In tennis, Santa Barbara played host to San Marcos on Tuesday, winning the match 12-6. Julie Schmidt swept her three singles matches for San Marcos, but Santa Barbara was able to take the other six singles matches. The Dons also won six of the doubles matches behind the strong play of Brooke Turner and Clare Robertson who took all three of their matches.

Meanwhile, Buena played host to Ventura in a close match with interesting results. The Buena singles players of Taylor Lehman, Heidi Treadwell and Alyson Schuster swept Ventura in singles play winning all nine of their matches. In doubles, however, the Cougars nearly returned the favor taking 8 of 9 matches from the host Bulldogs. As a result, Buena posted a narrow win of 10-8.

Dos Pueblos will enter the Channel League competition, and continue the cross town rivalries when they host Santa Barbara on Tuesday.

In Volleyball Buena played host to Ventura before a large and noisy crowd Thursday night. Ventura took the first two games 15-3, and 15-5. But Buena rallied in game three, winning 8-15. In the fourth game, Ventura regained the momentum and rolled to a 15-6 victory. The key to the match for the cougars was great defensive play led by Amanda Sandoval with seventeen digs as well as 8 digs. Chelsea Rassmussen led the Cougars with 14 kills. Elena DeAlba added 10 kills and a 8 blocks. Setter Robyn Keune was credited with 33 assists.

Earlier in the week, Santa Barbara played host to San Marcos, surprising the Royals with a three game sweep (15-8, 16-14, 15-10). As in tennis, Dos Pueblos will begin league play by hosting Santa Barbara on Thursday.