The Long Beach City College’s beach volleyball team lost their second game of the season 3-2 to Santa Barbara college on Friday.
“We can have more of a sense of urgency. I think everyone wants to win, I think the players are still trying to figure out how. It’s a new sport for a lot of them,” said coach Tyler Jackson.
Court one was played by sophomore Mikayla Curry and sophomore Enaya Vaielua who lost both sets to Santa Barbara College 21-11 and 21-14.
“Our strategy is just to have fun and just not be mentally in the game but just enjoy the game instead of wondering about what mistake I did,” said Vaielua.
Court two was played by sophomore Kaylani Moncada and freshman Tyreana Allen who were able to win the sets 21-14 and 21-13.
“My personal strategy would be just going anywhere deep. I feel like when it’s a deep shot, it’s harder to have a better pass, so I guess I’m off guard and I mess up,” said Moncada.
As for court three, freshman Alexandra Rosquin and sophomore Ryannah Gagau also won both sets with the scores beginning 23-21 and 21-19.
However both court four and court five were not able to keep up, as Santa Barbara had seven to five point leads throughout both sets.
On court four freshmen Camille Agrupis and freshman Alanna Jones, lost their sets with scores 21-11 and 21-18.
Court five was played by freshman Maggie Acevedo and freshman Veronica Lanuza who lost both sets with a score of 21-17.
The team currently has an overall record of 0-2, lost 3-2 to Orange Coast college and are yet to play a conference team which makes their record in the conference 0-0.
“Honestly we lost today 0-2 but just to see where they started from day one of practice to now, I’m still really proud of them, they have been grasping and entertaining a fair amount of information in such a short amount of time,” said Jackson.