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Posted: Apr 22, 2022

Beach Volleyball Claims First South Coast Conference Title, Finishes Undefeated

Beach Volleyball Claims First South Coast Conference Title, Finishes Undefeated
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TORRANCE, Calif. --- For the first time in its short history, the El Camino College beach volleyball program has claimed the South Coast Conference title after defeating Long Beach City and College of the Desert on Friday at the ECC Sand Courts.

The Warriors (20-3, 10-0) ran their incredible winning streak to 20 straight matches and finished the SCC slate undefeated for the first time in program history.

Prior to this season, the Warriors season-high in victories was 17 back in the 2019 season, the last full year of competition prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Warriors also finished conference play undefeated back in 2016 when they were members of the Western State Conference. They went 7-0 in conference play that year and 15-1 overall.

The SCC for beach volleyball was formed in 2018 with LBCC claiming back-to-back titles in 2018 and 2019. The Warriors ended that reign on Friday, sweeping the Vikings 5-0 for the first time since 2016 when the squads were members of different conferences.

It is also the first time the Warriors have swept a season-series from LBCC since the SCC's inception in 2018.

The team will now head to the South Coast Conference Pairs Tournament on April 29-30 at Long Beach City College.

The CCCAA SoCal Team Regionals are slated to begin on May 3 with a likely home match for the Warriors and the CCCAA SoCal Pairs Regionals will be hosted at ECC on May 6-7.

EL CAMINO COLLEGE 5, LONG BEACH CITY 0

  1. Fayth Rascon / Lauren McCarthy (ECC) def. Lizbeth Lopez / Karyzma Aualiitia (LBCC) 16-21, 21-11, 15-10
  2. Ginia Goods / Kaila Siu (ECC) def. Jennifer Lias / Celestial Rupati (LBCC) 21-19, 23-21
  3. Leafa Juarez / Brea Rutledge (ECC) def. Janieva Tauanuu / Amanda Audrey (LBCC) 27-25, 17-21, 16-14
  4. Diana Enriquez / Emily Uhrinak (ECC) def. Caleyse Saunders / Pearlnaiah Tuliau (LBCC) 21-13, 21-10
  5. Nofo Selu / Makaela Wilson (ECC) def. Emma Pearson / McKayla Varela (LBCC) 21-9, 21-11

EL CAMINO COLLEGE 3, COLLEGE OF THE DESERT 2

  1. Tyler Davis / Alexis Dempsey (COD) def. Rascon/McCarthy (ECC) 21-17, 21-19
  2. Kyrsti Photias / Katie Tiegen (COD) def. Goods/Siu (ECC) 21-11, 18-21, 15-9
  3. Juarez/Rutledge (ECC) def. Kaila Sandy / Jomarie Viloria (COD) 21-14, 21-14
  4. Enriquez/Uhrinak (ECC) def. Emillie Griffith / Katie Alexander (COD) 21-16, 21-11
  5. Selu/Wilson (ECC) def. Angel Talos / Caitlin Bilhartz (COD) 22-20, 21-18