Long Beach City College’s women’s beach volleyball team beat Cerritos as each pair of players won on all five courts on Mar. 22.
All players were driven with their blocks, kills, serves and so much more, making it hard for their opponents to win on any of their periods.
Court one was played by sophomore Tainea Allen and freshman Enaya Vaielua, which they believe to think they played really well together.
“Today, I really liked how me and Enaya were having a lot of fun playing and being able to work on trying new things together,” Allen said.
Allen and Vailua are cousins who grew up training together, so they know what to expect from one another when teaming up.
“We’ve always trained together with her [Allen] dad since we were little so we kind of already know what to expect from one another,” Vaielua said.
“We’ve been taught the game the same way and trained together constantly growing up, so when playing on the court it feels as if we’re just practicing at the park like we used to,” Allen said.
They believe that since they are aware of each other’s goals, it motivates them to work harder during the games to get them where they want to be.
“It is very encouraging to be able to play with her [Allen] because I know that she really wants to play beach volleyball, so it really pushes me to want to do better so she can have that extra boost,” said Vaielua.
Right now, both of them are focusing on getting better day by day so they can really show out for the tournament together.
“I am looking forward to the team tournament because I feel that if our team grows on and off the court, and improves 1% everyday then it’ll show collectively at that tournament,” said Allen.
The South Coast Conference Pairs Prelims Championships is coming up around the corner and the Vikings are focused on getting as many teams as they can to make it all the way up to State.
“I’m trying to get into states for my first beach season, the team is looking forward to Winning Conference Champs this season and also trying to have as many teams make it to state,” said Allen.
The Vikings lost 3-2 and swept 5-0 against El Camino and Desert in their following games.