Beach Volleyball: Rio Hondo splits matches vs. Victor Valley, Long Beach

Beach Volleyball: Rio Hondo splits matches vs. Victor Valley, Long Beach

The Rio Hondo College beach volleyball team went 1-1 on the day at the Granada Beach courts in Long Beach on Friday, beating Victor Valley College 5-0 after dropping a 5-0 South Coast Conference match to Long Beach City College.

Rio Hondo moved to 3-5 overall and 0-1 in conference play. The Roadrunners return to action next Friday (Mar. 13) at 10 a.m. when they take on El Camino College and Wayne State College of Nebraska at ECC. 

The Roadrunners had a relatively easy time beating VVC on Friday as they won all four matches that were played in straight sets while winning the No. 5 match by forfeit. The No. 3 Rio Hondo duo of Katherina O'Brien and Jocelyn Abad allowed just six points, winning 21-4, 21-2.

The South Coast Conference opener against Long Beach was much closer than the final score of 5-0 would indicate. Four of the five contests went to three sets, unfortunately the Roadrunners couldn't pull out any victories.

The No. 2 squad of Mara Sanchez and Stephanie Garcia had the best shot at a win, pushing the LBCC team of Shelby Cole and Celeste Ropati to a 16-14 decision in Set 3 after the Rio Hondo duo won the opener 21-19 and the Vikings took the second set 21-18.

Complete results from both matches below:

    Rio Hondo vs # Victor Valley   Winner   Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
No. 1 1 Vanie Maciel   1 Jaimee Clark   Rio   21-12 21-4  
Pair 5 Nicole Vasquez   24 Genesis Collado            
No. 2 3 Mara Sanchez   10 Ari Ruiz   Rio   21-6 21-5  
Pair 35 Stephanie Perez   11 Erica Swift            
No. 3  24 Janine Coria   13 Monique Rodriquez   Rio   21-3 21-8  
Pair 23 Ariel Garcia   3 Tyra Reed            
No. 4 10 Katherina O'Brien   15 Keiani Marsh   Rio   21-4 21-2  
Pair 14 Jocelyn Abad   14 Elisa Palma            
No. 5 5 Maya Garcia         Rio   Forfeit    
Pair 15 Evelyn Alferez                  
Result             Rio   5-0    
              (College)     (Match Score)  

 

  # Rio Hondo vs # Long Beach   Winner   Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
No. 1 1 Vania Maciel   2 Alyssa Sehman   LBCC   21-14 18-21 15-8
Pair 5 Nicole Vasquez   10 Kailey Bruyere            
No. 2 3 Mara Sanchez   11 Shelby Cole   LBCC   19-21 21-18 16-14
Pair 35 Stephanie Garcia   15 Celeste Ropati            
No. 3  24 Janine Coria   5 Rachel Street   LBCC   21-12 21-12 15-7
Pair 23 Ariel Garcia   12 Liz Lopez            
No. 4 14 Jocelyn Abad   14 Amanda Ferriera   LBCC   19-21 21-16 15-9
Pair 10 Katherina O'Brien   3 Kennedy Freeman            
No. 5 2 Maya Garcia   1 Tia Moseby   LBCC   21-16 21-8  
Pair 15 Evelyn Alferez   4 Kaitlyn Noel            
Result             LBCC   5-0    
              (College)     (Match Score)