El Camino punches ticket to 3C2A Beach Volleyball Championships; Five other teams also on the way

(Courtesy El Camino College Athletics)
(Courtesy El Camino College Athletics)
April 30, 2024

3C2A Beach Volleyball Regional Championships
SoCal Regional Results
Group A
 1. San Diego Mesa* (advances to state); 2. Grossmont; 3. Santa Barbara l Recap
Group B
1. Ventura* (advances to state); 2. San Diego Miramar; 3. Rio Hondo l Recap
Group C
1. MiraCosta* (advances to state); 2. Mt. San Antonio; 3. Santa Monica
Group D
 1. El Camino* (advances to state); 2. Long Beach City; 3. Irvine Valley

NorCal Regional Results
Group A
 1. Feather River* (advances to state); 2. Sierra; 3. Monterey Peninsula
Group B
1. Fresno City* (advances to state); 2. Hartnell; 3. American River

TORRANCE - No. 4 El Camino College is headed to the 3C2A State Championships after recording victories over No. 12 Irvine Valley and No. 5 Long Beach City on Tuesday afternoon in the 3C2A SoCal Regionals at the ECC Sand Courts.

The Warriors opened the day with a 4-1 win over the Orange Empire Conference champion Lasers, dropping only the No. 4 contest. They clinched the win quickly as the No. 1, 3 and 5 games all went to the Warriors for a 3-0 advantage, securing the win.

The No. 5 Vikings then downed the Lasers 3-2 to set up a winner-take-all match between the SCC co-champions.

The Vikings held a 2-1 lead before the Warriors tied it by taking the match on the No. 3 court to tie things up. The entire contingent then flocked to the No. 1 match as the Vikings were holding on to a narrow lead in the second set.

But 2024 SCC Pairs Champions Ryan D'Angelo and Bridget Dorr mounted a comeback and took a 21-20 lead. Dorr had a swing to clinch the match but the ball went into the net to tie things up at 21-21. The Warriors would get one more match point and this time cashed it in as D'Angelo's swing clipped the top of the net and fell onto the sand on the Vikings side for the victory.

The Warriors will now head to the 3C2A State Championships on Thursday, May 9 at West Valley College. It will be the third trip to the state championships for ECC. They finished third overall in 2019 and tied for fifth in 2022.

3C2A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONALS
ECC SAND COURTS; TORRANCE, CALIF.

No. 4 WARRIORS 4, No. 12 IRVINE VALLEY 1

  1. Ryan D'Angelo / Bridget Dorr (ECC) def. Tessa Marocco / Kenzie Dews (IVC) 21-15, 21-14
  2. Sophia Ortiz / Erica Griffiths (ECC) def. Natalia Brandlin / Audrey Fowler (IVC) 14-21, 21-11, 15-13
  3. Kayla Keyzer / Bianca Atienza-Perez (ECC) def. Avery Bennett / Mia Bertolone (IVC) 21-12, 21-19
  4. Ava Guenther / Felicia Bonus (IVC) def. Adelynn Abrams / Perla Lopez (ECC) 22-20, 23-21
  5. Crystal Salgado / Yasmin Watanabe (ECC) def. Alya Mersin / Nikki Korneff (IVC) 21-19, 21-15

ORDER OF FINISH: 1, 3, 5, 4, 2

No. 5 LONG BEACH CITY 3, NO. 12 IRVINE VALLEY 2

  1. Allen/Curry (LBCC) def. Marocco/Dews (IVC) 19-21, 21-19, 15-9
  2. Brandlin/Fowler (IVC) def. Johnson/Moncada (LBCC) 21-15, 21-14
  3. Bennett/Bertolone (IVC) def. Infante/J. Allen (LBCC) 21-19, 21-13
  4. Ramirez/Tuliau (LBCC) def. Guenther/Bonus (IVC) 13-21, 21-7, 15-12
  5. Iosua/Gagau (LBCC) def. Mersin/Korneff (IVC) 21-16, 21-11

No. 4 WARRIORS 3, No. 5 LONG BEACH CITY 2

  1. D'Angelo/Dorr (ECC) def. Tinaea Allen / Mikayla Curry (LBCC) 21-12, 23-21
  2. Ortiz/Griffiths (ECC) def. Carmelina Infante / Jubilee Allen (LBCC) 21-5, 21-15
  3. Keyzer/Atienza-Perez (ECC) def. Mya Johnson / Kaylani Moncada (LBCC) 23-21, 21-16
  4. Brandi Ramirez / Pearl Tuliau (LBCC) def. Abrams/Lopez (ECC) 21-14, 21-18
  5. Danika Iosua / Ryannah Gagau (LBCC) def. Salgado/Watanabe (ECC) 21-11, 21-11

ORDER OF FINISH: 5, 2, 4, 3, 1

(Rafael Guerrero, El Camino College Athletics)