Correction: A previous version of this article misidentified some of the women’s beach volleyball team in a photo caption. The caption has been updated to show this correction.
LBCC’s Women’s Beach Volleyball team swept San Diego City College and Miramar with a 5-0 victory over both teams on Wednesday.
This is the Vikings’ third win of the season and the first double sweep, pushing their overall record to 3-1.
Partners Lizbeth Lopez and Jennifer Lias each battled hard at the first court in their wins against San Diego City and Miramar by providing solid defense and communicating throughout the game.
Lopez and Lias beat Miramar 3-2 and San Diego City College 2-1.
On the second court partners Destynie Viliamu and Caleyse Saunders played a nail-biting match against San Diego City College that ultimately ended in a 3-2 series win and successfully clinched the sweep.
“As pairs we just kind of depend on each other to finish the game and it’s really about teamwork out there so I feel like we work well together to keep it calm and just play our game,” said Viliamu.
Ultimately all four pairs on the court contributed to a huge win for the program.
The games were played under a high wind advisory issued for the Long Beach area, which added a level of difficulty the team had never encountered before.
Head Coach Tyler Jackson said that the team practiced in the high winds on Tuesday to prepare for Wednesday’s games, but they only had a small amount of time to practice in the conditions.
“Overall I’m really proud of them. This is the first time competing in the wind so it was a huge challenge, but we did really well,” said Jackson.
The wind forced the team to adjust their strategies at times to make sure that they could remain focused and competitive.
“We only had one practice with the wind this bad so adjusting today was kind of hard, but we kind of figured it out so I’m glad we did,” said Viliamu.
The Vikings are looking to extend their win streak on Friday, February 24 when they take on Bakersfield College and Cypress in another doubleheader set to start at 11 a.m.