March 22, 2024
Beach volleyball team captures two matches at home Friday
Irvine Valley defeats Fullerton, 5-0, and Orange Coast, 4-1, in Orange Empire Conference matches at home on Friday. The Lasers remain one of the top teams in So. Cal. and improve their record to 10-4...
March 22, 2024
Star volleyball player Tessa Marocco commits to Hawaii
Irvine Valley women's volleyball player Tessa Marocco has committed to the University of Hawaii for beach. Marocco is a two-time, all-Orange Empire conference player with indoor and playing on the...
March 15, 2024
Women's beach volleyball team goes to 7-0 in conference
Irvine Valley scored wins on the first through the fourth courts against Riverside on Friday at home and improved its record to 8-4 overall and 7-0 in Orange Empire Conference action. IVC hosts...
March 10, 2024
Women's beach volleyball team stays unbeaten in OEC play
Irvine Valley continued to roll in the Orange Empire Conference with two victories on Friday in Huntington Beach. The Lasers defeated Golden West, 4-1, and then host Santiago Canyon, 5-0, to move...
March 1, 2024
Women's beach volleyball team moves to 4-0 in OEC play
Irvine Valley defeats both Fullerton and Saddleback, 5-0, on Friday at home in Orange Empire Conference play. The Lasers improve their record to 5-4 overall and 4-0 in the conference. IVC plays again...
February 28, 2024
Women's beach volleyball falls to Mt. SAC, 4-1, at home
Irvine Valley sees its record to 3-4 overall after a 4-1 defeat to Mt. SAC in a nonconference match at home on Wednesday morning. Irvine Valley will play again on Friday hosting Fullerton and...
February 23, 2024
Beach volleyball team starts OEC play with two victories
Irvine Valley plays its first two Orange Empire Conference matches of 2024 on Friday at Rosie's Dog Beach in Long Beach and defeats Orange Coast, 3-2, and host Cypress, 4-1. IVC improves its record to...
February 22, 2024
Women's beach volleyball team drops two at home Wednesday
Irvine Valley falls to MiraCosta, 3-2, and then loses to Westcliff, 4-1, on Wednesday at home. The Lasers drop to 1-3 on the year, but are back at it in the first Orange Empire Conference matches of...
February 18, 2024
Women's beach volleyball team splits opening matches
Irvine Valley defeats Cerritos, 3-2, and falls to four-year St. Katherine, 5-0, on Friday in the opening matches of the 2024 season. The Lasers play again next Wednesday hosting MiraCosta at 10 a.m....
July 27, 2023
Beach volleyball player Chloe Swanson is headed to St. Mary's
Irvine Valley freshman volleyball player Chloe Swanson is headed to NCAA Division I St. Mary's to play on the Gaels beach team. Swanson was an all-conference player in both indoor and beach for the...
July 2, 2023
Former IVC star Hannah Matt named beach coach at Westcliff
Hannah Matt, a state champion in both indoor and beach at Irvine Valley, is the new beach coach at Westcliff University. She is also back as a top assistant coach for the indoor women's volleyball...
June 29, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Ryan Windisch selected to the AVCA Thirty under 30 list
Former Irvine Valley player, top assistant and then head coach for women's and men's indoor volleyball and women's beach has been named a Thirty under 30 winner with the American Volleyball Coaches...
June 17, 2023
Women's beach volleyball player Emily Hon signs with Vanguard
Irvine Valley beach volleyball and indoor standout Emily Hon signs with NAIA National Champion Vanguard. She played indoor and beach for the Lasers and helped each squad capture an Orange Empire...
June 8, 2023
Beach volleyball star Sydney Dews headed to College of Idaho
Irvine Valley women's beach volleyball player Sydney Dews will continue her academic and athletic career at the College of Idaho in the fall. Dews helped IVC to a conference title and made the round...
May 29, 2023
Star women's beach player Barett Nolan is off to Colorado Mesa
Sophomore Barett Nolan, who helped the Lasers to a CCCAA team state championship in 2022, back-to-back Orange Empire Conference titles and a state pairs appearance in the round of 16 in 2023, is...
May 21, 2023 | General News
Fraser and Kashishian are IVC's Character Champion winners
Irvine Valley women's indoor and beach volleyball star Kendall Fraser and men's tennis standout Devon Kashishian have been selected as the athletic department's Character Champion Award Winners for...
May 18, 2023
Alumni Report: Kruse and Hawai'i beach make round of 16
Lea Kruse was part of a successful beach volleyball team at Hawai'i. the squad reached the round of 16 at the NCAA tourney and ended the year with a record of 27-9. She recently received her degree in...
May 14, 2023
Beach volleyball season comes to a close in pairs round of 16
Irvine Valley's pairs of Barett Nolan and Chloe Swanson and Gabi Brown and Sydney Dews both lose tough matches in the round of 16 at the California Community College Athletic Association State...
May 13, 2023
Alumni Report: Gabriela Griego named All-Big West at CSUN
Former Irvine Valley volleyball player Gabriela Griego was recently named second team all-Big West Conference for beach at Cal State Northridge. Griego and her teammate Abbey Sweeting won a program-re...
May 12, 2023
Nolan and Swanson, Brown and Dews make final 16 at state
Irvine Valley moves two pairs on from the first day of the CCCAA State Championship event Friday at West Valley in Saratoga. Barett Nolan and Chloe Swanson and Gabi Brown and Sydney Dews move on to...
May 7, 2023
Two beach volleyball pairs qualify for state at West Valley
The Irvine Valley beach pairs of Barett Nolan and Chloe Swanson and Gabi Brown and Sydney Dews each advanced to the California Community College Athletic Association Championship next Friday and...
May 3, 2023
Beach players earn all-Orange Empire Conference honors
Irvine Valley has four pairs selected to all-Orange Empire Conference teams, led by the duos of Barett Nolan and Chloe Swanson and Gabi Brown and Sydney Dews as first team. Nolan and Swanson finished...
May 2, 2023
Beach volleyball team splits So. Cal. Regional matches in HB
Irvine Valley sees its team season come to an end after falling to Orange Coast, 4-1, in its first match and then rallying to defeat Rio Hondo, 3-2, Tuesday at the Newland Courts in Huntington Beach....
May 1, 2023
Beach volleyball team plays in So. Cal. Regional Tuesday
Irvine Valley plays in a CCCAA Southern California Regional Tuesday at the Newland Courts in Huntington Beach, taking on host Orange Coast and Rio Hondo. The Lasers, seeded ninth, play No. 3 OCC at 10...
April 29, 2023
Nolan and Swanson make OEC final, three pairs on to regionals
Irvine Valley wrapped up the Orange Empire Conference Pairs Championship on Friday with three of its pairs qualifying for the regionals next Friday at El Camino. The duo of Barett Nolan and Chloe...
April 26, 2023
Women's beach volleyball team has solid start to OEC tourney
Irvine Valley moves four of its six pairs on to the Friday round of 16 after the first day of the Orange Empire Conference Tournament at IVC Wednesday. The Lasers also find out their opponents in next...
April 21, 2023
Beach volleyball team sweeps its fifth straight OEC match
Irvine Valley wins its sixth match in a row and completes an unbeaten Orange Empire Conference Eastern Division season with a 5-0 win over Santa Ana at IVC Friday. The Lasers start OEC pairs play-in...
April 14, 2023
Beach volleyball team wins fourth and fifth straight matches
Irvine Valley defeats both Riverside and Saddleback, 5-0, to improve its record to 11-11 overall. The Lasers, who have already clinched an Orange Empire Conference division title, finish the regular...
April 8, 2023
Beach volleyball team rolls in conference sweeps at Newland
Irvine Valley defeats host Fullerton, 5-0, and, Riverside, 5-0, in a neutral site match on Friday morning at the Newland Courts in Huntington Beach. It was also the first two IVC wins as new head...
April 6, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's indoor/beach coach Ryan Windisch lands job at U of A
Irvine Valley is proud of former player and coach Ryan Windisch moving on to a Division I position at the University of Arizona. Windisch has coached IVC men's and women's indoor teams to conference...
March 29, 2023
Women's beach volleyball team sweeps pair of OEC matches
Irvine Valley defeats both Fullerton and Saddleback by the scores of 5-0 at IVC on Wednesday morning. Saddleback was the host in the rain at the Laser Beach Courts. Irvine Valley improved its record...
March 28, 2023
Beach volleyball team hangs with HIU and Concordia squads
Irvine Valley plays tough throughout, but loses to Hope International, 4-1, and Concordia, 5-0, in contests on Tuesday at the Laser Beach Courts complex. IVC's pair of Emily Hon and Mia Bertolone pick...
March 24, 2023
Beach volleyball team battles, splits home contests Thursday
Irvine Valley earns an easy 5-0 win over Golden West in an Orange Empire Conference match to start the day and then falls, 5-0, to NCAA Division II Colorado Mesa. The Mavericks won the small college...
March 23, 2023
Beach volleyball team takes on two more four-year colleges
Irvine Valley continues its recent string of taking on four-year programs with matches against The Master's and Concordia on Wednesday at home. The Lasers battle, but lose to Concordia, 5-0, and The...
March 18, 2023
Beach volleyball team faces Nebraska and Hope International
Irvine Valley plays its first Saturday home match of the season and battles the University of Nebraska before losing, 5-0, and then goes toe-to-toe with Hope International University before falling,...
March 10, 2023
Women's beach volleyball team defeats Cypress at Newland
Irvine Valley improves its record to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the Orange Empire Conference with a 4-1 win over Cypress Friday at the Newland Courts in Huntington Beach. IVC hosts Nebraska and Hope...
March 8, 2023
Women's beach volleyball team wins two of three at home
Irvine Valley's women's beach volleyball team took two of three matches at home on Wednesday. The Lasers defeated MiraCosta and Mt. San Jacinto before dropping the final contest of the day to Santa...
March 4, 2023
Beach volleyball team loses two, but plays well in openers
Irvine Valley hosted two of the other top teams in So. Cal. Friday morning at home and dropped a pair of very close 3-2 matches against Orange Coast and Ventura in the Lasers' season opening matches...
February 24, 2023
Former star volleyball player Cole Murray joins Campbell staff
Cole Murray, a top player for the Irvine Valley men's volleyball team from 2013-15, has been named an assistant coach at NCAA Division I Campbell University. Murray was picked to the all-state...
January 11, 2023
The 2023 Laser women's beach volleyball schedule is set
Irvine Valley, which won the California Community College Athletic Association State Championship last year, plays its first matches of the 2023 season against Saint Katherine and Life Pacific in...
August 20, 2022 | General News
No. 6 Story of the Year - More and more scholar-athletes
In leading up to the official start of the 2022-23 athletics campaign at Irvine Valley, which starts on Aug. 26, the Irvine Valley athletic department will count down the top 10 sports stories from...
August 17, 2022 | General News
No. 9 Story of the Year - Plenty of Irvine Valley sports signees
In leading up to the official start of the 2022-23 athletics campaign at Irvine Valley, which starts on Aug. 26, the Irvine Valley athletic department will count down the top 10 sports...
July 25, 2022
State beach champion Emily Guenter signs with North Florida
Irvine Valley's Emily Guenter, both a star indoors and on the sand at Irvine Valley, has signed with NCAA Division I University of North Florida for beach. Guenter helped Irvine Valley to a State...
July 23, 2022
Volleyball Alumni Report: Unke, Gendale star with Roadrunners
Former Irvine Valley indoor and beach stars Anna Unke and Alaina Gendale have shined on and off the court at NCAA Division I Cal State Bakersfield. Both were named to scholar athlete teams this past...
July 15, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
IVC's Tasha Mae to Cal State Northridge for beach volleyball
Irvine Valley freshman indoor and women's beach volleyball player Tasha Mae has signed with NCAA Division I Cal State Northridge. Mae was a top player for the IVC 2021 women's indoor squad during the...
July 5, 2022 | General News
IVC Athletics places 21st in 2021-22 NATYCAA Cup Standings
Irvine Valley, thanks to big accomplishments from the women's beach volleyball, women's badminton, women's basketball, men's volleyball and men's tennis programs, finished 21st in the NATYCAA Cup...
June 29, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball Alumni Report: Truth Hafey stars all-around for GSU
Truth Hafey, the career leader in assists for the Irvine Valley women's volleyball team, wrapped up her college career at Georgia State last fall. She shined on and off the court, being named an honor...
June 9, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball player Jaclyn Sanchez off to Division I Nevada
Irvine Valley women's volleyball player Jaclyn Sanchez is headed to NCAA Division I University of Nevada. She helped the Laser indoor team team to the So. Cal. Regional Playoffs and the beach team to...
May 14, 2022
IVC's Sanchez and Guenter stand out, but SBCC wins pairs title
Irvine Valley's pair of Jaclyn Sanchez and Emily Guenter reaches the quarterfinals of the CCCAA State Championships on Saturday at Irvine Valley. The duo fell in the quarters to the team from Sierra...
May 13, 2022
Loaded field set for final day at State Beach Pairs Championship
Irvine Valley moved two pairs on to the round of 16 and final day of the California Community College Athletic Association State Women's Beach Volleyball Pairs Championship at IVC Saturday. Play gets...
May 12, 2022
Beach volleyball team wins state title in dramatic fashion
Irvine Valley rallies to beat Cabrillo and then defeats Feather River in a match that went down to the last points to send coach Tom Pestolesi out with a title at the California Community College...
May 11, 2022
Irvine Valley set to host CCCAA beach state championship
Irvine Valley's Laser beach courts will be the site of the California Community College Athletic Association State Championships Thursday through Saturday. IVC is in the team competition on Thursday,...
May 7, 2022
Three women's beach duos qualify for CCCAA State event
Irvine Valley's pairs of Jolie Rasmussen and Barett Nolan, Jaclyn Sanchez and Emily Guenter and Gabi Brown and Sevilla Leuteneker each qualified for the state tourney, which will be held at IVC next...
May 2, 2022
Beach volleyball squad set to host Team Regional Tuesday
Irvine Valley earns the No. 2 seed in Southern California and will host a Team Regional against No. 7 Grossmont and No. 10 Fullerton on Tuesday, starting at 11 a.m. Winners from the four So. Cal....
April 30, 2022
Beach volleyball team qualifies all of its pairs for regionals
Irvine Valley has the pairs of Jolie Rasmussen and Barett Nolan, Jaclyn Sanchez and Emily Guenter, Gabi Brown and Sevilla Leuteneker and Diamonique Brogan and Chloe Swanson qualify for the regionals...
April 25, 2022
Orange Empire Conference beach volleyball pairings are set
The Orange Empire Conference women's beach volleyball tournament pairings are set. The event begins Wednesday at the Laser beach courts at noon. The IVC team of Jaclyn Sanchez and Emily Guenter is...
April 22, 2022
Beach volleyball team closes OEC play with two more wins
Irvine Valley beats Riverside, 5-0, and Saddleback, 4-1, Friday to close out the 2022 regular season. IVC's record improves to 13-10 overall and 9-1 in the OEC. IVC hosts the start of the conference...
April 18, 2022
Women's beach volleyball team wraps up OEC division title
Irvine Valley travels to Riverside to take on RCC and Fullerton Friday and comes away with two wins to clinch the Orange Empire Conference Eastern Division title. The Lasers will host a regional team...
April 9, 2022
Women's beach volleyball team takes control of division
Irvine Valley defeats Saddleback, 5-0, and then Fullerton, 4-1, in Orange Empire Conference play on Friday at the Laser Beach courts. IVC moves into sole position of first place in the OEC Eastern...
April 2, 2022
Women's beach volleyball team finishes two busy days
After playing Concordia and The Master's on Friday, Irvine Valley came back and took on NCAA Division I schools Utah and Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday at home. IVC fell to Utah, 4-1, and battled...
April 1, 2022
Women's beach volleyball team battles with four-year schools
Irvine Valley pushes NCAA Division II Concordia in most contests, but falls, 5-0. The Lasers responded with a 4-1 victory over NAIA The Master's. Irvine Valley plays again on Saturday, hosting Utah...
March 20, 2022
Beach volleyball team records Saturday morning split
Irvine Valley battles NCAA Division I Nebraska before falling, 3-2, and then the Lasers top NJCAA St. John Rivers State College from Florida, 3-2, on Saturday at home. IVC's record went to 5-6 overall...
February 27, 2022
Beach volleyball fights, drops matches to four-year schools
Irvine Valley battles, but falls to Oregon twice on Friday, 5-0, and then to Long Beach State and Cal on Saturday. Both Saturday losses were 5-0 defeats. Irvine Valley is back in action on March 11 at...
February 24, 2022
Beach volleyball team starts OEC play with easy victory
Irvine Valley opens Orange Empire Conference action with a 5-0 win over Santa Ana at home on Thursday afternoon. The Lasers now turn their attention to match-ups with NCAA Division 1 schools over the...
February 18, 2022
Women's beach volleyball team opens season with two 5-0 wins
Irvine Valley officially opens its season at home on Friday with 5-0 wins over both MiraCosta and El Camino. The Lasers, who look to be one of the favorites in the state this year, play again next...
August 9, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Laser assistant volleyball coach Nick Castello heading home
Nick Castello, a former star player at Irvine Valley and an assistant coach for the men's, women's and beach programs for IVC the last two years, was recently and proudly named an assistant coach at...
May 18, 2021
On this Day: Pair of Ka'awaloa/Ramseyer celebrate beach title
Irvine Valley's State Championship Beach Volleyball Pairs duo of Taira Ka'awaloa and Megan Ramseyer had their feet imprinted in the Lasers' sand area of honor on Thursday, May 18, 2018, joining other...
May 8, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
IVC Volleyball Coach Tom Pestolesi receives special honor
Recently retired and legendary Irvine Valley coach and former faculty member Tom Pestolesi was honored with a state proclamation Friday in Newport Beach. He coached at IVC for 21 years and won six...
November 7, 2020 | General News
CCCAA provides guidance on return to competition
The CCCAA Board of Directors voted Friday to continue forward with the Contingency Plan, which provides a framework for a return to competition this spring, while also providing decision-making...
October 7, 2020 | General News
IVC student athletes set for Oct. 19 return with training
Irvine Valley athletics is excited to announce that Laser sports programs are scheduled to be some of the first among community colleges in the state to have student-athletes back on campus and...
October 19, 2020 | General News
Irvine Valley student athletes get back to work (Oct. 19)
Irvine Valley teams began conditioning and training on Monday afternoon. The Lasers were some of the first community college athletic programs to begin training again with check ins, safety measures...
July 20, 2020
Women's beach volleyball earns AVCA Team Academic Award
Irvine Valley is one of just three women's beach volleyball programs in the California Community College Athletic Association to be named for excellence as part of the USMC/AVCA Academic Awards for...
July 10, 2020 | General News
CCCAA Board announces plan for return to sports in 2021
The California Community College Athletic Association Board of Directors announced the implementation of its Contingency Plan for return to sports in 2020-21 on Thursday. All of IVC's 11 sports will...
June 26, 2020
Beach volleyball player Alaina Thomas headed to Oregon
Irvine Valley's Alaina Thomas becomes the seventh Irvine Valley women's volleyball player (indoor and beach) headed to a NCAA Division I school. She will compete as part of the beach program at the...
June 17, 2020 | General News
Unke and Humble selected as IVC's Character Champion winners
Volleyball player Anna Unke and golfer Caleb Humble are Irvine Valley's OEC Character Champion award winners. The two shined on and off the field of play, as well as in the community and as leaders of...
June 10, 2020 | General News
Irvine Valley Athletics has three stories featured in OEC Top 10
Renata Bath's honor for being a Scholar Athlete and then the award-winning seasons and OEC championship runs by women's basketball and volleyball are highlighted in the first Orange Empire Conference...
May 28, 2020 | Women's Volleyball
Alumni Report: Libero Gabi Lau stars, graduates from WNMU
Gabi Lau, who was a libero, defensive specialist and also a beach starter for Irvine Valley during the 2017-18 school year, recently graduated from DII Western New Mexico. She stood out with 897 digs...
May 23, 2020
Lea Kruse named NATYCAA scholar-athlete honorable mention
Irvine Valley star volleyball player Lea Kruse was recently honored for her achievements both on and off the court. She was named to the National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators...
April 7, 2020
Beach player Alaina Gendale is headed to Cal State Bakersfield
Sophomore Alaina Gendale becomes the second Irvine Valley beach volleyball player to commit to Cal State Bakersfield. The all-Orange Empire Conference player joins pairs teammate Anna Unke with the...
April 2, 2020
Volleyball standout Anna Unke commits to Cal State Bakersfield
Anna Unke, who was a two-year starter indoors and on the sand for Irvine Valley, has committed to NCAA Division I Cal State Bakersfield to play beach volleyball. She was part of three IVC squads that...
March 26, 2020
Beach volleyball standout Kendall Nolan headed to Portland
Irvine Valley sophomore beach volleyball player Kendall Nolan, who helped IVC reach the CCCAA State Championship last season and finish ranked No. 3 in the state, has signed to play at the University...
March 10, 2020
Women's beach volleyball team goes 1-2 on day vs. four years
Irvine Valley falls to Long Beach State, plays Utah tough and defeats Wayne State in the rain on Tuesday in matches at home. The Lasers are back in action Friday, hosting Cypress and Santa Ana in...
March 6, 2020
Beach volleyball team picks up key OEC win over Orange Coast
Irvine Valley edges Orange Coast, 3-2, before losing to NCAA Division 2 Concordia, 4-1, at home Friday. The Lasers get wins from Lea Kruse/Gabriela Griego, Anna Unke/Alaina Gendale and Truth Hafey/Alm...
February 28, 2020
Beach volleyball team battles against four-year schools
Irvine Valley goes 1-2 Friday at home against Cal State Bakersfield, Santa Clara and Concordia, but has chances to win each match. The Lasers' No. 3 team of Anna Unke and Alaina Gendale go unbeaten on...
February 27, 2020
Women's beach volleyball team hosts four-squad event Friday
Irvine Valley will welcome NCAA Division 1 schools Santa Clara and Cal State Bakersfield and Division 2 Concordia on Friday, Feb. 28 at IVC. The six match slate begins at 9 a.m. with Santa Clara...
February 21, 2020
Beach volleyball team falls in two matches to No. 6 Pepperdine
Irvine Valley plays well in its 2020 season openers, but is out-matched by NCAA Division 1 Pepperdine, which is ranked No. 6 in the nation. The Waves won both contests, 5-0. IVC is back in action next...
February 13, 2020
Star volleyball player Lea Kruse headed to play beach at Hawaii
Irvine Valley sophomore standout Lea Kruse recently signed with the University of Hawaii to play beach volleyball in the fall. She has been a winner and leader on and off the floor and sand for the...
August 28, 2019 | General News
No. 1 Story of the Year - Beach volleyball team stands out
Irvine Valley's beach volleyball team had a fabulous 2019 season, finishing third in the state, seeing its top pair of Renata Bath and Lea Kruse also take third at state and the Lasers earning a team...
August 22, 2019 | General News
No. 7 Story of the Year - Honoring athletes/scholars of the year
Irvine Valley honored its athletes of the year, scholar athletes of the year and others as part of its 19th Annual Awards. AOYs were Lea Kruse and Kyle Dobson, while Renata Bath and Grant Joyce were...
August 22, 2019 | General News
No. 8 Story of the Year - Lasers sport big-time award winners
Irvine Valley had several student-athletes win Orange Empire Conference MVP or player of the year awards as well as two-year honors from organizations around the state and country during the 2018-19...
July 14, 2019 | General News
Windisch, Pestolesi picked as IVC coaches of the year
Women’s indoor and beach volleyball coach Tom Pestolesi and men’s volleyball coach Ryan Windisch were recently named Irvine Valley’s coaches of the year for 2018-19 as part of the...
August 11, 2019
Women's beach volleyball team earns AVCA academic award
Irvine Valley's women's beach volleyball team finished third in the state on the sand and also recently picked up a American Volleyball Coaches Association award for team academic achievement for the...
July 15, 2019
Irvine Valley mentioned as honoree by AVCA for beach coverage
Irvine Valley sports information was mentioned as an honoree by the American Volleyball Coaches Association for its coverage of beach volleyball this spring. The mention was part of the year-end media...
July 15, 2019 | General News
Kruse and Dobson selected IVC athletes of the year for 2018-19
Freshman women's indoor and beach volleyball player Lea Kruse and freshman baseball player Kyle Dobson have been selected as Irvine Valley's female and male athletes of the year, respectively, for the...
July 10, 2019
Women's beach volleyball is Irvine Valley's team of the year
Irvine Valley women's beach volleyball team, which captured another Orange Empire Conference title, made the state tournament and also sent several pairs on to the state event is the team of the year...
June 16, 2019
Beach volleyball player Alyssa Vortouni off to Grand Canyon
A two-year standout in both indoor and beach for Irvine Valley, Alyssa Vortouni has committed to play beach volleyball for NCAA Division I Grand Canyon next season. Vortouni was a conference MVP this...
May 16, 2019
Beach volleyball team ranked third in state final AVCA poll
Irvine Valley's women's beach volleyball team, which tied for third at the CCCAA State Championships last week in Chula Vista was ranked third in the state this week in the final American Volleyball...
May 14, 2019 | General News
Renata Bath and Grant Joyce are IVC's scholar athletes of year
Sophomore women's volleyball player Renata Bath and sophomore men's soccer player Grant Joyce were honored by the Exchange Club of Irvine at a luncheon Tuesday for being Irvine Valley's scholar...
May 12, 2019
Bath and Kruse battle, place third at state pairs championships
Irvine Valley's Renata Bath and Lea Kruse fought through two days of tough action and finished tied for third at the CCCAA State Pairs Championship in Chula Vista Saturday. Anna Unke and Gabriela...
May 10, 2019
Women's beach volleyball team finishes tied for third in state
Irvine Valley wins its first match at the California Community College Athletic Association State Championship on Thursday in Chula Vista, but falls to Long Beach City and has to settle for third...
May 8, 2019
Women's beach volleyball State Championships start Thursday
Irvine Valley competes in the team championship on Thursday and then will have four pairs taking part in the individual action beginning Friday in Chula Vista. IVC starts Thursday's team championship...
May 6, 2019
Vortouni, Austin, Bath and Kruse named OEC beach MVP's
Irvine Valley's pairs teams of sophomores Alyssa Vortouni and Emilie Austin and freshman Lea Kruse and sophomore Renata Bath shared the Orange Empire Conference women's beach volleyball title last...
May 4, 2019
Beach volleyball team moves all of its pairs on to State event
Irvine Valley has the most pairs advance to the CCCAA State Championships with Renata Bath and Lea Kruse, Anna Unke and Gabriela Griego, Alyssa Vortouni and Emilie Austin and Alaina Gendale and...
May 3, 2019
Women's beach volleyball pairs set for regional Friday at IVC
Four Irvine Valley duos will be trying to qualify for next week's CCCAA State Championship in Friday's South Region Pairs event at IVC. Play begins at 10 a.m. and will include 32 pairs from all over...
April 30, 2019
Beach volleyball team off to state with sweeps in regional
Irvine Valley is headed to the California Community College Athletic Association State Championships after beating Saddleback, 5-0, and then San Diego Mesa, 5-0, Tuesday at IVC. The state event is...
April 29, 2019
Beach volleyball team set to host team regional Tuesday
Irvine Valley receives the No. 3 seed in the CCCAA South Team Regionals and will host San Diego Mesa and Saddleback on Tuesday with a trip to the state tournament on the line. Matches get underway at...
April 26, 2019
Beach volleyball team dominates OEC Pairs Championships
Irvine Valley advances four pairs from the Orange Empire Conference Championships Friday at IVC, including the top two duos in the conference. Renata Bath and Lea Kruse and Alyssa Vortouni and Emilie...
April 23, 2019
OEC women's beach volleyball pairs tourney set for Wednesday
Irvine Valley will be hosting the Orange Empire Conference pairs tournament starting Wednesday at noon and finishing on Friday. The event determines which duos move on to the regionals next Friday...
April 19, 2019
Women's volleyball team finishes off undefeated OEC campaign
Irvine Valley defeats Saddleback, 5-0, and then Riverside, 5-0, on Friday at home to improve to 10-0 in Orange Empire Conference play. Next up for the Lasers is the OEC individual tournament Wednesday...
April 12, 2019
Women's beach volleyball team stays perfect in OEC action
Irvine Valley defeats both Fullerton and Riverside, 5-0, in Orange Empire Conference matches on Friday at IVC. The Lasers improve their record to 12-7 overall and 8-0 in conference. They are 10-0...
April 5, 2019
Beach volleyball wins two more, moves closer to OEC title
Irvine Valley defeats both Fullerton and Saddleback, 5-0, and improves its record to 10-7 overall (7-0 against community colleges) and 6-0 in the Orange Empire Conference. The Lasers dropped just one...
March 25, 2019
Women's beach volleyball team competes right with four-years
Irvine Valley falls to nationally-ranked Stanford and Grand Canyon, but beats Concordia in an all-day event at the IVC beach complex on Sunday. The Laser No. 1 team of Renata Bath and Lea Kruse wins...
March 22, 2019
Beach volleyball team stays unbeaten in conference play
Irvine Valley improves its record to 7-5 overall and 3-0 in the Orange Empire Conference with a 5-0 victory over Santa Ana on Friday at IVC. The Lasers also remain perfect against community college...
March 21, 2019
Beach volleyball team sweeps Westcliff, battles Nebraska
Irvine Valley takes on two more four-year schools and comes away with a split Thursday at home. The Lasers defeat Westcliff, 5-0, and fall to Nebraska, 4-1. IVC's No. 1 team of Lea Kruse and Renata...
March 15, 2019
Beach volleyball team sweeps Golden West, falls to Missouri St.
Irvine Valley stays undefeated in the Orange Empire Conference with a 5-0 win over Golden West on Friday afternoon at home. The Lasers also take on Missouri State and have some close matches, but lose...
March 7, 2019
Women's beach volleyball team ranked No. 5 in the state
Irvine Valley, with a 4-2 record overall and 4-0 mark against community college teams is ranked No. 5 in the state in the latest AVCA/CCCAA state poll. The Lasers are at NCAA Division I No. 8-ranked...
March 6, 2019
Women's beach volleyball team picks up big win over Cypress
In its two matches on Wednesday at home, Irvine Valley falls to University of Arizona, 5-0, but earns an important 4-1 Orange Empire Conference victory over Cypress. IVC swept the first three contests...
February 25, 2019
Women's beach volleyball team splits first two matches of 2019
Irvine Valley falls to four-year Cal State Bakersfield, but defeats fellow community college team Gavilan on Friday in Bakersfield. The Lasers will host their first matches of the season this Friday...
September 26, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Tom Pestolesi named 2017-18 OEC women's coach of the year
Long-time Irvine Valley volleyball coach Tom Pestolesi has been recognized as the women's coach of the year for all sports in the Orange Empire Conference. He led the IVC women's indoor volleyball...
August 27, 2018
No. 2 Story of the Year - Women's beach volleyball champions
The Irvine Valley women's beach volleyball won an Orange Empire Conference title, made the CCCAA State Championships and ended up seeing its team of Taira Ka'awaloa and Megan Ramseyer win a state...
August 22, 2018 | General News
No. 5 Story of the Year - Irvine Valley hands out athlete awards
Irvine Valley's annual award winners, included athletes of the year Taira Ka'awaloa (volleyball) and Matt August (volleyball) and scholar athletes of the year Megan Ramseyer (volleyball) and Austin...
July 7, 2018 | General News
Ka'awaloa and August named Irvine Valley's athletes of the year
Taira Ka'awaloa, who won indoor and beach volleyball state championships, and Matt August, who was one of the best men's volleyball players in the state are Irvine Valley's female and male athletes of...
June 21, 2018 | General News
Ramseyer and McBain named IVC's scholar athletes of the year
Indoor and beach volleyball state champion and All-American Megan Ramseyer and conference volleyball setter of the year Austin McBain have been named Irvine Valley's scholar athletes of the year for...
May 12, 2018
Ka'awaloa and Ramseyer win state beach volleyball pairs title
Irvine Valley's Taira Ka'awaloa and Megan Ramseyer capped a great year by winning the CCCAA State Championship beach volleyball pairs title Saturday at West Valley College. The two also helped capture...
May 10, 2018
Jeff Strickland is the Irvine Valley Athletics Veteran of the Year
Jeff Strickland, who is an IVC alumnus and has been an assistant coach with the beach volleyball program since 2011, is the Irvine Valley Athletics Veteran of the Year for 2018. He also is on the OEC...
May 10, 2018
Beach volleyball team knocked out of state championship
Irvine Valley sweeps past Sierra, 5-0, but loses a tough one to MiraCosta, 3-2, in pool play to be eliminated in the CCCAA State Team Championship on Thursday at West Valley College. Two IVC pairs...
May 9, 2018
Beach volleyball team ready for CCCAA State Championship
Irvine Valley, which won state in 2015, is looking to follow up on its success during the indoor season last fall, when it plays at West Valley College on Thursday in the state team championship...
May 1, 2018
Women's beach volleyball team clinches spot in state tourney
Irvine Valley gets a big win in the final match from the No. 5 pair of Diamond Brogan and Alyssa Vortouni to beat El Camino, 3-2, on Tuesday in Long Beach. IVC moves on to next week's CCCAA State...
May 1, 2018
Ka'awaloa and Ramseyer named first team all-OEC in beach
Irvine Valley's women's beach volleyball team, which won an Orange Empire Conference in April, had three pairs named to all-conference teams. The squad will play again in the CCCAA State Championship...
April 25, 2018
Three women's beach volleyball pairs move on in tourney
The Irvine Valley duos of Taira Ka'awaloa and Megan Ramseyer, Olivia Aguilar and Renata Bath and Hanna Salaya and Emilie Austin each advance to the final day of the OEC Pairs Championships Friday at...
April 20, 2018
Women's beach volleyball team goes 3-0, wraps up title
Irvine Valley defeats both Saddleback and Riverside, 5-0, and beats Fullerton, 4-1, to clinch an Orange Empire Conference division title. The Lasers improved to 6-0 in conference. IVC hosts the OEC...
April 20, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball player Olivia Aguilar signs with Cal State San Marcos
Irvine Valley outside hitter Olivia Aguilar, who set a state championship match record for kills with 30 in IVC's victory last December, is headed to Cal State San Marcos. Aguilar earned a host of...
April 12, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball player Diamond Brogan signs with Cumberland
Diamond Brogan, a two-year player for Irvine Valley, is headed to Cumberland University in Tennessee. She was a second team all-Orange Empire Conference player and helped IVC to a 27-0 overall record...
April 9, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball player Gabi Lau signs with Western New Mexico
Gabi Lau, a standout libero, has signed with Division II Western New Mexico. She recorded 30 digs in Irvine Valley's state championship win over Delta last fall, which was the most in a state tourney...
April 7, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball player Taira Ka'awaloa signs with Hawai'i at Hilo
The two-year standout in both indoor and beach volleyball at Irvine Valley is headed back home to continue her playing career. She helped lead the Lasers as they won their second state title in...
April 6, 2018
Women's beach volleyball team sweeps three matches at RCC
Irvine Valley beats host Riverside, Saddleback and Fullerton each by the scores of 5-0 in Orange Empire Conference matches on Friday at Riverside. IVC won 12 of the 15 contests in straight sets on the...
March 29, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Legendary coach Tom Pestolesi honored at CCCAA convention
Irvine Valley volleyball coach Tom Pestolesi was recognized by the California Community College Coaches Association at the "Honoring Our Own Professional Staff Awards Luncheon" in Concord on...
March 26, 2018
Women's beach volleyball team continues to make strides
Irvine Valley hosts four-year schools Oregon and Cal Poly on Monday and pushes the Ducks before falling, 3-2. Cal Poly, ranked No. 6 in the nation, has too much for the Lasers in a 5-0 victory. IVC is...
March 23, 2018
Women's beach volleyball team gets by Concordia and Nebraska
Irvine Valley hosts a four-way event on Friday and comes away with wins in two of three contests, beating Concordia, 4-1, and Nebraska, 3-2. The duo of Hannah Salaya and Emilie Austin clinched the...
March 16, 2018
Women's beach volleyball team plays tough against four years
Irvine Valley falls to both Cal State Bakersfield and Missouri State, 4-1, in matches at home on Friday afternoon. IVC picked up two individual wins on the day and pairs battled into three sets in...
March 6, 2018
Long Beach State, Arizona too tough for women's beach volleyball team
Irvine Valley loses to the four-year NCAA Division 1 schools each by a score of 5-0. Irvine Valley is back in action on Friday, Mar. 16 when it hosts Missouri State and Cal State Bakersfield.
March 2, 2018
Women's volleyball team splits opening matches of 2018
Irvine Valley beats Santa Barbara City, 5-0, but falls to Long Beach City, 3-2, on Friday at home. IVC's top two teams of Taira Ka'awaloa and Megan Ramseyer and Olivia Aguilar and Renata Bath each...
May 24, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball player Lucee Fitzgerald signs with UH Hilo
Irvine Valley sophomore women's volleyball player Lucce Fitzgerald has signed with Hawaii Hilo to play indoor volleyball in the fall. She was a first team beach player and second team indoor player...
May 10, 2017
Ka'awaloa and Fitzgerald earn women's beach volleyball honors
Irvine Valley's top women's beach volleyball team of Taira Ka'awaloa and Lucee Fitzgerald is named first team all-Orange Empire Conference after reaching the conference finals. Two more IVC pairs are...
April 14, 2017
Women's beach volleyball team has perfect day at home
Irvine Valley defeats Saddleback, 3-2, and Santa Ana, 4-1, in Orange Empire Conference matches on Friday at home. Pairs Ally Sassman and Alissa Blevins and Brittany Tuliau and Jacqueline Millerd go...
April 7, 2017
Women's beach volleyball earns second OEC victory
Irvine Valley plays one of its best matches of the year in a 4-1 Orange Empire Conference win at home over Riverside Friday. The Lasers improve their record in conference to 2-1 and host Santa Ana and...
March 27, 2017
Women's beach volleyball team takes on some of nation's best
Irvine Valley hosts the first Shave Ice Invitational on Sunday on its new beach courts. IVC drops matches, 5-0, to Hawaii, Stanford and TCU, but plays well as it preps for the start of Orange Empire...
January 15, 2017
Irvine Valley's new beach volleyball facility is one of a kind
A project that was three years in the making, and driven by longtime Laser volleyball coach Tom Pestolesi and IVC Dean and Athletic Director Keith Shackleford, was completed in late 2016. Irvine...
August 22, 2016
No. 3 Story of the Year - Reinking, Earnest are best on the beach
Irvine Valley sophomore women's beach volleyball players Emily Reinking and Hailee Earnest won the CCCAA Pairs State Championship at Grossmont in May. Reinking and Earnest won five straight matches to...
August 17, 2016
No. 4 Story of the Year - Beach volleyball team is second in state
Irvine Valley's women's beach volleyball team finished second at the CCCAA State Championships at Grossmont. The Lasers won their second straight Orange Empire Conference title and earned several...
August 10, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
No. 6 Story of the Year - Tom Pestolesi's well-deserved honors
Irvine Valley volleyball coach Tom Pestolesi won his 300th match with the women's team and then was put into the CCCMVCA Hall of Fame for his work with the men's program. Pestolesi has won three men's...
August 8, 2016 | Men's Soccer
No. 7 Story of the Year - Scheevel and Waterman 15-16 AOYS
Women's volleyball and beach volleyball player Kayla Scheevel and men's soccer player Toby Waterman were named Irvine Valley's athletes of the year for 2015-16 at an end of the year luncheon. Both...
July 29, 2016
Honorable Mention Story of the Year - Volleyball scholars
The 2015 Irvine Valley beach volleyball team and former IVC standout Marisa Doran were given awards at the annual CCCAA convention earlier this year. And Emily Reinking and Kayla Scheevel were honored...
July 26, 2016
Beach volleyball player Hannah Matt headed to Long Beach State
The standout beach and indoor player at Irvine Valley will play on the sand next season for Long Beach State. Matt helped Irvine Valley to state titles in both indoor and beach during the 2014-15...
July 23, 2016 | Men's Tennis
Top 10 IVC athletics stories of 2015-16 starts next week
In leading up to the start of the 2016-17 athletics campaign at Irvine Valley in late August, the Laser athletic department will begin counting down the top 10 IVC sports stories from the 2015-16...
July 11, 2016
Former volleyball standout Kobi Pekich named all All-Big West
Kobi Pekich, a state champion in both indoor and beach volleyball at Irvine Valley, was named to the first-ever All-Big West Beach Volleyball team for Long Beach State recently. Pekich finished with...
June 22, 2016
Hailee Earnest and Emily Reinking named OEC beach team of year
Irvine Valley's Hailee Earnest and Emily Reinking are named the beach team of the year and Tom Pestolesi is selected as the coach of the year in the Orange Empire Conference after helping the Lasers...
June 16, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Emily Reinking and Sam Cohen honored by Irvine Exchange Club
Women's volleyball player Emily Reinking and men's tennis player Sam Cohen were recently named Irvine Valley's scholar athletes of the year. They were honored by the Exchange Club of Irvine at a...
June 7, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Athletes honored in annual end of year awards luncheon
The Irvine Valley athletics department honored its scholar athletes, athletes of the year, team of the year, community award winners, character champions, among others in an end of year luncheon for...
June 6, 2016
Volleyball player Emily Reinking signs with Grand Canyon
Irvine Valley sophomore standout Emily Reinking has signed to play women's beach volleyball next season at Division 1 Grand Canyon University. Reinking won a pairs state title in beach and was named...
June 1, 2016 | Men's Tennis
Irvine Valley athletics program places 14th among state's best
Irvine Valley's athletics program placed 14th in the state for the 2015-16 school year among community colleges in the state. IVC was once again the highest finisher among non-football institutions.
May 12, 2016 | Men's Tennis
IVC teams, athletes and coaches honored at Campus Celebration
Irvine Valley's men's tennis, men's soccer, women's badminton, women's beach volleyball and women's volleyball teams were among those honored at the first Campus Community Recognition Celebration on...
May 9, 2016
Emily Reinking and Hailee Earnest win state pairs beach title
The sophomore duo won five matches - all in straight sets - over two days to earn the CCCAA Beach Volleyball Pairs State Championship at Grossmont College on Sunday. It is both players second straight...
May 7, 2016
Women's beach volleyball finishes as runner-up in state final
Irvine Valley beats Cabrillo, 3-2, and Golden West, 5-0, but falls to host Grossmont, 3-1, in the final match of the day on Friday to take second. The Lasers were trying to win their second straight...
May 5, 2016
Women's beach volleyball team going after another state title
Irvine Valley, which is the defending CCCAA State Champion, is the top seed in this year's four-team championship event. The tournament, which begins Friday at 10 a.m., also includes host Grossmont,...
May 3, 2016
Beach volleyball team takes regional, returns to state final
Irvine Valley defeats Bakersfield, 5-0, and MiraCosta, 4-1, in a playoff regional on Tuesday at home. The Lasers move on to the CCCAA State Championship on Friday at Grossmont where they will try for...
April 30, 2016
Reinking and Earnest win conference pairs beach volleyball title
The sophomore duo, who are both pairs state champions from 2015, team up to defeat the top team from Golden West in the Orange Empire Conference Tournament on Friday at the Newland Street Courts in...
April 23, 2016
Women's beach volleyball team wins another conference title
Irvine Valley defeats Golden West, 4-1, and Riverside, 5-0, to win the Orange Empire Conference title on Friday at Golden West. Next up for the Lasers is the OEC Finals back at Golden West on...
April 8, 2016
Women's beach volleyball team wins two more in conference
Irvine Valley stays undefeated in Orange Empire Conference play with a 5-0 win over Orange Coast and a 4-1 victory over Fullerton on Friday at home. IVC ran its record to 5-0 in conference. The Lasers...
March 23, 2016
Women's beach volleyball team splits with four-year schools
Irvine Valley picks up a 3-2 win over Concordia and loses, 5-0, to Nebraska, which is ranked No. 15 in the nation on Wednesday in Huntington Beach. IVC takes on Concordia and Cal Poly on Saturday...
March 22, 2016
Women's beach volleyball team takes on four-year schools
Irvine Valley plays tough across the board, but falls, 4-1, to Loyola Marymoung and, 5-0, to Grand Canyon in matches on Monday in Huntington Beach. Kayla Scheevel and Carlee Roethlisberger earn IVC's...
March 18, 2016
Women's beach volleyball team beats Cypress and Santa Ana
Irvine Valley beats Cypress and Santa Ana, 5-0, in Orange Empire Conference matches at home Friday. IVC gets three-set wins from the teams of Hailee Earnest and Carlee Roethlisberger and Kayla...
March 15, 2016
Beach volleyball team splits matches in Huntington Beach
Irvine Valley defeats MiraCosta, 4-1, and falls to the University of New Mexico, 4-1. IVC gets a chance to see former standout Marisa Doran, who is now starring for the Lobo beach team. IVC hosts...
March 11, 2016
Women's beach volleyball team starts 2016 season Friday
Irvine Valley, the defending state champion, hosts Saddleback on Friday at noon. The Lasers have another strong team this season, led by returning state pairs champs winners Hailee Earnest and Emily...
October 2, 2015 | Men's Tennis
IVC spring state champions honored by SOCCCD board
Irvine Valley won six CCCAA State Championships in all this past spring. The Lasers earned team and individual titles in men's tennis and women's sand volleyball. IVC had three state team champions...
September 25, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Tom Pestolesi chosen as an OEC coach of the year for 2014-15
The long-time IVC coach had school year to remember with the Lasers winning state titles in both indoor and sand volleyball. He earned his 250th win and was also named regional coach of the year...
August 24, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
No. 1 Story of the Year - Annie Mitchem's dominant IVC run
There has been no better athlete in the history of Irvine Valley athletics that Annie Mitchem. She was a two-time national Two-Year Player of the Year in indoor volleyball and named the overall state...
August 19, 2015
No. 4 Story of the Year - Sand volleyball team sweeps state
Irvine Valley's women's sand volleyball team won everything at the inaugural CCCAA State Championships in May at Irvine Valley. IVC went undefeated to take the team title and then had all three of its...
August 10, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
(Tie) No. 10 Story of the Year - Kobi Pekich OEC Character Champion
Sophomore women's indoor and sand volleyball state champion Kobi Pekich was named the Orange Empire Conference female Character Champion award winner in May for her thoughtful actions and leadership...
August 8, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
(Tie) No. 10 Story of the Year - IVC athletics 12th in state
Irvine Valley athletics, backed by state titles in women's volleyball, men's tennis and women's sand volleyball, had its best finish ever in the NATYCAA Cup, which recognizes the top athletic programs...
August 1, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Mitchem and Ucelay named IVC athletes of year for 2014-15
Annie Mitchem and Guillermo Ucelay put together two of the most dominant two-year runs ever by athletes at Irvine Valley. Both led their respective Laser teams to their first ever state championships...
July 13, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Coach Tom Pestolesi on USA staff for Pan American Games
Irvine Valley director of volleyball and women's indoor and sand coach Tom Pestolesi is the manager for the United States men's team at the Pan American Games. The USA team plays its first match on...
June 30, 2015 | Men's Tennis
Irvine Valley College athletics places 12th in NATYCAA Cup
The Lasers end up 12th in the state standings for two-year colleges. It is IVC's best-ever finish in the cup competition. Irvine Valley won state titles in women's volleyball, men's tennis and sand...
June 22, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Doran and Murray honored as IVC's scholar athletes of the year
Women's volleyball player Marisa Doran and men's volleyball player Cole Murray were honored as Irvine Valley's 2014-15 scholar athletes of the year at a luncheon by the Exchange Club of Irvine last...
May 2, 2015
Women's sand volleyball team is perfect at State Championships
Irvine Valley's teams of Marisa Doran and Kobi Pekich, Annie Mitchem and Emily Reinking and Samantha Holdredge and Hailee Earnest each win individual state titles Saturday. Those wins follow up IVC's...
May 1, 2015
Sand volleyball team wins inaugural CCCAA State Championship
Top-seeded Irvine Valley defeats Cabrillo, 4-1, Grossmont, 5-0, and was up, 2-1, on Golden West when it clinched the overall title. The Lasers also won the indoor volleyball title last fall.
April 30, 2015
Irvine Valley hosting first CCCAA Sand Volleyball State event
The iState Championship team event, featuring Irvine Valley, Golden West, Grossmont and Cabrillo is Friday at IVC starting at 10 a.m. with the individual state competition on Saturday beginning at 9...
April 28, 2015
Women's sand volleyball team advances to State Championship
Irvine Valley defeats both Fullerton and Mira Costa, 5-0, in a state regional on Tuesday at IVC. None of the Lasers' five teams dropped a set on the way to the wins. The team State Championship event...
April 3, 2015
Women's sand volleyball team cruises past Rio Hondo, Santa Ana
Irvine Valley beats both Rio Hondo and Santa Ana, 5-0, in matches on Friday afternoon at home. IVC improves its record to 6-4 overall on the season. The team plays again next Friday at Orange Coast at...
March 18, 2015
Women's sand volleyball team splits with four-year schools
Irvine Valley beats NAIA Concordia University, 5-0, but falls to NCAA Division 1 University of Arizona in a match on Tuesday at home. IVC will play at an event at Cal State Bakersfield this Saturday.
March 15, 2015
Women's sand volleyball team tops Fullerton and Cabrillo
Irvine Valley earns its first two victories of the season, beating both Fullerton and Cabrillo, 5-0, on Saturday at home. IVC improves its record to 2-2 overall and hosts four-year schools Arizona and...
August 21, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
No. 1 Story of Year - Annie Mitchem named national player of year
The freshman middle blocker was just the third player in California community college history to be named the national 2-year player of the year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. She led...
August 19, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Laser volleyball coach Tom Pestolesi does Ice Bucket Challenge
Women's volleyball and sand volleyball coach Tom Pestolesi took part in the Ice Bucket Challenge in support of ALS research on Tuesday. He had been called out by Athletic Director Keith Shackleford...
August 15, 2014
No. 4 Story of Year - Women's sand volleyball team repeats
Irvine Valley won its second straight Intercollegiate Sand Volleyball Conference State Championship at home in late April. The Lasers swept their three opponents each by the score of 5-0.
August 11, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
No. 8 Story of Year - Marisa Doran lauded for all-around effort
The freshman women's volleyball player, who helped IVC to seasons to remember both indoors and on the sand, was also selected as the 2014 Orange Empire Conference Fair-Play Female Character Champion...
June 27, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Mitchem and Hunter named IVC's 2013-14 athletes of the year
Mitchem wins the female athlete of the year nod after dominant indoor and outdoor volleyball seasons, while Hunter takes the male athlete of the year honor after two standout seasons on the men's...
June 18, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Scholar athletes Becky Moodie and Steven Le honored
The Irvine Valley female and male scholar athletes of the year were showcased at a luncheon put on by the Irvine Exchange Club on Tuesday at the Irvine Marriott.
June 9, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Marisa Doran earns prestigious conference character award
The freshman volleyball player was named IVC's sixth Orange Empire Conference Character Champion award winner in the last five years for her efforts in sportsmanship, respect, integrity and selflessne...
June 3, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Becky Moodie and Steven Le named scholar athletes of year
Moodie was a two-year starter in volleyball. She helped IVC finish third in the state during the indoor season last fall and win the state title on the sand this spring. Le helped the Lasers to a...
April 5, 2014
Former star Allie Cook returns to IVC with Arizona
Now a junior with the University of Arizona sand volleyball team, Cook was a two-year standout that helped lead IVC's sand program to a state title last season.
April 4, 2014
Women's sand volleyball team battles with Long Beach State and Arizona
The Lasers lose both matches, 5-0, but have several matches where they play right with the four-year schools. The No. 4 team of Hailey Jones and Alexis Radecki plays especially tough.
March 6, 2014
Women's sand volleyball team starts season Friday
The Lasers, who are the defending state champions, take on San Bernardino Valley, before hosting UCLA and Cal State
May 1, 2013
Allie Cook commits to play sand volleyball at Arizona
Cook, a two-year star both indoor and on the sand at Irvine Valley, is the first Laser player to sign with a four-year school for sand volleyball.
April 22, 2013
Women's sand volleyball team wins state event
After finishing second last season, the Lasers claim their first state title in the club sport, sweeping both Fullerton and San Diego City and beating Golden West, 4-1.
March 26, 2013
Women's sand volleyball team holds its own against four-year schools
The Lasers take on Nebraska and Loyola Marymount in match at Irvine Valley. IVC scores a win in an individual match against LMU.
March 8, 2013
Women's sand volleyball team sweeps again
The Lasers defeated both Santa Ana and MiraCosta, 5-0, in a match at home on Friday afternoon.
May 12, 2012
Women's sand volleyball finishes second in first state championship event
The all-day tournament featured Irvine Valley, Fullerton, Riverside and Golden West. Golden West edged IVC for the title.
