October 19, 2026

OC Sports Zone: Community First

Orange County squads receive No. 1 seeds in CIF girls volleyball playoffs this week

Mater Dei (Division 1), Newport Harbor (Division 2) , Sunny Hills (Division 3) and Portola (Division 4) received top seeds in their divisions in the CIF playoffs that begin this week.

CIF officials said that 312 teams qualified into the 11 divisional playoff brackets. The single elimination tournaments begin with first-round matches on Tuesday, Oct. 20 for even numbered divisions and odd numbered divisions on Wednesday, October 21.

Matches start at 6 p.m.

The finals will be held at Cerritos College and host sites on Friday, Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7.

Other high seeded teams include Orange Lutheran (third, D2), Corona del Mar (third, D3), Capistrano Valley (second, D5), Pacifica (third, D8) and Tarbut V’ Torah (third, D11).

Division 1 will utilize a pool play format. Mater Dei will open on Wednesday at home against No. 8 Harvard Westlake. Also Wednesday, No. 5 Santa Margarita plays at No. 4 Oaks Christian and No. 6 Los Alamitos is at No. 3 Mira Costa.

In Division 2 on Tuesday, Los Osos is at Newport Harbor, Redondo Union plays at Crestview League champion Crean Lutheran and Roosevelt plays at Orange Lutheran.

In Division 3, Crestview League No. 2 team Sunny Hills hosts Cerritos and Corona del Mar hosts Claremont on Wednesday.

In Division 4 Tuesday, Portola, which tied for second in the Pacific Coast League, hosts Trabuco Hills.

For full brackets go to the cifss website and click on girls volleyball