With senior Shelby Knowles contributing 14 kills and 10 digs, two-time defending CIF Division I state champion Palo Alto opened its girls' volleyball season with a 25-20, 25-23, 25-20 nonleague victory over visiting Notre Dame-Belmont on Tuesday night. The victory was the 22nd straight for the Vikings, who capped the 2011 season with a 21-match win streak.
Sophia Bono, who is the only other senior on the team and one of two co-captains, added 35 assists in her lengthiest playing stint while junior Becca Raffel finished with 11 kills. Keri Gee added 15 digs to lead the Vikings in that department. Paly is now 78-4 since the start of the 2010 season.
posted by Palo Alto Online on Sep 5, 2012 at 8:38 am