Girls’ Volleyball: Mira Costa heads south for another tournament
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Top-seeded Mira Costa has a chance to win its second prestigioius tournament in two weeks this weekend when the Mustangs compete in the Torrey Pines California Challenge today/Friday and Saturday at four sites in the San Diego area.
USC-bound senior setter Kendall Bateman, Miami-bound senior outside hitter Lane Carico and sophomore right-side hitter Falyn Fonoimoana, who each made the all-tournament team as the Mustangs (15-0) won the Durango Fall Classic in Las Vegas last weekend, will lead the defending Division II state-champions in pool play beginning at 4 p.m. today with a match against Bakersfield Christian, the defending Division V state champion.
The impressive 24-team field includes Mira Costa, ranked No. 1 in the state by MaxPreps.com and No. 1 nationally according to PrepVolleyball.com, No. 2-ranked San Jose Archbishop Mitty, the team the Mustangs beat for last year’s Division II state title, and No. 3 Vista Murrieta, a Southern Section Division I-AA quarterfinalist last season that won the La Jolla Beach City Invitational last month.
Marymount, the defending Division IV state champion, also is in the draw, along with 2006 Division III state runner-up Laguna Beach, 2006 Southern California regional finalists La Costa Canyon and San Diego Parker and Southern regional semifinalists San Diego Cathedral Catholic and Solana Beach Santa Fe Christian.
- Lauren Peterson