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The Central Catholic volleyball team suffered a heartbreaking, 3-2, loss to No. 2 Masconomet in the Division 1 North quarterfinals. The Raiders lost the last two sets in extra points, 28-26 and 19-17. Sarah Janco had a team-high 14 kills for the No. 10-seeded Raiders, who end their season 11-7.

Lawrence's unbeaten volleyball team played its first tournament game just like the regular season — in dominant fashion, rolling past Winchester in three games. Abigail Heredia had another big game for the Lancers (19-0) at the net with 18 kills while Vielka Sanchez had 20 assists and 4 aces. 

No. 10 Central Catholic volleyball swept No. 7 Marblehead in D1 North opening round play. Kills: Sarah Janco led with 14 kills while 

Rachel Hyatt had 28 assists.

PMA whipped Boston International, 3-0, behind 22 service points from Liliana Foucault (5 aces) and eight kills and four blocks from Paige Athanasiou. Next up is top seed Essex Tech.

Despite 18 digs for Cassandra Ortega, No. 13 Whittier volleyball lost to No. 20 Weston 3-1 in the Division 2 North first round. 

Kyra Devoe had seven service points and seven assists, but No. 5 Greater Lawrence volleyball fell to No. 12 Burlington 3-0 in the Division 2 North first round. Kayla Roque had 11 digs for the Reggies. 

Lismari Valdez had seven kills and seven aces to pace Haverhill volleyball to  a sweep of Weston to finish the regular season with a 15-5 record.

Despite getting swept out of the state tournament in the quarterfinals by undefeated, top-seed Hollis-Brookline, the Pinkerton volleyball team still had something to cheer about. Senior Amelia Graves had a team-high 8 kills, and every single one was important. Her eighth gave her 500 for her career.

With a comfortable 3-0 sweep of Billerica, Lawrence volleyball finished its regular season a perfect 18-0 and won its first MVC Large title since 2005. Abigail Heredia was named the MVC MVP, and Marino Valdez was named Coach of the Year.

Andover volleyball took down North Andover, 3-1, but nothing came easy. The Warriors won 25-27, 26-24, 25-17, 27-25. Alexis Mancha had 16 kills and 12 digs, and Haley Halverson had 10 kills and five blocks.

PMA improves to 12-7 on the season with a 3-1 win over Innovation Academy. Liliana Foucault with12 service points, and Katy Quinn chipped in with 7 assists.

Down 2-0, North Andover rallied for an improbable 18-25, 22-25, 27-25, 25-17, 15-11 win over Danvers. Lauren Ahlholm had 14 kills, Sarah Farnum 23 assists and Laura Farnum 17 digs.

Amelia Graves scored 11 kills and 22 digs for No. 8 Pinkerton, which topped No. 9 Portsmouth 3-1 in the Division 1 quarterfinals.

Leya Wang added 17 service points and six aces and Ella Dandrade had 34 assists for the Astros, who next travel to play No. 1 Hollis-Brookline on Saturday (6 p.m.)

Alyssa Michel had 7 kills and an impressive 8 aces to pace Whittier over Chelsea, improving the WIldcats to 12-7.

Central Catholic volleyball took down Chelmsford, 3-0, to qualify for the state tournament. Rachel Hyatt had a team-high 27 assists for the Raiders (8-6).