Only the California state playoffs will have an effect on the final MaxPreps Xcellent 25 Volleyball National Rankings, but there could be quite a few changes based on what has happened so far in the state regional playoffs.
The regional playoffs began last week with Redlands East Valley knocking off No. 1 seed La Costa Canyon in the first round of the Southern California regional. Redlands East Valley then promptly lost to Redondo Union, which will meet No. 2 seed Long Beach Poly in the finals tonight for a berth in Saturday's state championship match.
La Costa Canyon's loss had to drop the No. 8 Mavericks in the state rankings, but the question was how far. The Mavericks placed second at Durango (to Harvard-Westlake, which made an early exit from the Southern Section playoffs) and they placed second at the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions. La Costa Canyon also had two wins over La Jolla Country Day, which was ranked No. 14 last week.
Meanwhile Redondo Union had to move up from its No. 41 spot since it defeated Redlands East Valley, a team that had defeated La Costa Canyon. The only reason REV did not enter the rankings is because it had lost the previous week to Marymount in the Southern Section 1A finals and Marymount was ranked No. 46.
Lara Dykstra, Redondo Union
Photo by Heston Quan
Then there was the problem of ranking Presentation of San Jose and St. Francis. Presentation had defeated La Costa Canyon, but lost to La Jolla Country Day. It had also defeated Redondo at the Archbishop Mitty Tournament. St. Francis, meanwhile, had recently defeated Presentation for the Central Coast Section title.
The decision was to move St. Francis to No. 18, followed by Redondo Union, La Costa Canyon, La Jolla Country Day and Presentation. All but La Costa Canyon are still alive in the postseason as of tonight, although St. Francis and Presentation meet in the NorCal Division II finals.
Following is a look at this week's MaxPreps Xcellent 25 Volleyball National Rankings, presented by the Army National Guard:
MAXPREPS XCELLENT 25 VOLLEYBALL NATIONAL RANKINGS
1. (1) Papillion-LaVista South (Papillion, Neb.), 41-0
Nebraska Class A state champions. Season over.
2. (2) Muncie Burris (Ind.), 39-0
Indiana Class 2A state champions. Season over.
3. (3) Pope (Marietta, Ga.), 54-1
Georgia Class 4A state champions. Season over.
4. (4) St. James Academy (Lenexa, Kan.), 44-1
Kansas Class 4A state champions. Season over.
5. (5) Lyons (LaGrange, Ill.), 41-1
Illinois Class 4A state champions. Season over.
6. (6) Cary-Grove (Cary, Ill.), 41-1
Illinois Class 4A state runner-up. Season over.
7. (7) Assumption (Louisville, Ky.), 39-4
Kentucky state champions. Season over.
8. (9) Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.), 38-4
Kansas 5A state champions. Season over.
9. (10) Mercy (Louisville, Ky.), 35-6
Kentucky state runner-up. Season over.
10. (11) Berkeley Prep (Tampa, Fla.), 30-2
Florida 3A state champions. Season over.
11. (12) Long Beach Poly (Calif.), 38-2
Advanced to the Southern California Regional Division I championship game after defeating Clovis West 3-0 and Marymount 3-0.
12. (13) Lovejoy (Lucas, Texas), 46-3
Texas Class 3A state champions. Season over.
13. (15) Apex (N.C.), 26-0
North Carolina 4A state champions. Season over.
14. (16) Lakeville North (Minn.), 30-1
Minnesota Class 3A state champions. Season over.
15. (17) St. Ursula Academy (Toledo, Ohio), 28-1
Ohio Division I state champions. Season over.
16. (18) Lake Travis (Austin, Texas), 49-3
Texas 4A state champions. Season over.
17. (19) Hebron (Carrollton, Texas), 44-7
Texas 5A state champions. Season over.
18. (34) St. Francis (Mountain View, Calif.), 33-5
Advanced to the Northern California Regional championship match with a 3-0 win over Chico and a 3-0 win over Rocklin. Will face Presentation (San Jose) tonight.
19. (41) Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, Calif.), 28-8-1
Defeated Lakewood in semifinals but fell to Long Beach Poly 3-1 in Southern Section Division 1AA championship match. Faces No. 11 Long Beach Poly tonight with a state title match berth hanging in the balance.
20. (8) La Costa Canyon (Carlsbad, Calif.), 34-3
The Mavericks were eliminated from the Southern California Regional by Redlands East Valley (Redlands, Calif.) in the first round by a score of 3-2.
21. (14) La Jolla Country Day (Calif.), 31-3
The Torreys advanced to the Southern California regional championship game against Santa Fe Christian with 3-0 wins over Upland Christian Academy (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) and St. Margaret's (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.).
22. (37) Presentation (San Jose, Calif.), 34-5
Advanced to the Northern California Regional championship match with a 3-0 win over Pleasant Valley (Chico, Calif.) and Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland, Calif.). Will face St. Francis (Mountain View, Calif.).
23. (20) Dublin Coffman (Dublin, Ohio), 27-2
Ohio Division I state runner-up. Season over.
24. (21) Ursuline Academy (Cincinnati, Ohio), 27-1
Lost in Ohio Division I semifinals to Dublin Coffman. Season over.
25. (22) Rose (Greenville, N.C.), 24-1
North Carolina 4A East Regional runner-up. Season over.
THE NEXT 2526. (23) Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh, N.C.), 21-2
North Carolina 3A state champions. Season over.
27. (24) Marist (Chicago), 37-2
Lost to Lyons in the Illinois Class 4A Lansing Super Sectional. Season over.
28. (25) Edmond Memorial (Okla.), 32-3
Oklahoma Class 6A state champions. Season over.
29. (26) St. Joseph's Academy (St. Louis, Mo.), 31-7-2
Missouri Division 4 state champions. Season over.
30. (27) Pearce (Richardson, Texas), 45-5
Texas 4A semifinalist. Season over.
31. (28) Cy-Woods (Cypress, Texas), 45-3
Texas 5A semifinalist. Season over.
32. (29) The Woodlands (Texas), 34-13
Texas 5A runner-up. Season over.
33. (30) King (Corpus Christi, Texas), 45-4
Texas 5A semifinalist. Season over.
34. (31) Bishop Moore (Orlando, Fla.), 24-5
Florida 3A semifinalist. Season over.
35. (32) Huntsville (Ala.), 48-5
Alabama Class 6A state champions. Season over.
36. (33) Mater Dei (Breese, Ill.), 36-1
Illinois Class 3A state champions. Season over.
37. (35) Penn (Mishawaka, Ind.), 39-1
Indiana Class 4A state champions. Season over.
38. (36) Merion Mercy Academy (Merion Station, Pa.), 40-0
Pennsylvania AA state champions. Season over.
39. (38) Central Catholic (Portland, Ore.), 30-4
Oregon Class 6A state champions. Season over.
40. (39) Chaparral (Parker, Colo.), 32-1
Colorado Class 5A state champions. Season over.
41. (40) Los Alamitos (Calif.), 28-5
Season over.
42. (42) Walton (Marietta, Ga.), 42-7
Georgia AAAAA state champion. Season over.
43. (43) Ravenwood (Brentwood, Tenn.), 49-8
Tennessee Class AAA state champions. Season over.
44. (44) Marian (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), 69-6-1
Michigan Class A state champions. Season over.
45. (45) Lakewood (Calif.), 25-7
Season over.
46. (46) Marymount (Los Angeles), 23-7
Lost to Long Beach Poly in the semifinals of the Southern California Division I regional 3-0. Season over.
47. (47) Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood, Calif.), 26-3
Season over.
48. (48) Wayzata (Plymouth, Minn.), 30-3
Minnesota Class 3A state runner-up. Season over.
49. (50) East Lake (Tarpon Springs, Fla.), 29-2
Florida 5A state champions. Season over.
50. (NR) Mt. Vernon (Iowa), 41-0
Iowa Class 3A state champions. Season over.
