Sierra Canyon received its second Southern Section Division 1 women’ volleyball title in 4 years Saturday evening and ended Mater Dei’s bid for a three-peat with a 23-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-21 victory at Cerritos College.
The Trailblazers (39-3) are anticipated to be seeded No. 1 within the Open Division when CIF SoCal Regional brackets are launched Sunday afternoon. The state playoffs are set to start Tuesday and wrap up Nov. 22 at Santiago College.
Coached by Stefanie Wigfall and led by junior hitters Hannah McGinest and Eva Jeffries, Missouri-bound setter Lucky Fasavalu, Nebraska-bound center blocker Kendall Omoruyi and hitter McKenna McIntosh (dedicated to USC), Sierra Canyon is on a 17-match win streak. Its solely two losses to California colleges got here in out of state tournaments to Marymount and Redondo Union early within the season and the Trailblazers avenged each in best-of-five matches.
McIntosh and Omoruyi had 13 kills apiece towards the third-seeded Monarchs (31-5) in Saturday’s ultimate. Mater Dei was attempting to develop into the primary college to win three straight Southern Section titles within the highest playoff division since Newport Harbor from 1997 to 1999.
Santa Margarita outlasted West Ranch, 26-28, 25-21, 25-23, 13-25, 15-11 to win the Division 2 title Saturday beneath first-year coach Chandler Gibb. Star exterior hitter Ireland Real had 29 kills to guide the Eagles (24-10), who misplaced to Palos Verdes within the semifinals in the identical division final 12 months.
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