Pirates capture two wins in OEC tri-match
IRVINE -- The Orange Coast College beach volleyball team went into a tough venue and walked out with a pair of impressive wins on Friday at their tri-match with fellow Orange Empire Conference foes, Fullerton and host Irvine Valley.
In the morning session against Fullerton, the Pirates routed the Hornets, 5-0. OCC's four duos who competed cruised to victory including the teams of Jordan Packer/Kayla Ihrig (21-4, 21-5), Lola Fernsten/Briana Bowman (21-10, 21-9), Madison Hopkins/Nika Safavi (21-13, 21-4) and Sophia Wirtzer/Camryn Hayek (21-5, 21-4). OCC won the fifth duo match by forfeit.
Against the rival Lasers, the strong play continued for the Pirates, who earned a 4-1 win.
Coast needed a pair of three-set wins to prevail over IVC and those came from the duos of Bowman/Fernsten (19-21, 21-14, 16-14) and Hopkins/Safavi (21-15, 15-21, 15-11). Wirtzer/Hayek took care of business in straight sets (21-11, 21-11), as did Reagan Anderson/Ashlyn Couch (21-11, 21-8).
The Pirates (4-1) will return to action on Friday at Cypress College with a tri-match with the host Chargers and Golden West, beginning at 10 a.m.
OCC def Fullerton (5-0)
(OCC) Packer/Irhring def Stotmore/Henerandez 21-4, 21-5
(OCC) Fernstein/Bowman def Alvarado/Freiboth 21-10, 21-9
(OCC) Hopkins/Safvi def Dobreq/Mendez 21-5, 21-9
(OCC) Wirtzer/Hayek def Mina.Larcent 21-5, 21-9
(OCC) Couch/Anderson Forfeit 21-0, 21-0
OCC def Irvine Valley (4-1)
(IVC) Bennett/Flower def Packer/Ihring 11-21, 23-21, 15-8
(OCC) Bowman/Fernsten def Mersin/Anderson 21-19, 14-21, 16-14
(OCC) Hopkins/Sofavi def Garcia/Quindoza 15-21, 21-15, 15-11
(OCC) Wirtzer/Hayek def Lopez/Leon 21-11, 21-11
(OCC) Anderson/Couch def Macdonald/Quiat 21-11, 21-8
