CCC VOLLEYBALL: Bristol Eastern wins, Bristol Central loses in quarterfinal matches

One Bristol girls volleyball team will be making the trip to Avon High School on Thursday for the CCC Tournament semifinals.

That team is third-seeded Bristol Eastern, which defeated No. 11 Glastonbury 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-19) on Tuesday at Bristol Eastern High School. The Lancers will face second-seeded RHAM at 6 p.m. in the second semifinal of the day on Thursday. The first semifinal is between No. 5 Conard and No. 8 Farmington at 4 p.m.

Conard took down fourth-seeded Bristol Central 3-1 (23-25, 28-26, 25-19, 25-15) on Tuesday at Bristol Central High School.

Zoe Lowe, Ali Rivoira, Alex DiMattia and Bella Nozzolillo all had strong performances for Bristol Eastern in the win over Glastonbury. Emily Ericson, Peyton Greger and Ashleigh Clark provided some good efforts for Bristol Central in its loss to Conard.

Bristol Eastern faced RHAM once in the regular season, a match won 3-1 by the Sachems on Oct. 15 at RHAM High School.