to keep Amador in the game.
In game three, the Dons got back to their winning ways, beating Castilleja 13-7. Drain had four goals to lead the Dons, with Swyers, Jones and Brown scoring two goals each. Alami and Claire Kunich each had a goal.
Suresh had six saves for the Dons.
In the last match, Swyers had five goals to pace the Dons to a 12-4 win over Harker.
Drain and Jones had three goals each, with Alami adding the final Dons tally. Suresh ended her outstanding tournament with eight saves.
Foothill girls’ volleyball
The Falcons kept their EBAL roll going as they swept Dublin and Livermore last week.
The week started with the Falcons celebrating Senior Night by sweeping Dublin 25-21, 25-9, 25-18.
All eight seniors played a role in the victory. Tanvi Powar, Danielle Yeh, Maddie Adai, Sophia Zhang, Serena Wu, Addison Monnastes, Brooke Stedman and Paige Nelson played their final regular season game at Foothill.
The week ended with a 25-7, 25-10, 25-15 win over Livermore. The highlights came from Ilayda Caglar (6 kills, 3 blocks), Addie Boeschenstein (4 kills, 1 block), Sewa Adesuyi-Fasuyi (4 kills, 1 ace) and Olivia So (8 digs, 2 aces).
The Falcons were set to visit Amador Valley on Tuesday night, and then host a first-round match in the EBAL playoffs on Thursday night.
NCS playoffs approaching
As the EBAL regular season is nearing an end, it’s time for the fall North Coast Section playoffs to begin.
Here is a rundown of when the respective sports have their postseason competitions.
NCS girls’ volleyball is the first sport to get going, with the playoffs set for next Tuesday (Oct. 28) to Nov. 8 at home sites. Flag football will be taking place Oct. 28 to Nov. 6.
NCS girls’ golf is set for Nov. 3 at the Windsor Golf Club. Girls’ water polo is set for Nov. 5-15.
In girls’ tennis, the team tennis portion of NCS is Nov. 11-15 at Northgate, with the singles and doubles tournament taking place Nov. 17-18 at Foothill.
The EBAL singles and double tournaments will take place Nov. 6-7 at The Club in Livermore.
NCS cross country will be run Nov. 22 at Hayward High as usual. The EBAL meet is set for Nov. 8 at Newhall Park.
NCS football is set for the first round on Nov. 14-15. The semifinals will take place Nov. 21-22, and the championship games are set for Nov. 28-29.
Editor’s note: Dennis Miller is a contributing sports writer for Embarcadero Media Foundation’s East Bay Division. To contact him about his Pleasanton Preps column, email acesmag@aol.com.
