Girls volleyball: Tars, CdM earn seeds

Holding true to form from the latest CIF Southern Section

divisional polls, Newport Harbor High is seeded No. 2 in Division II-AA

and Corona del Mar is seeded No. 3 in Division III-A, in girls volleyball

playoff pairings released Sunday.

Coach Dan Glenn’s Sailors (18-9), co-champions of the Sea View League,

receive a first-round bye Tuesday and will host the winner of Tuesday’s

Hemet-Norco match in Thursday’s 7 p.m. second round.

CdM (17-6), the runner-up from the Pacific Coast League, hosts Desert

Hot Springs, the No. 3 representative from the Desert Valley League, in

Thursday’s first round.

If successful, Newport would likely meet Buena in Saturday’s

quarterfinal, with No. 3-seeded Westlake potentially looming in a Nov. 13

semifinal.

CdM, if victorious Thursday, would face Mission Valley League champion

Gabrielino, or Nordhoff, the No. 3 team from the Frontier League, in

Saturday’s second round.

The finals in both divisions will be held either Nov. 16 of 17 at

Cypress College.

Mira Costa is the No. 1 seed in Division II-AA, while Harvard-Westlake

and Bishop Montgomery are seeded Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in Division

III-A.

CdM lost to Bishop Montgomery in last year’s III-AA semifinals, while

Harbor was eliminated in the I-A quarterfinals by Huntington Beach last

fall.