DANVILLE — After beating Rincon Valley Christian High Tuesday afternoon 7-0, Monte Vista had just a slight slip-up in their continuing quest for an North Coast Section Team Tennis Championship Thursday afternoon.

The slight mishap came in the No.2 singles match, with Monte Vista's Chris Myers falling 6-1, 6-5 to Marin Academy's Luke Frisher, in the Mustangs' 6-1 victory.

The loss to Frisher was tough, but something Monte Vista coach Patty Gross thought might happen after seeing Frisher play in the past.

"I knew (Frisher) would be a really tough match," Gross said. "I also saw their No.1 doubles team play against San Ramon, they were pretty good."

Marin's No.1 doubles team of Dan Brayton and Eric Slamovich struggled in the first set against Monte Vista's James Moody and Shane Swinnerton, falling 6-0. The second set caused Moody and Swinnerton some grief, but the duo prevailed in a tiebreak point, 7-6.

Monte Vista — the No. 2 seed — will face No. 3 Piedmont at 10 a.m. Saturday at Heritage. The winner will play for the championship at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Heritage.

EBAL TRACK AND FIELD TRIALS

PLEASANTON — Granada's Ryan Bartlett, Foothill's Dani Glaeser, Livermore's Diana George, Granada's Amelia Pennewell all had the top marks in two events at Foothill.

Bartlett had the No.1 marks in the boys shot put (51 feet, 6 inches) and discus (146-41/2). Glaeser blazed to times of 26.03 seconds in the girls 200 and 57.17

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in the 400. George had the top times in the girls 1,600 (5:19.46) and the 800 (2:18.48). Pennewell won the long jump (16-01/2) and triple jump (34-73/4.

VOLLEYBALL

The host Grizzlies clinched the first EBAL boys volleyball title in school history by cruising to a 25-7, 25-17, 25-16 victory over Castro Valley

"I'm just thrilled. It's a great group of kids ... It's been a fun season," California coach Courtney Whitaker said.

Drew Crinnion had four kills, 12 assists and 10 aces for the Grizzlies (21-4, 11-1 EBAL), and Garrett Owoc had 15 assists, four kills and three aces.

SOFTBALL

California (16-5, 7-4 EBAL) scored two runs in the first inning and cruised to a 9-3 win over Granada.

A three-run fourth inning gave California a 7-2 lead. The Grizzlies sent eight batters to the plate and received an RBI double by Stephanie Hatley and a sacrifice fly by Krista Miller, the winning pitcher.

The Grizzlies' Jamie Foley was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI, and Christie Taylor and Hatley both had two hits and an RBI. Granada (13-10, 3-8) received two hits and an RBI from Ashley Vignola.