OCC Leads Beach Volleyball All-OEC Honors

The Orange Coast women's beach volleyball team led the way in all-Orange Empire Conference honors this past week.

And that was no surprise since the Pirates went undefeated in conference play (10-0), recorded a 15-2 overall record during the regular season, won the OEC Western Division title and had their top duo capture the conference pairs tournament championship at Irvine Valley.

In all, OCC placed five pairs as all-conference selections with the duo of Brisa Zapata-Reaves and Corinne Williams taking home team of the year honors.

Orange Coast's top team won a hard-fought championship final over IVC's pair of Barett Nolan and Chloe Swanson in three sets (19-21, 21-7, 15-8) late in the day on Apr. 28 at the Laser Beach Courts.

Zapata-Reaves and Williams were dominant on the season. That lost set in the championship of the OEC tournament was the first they had dropped all year.

Joining their teammates as part of the first team for Orange Coast were the duos of Izzy Duchaine and Theresia Amtmann and Lexy Mendoza and Jesse Coralle.

Orange Coast also had two teams on the second team with Paige Cutwright and Alexandra Selivanov and Kinglsey Mason and Leah Thibault.

Irvine Valley, which earned the OEC Eastern Division title and had a 9-1 record in conference action, had four teams make the all-conference list.

The Laser program pairs were headed by Nolan and Swanson and Gabi Brown and Sydney Dews on the first team.

Angie Griego and Tessa Marocco and Emily Hon and Mia Bertolone each received second team honors.

Two Saddleback pairs had a great run in the conference championships.  

Logan Daniels and Abigail Brown and Sydney Brown and Lilyann Horner each made the semifinals of the OEC tourney and were named to the first team.

The duos of Maci Hendry and Iliana Galindo of Golden West and Kaiden Raif and Matilde Teixeira of Santa Ana were also picked first team all-conference.

OEC Co-Champions - Orange Coast and Irvine Valley                                             
OEC Coach of the Year - Chuck Cutenese, Orange Coast                                           
OEC Team of the Year - Brisa Zapata-Reaves/Corinne Williams, Orange Coast

First Team All-OEC                                                                            

*Logan Daniels/Abigail Brown (Saddleback)
*Izzy Duchaine/Theresia Amtmann (Orange Coast)
*Chloe Swanson/Barett Nolan (Irvine Valley)
*Maci Hendry/Iliana Galindo (Golden West)
*Lexy Mendoza/Jesse Coralle (Orange Coast)
*Sydney Brown/Lilyann Horner (Saddleback)
*Gabi Brown/Sydney Dews (Irvine Valley)
Kaiden Raif/Matilde Teixeira (Santa Ana)

Second Team All-OEC

*Paige Cutwright/Alexandra Selivanov (Orange Coast)
*Angie Griego/Tessa Marocco (Irvine Valley)
*Kailee de Wit/Kiana Salamone (Cypress)
*Kingsley Mason/Leah Thibault (Orange Coast)
Azriel White/Lanah Bergen (Riverside)
Andrea Sanchez/Kassandra Zavala (Santa Ana)
Emily Hon/Mia Bertolone (Irvine Valley)
Zoe Munn/Kaelyn Arnold (Cypress)

So. Cal. Regional Qualifier                                                                           

Release by Brent Shaver, IVC SID