Beach Defeats Bakersfield and Mesa in SoCal Team Regionals, Advances to CCCAA State Championships

Freshmen Sierra Davis and Josannah Vasquez
Freshmen Sierra Davis and Josannah Vasquez

The Long Beach City College women's beach volleyball team continued to impress this Tuesday after facing off against the Bakersfield College Renegades and the San Diego Mesa College Olympians in California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Southern California Regional Playoffs at Granada Beach. Long Beach remained strong and consistent by defeating Bakersfield 4-1 and San Diego Mesa with a 5-0 sweep.

This is the Vikings' second-consecutive year in the SoCal Regional Playoffs. In their first season last year, the Vikings concluded their season with a second place finish in the CCCAA State Championships and earned the gold medal in the Individual Championships.

Freshman Elsa Woods and sophomore Mariah Clausen, freshmen Doris Woods and Isabella Alvarez, sophomore Jessica Kaeka and freshman Brooklin Mize, freshman Tatyana Tuilaii-Umi and sophomore Jordan Diaz, freshmen Josannah Vazquez and Sierra Davis all took down their opponents in the sand to punch their ticket to the CCCAA State Championships on Thursday, May 10-12 at West Valley College.

The Vikings will participate in the SoCal Pairs Regionals on Friday, May 4. For more information regarding beach volleyball playoffs, stay tuned to www.lbccvikings.com.