CIF girls volleyball playoff match-ups and seedings for nine divisions revealed

CIF officials announced the seedings and brackets Saturday for the CIF girls volleyball playoffs.

Officials said that 288 teams qualified in the nine divisional playoff brackets. The single-elimination tournaments begin this week.

There is a new format for Division 1 which is a round-robin format starting on Wednesday.

Wild card matches (where necessary) will start on Tuesday for the other divisions.

First-round matches will be on Thursday for divisions other than Division 1. The championship finals will be conducted in a one-day, nine-match extravaganza at Cerritos College (Division 1) and designated host sites (Division 2-9) on Saturday, Nov. 5.

SEEDINGS:

Division 1: 1. Mira Costa (32-3), Bay League Champion; 2. Sierra Canyon (25-4), Mission League Champion; 3. Marymount (28-6), Mission League Runner-Up; 4. Mater Dei (27-7), Trinity League Champion.

Division 2: 1. Redondo Union (26-11), Bay League No. 3 Entry; 2. Vista Murrieta (13-6), Southwestern League Champion; 3. Santa Margarita (21-12), Trinity League Runner-Up; 4. Aliso Niguel (19-6), South Coast League Champion.

Division 3: 1. Alemany (25-7), Mission League No. 3 Entry; 2. Chaminade (20-4), Angelus League Champion; 3. Oaks Christian (22-9), Marmonte League Champion; 4. Edison (13-7) Wave League Champion.

Division 4: 1. Saugus (29-2) Foothill League Champion; 2. Schurr (29-3), Almont League Champion; 3. Roosevelt (23-5), Big VIII League Co-Champion; 4. Poly/Pasadena (15-2), Prep League Runner-Up.

Division 5: 1. Quartz Hill (26-6), Golden League Champion; 2. Crescenta Valley (27-7), Pacific League Champion; 3. Valencia/Valencia (17-8), Foothill Co-Runner-Up; Yorba Linda (15-12), Crestview League Runner-Up.

Division 6: 1. Simi Valley (11-3), Coastal Canyon League Runner-Up; 2. Rancho Christian, (28-2), Sunbelt League Champion; 3. Poly/Riverside (14-5), Ivy League Co-Champion; 4. Santa Clarita Christian, (20-2), Heritage League Champion.

Division 7: 1. Coachella Valley (20-1), Desert Valley League Champions; 2. West Valley (16-2), Mountain Pass League Champion; 3. Glendale (22-11), Pacific League No. 3 Entry; 4. Nordhoff (14-2), Citrus Coast League Champion

Division 8: 1.United Christian Academy (22-5), Arrowhead Champion; 2. Montclair (18-7), Mt. Baldy League Runner-Up; 3. Romona Convent (19-7), Soledad League Champion; 4. Azusa (15-8), Montview League Champion.

Division 9: 1. Academy of Academic Excellence (13-2), Cross Valley Champion; 2. Excelsior Charter (18-5-1), Cross Valley League Runner-Up; 3. Marshall (21-8), Mission Valley League Runner-Up; Eisenhower (14-9), Skyline League Champion.

Division 1 opening matches, pool play, Wednesday, Oct. 19:

Pool A

Lakewood at Mira Costa

Palos Verdes at Mater Dei

Pool B

Newport Harbor at Sierra Canyon

Huntington Beach at Marymount

The other pool play matches will be Tuesday, Oct. 25 and Saturday, Oct. 29.

For full brackets, go the CIF-SS website, girls volleyball and brackets.