The San Diego Section girls volleyball playoffs started up Tuesday and Wednesday with first-round play in six divisions for 13 local South County schools.
Teams earning seeds in this year’s seven-division postseason field included Metro-Mesa League champion Eastlake (No. 2 in Division I), Metro-Mesa League runner-up Otay Ranch (No. 5 in Division I), Mater Dei Catholic (No. 13 in Division II), Chula Vista Learning Community Charter (No. 8 in Division III), Metro-South Bay League champion Olympian (No. 11 in Division III), Sweetwater (No. 8 in Division IV), Montgomery (No. 13 in Division IV), Mar Vista (No. 15 in Division IV), Metro-Pacific League champion Southwest (No. 1 in Division V), Metro-Pacific League runner-up San Ysidro (No. 3 in Division V), Castle Park (No. 8 in Division V), Chula Vista (No. 10 in Division V) and San Diego Academy (No. 10 in Division V-AA).
Eastlake (3-0 over No. 15 Vista) and Otay Ranch (3-0 over No. 12 La Jolla) both emerged with wins in Tuesday’s opening round in Division I while Olympian upset sixth-seeded Escondido 25-21, 25-22, 10-25, 25-18 in Division III. CVLCC dropped a 3-0 sweep at No. 9 West Hills 25-14, 25-19, 25-23 while San Diego Academy (4-17) ended its season with a 3-0 loss at seventh-seeded Borrego Springs (10-15) in Division V-AA.
The Lady Titans (23-11) won 25-13, 25-15, 25-12 while the Lady Mustangs (21-10) swept by scores of 25-18, 25-17, 25-9.
Olympian improved to 15-20 with the 3-1 playoff win (25-212, 25-22, 10-25, 25-18) at Escondido.
In quarterfinal games on Friday, Eastlake will host 10th-seeded Pacific Ridge (18-18) while Otay Ranch will play at fourth-seeded El Capitan (18-11). Pacific Ridge upset seventh-seeded Carlsbad (19-12) 25-19, 21-25, 26-24, 18-25, 15-11 to extend its season while the Lady Vaqueros (8-0 in Grossmont Hills League play) eliminated 13th-seeded Santa Fe Christian (9-18) in a sweep 25-23, 25-21, 25-18.
In opening-round match-ups on Wednesday, Castle Park defeated No. 9 Palo Verde Valley, 3-2, in a marathon five-setter 22-25, 25-16, 12-25, 28-26, 15-11 while High Tech High Chula Vista swept No. 11 Morse 3-0.
In road match-ups:
Mater Dei Catholic upset No. 4 Rancho Buena Vista 25-16, 25-13, 25-13 while Sweetwater swept No. 9 Liberty Charter 25-12, 25-11, 25-21. Montgomery lost 3-1 (19-25, 25-15, 25-12, 25-21) at No. 4 Canyon Hills while Mar Vista fell 25-10, 25-28, 25-18 in a sweep at No. 2 High Tech High Mesa). Chula Vista lost 3-1 (25-18, 25-18, 22-25, 25-12) at No. 7 O’Farrell Charter.
Southwest and San Ysidro both received byes to Saturday’s Division V quarterfinals. Southwest (13-16) will host Castle Park (14-17) and while San Ysidro (20-13) will host High Tech High Chula Vista (17-16).
Mater Dei Catholic (20-14) will play at No. 5 University City (21-8) in Saturday’s quarterfinals while Sweetwater 16-16) will play at No. 1 Lincoln (24-7).
Fall Sports — San Diego Section Power Rankings
Boys Water Polo
Division I: 1. Cathedral Catholic (20-6), 2. La Jolla (18-6), 3. Santana (23-4), 4. Bishop’s (15-10), 5. Torrey Pines (19-7), 6. Canyon Crest Academy (19-6), 7. Carlsbad (1907), 8. Eastlake (22-5), 9. Poway (17-8), 10. Valhalla (14-9), 11. Pt. Loma (17-9), 12. Classical Academy (12-8), 13. San Dieguito Academy (15-9), 14. Patrick Henry (12-9), 15. Helix (14-12), 16. Coronado (6-9), 17. Clairemont (9-14), 18. Mt. Carmel (10-11), 19. Vista (7-17), 20. Rancho Bernardo (6-19)
Division II: 1. La Costa Canyon (16-9), 2. Granite Hills (16-11), 3. Oceanside (14-12), 4. Westview (9-12), 5. Francis Parker (14-12), 6. Steele Canyon (20-7), 7. Mission Bay (14-11), 8. High Tech High San Diego (14-9), 9. San Marcos (9-11), 10. La Jolla Country Day (10-12), 11. El Capitan (15-11), 12. Grossmont (5-18), 13. Del Norte (10-15), 14. Bonita Vista (10-12), 15. El Camino (7-9), 16. Ramona (10-16), 17. Olympian (7-13), 18. Mar Vista (9-12), 19. Pacific Ridge (4-14), 20. Mira Mesa (5-11)
Division III: 1. San Pasqual (17-5), 2. University City (18-9), 3. Hilltop (15-6), 4. Rancho Buena Vista (13-4), 5. Mission Hills (12-6), 6. Scripps Ranch (10-7), 7. West Hills (13-13), 8. Southwest San Diego ((9-4), 9. Montgomery (7-4), 10. Otay Ranch (11-12), 11. Sweetwater (2-2), 12. Army-Navy Academy (8-7), 13. Fallbrook (9-17), 14. Mater Dei Catholic (8-16), 15. Monte Vista (9-18), 16. Valley Center (6-13), 17. CVLCC (6-10), 18. Santa Fe Christian (4-12), 19. Canyon Hills (3-14), 20. Escondido (4-15), 21. Mt. Miguel (2-18), 22. San Ysidro (2-12), 23. Chula Vista (0-11)
Girls Field Hockey
Division I: 1. Bishop’s (20-1), 2. La Jolla (12-5), 3. Cathedral Catholic (16-5), 4. Canyon Hills (15-7), 5. Scripps Ranch (14-8), 6. Torrey Pines (16-6-1), 7. La Costa Canyon (12-6-2), 8. La Jolla Country Day (17-4), 9. Rancho Bernardo (12-6-2), 10. Canyon Crest Academy (10-12), 11. San Marcos (10-10-2), 12. Poway (9-10), 13. Clairemont (12-6), 14. Mt. Carmel (6-10), 15. Mission Vista (13-8-2), 16. Del Norte (5-13), 17. University City (3-13-3), 18. Fallbrook (8-12), 19. San Pasqual (2-14), 20. Valley Center (3-11)
Division II: 1. San Dieguito Academy (17-1), 2. Mission Bay (10-4), 3. Eastlake (18-2), 4. Olympian (10-2), 5. Rancho Buena Vista (10-9), 6. Westview (10-6). 7. Mission Hills (14-6-1), 8. Pt. Loma (8-8), 9. Bonita Vista (10-6), 10. Mira Mesa (4-13), 11. Sage Creek (8-13-1), 12. Helix (4-13-1), 13. Patrick Henry (3-10), 14. Escondido (8-14), 15. El Capitan (7-7), 16. Otay Ranch (4-9), 17. Hilltop (2-11), 18. Granite Hills (3-7), 19. Vista (0-16-1), 20. Castle Park (2-13), 21. Southwest San Diego (0-5)
