Thirteen South County teams qualified for this year’s San Diego Section girls volleyball playoffs, including nine from the Metro Conference.
This year’s girls volleyball playoffs feature six divisions: Division I, Division II, Division III, Division IV, Division V and the Open Division.
Sixteen teams are seeded in Division I, Division II, Division III and Division IV. Twelve teams are seeded in Division V while eight teams are seeded in the Open Division.
Mesa League champion Eastlake (32-8) received the No. 2 seed in the Open Division and will open quarterfinal play on Saturday against seventh-seeded Westview (20-16). The winner advances to Wednesday’s semifinals.
Cathedral Catholic (30-4) is seeded first in the Open Division playoffs while La Costa Canyon (28-11) is seeded third.
Mesa League runner-up Otay Ranch received the No. 2 seed among Division II teams while Olympian was seeded third in the same division.
Bonita Vista was seeded No. 2 among Division III teams.
Otay Ranch swept 15th-seeded Helix 3-0 by scores of 25-15, 25-16, 25-19 in Tuesday’s opening round.
Olympian defeated 14th-seeded Vista 3-1 by scores of 23-25, 25-15, 25-21, 25-22 also on Tuesday.
Mater Dei Catholic received the No. 5 seed in Division II and defeated 12th-seeded Mission Vista 3-0 in a sweep.
In Division II quarterfinal matches on Friday, Otay Ranch (32-7) will host seventh-seeded Classical Academy (20-9) while Olympian (22-5) will host sixth-seeded Rancho Buena Vista (16-9).
Mater Dei Catholic (22-12) will play at fourth-seeded San Dieguito Academy (26-8).
Winners advance to Tuesday’s semifinal round.
Otay Ranch (8-2 in league) finished runner-up to Eastlake (10-0) in the Mesa League standings while Olympian (6-4 in league) was third. Mater Dei Catholic (3-7 in league) finished fourth in the Mesa League standings while Bonita Vista (2-8 in league) was fifth. Montgomery (1-9 in league) finished sixth.
Bonita Vista (22-12) dispatched 15th-seeded Canyon Hills (13-16) by a 3-1 score in Wednesday’s opening round to advance to Saturday’s quarterfinals against seventh-seeded Coronado (17-16).
Coronado eliminated 10th-seeded high Tech High Chula Vista (16-10) by a 3-1 score.
Montgomery (9-20) received the No. 13 seed in Division III and opened at fourth-seeded Fallbrook, ending its season as the Warriors improved to 19-11 with a three-game sweep 25-14, 25-17, 25-18.
Frontier-Summit League champion Chula Vista Learning Community Charter, seeded eighth, ended its season with a 3-1 setback to ninth-seeded Mira Mesa in Wednesday’s opening round. The Bruins bowed out by game scores of 25-21, 20-25, 25-21, 25-17 in the Marauders’ favor.
Eighth-seeded Hilltop defeated ninth-seeded Monte Vista 25-20, 22-25, 25-11, 25-10 in Tuesday’s opening round of the Division IV playoffs to advance to Friday’s quarterfinals at top-seeded Holtville (26-5). The South Bay league runner-up Lancers take a 16-17 record into the elimination match.
South Bay League champion Southwest received the No. 6 seed in the Division IV playoffs but suffered a 3-2 home court loss to 11th-seeded Clairemont on Tuesday. The Raiders (12-1 in league) ended their season 16-14 overall.
Hilltop and Mar Vista finished with 9-3 league records, followed by San Ysidro at 5-7, Chula Vista and Sweetwater at 4-8 and Castle Park at 0-13.
San Ysidro (10-19) received the No. 16 seed in the Division IV playoffs, bowing 25-8, 25-5, 25-4 to Holtville in Tuesday’s opening round.
Chula Vista (10-17) received the No. 9 seed in the Division V playoffs and dropped a highly competitive opening round match 3-2 to eighth-seeded Madison (14-10) on Tuesday. The host Warhawks won 25-21, 25-20, 23-25,25-21, 15-10.
Victory Christian Academy (9-12) upset the seventh-seeded Monarch Royals (11-11) by a score of 3-1 to advance to Friday’s quarterfinals against second-seeded Del Lago Academy (20-2).
The Division I and Division III quarterfinals are scheduled Saturday, followed by semifinals on Nov. 3. The Division I, Division II and Division III championship games are slated for Nov. 6 at Cathedral Catholic High School.
The Division IV and Division V quarterfinals are scheduled Friday, followed by the semifinals on Nov. 2, and championship games Nov. 5 at Canyon Crest Academy.
