Sierra Canyon received its second Southern Part Division 1 ladies’ 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 School.
The Trailblazers (39-3) are seeded No. 1 within the Open Division of the CIF SoCal Regional match and host No. 8 Mira Costa within the first spherical Wednesday. The state playoffs wrap up Nov. 22 at Santiago School.
Coached by Stefanie Wigfall and led by junior hitters Hannah McGinest and Eva Jeffries, Missouri-bound setter Fortunate 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 faculties 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 in opposition to the third-seeded Monarchs (31-5) in Saturday’s remaining. Mater Dei was making an attempt to develop into the primary college to win three straight Southern Part 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 underneath first-year coach Chandler Gibb. Star outdoors hitter Eire Actual had 29 kills to guide the Eagles (24-10), who misplaced to Palos Verdes within the semifinals in the identical division final yr.
