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The top-seeded Windham volleyball team beat Souhegan, 3-0, in the NH state quarterfinals. The Jaguars (16-1) advance to the semis where they'll take on No. 5 Hollis-Brookline on Thursday at Nashua North High (7 p.m.).

The defending state champion Timberlane volleyball team fell to Hollis-Brookline, 3-2, in the NHIAA Division 1 quarterfinals. The Owls were led by Jake Morrier with 19 kills and Alex Kakouris with 36 assists in the effort.

The Salem volleyball team made quick work of Keene, winning, 3-0, to advance to the NHIAA Division 1 state semifinals. Ben Laycock had 12 kills and Roman Fabrizio supplied 35 assists in the win. The second-seeded Blue Devils are set to face No. 3 Goffstown on Thursday (5 p.m.) with a trip to the finals on the line.

Hunter Hazard led the way with 11 kills and 7 service points, but the Pinkerton volleyball team fell to third-seeded Goffstown, 3-0, in the NH quarterfinals. The Astros end the season 10-8.

The No. 5 seed Greater Lawrence volleyball team lost to stout Cambridge Rindge & Latin, 3-0, in the first round of the Division 1 North tournament. The Reggies end their great season at 16-5 overall, while Cambridge (12-7) will be at Lawrence in the quarters on Monday.

After losing the first two sets, it looked like the Pinkerton volleyball team's season was heading towards the end. But the Astros weren't going to give up. They won the third and fourth set to tie up their Division 1 first round matchup against Winnacunnet, then took the decisive fifth set, 15-13, to earn the dramatic 3-2 comeback win. Hunter Hazard led the way with 26 kills, 8 service points, 2 aces and 2 blocks for the No. 6-seeded Astros, who will be at No. 3 Goffstown in the quarterfinals on Tuesday (6 p.m.). 

Central Catholic volleyball battled from 2-0 down to force a fifth set, but ultimately fell to defending Division 1 North champion Chelmsford in the first round of this year's tournament, 3-2. Kevin Stevenson had 22 kills and Jack Roderick supplied 42 assists in the valiant effort.

Delfy Soler led Lawrence volleyball with 12 kills to go along with 23 service points and 12 aces, as the Lancers trounced Essex Tech, 3-0, in the first round of the Division 1 North state tournament.

The Greater Lawrence volleyball team fought hard, but it was no match for talented Greater New Bedford, the No. 1 ranked team in the state by the Boston Globe. The Reggies fell 3-0 in the State Vocational final, and now wait to host their North first round game against Cambridge on Friday (7 p.m. start). 

Jake Morrier and Alex Kakouris made sure their Senior Night was one to remember. Morrier finished with a team-high 11 kills and Kakouris had a team-high 31 assists to help Timberlane sweep Keene, 3-0.

Thanks to a team-high 10 kills and 15 digs from Adoni Jimenez, Greater Lawrence cruised to a 3-0 win over Assabet in the State Vocational semifinl. The Reggies will now play at Greater New Bedford in the final Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

Lawrence's volleyball team tuned up for the state tournament with an impressive 3-2 win over a strong Milford team. Delfy Soler had 26 kills and 16 digs for the Lancers (17-3). Christopher Gil had 39 assists. 

You'd be hard pressed to find a volleyball team entering the state tournament as hot as Central Catholic is. Led by a 10-kill, 3-block effort from Kevin Stevenson in a 3-0 win over North Andover, the Raiders (18-2) enter postseason play on a 10-game winning streak.