Seedings, opening games for OC teams in CIF girls and boys lacrosse championships

CIF Southern Section officials announced the seedings and brackets for the first post-season boys and girls lacrosse championships for the section on Saturday. Previous post season playoffs have been conducted by U.S. Lacrosse.

The tournaments will begin Tuesday, May 25 with boys wild card rounds in selected divisions and the boys Division 1 playoffs followed by the girls wild card games on Wednesday, May 26.

CIF officials said there are 56 boys teams and and 47 girls programs vying for the first championships in the  history of the section. All championship games will be played at host school sites with boys Divisions 1 and 2  culminating on Tuesday, June 8 and Division 3 on Friday, June 4. The girls finals will be played Wednesday,  June 9 in both Division 1 and 2 and Division 3 on Saturday, June 5. 

BOYS LACROSSE

DIVISION 1 (32-Team Bracket, 25 Entries) 

SEEDED TEAMS 

1. Loyola (16-1), Mission League Champion 

2. Mater Dei (16-1), Trinity League Champion 

3. Foothill (10-3), Crestview League Champion 

4. St. Margaret’s (12-3), Freelance Entry 

AT-LARGE ENTRY: Crespi (Mission), 8-7. 

Match-ups among Orange County teams on Tuesday. May 25, include San Clemente at Santa Margarita, Newbury Park at Yorba Linda, Servite at Sierra Canyon, Great Oak at St. Margaret’s, Newport Harbor at Santiago Corona, Trabuco Hills at Los Alamitos and Crespi at Beckman.

Teams who received byes were Corona del Mar, Foothill, Tesoro and Mater Dei.,

DIVISION 2 (16-Team Bracket, 18 Entries) 

SEEDED TEAMS 

1. St. Francis (10-5), Mission League No. 3 Entry 

2. Culver City (16-2), Ocean League Champion 

3. Aliso Niguel (15-2), Sea View League Champion 

4. San Marcos (8-1), Channel League Champion 

AT-LARGE ENTRY: Peninsula (Bay), 7-7; Edison (Sunset), 11-6; Redondo Union (Bay), 5-4;  Huntiington Beach (Sunset), 12-7. 

FREELANCE: Crean Lutheran, 7-2 

There will be two wild card matches on Tuesday, May 25: Edison at Peninsula and Huntington Beach at Peninsula.

First-round matches involving Orange County teams on Friday, May 28 include El Segundo at San Juan Hills, Woodbridge at San Marcos, Crean Lutheran at Aliso Niguel, wild card winner at Northwood and El Dorado at Culver City.

DIVISION 3 (16-Team Bracket, 13 Entries) 

SEEDED TEAMS 

1. Norco (13-5), Big VIII League Champion 

2. Temecula Valley (10-6), Southwestern League Champion 

3. M.L. King, Jr. (13-4), Big VIII League No. 3 Entry 

4. Chaparral (9-8), Southwestern League Runner-Up  

AT-LARGE ENTRY: Vista Murrieta (Southwestern), 9-6; Canyon/Anaheim (Crestview), 10-7; 

Orange County teams with matches on Tuesday, May 25 include Canyon at Chaparral and University at Long Beach Poly.

GIRLS LACROSSE

DIVISION 1 (16-Team Bracket, 15 Entries) 

SEEDED TEAMS 

1. Foothill (13-0), Crestview League Champion  

2. Santa Margarita (12-2), Trinity League Champion 

3. Newbury Park (12-1), Marmonte League Champion 

4. Mater Dei (14-3), Trinity League Runner-Up 

There are three wild card match-ups on Wednesday, May 26 involving Orange County teams: JSerra at San Juan Hills, El Dorado at Beckman and Aliso Niguel at Oaks Christian.

First round match-ups on Saturday, May 29 include wild card winner at Foothill, Chaminde at Newport Harbor, Mater Dei at University, Edison at San Clemente and wild card winner at Santa Margarita.

DIVISION 2 (16-Team Bracket, 18 Entries) 

SEEDED TEAMS 

 1. Canyon/Anaheim (14-5), Crestview League Runner-Up 

2. Corona del Mar (13-5), Sunset League At-Large Entry 

3. Dos Pueblos (12-1), Channel League Champion 

4. Royal (9-2), Freelance Entry 

AT-LARGE ENTRY: Peninsula (Bay), 6-6; Murrieta Valley (Southwestern), 8-8; Mira Costa (Bay), 9-6.

There is one wild card match on Wednesday, May 26 involving an OC team: Corona del Mar at Mira Costa.

First round match-ups on Saturday, May 29 include El Toro at Canyon, Valencia at Dos Pueblos and Woodbridge at El Segundo,

DIVISION 3 (16-Team Bracket, 10 Entries) 

SEEDED TEAMS 

1. Village Christian (9-4), Freelance Entry  

2. Vista Murrieta (10-8), Southwestern League Co-Runner-Up 

3. Portola (5-0), Pacific Coast League No. 3 Entry 

4. Mission Viejo (10-1), Sea View League Champion 

AT-LARGE ENTRY: None. 

FREELANCE: Poly/Riverside, 6-6.

Segerstrom, Mission Viejo and Portola all have first round byes. Segerstrom will face Mission Viejo and Portola will host Norco in the quarterfinals Saturday, May 29.

Source: CIF Southern Section