With an experienced lineup, led by outside attacker Taylor Racich, the Dos Pueblos girls volleyball team received the No. 2 ranking in the CIF Division 1-AA preseason poll.
The Chargers return most of the team that went 20-8 last year and won the Channel League with a perfect 8-0 record. Eight seniors are their roster, including the Racich twins — Taylor and setter Tristan. Taylor is coming off a big summer, helping the Santa Barbara Volleyball Club 18-Smack team win the gold medal at the National Junior Olympics. She was named the MVP of the tournament.
Dos Pueblos showed that it’s deserving of the ranking at a recent preseason tournament in Oxnard. The team went undefeated and beat third-ranked Redondo in the final.
Los Alamitos earned the No. 1 ranking in Division 1-AA, the top division in the CIF.
Santa Barbara tied for ninth in the poll with Thousand Oaks. The Dons feature front-line players Dani Rottman and Holland Crenshaw, both of whom played on the 18-Smack championship club team.
In Division 3-AA, Santa Ynez was ranked eighth, and Laguna Blanca received the same ranking in Division 4-AA.
DIVISION 1-AA
1. Los Alamitos, 2. Dos Pueblos, 3. Redondo Union, 4. Edison, 5. Mater Dei, 6. Newport Harbor, 7. Long Beach Poly, 8. Mira Costa, 9T. Thousand Oaks, 9T. Santa Barbara, 10. Lakewood. Others: Notre Dame/SO, LB Wilson Huntington Beach, Santa Margarita Orange Lutheran, Palos Verdes
DIVISION 3-AA
1. Pasadena Poly, 2. Santa Monica, 3. Chadwick, 4. Cypress, 5. Mayfield, 6. Valencia/P, 7. Quartz Hill, 8. Santa Ynez, 9. Lancaster, 10. Culver City
DIVISION 4-AA
1. St Margaret’s. 2. Ocean View. 3. Serra. 4. St Paul, 5. Viewpoint, 6. Sage Hill, 7. Brethren Christian, 8. Laguna Blanca, 9. Yucca Valley, 10. Jurupa Valley. Others: Summit, Buckley Ontario
