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Pinkerton boys volleyball bounced back from a first set defeat to beat Hollis-Brookline 3-1, advancing to the program's second-ever state championship game while setting up a rematch with Timberlane.

Timberlane rolled past Windham (30-28, 25-10, 25-20) to punch its ticket to its fourth straigth state final.

Owls coach John Dube said, "We were good. We started out a little slow. It was just a good solid effort."

No. 6 Windham upset No. 3 Bishop Guertin to advance to the state volleyball quarterfinals Thursday.

The 25-22, 25-23, 25-18 decision was an upset by seeds and by regular-season matchups. The Cardinals beat the Jaguars 3-0 on May 1.

No. 7 Salem made No. 2 Timberlane work for it but the once-beaten Owls prevailed in straight sets (25-12, 25-22, 25-20) to advance to the state volleyball semifinals Thursday against No. 6 Windham, which upset Bishop Guertin.

Cobi Moore had 34 assists and 16 service points including seven aces to pace No. 1 seed Pinkerton over Masenic 3-1. Sean Galusha and Hunter Hazard both had 15 kills for the Astros (18-1). 

Jeff Hunt notched 33 assists — improving his school-record to 1,996 for his career, — along with 23 service points and two aces to lead top-seeded Andover to a 25-14, 25-15, 25-20 win over No. 8 Lexington in the Division 1 North quarterfinals.

Andover's Devin Dean dominated Boston Latin volleyball, piling up 28 kills in the team's 3-1 first round tournament win. The top-seeded Warriors are now 20-1 and will host Lexington in the Division 1 North quarterfinals on Wednesday.

No. 4 Winchester won the final two games (25-22, 16-14) to beat No. 13 Central Catholic, 3-2, in opeinng round volleyball tourney action. Adam Morris had 18 kills and Joseph Terramagra contributed 18 digs and 10 service points for the Raiders.

No. 11 Acton-Boxboro ousted No. 6 Haverhill, 3-1, in the first round of the North volleyball tourney. For the Hillies, Declan Davis had 16 kills and 15 digs and Cooper Gibbs supplied 44 assists and 15 digs.

Yanni Kakouris (15 service points, 28 digs) and Timberlane swept Londonderry. The Owls improved to 16-0. That sets up the much-hyped battle against 15-1 Pinkerton on Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. in Plaistow. 

Bruce Waters contributed 16 digs to help Andover to a 3-0 sweep of Central Catholic. The 19-1 MVC champs also got a big game from David Lee (11 service points).

Methuen dumped Billerica, 3-0, on Senior Night. Senior Jonathan Gonzalez "had a career night," according to coach Matt Twomey. He had a whopping 23 kils. The other seniors, Ian Tanuz (8 digs) and Christian Talmo (6 digs), also played well.

Devin Dean led Andover (17-1) in kills (17), digs (13) and aces (3) in a sweep of Lowell, giving the Warriors a 14-0 mark in the MVC and assuring them of at least a tie for the league title for the first time since 2009. Andover is currrently ranked No. 2 in Eastern Mass.

In Methuen's 3-1 loss to O'Bryant, Jacob Rogers was a one-man wrecking crew. He had 28 assists, 12 service pts, 4 aces and 9 digs. 

Behind 13 kills from Josh Wojtas and 28 digs from Jeremy DeRoche, Haverhill had no issues sweeping Central Catholic on the road. Cooper Gibbs had 32 assists in the win, and Declan Davis got up to make three blocks for the hungry Hillies.