Sobrato overcame an early 2-0 deficit to Lincoln to win in an epic five-set match on Tuesday.
After going down 25-23, 26-24, the Bulldogs turned things around in the third set with a 25-21 win and earned the momentum back.
The two teams went back and forth in the fourth set, but Sobrato scored a big win at 29-27 to force a fifth set and the Bulldogs ran away with it.
Sobrato captured the fifth 15-9 to improve to 2-0 in the Santa Teresa Division and improve to 7-2 overall.
Jenna Fields and Jessica Bryum had massive games with 17 kills apiece. Fields added seven aces.
Hailey Jones had three aces with 42 assists.
Defensively, Taylor Tran had 65 digs.
Fields added 35, Annette Angeles had 25 digs and Tiffany Nguyen had 20.
This could be a huge win for Sobrato early on as Lincoln and Sobrato went back and forth a year ago in the standings with the Bulldogs eventually taking a one-game lead to capture a league title.
Sobrato will next host Leland Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
Oakwood kicks off league cross country
The seven schools in the Coastal Division of the Mission Trail Athletic League (MTAL) had their first Center Cross Country Meet at York School in Monterey on Sept. 14.
Oakwood school had a strong showing, fielding boys varsity, girls varsity and boys junior varsity teams.
Returning runner Jeb Goldman (junior) finished first for the Oakwood Boys Varsity team in a new Oakwood School record time for the York Course.
Freshman Kate Marcotullio finished as the first overall runner in the girls varsity race. Her time set a new school record for the course.
The Boys Junior Varsity team finished in 3rd place.
Live Oak girls golf
Mackenzie Carpenter was the medalist against Lincoln to help Live Oak earn a 165-193 win on Sept. 12. The Acorns went on to win by the same score on Sept. 14 to improve to 3-1 overall. Carpenter shot a 37 on Sept. 12 with Cameron O’Connell and Haley Bonfante shooting 41s. Kylie Guertin followed with a 46 and Casey Cowern shot a 49 to round things out.
In the next match, Guertin had Live Oak’s low round, shooting 40, followed by Bonfante with a 41. Carpenter, O’Connell and Kaitlyn Calvin all shot rounds of 42.
