Mater Dei, Tustin, Garden Grove and San Juan Hills begin pursuit of CIF titles

The CIF girls volleyball playoffs begin on Thursday night and Trinity League champion Mater Dei (27-4) is seeded third in Division 1 behind No. 1 Redondo Union (35-3) and No. 2 Marymount (30-3-1). Mater Dei (27-4) has an opening round bye. Sierra Canyon (32-3) is seeded fourth.

San Juan Hills, the South Coast League runner-up, is seeded No. 2 in Division 2 behind top seed Village Christian. Santa Margarita, the Trinity League runner-up, is seeded fourth in the division.

Tustin, the Empire League runner-up, is seeded No. 1 in Division 5. The Tillers coached by Joanna Lane, are aiming for their first CIF crown in girls volleyball.

Calvary Chapel of Santa Ana, the Orange Coast League champion, is seeded No. 2 in Division 4.

There are two Orange County teams seeded in Division 7. Garden Grove, the Golden West League champion, is seeded first and Orange League champion Anaheim is seeded second.

Matches are scheduled to start at 6 p.m., but could be changed if the schools involved agree.

Thursday’s matches include:

Division 1

Long Beach Poly at Aliso Niguel

Huntington Beach at Foothill

Mira Costa at Laguna Beach

Corona del Mar at Vista Murrieta

Division 2

Orange Lutheran at Village Christian

Edison at Rancho Cucamonga

Dana Hills at Beckman

Los Alamitos at Hart

Trabuco Hills at Tesoro

Santiago Corona at Santa Margarita

Glendora at Esperanza

Temeuca Valley at Cypress

Woodbridge at San Clemente

St. Lucy’s at San Juan Hills

Division 3

Long Beach Wilson at Villa Park

Mission Viejo at Citrus Valley

University at Marlborough

Fountain Valley at St. Margaret’s

Division 4

Sunny Hills at St. Anthony

El Modena at Saddleback Valley Christian

Mayfield at Calvary Chapel Santa Ana

Division 5

Diamond Bar at Tustin

JW North at Costa Mesa

Troy at Ocean View

Division 6

Century at San Dimas

Division 7

Wild card winner at Garden Grove

Wild card winner at Anaheim

Pacifica Christian at Holy Christian

Bolsa Grande at South El Monte

Grand Terrace at Loara

The second round will on Saturday. The championship finals will be held on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Cerritos College and designated host sites.

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