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.
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