Palma-Seaside volleyball

Aspirations of a title linger for the two teams, who sit just one game behind 8-1 Christopher with five matches remaining in the season.
 The Spartans are still stewing over losses to Christopher and Alisal last week, bumping them from the unbeaten ranks.
 Seaside should get back the centerpiece to its attack in the middle in Deshawn Irving, who got hurt in Game 1 against Christopher and missed the Alisal match.
 Colby Ostberg has anchored the attack for the Spartans while Rodolfo Co has been a rock in the back row.
 Palma has rattled off five straight league wins and controls its fate with matches remaining against 7-2 Alisal and Christopher. It also beat Christopher in a tournament last month.