CIF Southern Section 2023 girls volleyball playoff brackets: Scores, matchups, game times

Sierra Canyon is the defending Division 1 champion, but Mater Dei and Mira Costa are the top two sees: More than 250 teams begin postseason play next week

Mitch Stephens, SBLive Sports | Oct 14, 2023

The brackets for the nine-division 2023 CIF-Southern Section girls volleyball playoffs have been finalized.

First-round games in Division 2-9 begin Thursday, a day after Division 1 round-robin play starts on Wednesday. All semifinal matches will be held Oct. 28 with championship matches either Nov. 3-4.

Division 1 features the top eight teams overall, which participate in two four-team brackets. The rest of the Division feature 32-team brackets other than D2 (30 teams), D8 (26) and D9 (22). There are wildcard matches to enter the tournament in Divisions 6, 7, 8 and 9.

Hard-hitting action earlier this season when top seed Mater Dei (red) knocked off Mira Costa, 25-21, 25-21, 21-19 / Photo: Heston Quan

In all there are more than 250 teams who have qualified for either pool, bracket or wild-card play.

Top seeds for each divisions are Mater Dei (D1), Oaks Christian (D2), Beckman (D3), West Ranch (D4), Ventura (D5), Sacred Heart Los Angeles (D6), Pacific Christian/Santa Monica (D7), Temecula Prep (D8) and Rosemead (D9).

Defending champions are Sierra Canyon (D1), Vista Murrieta (D2), Alemany (D3), Saugus (D4), Buckley (D5), Arrowhead Christian (D6), Nordhoff (D7), United Christian Academy (D8) and Excelsior Charter (D9).

(The eight Division 1 selections via seeds, their schedules, including pool play)

1. Mater Dei

2. Mira Costa

3. Huntington Beach

4. Sierra Canyon

5. Marymount

6. Alemany

7. Los Alamitos

8. Palos Verdes

(The CIF-SS playoff brackets with matchups and game times)

2023 CIF-Souther Section Girls Volleyball Brackets Division 2

2023 CIF-Souther Section Girls Volleyball Brackets Division 3

2023 CIF-Souther Section Girls Volleyball Brackets Division 4

2023 CIF-Souther Section Girls Volleyball Brackets Division 5

2023 CIF-Souther Section Girls Volleyball Brackets Division 6

2023 CIF-Souther Section Girls Volleyball Brackets Division 7

2023 CIF-Souther Section Girls Volleyball Brackets Division 8

2023 CIF-Souther Section Girls Volleyball Brackets Division 9

Published Oct 14, 2023

MITCH STEPHENS, SBLIVE SPORTS

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.