The Dons’ quest to repeat as CIF champions slipped away.
Visiting Pasadena Poly closed the fourth and final set with eight straight points to eliminate the Santa Barbara High girls’ volleyball team in the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division 4 playoffs 19-25, 25-22, 27-25, 25-20, on Wednesday night at J.R. Richards gymnasium.
“That’s just a heartbreaker overall. It was so close. It was right there. We were telling the girls if we played them 10 times, they’d win five and we’d win five, and they won this one,” said Santa Barbara coach Kristin Hempy. “We did have a little bit of serve receive and offensive execution lulls, but overall just really proud of how they played tonight.”