No. 1 seed Torrey Pines, Santa Fe Christian reach Saturday’s CIF volleyball finals (by Ken Grosse)

Post date: Nov 3, 2018 5:14:59 PM

Two defending CIF girls volleyball champions—Torrey Pines in the Open Division and Santa Fe Christian in Division I—are returning to the finals and will be looking to go back-to-back this Saturday, Nov. 3, when the 2018 Championship Finals are hosted at Cathedral Catholic High School. Both are seeded No. 1.

Coach Brennan Dean’s Torrey Pines squad, 31-3 on the season, will meet No. 2 seed Cathedral Catholic (28-6) for the third time in the contest for the Open title. First serve is set for 6:15 p.m. The teams split two encounters earlier this year but Dean doesn’t know how much should be drawn from that pair when evaluating Saturday’s rubber match.

“This will be the first time we’ve played each other with full rosters,” he said. “We defeated them when they didn’t have everyone available and they did the same to us. We’re expecting a very tough match.” (more)