Notre Dame-San Jose's volleyball team arrived in Santa Cruz on Halloween hiding behind its sub-.500 record and non-threatening seed. Their No. 7 seed wasn't their doing, but it was a ruse.
Harbor High's sophomore-led girls volleyball team was competitive with crosstown rival Santa Cruz last season, when the Pirates stunned the Cardinals in five sets in the teams' first meeting but dropped their next two meetings.
Santa Cruz High's girls volleyball team cruised to a 25-13, 25-10, 25-9 sweep of Mount Madonna on Tuesday night to open its title defense in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play.