Section sends 14 volleyball teams to CIF SoCal Regionals
The Central Section will send 14 girls volleyball teams into the Southern California Regionals as part of the expanded CIF State playoffs.
Section Division I champion Liberty-Bakersfield will play in the first Open Division bracket, where the eighth-seeded Patriots (25-7) will play at No. 1 Santa Margarita (31-4) at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Division’s I, II, III, IV and V are set to open at 7 p.m. Wednesday, with section D-I runner-up Clovis West and semifinalists Central and Clovis making the SoCal Regional’s 16-team bracket.
The No. 7 Golden Eagles (34-10) are hosting No. 10 Beckman-Irvine (25-12); while the No. 13 Grizzlies (33-11) are at No. 4 Ventura (34-2) and the No. 13 Cougars (34-10) are at Lakewood (30-5).
In D-II, section champ and ninth-seeded Garces (22-10) is at No. 8 Sierra Canyon-Chatsworth (30-3), while No. 13 Exeter plays at No. 4 Glendora (24-8).
Section champ Bakersfield Christian (34-1) drew the top seed in D-III and will host No. 16 Santa Ynez (21-2), while No. 5 Mission Oak (29-8) hosts No. 12 Woodcrest Christian-Riverside (17-10).
In D-IV, section champ Minarets (28-7) plays at No. 6 Ontario Christian (20-6), No. 13 Sierra (27-5) is at Loma Linda Academy (23-4) and No. 14 Taft (27-6-3) plays at No. 3 Notre Dame-Riverside (27-10).
And in D-V, section champ Immanuel (23-15) hosts Poly-Sun Valley (20-6-2), No. 6 Frazier Mountain (30-4) hosts No. 11 Lake Arrowhead Christian (22-9-1) and No. 14 California City (18-9-4) is at Upland Christian Academy (24-6).
Girls tennis – Section Division I champion Clovis North will face Harvard Westlake-Studio City in the opening round of the CIF Southern California Regional girls tennis championships.
The Broncos and Wolverines are set to play at 10:45 a.m. Friday at the Claremont Club in Claremont.
The winner advances to the semifinals at 1:45 and the final is set for 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Nick Giannandrea: 559-441-6103, @NickG_FB
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONALS
OPEN DIVISION
7 p.m., Nov. 17
No. 8 Liberty-Bakersfield at No 1 Santa Margarita
DIVISION I
7 p.m., Nov. 16
No. 10 Beckman-Irvine at No. 7 Clovis West
No. 13 Central at No. 4 Ventura
No. 14 Clovis at No. 3 Lakewood
DIVISION II
7 p.m., Nov. 16
No. 9 Garces at No. 8 Sierra Canyon-Chatsworth
No. 13 Exeter at No. 4 Glendora
DIVISION III
7 p.m., Nov. 16
No. 16 Santa Ynez at No. 1 Bakersfield Christian
No. 12 Woodcrest Christian-Riverside at No. 5 Mission Oak
DIVISION IV
7 p.m., Nov. 16
No. 11 Minarets at No. 6 Ontario Christian
No. 13 Sierra at No. 4 Loma Linda Academy
No. 14 Taft at No. 3 Notre Dame-Riverside
DIVISION V
7 p.m., Nov. 16
No. 12 Poly-Sun Valley at No. 5 Immauel
No. 11 Lake Arrowhead Christian at No. 6 Frazier Mountain
No. 14 California City at No. 3 Upland Christian Academy
GIRLS TENNIS
CIF SOUTHERN CALIFIRNIA REGIONALS
At The Claremont Club
10:45 a.m., Nov. 18
Clovis North vs. Harvard Westlake-Studio City
This story was originally published November 13, 2016 at 2:56 PM with the headline "Section sends 14 volleyball teams to CIF SoCal Regionals."