The CIF Southern Section Playoff pairings for the sport of girls’ team tennis were announced at the CIF Southern Section headquarters last week with 169 teams being assigned post-season contests. Action kicked off with wildcard round matches Tuesday, Oct. 31. First round matches in all divisions got underway Wednesday, Nov. 1, culminating with the six divisional finals at home sites, Friday, Nov, 10.
Liberty (19-2) earned the No. 1 seed in Division 6 after capturing the Mountain Pass League title and defeated Knight (6-7) in opening round action. The Bison were the only local team to catch a seeding. The top three Southwestern League teams all opened up with first round victories as well, with six of the nine area teams all advancing to the second round.
With the semifinals taking place Wednesday, Nov. 8, Liberty was the only local team left in the hunt, and they prevailed over Western Christian 11-7. The Bison punched their ticket to the finals Friday, Nov. 10, in Claremont, where they fell to Woodcrest Christian, 11-7. A complete recap of the road each local team took is posted here:
CIF SOUTHERN SECTION GIRLS TENNIS PLAYOFFS
Division 1
No local teams
Division 2
First Round
Temecula Valley – 10, Troy – 8
Vista Murrieta – 10, Sunny Hills – 8
Great Oak – 14, Capistrano Valley – 4
Placentia Valencia – 10, Temescal Canyon – 8
Second Round
Temecula Valley – 10, Cypress – 8
Santa Barbara – 10, Vista Murrieta – 8
Calabasas – 13, Great Oak – 5
Quarterfinals
Laguna Beach – 12, Temecula Valley – 5
Division Three
No local teams
Division Four
Mayfair – 14, Paloma Valley – 4
Division Five
Century – 12, Tahquitz – 6
Citrus Hill – 10, Lancaster – 8
Second Round
Citrus Hill – 10, Marshall – 8
Quarterfinals
Citrus Hill – 9, Valley Christian – 9
In games it was tied 66-66. Tie breaker was used and VC won 11-7.
Division Six
Liberty – 15, Knight – 3
Linfield Christian – 14, Edgewood – 4
Second Round
Liberty – 12, Bishop Diego – 6
Linfield – 12, Rubidoux – 6
Quarterfinals
Liberty – 11, Linfield – 7
Semifinals
Liberty – 11, Western Christian – 7
Finals
Woodcrest Christian – 11, Liberty – 7
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