NorCal volleyball semis: St. Francis outlasts SI in five-set classic; SRV, Foothill, Aragon, Monta Vista advance to finals

MOUNTAIN VIEW — St. Francis will play host to Archbishop Mitty on Tuesday in the NorCal Open Division title game, a matchup that you could seemingly have penciled in at the start of the past few volleyball seasons that was set in stone in Mountain View on Saturday night.

But the inevitable – Lancers vs. Monarchs with a trip to SoCal on the line – didn’t seem so guaranteed early on Saturday night.

In the biggest game of the season, facing a St. Ignatius team that it had dueled in the section title game a week prior...