Four Pirates earn all-conference honors
COSTA MESA -- After setting school record with 11 wins, the Orange Coast College beach volleyball duo of Jadelyn Forgiarini and Megan Ritchie were first-team, All-Orange Empire Conference selections, as chosen by the conference coaches at their postseason meeting.
Forgiarini and Ritchie completed a solid 2017 season after earning a spot at the California Community College Athletic Association Beach Volleyball State Championships and went 11-10 for the Pirates this year.
Perhaps the biggest highlight for this Pirate pair came in the opening round of the state tournament, where, as a No. 32-seed, Forgiarini and Ritchie upset the tourney's top team, Ventura College's Tori Hiott and Paris Dosch, 22-20, 9-21, 15-10. From there, they fell to Feather River's Morgan Hughes and Jessica Martinez, 21-9, 21-12.
Fellow Pirates Sierra Lim and Measha Lindstrand joined Forgiarini and Ritchie on the All-OEC list, earning second-team honors. Lim and Lindstrand advanced to the second round of the Orange Empire Conference Tournament and finished the year with a 10-6 record, the second-best all-time winning percentage for a pair in school history.
Lindstrand, who will continue her athletic and academic careers at Hope International University in the fall, finishes her OCC beach career with 14 wins, the most in school history (shared with Danyelle Brown in 2015-16).
