Madilyn Botelho and Deanna Brightman will never forget the two-and-a-half-hour ride west to Frontier last season.

Not only that, their Case girls volleyball team was eliminated from the postseason in four games by the Redhawks on that fateful night in South Deerfield. Friday night, however, turned out to be a different story for Botelho and Brightman on their home court.

The No. 3 Cardinals advanced to the Final Four for the second time in three seasons after sweeping all three games — 29-27, 25-20 and 25-13 — to win 3-0 against No. 6 Frontier in the Division 4 Elite 8 contest at Joseph Case High School.

Case (18-5) takes on second seed Ipswich (21-0) at a time and date to be determined.

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