San Mateo County local sports roundup • Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025

Menlo-Atherton 3, Woodside 0

The Bears beat the Wildcats 25-11, 25-21, 25-19 to finish the season two games ahead of both Aragon and Carlmont in the Bay Division standings to take the crown.

M-A finishes Bay Division play 12-2 and 22-9 overall. Woodside went winless in Bay matches, going 0-14. The Wildcats were 4-15 overall this season.

Aragon 3, Hillsdale 0

In the volleyball version of “The Flea Game,” the Dons swept the rival Knights — 25-22, 25-20, 28-26 — to finish in a second-place tie with Carlmont behind M-A in the Bay Division standings.

Aragon finishes the regular season 10-4 in Bay play and 19-7 overall. Hillsdale finishes 3-11 and 7-21.

Sequoia 3, Carlmont 1

The Ravens closed the regular season on a positive note, beating the Scots 24-26, 25-20, 25-14, 25-14 as they prepare for the CCS playoffs.

Sequoia finished in a tie for fourth place in the Bay Division with a 9-5 mark. The Ravens were 20-14 overall. Carlmont finishes the regular season 10-4 and 16-11.

Capuchino 3, Mills 2

The Mustangs had to go the distance but they wrapped up an undefeated Ocean Division campaign with a 25-19, 25-20, 16-25, 25-22, 15-11 win over the Vikings.

Abigail Purvey led Mills (10-4 PAL Ocean, 14-13 overall), finishing with 14 kills.

Capuchino finishes the regular season 14-0 in Ocean play and an impressive 21-2 overall.

In other action ...

Burlingame (9-5 PAL Bay, 18-13 overall) swept Half Moon Bay (3-11, 13-16) — 25-18, 25-23, 25-20.

Westmoor (6-8 PAL Ocean, 8-19 overall) beat Jefferson (3-11, 4-15) in straight sets — 25-18, 25-12, 25-15.

El Camino (10-4 PAL Ocean, 11-9 overall) finished in a second-place tie with both Mills and San Mateo following a 25-15, 25-15, 25-12 win over South City (1-13, 2-19).

San Mateo (10-4 PAL Ocean, 11-7 overall) shared second place in the Ocean with El Camino and Mills following a 23-25, 25-13, 25-18, 25-17 win over Terra Nova (2-12, 2-20).

Boys’ water polo

Serra 10, Valley Christian 7

The Padres are surging at the right time as they advanced to the semifinals of the WCAL tournament with the upset win over the third-seeded Warriors.

Serra (16-10), the No. 6 seed, opened the tournament with a 17-10 win over No. 7 St. Ignatius Monday to set up Tuesday’s match with Valley Christian (18-7).

Padres goalie Rhys Salma had a monster game in the cage, coming up with 19 saves. Colin Wright supplied a bulk of the offense, scoring six times and assisting on a seventh. Tyler Krueger added four assists of his.

The Padres face top-seeded Sacred Heart Prep (14-5) in a semifinal match at 7 p.m. Thursday at SHP. The Gators had a bye into the semifinals.

Fifth-place and seventh-place games are scheduled for 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., respectively, Friday at Serra.

The championship match and third-place matches are slated for noon and 10 a.m., respectively, at Sacred Heart Prep.

Second-seeded Menlo School (18-6), which also had byes through the first two rounds, will take on No. 5 St. Francis (15-9) at 6 p.m. Thursday at SHP. The Lancers beat No. 8 Bellarmine 9-8 in the first round and No. 4 Mitty, 12-10, in the second round.

Aragon 14, San Mateo 7

The Dons officially clinched the PAL Ocean Division title with the win over the second-place Bearcats.

Aragon (9-0 PAL Bay, 11-4 overall) has a two-game lead over San Mateo (7-2, 8-5) with one match to play.

Terra Nova 16, Half Moon Bay 15

In the water polo version of “The Skull Game,” the Tigers topped the rival Cougars in a barnburner.

Jonathan Martins Retts filled up the goal for Terra Nova, scoring eight times. But Half Moon Bay’s Zander Merrill was even more lethal, pouring in 11 goals.

Girls’ water polo

Hillsdale 10, Mills 9 OT

The Knights scored twice in the second mandatory overtime period to get past the Vikings.

Hillsdale (11-2 PAL Ocean, 13-6 overall) led 2-1 after the first period and 5-4 at halftime before seemingly taking control in the third, outscoring the Vikings 3-0 to lead 8-4 going into the fourth.

But Mills (6-6) rallied back, outscoring the Knights 4-0 to force overtime. Neither team scored in the first OT period and combined for three goals in the second, with Hillsdale pulling out the win.

Sofie Zlobinsky continued her strong play for the Knights, scoring five goals. Camryn Gutierrez added two goals and an assist for Hillsdale.

Burlingame 16, Capuchino 4

The Panthers wrapped up an undefeated Ocean Division slate with the win over the Mustangs.

As Ocean Division champion, Burlingame (12-0 PAL Ocean) will take on the third-place finisher in the Bay Division in a CCS play-in match Friday.

San Mateo 7, Mercy 4

Jules Formolo scored two goals and Kylie Thomas forced four turnovers for the Bears, but it wasn’t enough as the Bearcats secured the win.

San Mateo finishes Ocean Division play 4-8, Mercy ends the season 2-10 in division action.

Terra Nova 9, Sequoia 4

The Tigers took down the Ravens behind four goals from Addison Gately.

Izzy Martin scored three times for Sequoia (1-8 PAL Bay).

Terra Nova improves 4-5 in Bay Division play.

Girls’ tennis

Sacred Heart Prep 7, Notre Dame-Belmont 0

The Gators closed out the regular season with a sweep of the Tigers in a match that featured first-to-eight-games pro sets.

SHP lost only three games across four singles matches. Charlotte Weber, playing and No. 1 singles, and No. 2 Ela Viswanthan both won their matches at love, 8-0. Sadie Harmssen, at No. 3 singles, lost only one game in an 8-1 win, while Morgan Wickham won 8-2.

Hailey Parsons and Emma Simgel, playing at No. 1 doubles, also won 8-2; the No. 2 doubles team of Tina Zhang and Taylor Davis posted an 8-4 decision, while the Gators No. 3 doubles team of Sadie Hubbard and Eden Beekler had to work the hardest in pulling out an 8-4 victory.

Girls’ golf

PAL scoring update

The top-10 at the PAL girls’ championship did not change Tuesday, but there is more scoring information to provide.

Burlingame’s Jolene Liu, who was in the fifth of six foursomes that barely had enough daylight to finish the round at Poplar Creek Golf Course in San Mateo, tied for 10th place with Menlo-Atherton’s Savannah Lee after both shot rounds of 88.

Tournament organizers had to go to a second tiebreaker to determine 10th and 11th place. The first tiebreaker is score on the back -9. If still tied, the score over the final six holes is used.

That is where Lee prevailed. She, officially, finished 10th and Liu was 11th for a Burlingame squad that finished undefeated in winning the PAL Ocean Division championship.