North Catholic’s volleyball team had little trouble dispatching Garden Spot in the first round of the PIAA Class 5A playoffs on Tuesday, downing the Spartans by scores of 25-18, 25-19 and 25-10 at North Catholic High School.

“We saw some film on them from the (District 3) championship game (a loss to Exeter Township),” North coach Amanda Fetter said. “They are very strong defensively, but we played very well as a team.”

In a rematch of last week’s WPIAL semifinal won by North 3-1, the Trojanettes (18-2) will face Shaler (17-3) in a quarterfinal Saturday at a time and site to be determined.