This Time, Mater Dei Triumphs

In a rematch of last season’s Southern Section Division I-A girls’ volleyball final, Mater Dei defeated Marina, 10-15, 15-6, 15-4, 15-4, in a nonleague match Tuesday at Mater Dei.

Katie Beauregard had 22 kills and Lindsay Pavlik added 15 for Mater Dei (1-2), ranked third in Division II-AA. Marina (4-1) is ranked second in Division I-A.

Marina won last season’s meeting and also went on to win the Division I state title. But Tuesday, the Vikings were short-handed.

Starting outside hitter Katie Keating was still sidelined because of an ankle injury and starting outside hitter Chanda McLeod’s playing time was limited because she was found to have mononucleosis last weekend.

McLeod started and had eight kills and three aces in the first game, but she sat out the remainder of the match.

In other nonleague matches:

Buena Park 3, Santa Ana 0--Miggy Fagins had eight kills for Buena Park (7-0), which won, 15-3, 15-2, 15-12.

Capistrano Valley 3, El Toro 0--Becky Warnick had eight kills and eight service aces for Capistrano Valley (7-0), which won, 15-6, 15-7, 17-15.

El Dorado 3, Canyon 1--Sydney Patten had 10 blocks and four kills in the 15-9, 15-9, 12-15, 15-9 victory for El Dorado (4-1).

Irvine 3, Edison 0--Ceneca Calvert had eight kills for visiting Irvine (4-1), which won, 15-12, 15-9, 18-16. Christina Patterson and Lauren Belcher had 11 kills each for Edison (2-3).

La Habra 3, Esperanza 2--Kaeo Burdine had 24 kills in the 3-15, 15-13, 11-15, 15-9 victory for La Habra (5-1). The Highlanders are top-ranked in Division II-A. Esperanza is ranked seventh in Division I-AA.

Ocean View 3, Lakewood St. Joseph 2--Tracy Lindquist had 14 kills, 66 assists and 17 digs to lead Ocean View (4-1) in the 5-15, 15-8, 15-11, 7-15 17-15 victory. Carissa Gough had 25 kills for host Ocean View, which is top-ranked in Division III-A.

St. Joseph is ranked second in Division II-A.

Sonora 3, Valencia 2--Worthy Lien had 21 kills and Lillian Hewko had 26 digs for Sonora (3-0), which won, 15-12, 16-14, 7-15, 11-15, 15-11. Katie Eatherton had 21 kills for Valencia (3-2).

In the Academy League:

Connelly 3 Orangewood Academy 0--Ruth Lazzari had 10 kills and 11 aces in the 15-3, 15-5, 15-6 victory for visiting Connelly (4-1, 2-0).

St. Margaret’s 3, Downey Calvary Chapel 0--Halina Stanaland had 18 kills in the 15-7, 15-0, 15-4 victory for visiting St. Margaret’s (5-0, 2-0).

In the Garden Grove League:

La Quinta 3, Pacifica 0--Heidi Foster had eight kills for La Quinta (6-1, 3-0), which won, 15-10, 15-0, 15-0.

In the Olympic League:

Calvary Chapel 3 Sierra Madre Maranatha 0--T.J. Gause had 14 kills to lead visiting Calvary Chapel (4-1, 3-1) to the 15-2, 15-6, 15-3 victory.