Fairfield, CA — The Vanden boys' volleyball team defeated Ripon Christian 3-1 (21-25,25-18,25-14,25-22) Tuesday to advance to the SJS semifinal match. OH Christian Ting had a huge game with 8 aces, 20 kills, and 3 digs. Libero Dylan Hoang led the Vikings defense with 6 digs and solid serve receive all game to go with his 2 aces. Fist year player, Dallas Pabon had an efficient night with 9 kills. Setter Tavas Spencer spread the offense around with 35 assists along with 5 digs. The #2 SJS seed Vikings host the #3 seed Lathrop Spartans Thursday at 6pm with the winner advancing to the Section Championship on Saturday.

Sacramento, CA — The Vikings boys volleyball team finished league play with a 3-2 (23-25, 25-20, 21-25, 25-11, 15-13) win over McClatchy. Vanden improves to 11-3 in league play and 22-11 overall. Next week the Vikings will be starting the SJS playoffs riding an 8 game win streak. Jr setter Tavas Spencer had 46 assists. Sr OH Christian Ting had 17 kills and 8 digs. Sr Oppo Dallas Pabon made some critical plays in the fifth set and put away the game with his last kill. He hit .625 with 6 kills, 1 error. Sr libero Dylan Hoang led the team in digs with 14.

Fairfield, CA — The #20 SJS Vikings defeated the #10 SJS Monterey Trail Mustangs 3-1 (20-25, 25-16, 25-17, 25-21) in a showdown between the Metropolitan Conference League's top two teams. It was a huge night for the Vanden Senior's final home league game. The Vikings are graduating 9 seniors from this team. For the senior class - Setter Ryan Castro had 3 sets and 1 dig, OH Christian Ting had 10 kills, 5 digs, DS Jaiden Borja had 3 digs, Libero Dylan Hoang logged 13 digs, OH Andre Aguilera had a season high 20 kills, 9 digs, MB William Iheanacho had 9 kills and 6 blocks, Oppo Dallas Pabon had 3 kills and a block. Oppo Kaleb Munstermann chipped in 3 kills. Serving specialist Jared Santos had an efficient night of serving with only 1 error on the night and great passing. The Vikings travel to Laguna Creek on Tuesday the 23rd to face the #3 Metro team.

Fairfield, CA — The Vikings defeated the American Canyon Wolves in 3 straight sets Monday night (25-22, 25-20, 25-19). Yesterday marked the first time in 4 weeks that the Vikings had their full team back after recovering from illness. It was great for team morale to have all of our players on the court and on the sideline. Senior OH Christian Ting had a team high 8 kills, 1 ace, 1 block and 9 digs. Jr. MB Ifeanyi Onwuazombe hit .700 with 7 kills on 10 attempts no errors. Senior MB Dallon Pabon bounced back with 4 kills on only 7 attempts. Senior libero Dylan Hoang had a solid night of serve receive to go with his 15 digs. Setters Tavas Spencer and Ryan Castro combined for 34 assists on a night where the Vikings had an efficient .350 hitting percentage for the night. The Vikings travel to Burbank High today for league competition.

Rio Linda, CA — The Vanden Boys Volleyball team beat the Rio Linda Knights 3-2 in a battle to the very end. Despite missing starting setter, Jr. Tavas Spencer due to illness, the Vikings were able to defeat Rio Linda in 5 sets. Libero Dylan Hoang stepped into the setter position and through 5 sets logged 44 assists and 3 aces. The Vikings missed Dylan's passing but were able to overcome the Knight's comeback. Senior OP Andre Aguilera came back from an off day the game before and had a team high 13 kills with a 31% hitting percentage. Senior MB William Iheanacho chipped in 12 kills with a 33% hitting percentage to go along with 2 blocks. The Vikings play El Cerrito in another non-league game on Monday.

Fairfield, CA — Vanden Varsity Boys Volleyball beat Grant High School in 4 sets to remain undefeated in league play. After playing some of the toughest teams in Northern California over the weekend, the Vikings were well prepared to take on the strong hitters from Grant. The Vikings were able to overcome a season high in service errors with solid serve receiving from Senior Dylan Hoang to go along with his team high 5 digs. Jr Setter Tavas Spencer played an outstanding game with 34 assists, 4 aces, 4 kills, 3 blocks, and 3 digs. Senior Christian Ting led the team in kills with 13 to go along with his 4 aces.