SAN ANGELO -- Sonora High School defeated Wall in five sets Saturday at Lake View's Ben Norton Gym to win the first-place seeding in the Class 3A volleyball playoffs.
The Lady Broncos dominated in the fifth set and beat the Lady Hawks 25-15, 12-25, 25-18, 18-25, 15-6.
The two teams were forced into a seeding playoff because they were tied for first after splitting the two matches in district play.
Sonora (23-14) will face Presidio in the bidistrict round while Wall (27-14) plays Crane. Wall's game is set for Tuesday in Sterling City but the time is still to be determined.
Sonora beat Wall in the first match in Sonora while Wall returned the favor with a win on its home court. Neither Sonora nor Wall lost to another district opponent, which forced the seeding match.
At stake was a more preferable playoff path. Because Sonora won, the Lady Broncos avoid facing Amarillo Bushland in the second round of the playoffs, should they advance past bidistrict.
Bushland recently moved into 3A after dominating in 4A, where the Lady Falcons won a state championship in 2016 and had a long playoff run last year.
Wall forced the fifth game but Sonora came out firing, taking a 10-2 lead in the first to 15 points tiebreaker game.
The Lady Broncos pushed the lead to 11-4 and then 12-6 before closing out the match.
Sonora swept Wall last year to win the district championship.