Marin Catholic finishes top 4 in Stockton

After playing in one of the biggest volleyball matches in the country on Friday night, Marin Catholic and Redwood both hit the road immediately to compete in the Stockton Tournament on Saturday.

The MCAL's other perennial contender, Branson, also made the trek up to Stockton. All three teams placed inside the top eight with the Wildcats securing a fourth-place finish. Redwood finished in sixth place and Branson wound up in eighth.

All told, 12 teams competed in Stockton — broken up into four pools of three. Tournament play featured four brackets with all the first-place, second-place and third-place finishers competing against their peers.

Marin Catholic won its pool by going 2-0 against Amador Valley and Rocklin. Redwood placed second after losing to St. Francis and beating Clovis North. Branson went 1-1, falling to Monte Vista but beating St. Ignatius.

MC advanced with the other three group winners, losing to Archbishop Mitty in the first game then falling to Monte Vita to land fourth.

Redwood and Branson — who are set to meet in a game Friday to decide the MCAL title — got a preview of that contest by meeting in the first round of the second-place bracket. Redwood emerged with a 24-26, 25-12, 15-7 victory.

The Giants fell to St. Mary's to finish in sixth. Branson lost to Amador Valley to finish in eighth.

Men's soccer

Aboubacar Cisse and Brian Sanchez scored goals but Dominican University lost a back-and-fourth battle, falling 3-2 against Biola on Saturday.

Biola scored the winner in the 82nd minute after Dominican (8-4-0, 4-1-0 PacWest) rallied twice to tie the game. Cisse's goal in the 33rd minute tied the game at 1-1 then Sanchez equalized for 2-2 in the 70th minute.

Biola (4-3-3, 3-0-0) outshot the Penguins 16-7 and put seven of their shots on target.

Women's soccer

Azusa Pacific scored goals in both halves, sending Dominican to a 2-0 defeat on Saturday.

Bethany Tee scored in the 18th minute for Azusa Pacific (4-2-3, 1-0-1) then Nora Oldmark doubled the lead in the 73rd minute.

The Penguins (2-5-4, 0-31) were outshot 16-8 during the contest, putting three of their attempts on frame.