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Monta Vista's Heather Janssen goes high for a kill against St. Francis. But the Matadors ended up losing the match in three games to the Lancers, the first-place team in the De Anza Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League.

Vikes close in on perfection

By Dick Sparrer

Lynbrook is closing in on perfection.

That is, the Lynbrook girls' volleyball team is closing in on a perfect record in the El Camino Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League.

The Vikings are just two wins away from a 12-0 league season--and all that's standing in their way are Santa Clara and Cupertino.

Lynbrook hosts the Bruins on Oct. 28, 7 p.m., before visiting Cupertino in the final game of the league season on Oct. 30, 7 p.m.

The Vikes pushed their perfect record to 10-0 last week with wins over Wilcox and Milpitas.

Lynbrook, 20-2 for the year, beat the Chargers in three games, 15-2, 15-6, 15-13, and took the Trojans in four, 8-15, 15-10, 15-8, 15-12.

Cupertino opened play last week dropping a tough 15-11, 15-9, 10-15, 13-15, 15-8 nod to Saratoga, but the Pioneers battled back to beat Santa Clara 15-10, 12-15, 15-11, 15-6.

"Santa Clara served us real tough," said Cupertino coach Marty Redman. "I think they had 16 aces in the first two games."

"But then we handled their serve better, and we were a lot better than they were on the court," he added.

Kathryn Auch and Erica Boss finished the night with 14 service points apiece. Boss added 21 digs and 13 kills.

Freshman Margaret Donoghue chipped in with 10 kills and four blocks, Denise Stewart added 11 kills, and Sharon Han supported with nine digs.

Melanie Rekieta is currently on a 47 for 47 serving streak for the Pioneers.

Cupertino is now 5-5 in the El Camino Division and 15-10 for the year.

In De Anza Division play last week, Monta Vista dropped a tough decision to unbeaten St. Francis. The Matadors lost the first game 15-2, but battled the Lancers tough in the second game before falling 15-12. Monta Vista lost the match, though, falling 15-6 in the third game.

Monta Vista slipped to 4-4 in the division with the loss. St. Francis leads the pack at 8-0.

Homestead dropped a pair of De Anza Division decisions, falling 15-6, 15-10, 15-12 to Palo Alto and losing a heartbreaker to Los Gatos 16-14, 12-15, 18-16, 16-14.

The two losses dropped the Mustangs to 2-7 in the division and to 10-12 for the year.

Mats ace Cats

Singles wins by Liore Gelblum, Liz Yu and Cari Nicholson sparked the Monta Vista girls' tennis team to a tight 4-3 win over Los Gatos in the De Anza Division of the SCVAL last week.

Gelblum won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles and Yu posted a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 2. Nicholson came through with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 3 singles.

Katherine Fustar and Calvina Cheng teamed for a 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 2 doubles to wrap up the team win for the Mats.

Nicholson and Yu were the only Monta Vista winners later in the week in a 5-2 loss to St. Francis.

Monta Vista's record remained even at 6-6 in the division and 7-7 for the year with the split.

In other local action, Belinda Rungsea won 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1 singles and Melinda Zimmerman won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2, but Lynbrook lost 5-2 to Los Gatos.

Nisha Ramachandran and Erica Halk teamed for a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 win at No. 2 doubles, but Homestead lost a 6-1 decision to Los Altos.

Lynbrook girls win

Samara Silverman and Suzannah Johnson pumped in two goals apiece to lead the Lynbrook girls' water polo team to a 7-1 win over Monta Vista in the De Anza Division of the SCVAL last week.

Nicole Morasky, Joanna Chung and Jini Clausen added goals for the Vikings in the victory.

Lynbrook pushed its record to 3-0 in the division with the win.

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