GVB: Dons Chargers each win two matches at Cal Challenge

Santa Barbara went 2-4 and Dos Pueblos finished with a 2-3 record at the California Challenge girls volleyball tournament over the weekend in San Diego.

Both teams went 1-2 in Friday’s pool play. The Dons beat Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas and fell to Bob Jones High of Alabama and San Diego’s Canyon Crest Academy.

On Saturday, Santa Barbara fell to La Jolla Country Day in three sets in the Challenge Bracket, beat Dons beat Poway in three sets and were eliminated by Murrieta Valley in straight sets in the Competition Bracket.

Dos Pueblos defeated La Jolla Country Day and lost to Mater Dei and Ironwood Ridge of Arizona in pool play. The Chargers beat Bishop Gorman in two sets in the Challenge Brackets before being knocked out by Buchanan of Fresno in the first round of the Bronze Bracket.