San Mateo County Central Coast Section roundup • Monday, May 11, 2026

Menlo surging to another CCS tennis title

The Knights are one of the winningest tennis programs in Central Section history and the defending champs are in line to add to that legacy.

Menlo, which has won 18 CCS championships since 1998, is on track for its 19th and fourth in six years as the top-seeded Knights stayed undefeated on the season after beating Los Gatos 6-1 in a CCS quarterfinal match Monday in Atherton.

Up next for Menlo (23-0) is a semifinal matchup with No. 4 Los Altos (17-9) at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Atherton. Los Altos beat No. 5 Homestead (14-8), 5-2.

The Menlo doubles teams, which features senior Arki Temsamani, junior Dylan Kothari and four freshmen — Alex Zhou, Maximus Chan, Mile Burnett and Sage Ash — combined to sweep the three doubles matches and were the first matches off the court.

The Knights then took three of the four singles matches to complete the rout, led by No. 2 singles player Lucas Huang, who was dominant in a 6-0, 6-0 victory. Surya De Datta, playing at No. 1, lost six games in a straight-set sweep, 6-2, 6-4. David Lipeles got a break in each set to win his No. 3 singles match, 6-4, 6-4.

Los Gatos (16-4) avoided the sweep, picking up its lone win at No. 4 singles, where Ryan Shahalob rallied from a set down to beat Menlo’s Matthew Franc in a marathon match — 6-7(3), 7-6(6), 10-8.

Menlo is the last San Mateo County team standing. Sixth-seeded Sacred Heart Prep (15-9) saw its season end with a 5-2 loss to No. 3 Harker (16-4). Unseeded Serra (12-6), which upset No. 7 Palo Alto in the second round last Friday, had its season end with a 7-0 loss to No. 2 Saratoga (16-3).

The CCS team tournament championship match is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday at Bay Club Courtside in Los Gatos.

The CCS individual singles and doubles tournaments begin at 1 p.m. Monday with the first two rounds at Imperial Courts Tennis Club in Aptos. Semifinal and championship matches are scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday at the same site.

Boys’ volleyball

Eight San Mateo County teams qualified for the CCS boys’ volleyball tournament.

After one round, there are three teams still alive.

The Peninsula Athletic League was guaranteed two teams into Tuesday’s quarterfinal matches. In Division I, Carlmont (28-7), the No. 2 seed, received a first-round bye and the Scots hosted No. 10 Christopher-Gilroy (27-4) in a quarterfinal match Tuesday. The Cougars rallied from two sets down to upset No. 7 Serra (16-17) in five sets, including a wild 33-31 third set — 14-25, 20-25, 25-19, 33-31, 15-13.

No. 14 Woodside (15-3), the PAL Ocean Division champ, and Bay Division winner and No. 3 seed Aragon (30-9) met in a Division I first-round match in San Mateo, with the Dons coming away with a 25-16, 25-21, 25-17 sweep. Aragon took on No. 6 Los Altos (24-6) in the second round Tuesday in San Mateo. The Eagles knocked off No. 11 Menlo-Atherton (21-12) in the first round — 25-23, 26-24, 25-27, 25-17.

Hillsdale (19-6) advanced to a quarterfinal match Tuesday in the Division II bracket after dispatching No. 12 Summit Shasta (19-9) in a three-set sweep — 25-10, 25-18, 25-16. The Knights went on the road to No. 4 Mt. Madonna-Watsonville (18-12) in the quarterfinals Tuesday. In the first round Monday, the Hawks had to claw their way past No. 13 University-SJ (18-12) in five sets, 27-29, 20-25, 25-12, 25-22, 15-12.

The two county teams in Division II, Westmoor and Burlingame, had their seasons end. Westmoor (19-8), the 11th seed, fell to No. 6 Monterey (14-24) — 25-16, 23-25, 25-21, 25-20.

Burlingame (14-18), seeded ninth, lost to No. 8 Saratoga (24-7), 25-16, 25-19, 25-21.