SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The St. Francis volleyball team advanced to the Sac-Joaquin Section quarterfinals with a 3-0 win over Vintage on Tuesday night. The Troubadours advanced by scores of 25-11, 25-7 and 25-20.

“I was really excited about their start,” said Head Coach Alynn Wright. “They were very focused. We worked really hard on our serving yesterday and it showed. I thought they served extremely well.”

The Troubadours jumped out to big leads in each of the first two sets behind the strong service game. Junior Madelyn Schildmeyer led the teams with 14 points off her serve with junior Aubrey Kenny adding 11. Junior Carly Simpson added eight and new JV callup Camille Enes contributed seven.

“The service runs we had created a lot of confidence in the kids,” said Wright. “I was really pleased.”

Schildmeyer had a team-best 25 assists, eight digs and three aces on the night.

“Maddie did a good job utilizing all of the hitters,” said Wright. “She did a really good job running the offense.  

Vintage rallied in the third set and to keep in close and test the Trobadours.

“Vintage’s season was on the line,” said Wright. “They came out very aggressive and confident. Once we settled down it was fun.”

Freshman Alexa Edwards led the team with 14 kills. Captains Claire Barbe and Claire Schutz combined for 17 kills.

St. Francis will play at Del Oro on Thursday at 6 p.m.

DIVISION II
First round/Tuesday
Whitney 3, Laguna Creek 0
St. Mary’s 3, Nevada Union 2
St. Francis 3, Vintage 0
Del Oro 3, Rodriguez 2
Elk Grove 3, Bear Creek 1
Granite Bay 3, Inderkum 0
Roseville 3, Yuba City 0
Rocklin 3, Wood 1

Second round/Thursday
#8 St. Mary’s at #1 Whitney
#5 St. Francis at #4 Del Oro
#6 Granite Bay at #3 Elk Grove