Regardless of being denied a three-peat within the Southern Part Division 1 playoffs, the Mater Dei Excessive ladies volleyball workforce nonetheless ended the season a champion — and ranked No. 1 in California.
The Monarchs (35-5) captured their second Open Division state title in three years and their third total with a 25-13, 25-22, 25-18 sweep of Rocklin on Saturday evening at Santiago Canyon School.
Getting 31 kills from USC signee Layli Ostavar and 43 assists from Cal State Bakersfield-bound setter Sam Capinpin, Mater Dei closed out the Sac-Joaquin Part Division 2 winners with a 13-6 run within the third set.
Dan O’Dell’s squad gained 20 of its final 21 matches — its solely blemish being a four-set defeat to Sierra Canyon within the CIF-SS ultimate.
Earlier Saturday, Cypress made probably the most of its first state finals look by sweeping Clovis West, 25-20, 25-23, 25-22, to win the Division II title beneath head coach Alex Griffiths.
Isabella Faro had 14 kills and fellow senior Hannah Schoffstall dished out 30 for the Centurions (25-10), who swept Santa Ana Foothill on November 6 within the CIF-SS Division 3 ultimate.
It was redemption for Cypress, which had misplaced to Bishop Diego within the CIF-SS Division 3 semifinals and to Lengthy Seashore Poly within the first spherical of the Division II regionals final season.
On Friday, Harvard-Westlake earned its sixth title and first since 2021 with a 25-22, 25-14, 25-17 victory over Roseville Woodcreek within the Division I championship match.
Kylie Parker pounded 14 kills and dug 15 balls, Sophia Cotter had 11 kills and senior center blockers Lauryn Lewis (dedicated to Penn) and Maya Stillwell (dedicated to Northwestern) managed the web for the Wolverines (28-8), who completed third within the Mission League behind Sierra Canyon and Marymount and misplaced to Mater Dei within the Southern Part Division 1 quarterfinals, a outstanding turnaround for a workforce that had a dropping file and missed the playoffs final yr.
Coach Morgan Wijay returned to this system in January after a decade-long stint at Bishop Alemany, the place she guided the Warriors to back-to-back CIF titles in 2021 and 2022. Wijay was on Adam Black’s workers again in 2007 when Harvard-Westlake gained the Division III state title.
