Chatsworth High players presented their counterparts with orange flowers during introductions before Tuesday night's City Championship semifinal match.
In the end, however, the Chancellors were anything but gracious hosts.
Chatsworth made third-seeded Poly work for every point throughout a 15-3, 15-9, 15-12 victory that propelled the second-seeded Chancellors into the finals against top-seeded Sylmar.
Linda Wang had 22 kills, 23 digs and six solo blocks for Chatsworth.
The Chancellors (15-1) finished with a season-high 108 digs. Leila Pate had 21 digs, Carly Allison 16, Casey Dodd 14 and K.C. Doig eight digs and four blocks.
"Our defense definitely set the tone early," Coach Bud Dow said. "The difference was that we had seven blocks in the first game. You don't need kills when you're doing that. It changes a team's offense when they have to chip or dink over blocks."
