Irvine Valley's No. 2 women's beach volleyball pair of sophomore Natalia Brandlin and freshman Audrey Fowler captured the Orange Empire Conference individual title on Friday at IVC.
The Lasers had the top two teams battling in the final with Brandlin and Fowler defeating IVC's sophomore pair of Tessa Marocco and Kenzie Dews in three sets. Brandlin and Fowler came out on top, 18-21, 21-14, 15-10.
It was a great two days of beach volleyball at IVC.
Irvine Valley had three pairs move on to the So. Cal. regionals with champions Brandlin and Fowler, runner-ups Marocco and Dews, along with the pair of freshman Avery Bennett and sophomore Mia Bertolone moving on.
The final four teams in the event were IVC's Marocco and Dews and Brandlin and Fowler, along with the Golden West duo of Peyton McBride and Adriana Morales and Cypress' team of Jessica Ferreira and Zoe Ziegler.
Irvine Valley plays again on Tuesday in the 3C2A So. Cal. Team Regionals at El Camino. The Lasers will start with a match against El Camino at 10 a.m. and then play Long Beach City at 11 a.m.
Nine pairs moved on to the 3C2A So. Cal. Regionals at El Camino College.
The pairs going on are -
Irvine Valley - Natalia Brandlin/Audrey Fowler
Irvine Valley - Tessa Marocco/Kenzie Dews
Golden West - Peyton McBride/Adriana Morales
Cypress - Jessica Ferreira/Zoe Ziegler
Cypress - Kaelyn Arnold/Rose Whitter
Golden West - MackKenzie Dorney/Maci Hendry
Orange Coast - Jordan Packer/Lulu Utterback
Irvine Valley - Avery Bennett/Mia Bertolone
Orange Coast - Rachel Blair/Kingsley Mason
Alternate - Orange Coast - Sophia Wirtzer/Elodie Danet
All-Orange Empire Conference teams were also decided.
OEC Coach of the Year
Myles Muangututia - Irvine Valley
OEC Team of the Year
Natala Brandlin and Audrey Fowler - Irvine Valley
All-OEC First Team
Tessa Marocco and Kenzie Dews - Irvine Valley
Peyton McBride and Adriana Morales - Golden West
Jessica Ferreira and Zoe Zigler - Cypress
Kaelyn Arnold and Rose Whitter - Cypress
MacKenzie Dorney and Maci Hendry - Golden West
Jordan Packer and Lulu Utterback - Orange Coast
Avery Bennett and Mia Bertolone - Irvine Valley
Rachel Blair and Kingsley Mason - Orange Coast
All-OEC Second Team
Sophia Wirtzer and Elodie Danet - Orange Coast
Nina Peay and Jada Cottom - Riverside
Ellie Winter and Maddy Hopkins - Orange Coast
Ava Guenther and Felicia Bonus - Irvine Valley
Laisha Hochstrasser and Peyton Speakman - Santiago Canyon
Larissa Samano and Hailey Church - Cypress
Elyse Varipapa and Ashlynd Larson - Golden West
Audrey Elias and Lanah Bergen - Riverside
