Nineteen local girls volleyball teams will compete in the CIF-Southern Section playoffs after the pairings for the 11 divisions were announced on Friday, Oct. 16.
Leading the way is Oaks Christian, which won its sixth straight Marmonte League title and was placed in the top division. The fourth-seeded Lions (25-2) will compete in Pool A of the eight-team Division 1 and will open the three-match, round-robin tournament with a home match against Santa Margarita on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Oaks Christian will host Harvard-Westlake on Tuesday, Oct. 27, and visit top-seeded Mater Dei on Saturday, Oct. 31.
Coastal Canyon League champion Oak Park (23-9) will open the Division 3 playoffs on the road against Freeway League champion Foothill on Wednesday, Oct.
21. Newbury Park (30-9), which finished second in the Marmonte League, will host Santiago Christian and Marmonte third-place finisher Thousand Oaks (25-9) will host Saugus.
After winning a share of the Channel League title, Ventura (12-6) will try to reach the Division 4 final for the second straight season. The Cougars (12-6), who lost in five sets to La Canada in the 2025 title match, will host Oak Hills on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Royal (16-7), which finished second in the Coastal Canyon League, will host Xavier Prep.
Moorpark (12-11), which finished third in the Coastal Canyon League, will play at Canyon-Canyon Country in a Division 5 first-round match on Wednesday, Oct. 21.
St. Bonaventure (18-5), which finished second in the Tri-Valley League, will host Woodbridge and Oxnard (13-16), which finished third in the Channel League, will travel to Yucaipa in Division 6 first-round matches on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Citrus Coast League champion Nordhoff (19-6) will host Trinity Classical Academy and Tri-Valley league runner-up and second-seeded Foothill Tech will host St. Genevieve in Division 7 first-round matches on Wednesday, Oct. 21.
Pacifica (16-6), which tied for second in the reborn Pacific View League, will host San Gorgonio and Rio Mesa (12-16), which tied the Tritons for second, will host Orange Vista in Division 8 first-round matches on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Santa Paula (10-15), which finished third in the Citrus Coast League, will play at Rancho Mirage in a Division 9 first-round match on Wednesday, Oct. 21.
Beacon Hill (11-8), which finished third in the Omega League, will host Orange in a Division 10 first-round match on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
In Division 11 first-round matches on Wednesday, Oct. 21, Frontier League champion Santa Clara (8-13) will host EF Academy, Thacher (6-11, 2nd in Frontier) will play at Pacifica Lutheran, Grace (6-9, 3rd in Frontier) will host Shalhevet, and Newbury Park Adventist (6-6, 5th in Omega) will host Norton Science/Language Academy.
This article originally appeared on Ventura County Star: Girls volleyball teams learn who they will play in CIF-SS playoffs
