Fifteen South County teams qualified for this year’s San Diego Section girls volleyball playoffs.
Nine have advanced to the quarterfinal round.
In Tuesday’s opening round of the Division I playoffs:
- Mesa League champion Eastlake (21-17) defeated 10th-seeded San Marcos (20-19) in a five-game thriller 20-25, 25-17, 19-25, 25-18, 15-6. The seventh-seeded Titans play at second-seeded Ramona (22-10) in Friday’s quarterfinals.
- Twelfth-seeded Otay Ranch (22-13) bowed out in three straight games to fifth-seeded Point Loma (17-15) by scores of 25-16, 25-16, 25-21.
- Thirteenth-seeded Olympian (15-16) fell to fourth-seeded La Jolla Country Day (21-14) in four games 21-25, 25-17, 25-12, 25-15.
In Tuesday’s opening round of the Division III playoffs:
- Third-seeded Mater Dei Catholic (24-9) swept 14th-seeded Mira Mesa (11-16) by scores of 25-21, 25-12, 25-18. The Crusaders play at sixth-seeded San Pasqual (20-21) in Friday’s quarterfinals.
- Seventh-seeded Montgomery (16-19) eliminated 10th-seeded Coronado (9-19) in four games to advance to Friday’s quarterfinals at second-seeded El Camino (27-9).
Fourth-seeded Southwest El Centro (26-11) eliminated 13th-seeded Mar Vista (11-17) in five games 26-24, 22-25, 25-15, 19-25, 15-8.
Five local teams played in Wednesday’s opening round of the Division IV playoffs:
- South Bay League champion Hilltop, seeded second, swept 15th-seeded Calipatria 25-7, 25-16, 25-17. The Lancers (27-7) host 10th-seeded High Tech High Chula Vista (16-10-1) in Saturday’s quarterfinals after the Bruins topped seventh-seeded Orange Glen (14-7) in three games in Wednesday’s opening round.
- Fifth-seeded Ocean View Christian Academy (16-1) eliminated 12th-seeded Holtville (11-16) in four games 21-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-10 to advance to meet fourth-seeded Horizon Prep in Saturday’s quarterfinals.
- Third-seeded West Shores (11-1) defeated 14th-seeded Castle Park (13-19) 25-17, 25-16, 25-16.
- Top-seeded High Tech High San Diego (19-18) edged 16th-seeded Sweetwater (11-18) in five games 19-25, 25-16, 25-23, 24-26, 15-8.
Four area teams qualified for the Division V playoffs, with Southwest (18-7) receiving the No. 1 seed and San Ysidro (14-12) receiving the No. 4 seed.
- In a pair of quarterfinal match-ups on Saturday, Southwest will host eighth-seeded Bonsall (14-9) while San Ysidro will host fifth-seeded Monte Vista (16-11).
- Tenth-seeded Bayfront Charter (13-12) upset seventh-seeded Calvary Christian Academy (12-15) in five games in Wednesday’s opening round match at San Diego Academy to advance to Saturday’s quarterfinal round at second-seeded O’Farrell Charter (14-17-1).
All quarterfinal games start at 5 p.m.
For updated playoff brackets, visit the website at www.cifsds.org.
