VOLLEYBALL: ARROYO GRANDE ENDS SEASON FOR HART.

Byline: Daily News

NEWHALL -- Hart of Newhall's Carolin Luppens' pass was a bit too far.

A stretched Luppens saved the volleyball from falling out-of-bounds but the ball fell out of the reach of teammates attempting to keep the play alive to avoid elimination and force a fifth game Thursday night.

Instead, visiting Arroyo Grande raked in the final point to end the Indians' Foothill League championship season and a run at a Southern Section title with a 25-23, 20-25, 28-26, 25-23 second-round Div. I-A playoff loss to the Eagles at Hart High.

``One thing they have to walk away from this is that they brought the school back to volleyball,'' Mary Krisan said, the Indians' first-year coach. ``No one cared about Hart volleyball. Most of the town probably forgot about it. It's not really how far we went in the playoffs but just what we did overall.''

The Indians shared the Foothill League title with Valencia, in a season where Hart was not mentioned among the favorites to contend for the title.

Unforced errors and sloppy passing contributed to Hart's inability to maintain leads and finish off runs Thursday night.

It didn't help that the Eagles' scrappy defense shut down the Indians' power hitting in the last two games despite Gazelle D'Artois and Caitlyn Ramirez combining for 34 kills. D'Artois finished with a team-high 20kills and Ramirez smacked down 14.

``There shouldn't be a loser in this match,'' Eagles coach Ernie Santa Cruz said.

--Ivan Orozco

Esperanza d. Westlake 3-0: Senior Alex Johnson, bound for Cal State. Northridge, had 10 kills but her efforts came up short as host Westlake (20-5) lost the Div. I-AA second-round game to Esperanza of Anaheim(26-6).

Flintridge Sacred Heart d. El Modena 3-0: Katie Condon had 14 kills, Julie Herrera had 11, Aly Andersen added sixblocks and Sam Orlandini finished with 31 assists for host Flintridge Sacred Heart of LaCanada in a 25-12, 26-24, 25-14 Div. I-AA second-round victory.

Redondo Union d. Thousand Oaks d. 3-1: Deanna Elias had five kills and 17 digs and Hannah Clancy had 25 assists and 12 digs in the 25-15, 25-18, 20-25, 25-16 Div. I-AA second round loss for for visiting Thousand Oaks (23-3).

Harvard-Westlake d. Dos Pueblos: Kaitlin Segal and Audrey Eichler combined for 25kills as visiting Harvard-Westlake of Studio City (26-4) won the Div. I-A second-round game 26-24, 23-25, 25-14, 25-18. Katherine Sebastian had 44 assists as the Wolverines advance to the quarterfinals against third-seeded host Notre Dame Academy of Los Angeles (14-10), which defeated Valencia on Tuesday, 25-22, 25-21, 25-15.

Burroughs d. Cajon 3-1: Karissa Lagmay had 15 kills, Tatiana Sao had nine kills, and Traci Hamanaka finished with 23 digs for host Burroughs of Burbank (12-7) in a Div. II-AA second-round victory.

La Canada d. Yucaipa 3-1: Monica Jung had a match-high 15 kills for La Canada (15-9) in a 25-18, 25-22, 23-25, 25-20 Div. II-A second-round victory on the road. Courtney McCutchan had 13kills and Hayley Woodford added 36 assists for the Spartans.

Oak Park d. Santa Ynez 3-1: Sara Majidian all-around game included 16 kills, 15 digs and four aces as Oak Park won at home 25-23, 13-25, 25-21, 25-23 to advance to the Div.III-AA quarterfinals for the first time in the program's history.

Providence d. Campbell Hall 3-1: Heather Hensen had 17 kills, and Natalie Kasbarian had 32 assists in Providence of Burbank's 20-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-14 Div. IV-AA second-round victory over visiting Campbell Hall of North Hollywood.

Viewpoint d. Rio Hondo 3-2: Marisa Leonard had 17kills, Samantha Tellez had 36 digs and Ida Shahmoradi had 12 kills in the 26-24, 17-25, 25-27, 25-20, 15-13 Div.IV- AA victory for visiting Viewpoint of Calabasas (21-4), which advances to the quarterfinals against St. Monica of Santa Monica.