Submitted photo – The Crusaders and their fans celebrate their playoff win on Saturday.

The St. Bernard’s girls are moving on in the North Coast Section volleyball playoffs after winning their postseason opener on Saturday night.

The Little 4 champions, who had an opening-round bye in the Division-6 bracket, got the better of Anderson Valley in their quarterfinal at St. Bernard’s, winning 25-14, 25-10, 25-16.

The Del Norte girls, meanwhile, saw a memorable season come to an end in a five set loss in Division 4.

The Warriors, who were seeded No. 7, lost at No. 2 Justin-Siena by a score of 25-17, 20-25, 22-25, 27-25, 15-10.

The Del Norte girls, who won the Big 5 with an 8-0 record, led the Napa school after the opening three sets but the home team would rally for the victory, pulling out a two-point win in the fourth set to remain alive.

Justin-Siena now advances to play No. 3 Marin Academy.

The match at SB wasn’t as close, with the Little 4 champs comfortably taking the win to extend their season.

They also are now guaranteed a berth in this year’s NorCal playoffs, which get under way after the NCS postseason.

Madelyn Shanahan led the way in Saturday’s win with a team-high 17 kills.

Teammate Jocelyn Sundberg added 11 kills while Ella Hart chipped in seven kills and Sahara Tupua dished out 45 assists.

St. Bernard’s will host No. 5 San Domenico in Wednesday’s Division-6 semifinal, with the match set for 7 p.m.

The Crusaders are now 16-9 on the season.

File photo – The Del Norte Warriors