Some of the top girls volleyball teams in the state packed into J.R. Richards Gymnasium for the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions, which concluded Saturday night.
Torrey Pines of the CIF San Diego Section emerged victorious over Marymount in the final 14-25, 25-18, 29-31, 25-18, 15-12 to claim the tournament title for the second consecutive year.
The three local teams in the tournament Santa Barbara, San Marcos and Dos Pueblos struggled against elite competition and with many of their top players out Saturday for SAT testing the uphill battles became even more daunting.