Sports briefs: Branson’s Liu misses NorCals by a stroke

Branson School senior Elizabeth Liu shot a 1-over par 73 at Fairfield’s Paradise Valley Golf Course on Monday to finish in the top 10 at the North Coast Section Division I tournament, but missed a berth in the CIF Northern California Championship by just one stroke.

At last season’s NCS D-I tournament at Berkeley’s Tilden Park, Liu shot a 73, good enough to advance to NorCals. She won the NorCal title to secure a spot in the state tournament.

The top three teams Monday advanced and top four individuals not on a qualifying team also advanced to NorCals. Alyssa Lim of James Logan (69), Irvington’s Elsa Hsieh (70), Athenian’s Xinyi Yuan (72) and Mission San Jose’s Michelle Woo (72) were the top four individuals.

Dougherty Valley (373) won the team title. Bishop O’Dowd (401), led by Hayley Fong’s 71, took second. Carondelet (407) placed third, paced by Lily Peng who had the day’s low score at 68.

Marin Catholic’s Lexi Ferguson fired an 81, while the Bulls’ Sidney Kawahara shot a 90.

Redwood tallied a fourth-place 426, with Taylor Bridges at 82 to lead the Giants, supported by Katelyn Van Dusen (84), Madeline Lim (86), Katherine Lim (87) and Chloe Branson (87).

San Marin (537) placed 18th, with Valentina Gudino (90), Samantha Low (101), Isa Kelly (111), Bella Knecht (116) and Rebecca Low (119).

Girls tennis

The top four singles seeds all held to form as the MCAL singles/doubles tournament kicked off on Monday at Novato High.

No. 1 seed Claire Zhu of San Marin defeated Archie Williams’ Amalya Rajparia. Second and third seeds Mirabel Arlander and Katie Warrin, both from Branson, also advanced. Redwood’s Julia Povio, the No. 4 seed, also picked up a win.

Zhu faces Redwood’s Alessia Balliet in Tuesday’s quarterfinals. On the same side of the bracket, Warrin faces Tam’s Siena Moglen. Arlander faces Archie Williams’ Eva Mohtashem and Povio is set to clash with San Marin’s Deepti Bhat.

The four seeded doubles teams all moved on as well, with No. 1 Jordan Marotto/Ella Povio of Redwood, No. 2 Audrey Gilmor/Paloma Vano-Rice of Branson, No. 3 Maria-Jose Stuart/Amalie Stoker of Tam, and No. 4 Georgia Compagno/Heidi Koch of MC all winning.

College football

Former Marin Catholic standout Peter Macaulay threw five touchdowns passes for Bowdoin College, tying a school record in a 35-24 win against Bates on Saturday night.

Macaulay completed 16 of 23 passes for 272 yards, throwing touchdowns in every quarter — including two in the first — as the Polar Bears (3-5) earned their first road win at Bates (2-6) since 2007.

Macaulay has appeared in three games this season with 396 yards, and a 7-2 touchdown-to-interception ratio. Marin Catholic’s Zach Taylor is also on the Bowdoin roster and has made 13 solo tackles and eight assisted tackles at linebacker while appearing in all eight games.