The Irvine Valley women's volleyball team, which won the California Community Colllege Athletic Association State Championship title last season, has announced its 2023 schedule.
The Lasers will take on Saint Katherine at 10 a.m. and Life Pacific at noon on Saturday, Feb. 11 in exhibition matches.
The full schedule can be seen here
Irvine Valley starts its oficial season on Friday, Feb. 24 against in a four-way event against MiraCosta, Mt. San Jacinto and Santa Barbara.
The Lasers host Orange Coast and Ventura on Friday, Mar. 3 and take on a slew of four-year schools with matches against Nebraska, Hope Inernational, The Master's, Boise State, Concordia, Colorado Mesa and Florida International in in official matches in 2023.
Irvine Valley had a record of 18-10 overall in 2022 with nine of those losses coming against four-year schools.
The Lasers were at their best in the postseason, beating Fullerton and Grossmont in the team regionals and then taking down El Camino, Cabrillo and Feather River each by the score of 3-2 in the state tournament at IVC to capture the state title.
Irvine Valley head coach and starter of the program Tom Pestolesi retired from IVC after that state title. But the Lasers are in good hands with Ryan Windisch, who has been in charge of head coaching duties for the men's and women's indoor teams for the last several seasons.
Windish, who was a libero at IVC and went on to play at Long Beach State, led the men's team to the state championship title match in 2019 and won an Orange Empire Conference title over Orange Coast in 2021.
He has also been super successful with the women's indoor team.
Over the past two seasons, Irvine Valley has had a record of 36-11 under Windisch and made the So. Cal. Regional playoffs in both years.
