SALINAS VALLEY — The high school volleyball season ended on Saturday for the King City and Soledad teams as they were beaten in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division 3 playoffs.
King City was seeded No. 9 and lost 3-0 to No. 8 seed Capuchino in San Bruno. Soledad was the No. 13 seed and lost by a 3-0 score to No. 4 seed Archbishop Riordan.
The Mustangs finished the season with a 16-7 overall record and were 11-3 in the Mission Division.
“We had a great last week of play,” said King City head coach Christine Luna. “On Monday, we had our Senior Night where we honored our three seniors, Avery Munoz, Jocelyn Olivera and Alizah Carrillo. We played a great five-set thriller against league champion Stevenson. The result was not what we hoped for, losing 3-2, but the match was an exciting one to be part of. Overall, it was a good season finishing second in the Mission Division with Alisal.”
Bri Zamora had 12 kills, three aces and two blocks, and Avery Munoz had eight kills and 19 digs. Ella Rubbo added 11 kills, while Gillian Ewart and Michelle Martinez combined for 12 kills. Alizah Carrillo added 23 digs and three aces.
Last Wednesday King City defeated host North Monterey County in the final league match. The Mustangs won in four games. Munoz had a team-high 21 kills and added 30 digs, and Rubbo added 15 kills. Zamora had nine kills, while Ewart and Martinez combined for eight kills. Mily Paramo and Taelyn Munoz combined for 50 assists and six aces.
With the win, King City secured the automatic qualifier spot for the Mission Division to enter the playoffs. In the loss to Capuchino, Munoz had seven kills and 11 digs, and Zamora had six kills.
Soledad finished the regular season with losses to Alisal and Stevenson but earned the CCS playoff spot as an at-large entry.
In the game with visiting Alisal, Delylah Ocampo had eight kills, 15 digs and four service aces. Kaylee Anderson had five kills and Kyla Menendez finished with four kills and 18 digs.
Against Stevenson, Ocampo had 11 kills and 15 digs, while Anderson added eight kills and four blocks. Sofia Gonzales and Ilene Cortina combined for six kills.
The Aztecs ended with a 14-8 overall record and were 7-7 in the Mission Division.
