CAPE ELIZABETH — A flurry of aces helped Cape Elizabeth’s top-ranked volleyball team sweep eighth-seeded Kennebunk 25-11, 25-9, 25-19 in a Class B quarterfinal Monday.
The Capers (14-1) will be home against fourth-seeded York (10-5) in the semifinals at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Cape Elizabeth shut out the Wildcats 3-0 on Sept. 25 in their lone regular-season meeting.
The Capers took a 4-0 lead in the first set and went on to win, getting nine service points and nine assists from setter Corina Page.
Page then had four more service points and eight assists in the second game, and Jaya McClure added eight service points.
The Rams hung tough in the third set behind the serving and hitting of Leah Bolduc, but four kills and a pair of aces from Megan Connelly, including one on the final point, helped Cape Elizabeth put it away.
Kennebunk (6-9) was paced by Bolduc’s six service points. Amelia Nelson added four service points and Irish Dils had five assists.
WRESTLING
MARSHWOOD: Veteran assistant coach Pat Howard was named the new wrestling coach.
Howard replaces Matt Rix, who in 34 years led Marshwood to 10 state titles, including six of the last seven in Class A. Rix was the 2018 Varsity Maine Coach of the Year.
“What will be the challenge? You mean other than filling the biggest shoes known to man when it comes to Maine high school wrestling?” Howard joked.
Rix announced his retirement in April.
Howard, 34, Rix’s full-time assistant the past 10 seasons, is a 2002 graduate of Marshwood. He began wrestling in the Marshwood youth program as a fifth grader and went on to win over 100 matches and three state titles in high school.
FIELD HOCKEY
SCHEDULE CHANGE: With rain forecast for Tuesday, the Maine Principals’ Association pushed all of the regional finals to Wednesday.
The South regionals will be held at Biddeford’s Waterhouse Field. The Class B game between Freeport and York will start at 3 p.m., followed by the Class C game between Spruce Mountain and Mountain Valley at 5 and the Class A game between Westbrook and Biddeford at 7.
The North regionals are at Thomas College in Waterville, beginning with the Class A game between Mt. Blue and Skowhegan at 3 p.m. The Class C game between Dexter and Winthrop is at 5 and the Class B game between Winslow and Gardiner is at 7.
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