Ritchie, Lindstrand set to move on to Hope International

COSTA MESA -- Orange Coast College women's volleyball standouts Megan Ritchie and Measha Lindstrand will remain teammates at the four-year level as they head up the road to Hope International University in the fall, according to head coach Chuck Cutenese.

Ritchie, who came to OCC from Snow Canyon (UT) HS, was a freshman co-captain in 2013, where she led Coast with 651 assists to go along with 164 digs, 30 kills, 17 aces and 18 blocks.

After a two-year break, she came back to Coast and was a sparkplug for the Pirates whenever she was called upon. This two-way player notched 241 assists as a setter, 56 kills as an outside hitter and on defense, her 131 digs is fifth-best on the team. 

Ritchie continued her fine play in the spring, where she went 11-10 with teammate Jadelyn Forgiarini on the OCC beach volleyball team, advancing to the second round of the CCCAA Beach Volleyball State Tournament. Their strong play earned them first-team, All-Orange Empire Conference honors. As the No. 32-seed in this year's state tournament, Ritchie and Forgiarini upset No. 1-seed Tori Hiott and Paris Dosch of Ventura College in the opening round, 22-20, 9-21, 15-10.

Lindstrand, who came to OCC from Great Falls (MT) HS, earned a sixth-place spot on OCC's single-season assist mark with 809 as a freshman co-captain in 2015. That year, she was named OCC's Freshman of the Year and was a second-team, all-Orange Empire Conference selection.

In the spring of 2017, Lindstrand competed for the Pirate beach volleyball team, where she teamed up with Sierra Lim and earned second-team, All-OEC honors with a 10-6 record. Over her two-year career, Lindstrand racked up 14 beach wins, tied for the most in school history (Danyelle Brown in 2015-16). 

In 2016, Lindstrand has 142 assists and her 951 career helpers put her among the top 12 setters to ever play at OCC.