RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA – If or when Mater Dei’s girls volleyball team gets to full strength, look out.

The Monarchs played great in every way Tuesday in a three-set sweep of Santa Margarita in a Trinity League match at Santa Margarita High.

Mater Dei won the first set 25-17, won the second set 25-14 and took the third set 25-19. The victory moved Mater Dei to 2-0 in league and dropped Santa Margarita to 0-2.

The Monarchs, No. 1 in the Orange County top 10 and No. 4 in the CIF Southern Section Massey ratings that will determine which teams go into which playoff divisions are 24-4 overall. Santa Margarita, No. 8 in the county and No. 21 in the Massey CIF-SS ratings, is 11-7.

The Monarchs won Tuesday, and won the top division’s championship in this past weekend’s Nike Tournament of Cham

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