South Region on upswing in State Women's Volleyball Top 25 #8
At #6 Santa Barbara City, new #7 Santa Monica, #8 Moorpark and #11 Long Beach City Colleges are all on hot streaks in the South Region to highlight this week's State Women's Volleyball Top 25.
Santa Barbara twice has defeated #10 Los Angeles Mission as it eyes a possible Western State North Division title, now leading the tough division at 8-0 while WSC South leader SMC is on a 10-match win streak.
Moorpark and Long Beach both have come a long way since they were a combined 1-7 at the NorCal v. SoCal Showcase in late August. The Raiders have won five in a row, but are 14-3 in their last 17 matches.
The Vikings have had the biggest turnaround as they are on fire with a 10-match win streak that erased an 0-6 start to the 2025 season. Long Beach leads the South Coast Conference South at 4-0 and have victories over the SCC North leaders in #12 Mt. San Antonio and #15 Pasadena City.
State #1-ranked Feather River earned a big feather in the cap by defeating NCAA Division III UC Santa Cruz in four sets on Saturday.
At #2, San Diego Mesa and still undefeated #4 Orange Coast (19-0) have the state's current longest win streaks at 19 straight while #3 San Joaquin Delta is rolling along in a 14-contest streak.
Taft, the #5 squad, has won 13 in a row and #9 Fresno City has a 9-match win chain.
LA Mission rounds out the top 10 at #10, dropping three slots.
Hartnell joins the Top 25 for the first time at #25. Sacramento City is climbing again, up three spots to #19, while Cosumnes River took an elevator ride four floors to #21.
On Friday, Oct. 24, nine matches across the state were decided in five sets
CCCWVCA State Top 25 Rankings, #8
| RANK | TEAM, CONFERENCE | RECORD | NOTES | REGION TOP 15 | LAST RANK |
| 1. | Feather River, Golden Valley | 26-1 | extends GVC win streak to 77, records big 4-set win over D3 UC Santa Cruz, Teya Gibbs is State Player of the Week #10 | North #1 | State #1 |
| 2. | San Diego Mesa, Pacific Coast Athletic | 22-1 | 19-match win streak, 31 consecutive win set string snapped by MiraCosta, extend PCAC win streak to 30, beat Palomar in 4, swept Imperial Valley last week and top PCAC at 11-0, Mia Lundberg is State POTW #10 | South #1 | State #2 |
| 3. | San Joaquin Delta, Big 8 | 22-1 | 14-match win streak, swept Modesto, lead Big at 11-0 | North #2 | State #3 |
| 4. | Orange Coast, Orange Empire | 19-0 | extends OEC win streak to 24, has current 26-set string, only team to win set in conference v. Pirates is last-place Santiago Canyon, OCC is 11-0 to top Orange Empire, swept Santa Ana, SAC last week | South #2 | State #4 |
| 5. | Taft, Central Valley South | 22-2 | 13-match win streak, won 23 straight sets, lead CVC South at 4-0, swept Clovis, Merced | North #3 | State #5 |
| 6. | Santa Barbara City, Western State North | 18-1 | 8-match win streak, swept LA Mission, Cuesta, lead WSC North at 8-0 | South #3 | State #6 |
| 7. | Santa Monica, Western State South | 19-4 | 10-match win streak, swept Glendale, reverse sweep over Bakersfield in 5 (15-5), top WSC South at 8-0 | South #4 | State #9 |
| 8. | Moorpark, Western State North | 17-7 | 5-match win streak, edged Ventura in 5, swept LA Mission on Oct. 15 | South #5 | State #13 |
| 9. | Fresno City, Central Valley North | 19-4 | 7-match win streak, CVC win streak at 196, top CVC North at 4-0, reverse swept Sequoias in 5 (15-12) | North #4 | State #10 |
| 10. | LA Mission, Western State North | 20-3 | swept by Santa Barbara, beat Allan Hancock in 4 | South #6 | State #7 |
| 11. | Long Beach City, South Coast South | 12-8 | 10-match win streak, beat Pasadena in 4 (had 24-set string snapped in opening 27-25 defeat), 4-0 to lead SCC South; has a sweep over Mt. SAC last month | South #7 | State #15 |
| 12. | Mt. San Antonio, South Coast North | 16-5 | 7-match win streak, swept El Camino, LA Harbor, lead SCC North at 4-0 | South #8 | State #8 |
| 13. | College of San Mateo, Coast South | 16-5 | 8-match win streak, all sweeps, latest over San Francisco, Skyline, lead Coast South at 4-0 | North #5 | State #12 |
| 14. | College of the Desert, Inland Empire Athletic | 18-4 | 10-match win streak, swept San Bernardino Valley, Cerro Coso, top IEAC at 6-0, Clairie Thomas is a State POTW #10 | South #9 | State #14 |
| 15. | Pasadena City, South Coast North | 15-5 | lost in 4 to Long Beach | South #10 | State #11 |
| 16. | San Diego Miramar, Pacific Coast Athletic | 17-6 | beat Southwestern, SD City in 4 each | South #11 | State #16 |
| 17. | Monterey Peninsula, Coast North | 15-2 | 5-match win streak, swept Gavilan, edge Cabrillo in 5 (15-11), Kayla Smith was a State Player of the Week #9 | North #6 | State #18 |
| 18. | Sequoias, Central Valley South | 19-7 | showed grit in taking Fresno the distance in 5-set L, then outlasted Clovis in 5 (15-10) | North #7 | State #21 |
| 19. | Sacramento City, Big 8 | 19-8 | 7-match win streak, swept Cosumnes River in conf. rematch (lost first on in 5), outlast American River in 5 (17-15), Norah Mayer is State POTW #9 | North #8 | State #22 |
| 20. | Grossmont, Pacific Coast Athletic | 10-8 | reverse swept Southwestern in 5 (15-4), swept Cuyamaca, 2nd place in PCAC at 9-1 | South #12 | State #19 |
| 21. | Cosumnes River, Big | 18-4 | since Oct. 15, three 5-set wins over Modesto (18-16), American River (18-16), and Sierra in reverse sweep (15-12), swept by Sacramento on Oct. 17 | North #9 | State #25 |
| 22. | Palomar, Pacific Coast Athletic | 14-6 | lost to SD Mesa in 4, swept Southwestern | South #13 | State #20 |
| 23. | Cabrillo, Coast North | 16-4 | 6-match win streak stopped in upset sweep by Hartnell, then lose to MPC in 5 (won points 96-95) | North #10 | State #17 |
| 24. | Ventura, Western State North | 11-8 | swept Cuesta, lost to Moorpark in 5 (105-93 in points) | South #14 | State #24 |
| 25. | Hartnell, Coast North | 13-9 | swept Cabrillo, beat Las Positas in 4, won 6 of 7 and have early Ws over both American River, Sequoias | North #11 | Not Ranked |
| BEST OF THE REST | |||||
| American River, Big 8 | 12-10 | crushing 5-set losses in extra points 5th sets v. Cosumnes River, Sacramento, 1-5 record in matches to 5 | North #12 | State #23 | |
| MiraCosta, Pacific Coast Athletic | 11-8 | lost to SD Mesa in 4, beat SD City in 4 | South #15 | ||
| Solano, Bay Valley | 15-11 | 9-match win streak, extends BVC win string to 76, won 20 sets in a row, swept Mendocino, Napa Valley | North #13 | ||
| Mt. San Jacinto, Inland Empire Athletic | 10-9 | win reverse sweep in 5 over SBVC (15-11), swept Chaffey, now 2-3 in matches that go distance | |||
| Saddleback, Orange Empire | 12-4 | swept Cypress, Riverside | |||
| San Bernardino Valley, Inland Empire Athletic | 9-8 | swept by Desert, lost to Mt. San Jacinto in 5 | |||
| Modesto, Big | 17-7 | swept Diablo Valley, took Delta to 4 in defeat (94-88 in points); 3-4 in 5-set matches | North #14 | ||
| Golden West, Orange Empire | 12-3 | 4 straight sweeps, latest over Cypress, Santa Ana | |||
| Ohlone, Coast South | 15-12 | swept San Jose, beat West Valley in 4 | North #T15 | ||
| Sierra, Big 8 | 9-14 | beat Santa Rosa in 4, lost to Cosumnes River in 5 (111-107) | North #T15 | ||
| Citrus, Western State South | 13-9 | wins rematch v. Canyons in 4 (COC won first time in 4), swept Antelope Valley | |||
| Irvine Valley, Orange Empire | 8-7 | after 2-7 start to season, won 6 in a row, swept Santiago Canyon, Riverside | |||
| Cuesta, Western State North | 10-11 | swept by Ventura, Santa Barbara | |||
| Coalinga, Central Valley South | 11-8 | swept Columbia, upset by Reedley in 4 | |||
| Lassen, Golden Valley | 14-12 | won 9 of last 11, swept by Feather River, swept Siskiyous | |||
| De Anza, Coast North | 13-11 | beat Las Positas in 4, swept Gavilan | |||
| Cerritos, South Coast South | 10-8 | swept Rio Hondo, LA City | |||
| El Camino, South Coast South | 9-11 | won 4 of last 5, swept by Mt. SAC, edge Rio Hondo in 5, Amiekal Looney was State POTW #9 | |||
| Canyons, Western State South | 8-12 | lost to Citrus in 4, swept Glendale | |||
| Reedley, Central Valley North | 10-12 | beat Lemoore in 5 (15-9), Porterville, Coalinga in 4 each | |||
| Lemoore, Central Valley South | 14-9 | lost to Reedley in 5, swept Merced | |||
| Clovis, Central Valley North | 10-7 | swept by Taft, takes Sequoias to 5 in loss | |||
| Antelope Valley, Western State South | 12-5 | lost to Canyons in 4, swept by Citrus, one of 23 South teams with better than .500 overall records | |||
| Las Positas, Coast North | 13-7 | 5-match losing streak, lost to De Anza, Hartnell in 4 each | |||
| Siskiyous, Golden Valley | 16-11 | 1-7 in last 8, swept Redwoods, swept by Lassen, one of 21 North teams with better than .500 overall records |
Release/Rankings by Robert Lewis, CCCWVCA SID