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...
December 24, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Four star women's volleyball players named all-conference
IVC's Natalia Brandlin and Tessa Marocco were named first team all-Orange Empire Conference, and Mia Bertolone and Audrey Fowler were selected to the second team. IVC made the state semifinals and...
December 2, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team falls to Feather River in state semis
Irvine Valley's season ends with a 25-12, 25-12, 25-20 loss to Feather River Saturday in the 3C2A State Championship semifinals at Mt. SAC. Ava Guenther led IVC with six kills and Mia Bertolone had 18...
December 1, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team pulls off stunner to move into state semis
Irvine Valley, seeded fourth in the South, shocks No. 1 from the North San Joaquin Delta in a 25-22, 25-21, 25-21 sweep in the quarterfinals of the 3C2A State Championship Friday morning at Mt. San...
November 29, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team opens state against Delta Friday
Irvine Valley, seeded No. 4 in the South, opens the 3C2A State Championship against No. 1 from the North San Juaquin Delta at 10 a.m. on Friday at Mt. San Antonio. Visit cccaasports.org for streaming...
November 25, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team headed to state after hard-fought, five-set win
Irvine Valley battles and defeats Orange Coast, 25-22, 20-25, 25-21, 17-15, 15-9 Saturday night at home in a So. Cal. Regional final. The Lasers move on to the 3C2A State Championships and will play...
November 24, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team to battle OCC with trip to state on the line
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 4 in So. Cal. Regional playoffs, takes on No. 12 Orange Coast on Saturday at home at 6 p.m. The two teams split matches during the Orange Empire Conference regular season....
November 21, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps, moves on to regional finals
No. 4 Irvine Valley sweeps No. 13 Pasadena City, 25-16, 25-21, 25-16, Tuesday at home in the second round of the SoCal Regional Playoffs. The Lasers now take on No. 12 Orange Coast at home Saturday...
November 20, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team set for playoff match-up against Pasadena City
Irvine Valley (19-4), which earned the No. 4 seed in the regional and is ranked No. 10 in the state, faces off against 13th-seeded Pasadena City (19-8) Tuesday night at 6 p.m. with a trip to the So....
November 16, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team earns the No. 4 seed in regionals
Irvine Valley, which won a share of the Orange Empire Conference title and had a record of 18-5 overall and 13-3 in conference, picked up the No. 4 seed in the 3C2A So. Cal. Regional Playoffs and will...
November 14, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Irvine Valley clinches share of OEC title with four-set victory
Irvine Valley defeats Riverside, 25-18, 25-16, 22-25, 25-18, Tuesday at home to earn a co-championship in the Orange Empire Conference. IVC gets 60 assists from MIa Bertolone and 22 kills from Ava...
November 13, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Irvine Valley set for sophomore night against Riverside Tuesday
The women's volleyball team plays its final game of the 2023 regular season Tuesday against Riverside at 6 p.m. The Lasers, ranked No. 8 in the state, can secure a co-championship in the Orange Empire...
November 10, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team moves within a win of an OEC title
Irvine Valley sweeps Santiago Canyon, 25-7, 25-11, 25-14, Friday at home to move within a win of a co-championship in the Orange Empire Conference. Mia Bertolone has a great night leading the Lasers...
November 9, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team looks to bounce back Friday at home
Irvine Valley takes on Santiago Canyon at home on Friday night at 6 p.m. The Lasers, ranked No. 10 in the state, are looking for wins in their final two games of the regular season to battle for an...
November 3, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps to stay in conference race
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 8 in the state, wins at Fullerton Friday night in an Orange Empire Conference match, 25-10, 25-13, 25-18. Ava Guenther finishes with 11 kills and hits .348 and Audrey Fowler...
October 25, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team wins 10th in a row, sweeps Santa Ana
Irvine Valley hosts Santa Ana and wins, 25-17, 25-11, 25-20, on Wednesday night at home in an Orange Empire Conference match. The Lasers, ranked No. 6 in the state, improve their record to 16-2...
October 24, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
No. 6 in the state women's volleyball team hosts Santa Ana
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 6 in the state and riding a nine-match win streak, hosts Santa Ana in an Orange Empire Conference match on Wednesday at 6 p.m. IVC leads Saddleback by a match in the...
October 20, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team sweeps in battle of top 10 teams in the state
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 7 in the state, goes on the road and takes care of No. 10 Cypress, 25-16, 25-20, 25-16. The Lasers remain in first place in the Orange Empire Conference and will host Santa...
October 18, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team stays in first place with win over GWC
Irvine Valley knocks off the only team it had lost to in Orange Empire Conference play with a 25-14, 23-25, 25-19, 25-23 win over Golden West at home Wednesday night. No. 7 in the state IVC improves...
October 17, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team starts second round of OEC play Wednesday
Irvine Valley, which dropped the first match of conference play to Golden West, hosts the Rustlers Wednesday night at 6 p.m. The Lasers are ranked No. 7 in the state and lead the Orange Empire...
October 16, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Tessa Marocco named a state volleyball player of the week
Irvine Valley star outside hitter Tessa Marocco was named a state player of the week by the Community College Women's Volleyball Coaches Association after leading the Lasers to their sixth and seventh...
October 13, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team goes on the road again, takes care of business
Irvine Valley's women's volleyball team sweeps in an Orange Empire Conference match Friday night at Riverside. The Lasers captured their seventh straight victory and 11th sweep on the year with a...
October 11, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team goes on the road, wins sixth in a row
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 7 in the state, wins its sixth straight match with a 25-13, 25-15, 25-11 sweep in an Orange Empire Conference match at Santiago Canyon Wednesday night. Tessa Marocco ends...
October 7, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team storms back, takes down OCC in five
Irvine Valley, ranked No.7 in the state, drops the first two sets to No. 13 Orange Coast at home Friday in a key Orange Empire Conference match-up, but the Lasers rally and come away with a 22-25,...
October 5, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team ready to take on OCC Friday night
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 7 in the state, hosts No. 13 Orange Coast in a battle Friday night at home at 6 p.m. The Lasers have won four matches in a row, including sweeping Fulleron, 25-14, 25-8, 25-6...
October 4, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team scores most lopsided win of year
Irvine Valley sweeps Fullerton, 25-14, 25-6, 25-8 Wednesday night in an Orange Empire Conference match at home. IVC hits .342 as a team and has eight different players record at least one kill. Tessa...
October 3, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team goes after fourth victory in a row Wednesday
Irvine Valley hosts Fullerton in an Orange Empire Conference match on Wednesday night at 6 p.m. The Lasers, who are ranked No. 7 in the state, have a 9-2 record overall and are on a three-match...
September 27, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team wins tough OEC match over Saddleback
No. 8 in the state Irvine Valley gets all it can handle from Saddleback in an Orange Empire Conference match Wednesday at home, but comes away with a 25-23, 27-25, 17-25, 25-17 victory to improve its...
September 25, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball takes on Saddleback Wednesday at home
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 8 in the state, hosts undefeated in Orange Empire Conference play Saddleback on Wednesday at 6 p.m. The Lasers come in to the match with a record of 8-2 overall and 2-1 in...
September 22, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team wins second straight, sweeps Dons
Irvine Valley sweeps its second Orange Empire Conference opponent in a row, going on the road and beating Santa Ana, 25-13, 25-10, 25-13, Friday night. IVC, ranked No. 16 in the state, improves its...
September 20, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Cypress in key OEC match-up
Irvine Valley, which dropped its first Orange Empire Conference match of the season last Friday at Golden West, bounces back with a 25-15, 25-14, 25-18 win over Cypress at home Wednesday. The Lasers...
September 16, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team suffers tough four-set loss at GWC
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 5 in the state, drops the final two sets and falls to Golden West, 25-21, 17-25, 25-22, 25-20, in its Orange Empire Conference opener on the road Friday night. The Lasers...
September 13, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
No. 5 women's volleyball team sweeps Santa Barbara City
Irvine Valley improves its record to 6-1 overall with a 25-18, 25-22, 25-16 win over Santa Barbara City at home Wednesday night. The Lasers were led by Ava Guenther with 11 kills and Mia Bertolone...
September 12, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team to face Santa Barbara City Wednesday at home
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 5 in the state for the second week in a row, plays host to Santa Barbara City College on Wednesday at 6 p.m. The Lasers have a record of 5-1 overall. SBCC comes in with a...
September 10, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team finishes 1-1 at San Diego Mesa Quad
Irvine Valley plays tough, but drops its first match of the season on Friday at the San Diego Mesa Quad. The Lasers sweep MiraCosta to start, but fall to San Diego Mesa in their second match, 25-16,...
September 6, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Irvine Valley moves its record to 4-0 with fourth sweep of year
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 5 in the state in this week's poll, records a 25-15, 25-23, 25-21 home win over a tough MiraCosta team Wednesday night. It is IVC's fourth straight sweep to start the year....
September 5, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team hosts MiraCosta Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Irvine Valley is off to a 3-0 start to the 2023 season and is ranked No. 5 in the first state poll of the season (second in Southern California. Tessa Marocco leads the state in kills and Mia...
September 4, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team ranked No. 5 in the state in first poll
Irvine Valley, which is off to a 3-0 start to the 2023 season, comes in at No. 5 in the first California Community College Women's Volleyball Coaches Association State Poll. The Lasers host MIraCosta...
September 1, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team keeps rolling, sweeps Moorpark at home
Irvine Valley moves to 3-0 with a 25-22, 25-23, 25-18 victory over Moorpark at home on Friday afternoon. Tessa Marocco has another standout match, posting 17 kills and 11 digs. Setter Mia Bartolone...
August 31, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team has early season showdown with Moorpark
Irvine Valley, which has a record of 2-0, plays host to 3-0 Moorpark Friday afternoon at IVC at 2 p.m. The Lasers won the Orange Empire Conference title last season and are led by first-year head...
August 30, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team stays unbeaten, takes down Mt. SAC on the road
Irvine Valley moves its record to 2-0 overall, sweeping Mt. San Antonio on the road, 25-23, 25-22, 25-21. Tessa Marocco leads with 19 kills. IVC plays again on Friday, hosting another undefeated squad...
August 26, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Canyons, Unke nabs first win
Irvine Valley goes on the road and defeats College of the Canyons, 25-7, 25-15, 25-18, Friday in the season opener. Canyons made the state tournament last year. The victory was the first for new IVC...
August 25, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team begins 2023 season at Canyons Friday
In a top, early-season match Irvine Valley travels to College of the Canyons Friday at 5 p.m. IVC won the OEC title last year, while Canyons made the state tourney. It will be the first match for new...
August 1, 2023 | General News
Jayli Nealy, Kiichi Ishida are Irvine Valley's athletes of the year
All-state women's volleyball player Jayli Nealy, who led the Lasers to another OEC title, and men's tennis player Kiichi Ishida, who was a semifinalist in both singles and doubles at the state...
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 20, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball picked as USMC-AVCA Team Academic winner
Irvine Valley women's indoor volleyball team earned an USMC-AVCA Team Academic winner for the fall 2022 season. The Lasers won on the court with an OEC title, but also sported a 3.460 grade point...
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 30, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
2023 Irvine Valley women's indoor volleyball schedule released
Irvine Valley, under the direction of new head coach and former Laser standout Anna Unke, will start the 2023 season with two scrimmages and then play at the College of the Canyons on Friday, Aug. 25...
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 20, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Anna Unke is named new women's indoor volleyball coach
Former Irvine Valley indoor and beach star Anna Unke has been selected as the head coach of the Laser women's indoor team. Unke, who has been coaching at JSerra High, helped lead IVC to the state...
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...
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 4, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Star women's volleyball player Jayli Nealy signs with CSUF
Nealy, a sophomore opposite, was a two-year star for the Lasers. She helped IVC to an Orange Empire Conference title last fall, was named all-state for the second year in a row and her 618 career...
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...
December 3, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team dominates all-conference selections
Irvine Valley has six players earn all-Orange Empire Conference nods, led by Jayli Nealy and Tessa Marocco. They were named co-players of the year. IVC head coach Ryan Windisch was also named the OEC...
November 26, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball season ends with four-set loss to Canyons
Irvine Valley, seeded second in the So. Cal. Regional Playoffs, storms back in the third set and into the fourth, but College of the Canyons earns a 25-17, 25-22, 15-25, 28-26 win over the Lasers to...
November 25, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team faces Canyons with state on the line
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 2 in the So. Cal. Regional Playoffs, hosts No. 10 Canyons Saturday night at home. The Lasers (20-4 overall) and the Cougars are playing for a chance to compete in the CCCAA...
November 23, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team moves on to So. Cal. Regional Final
Irvine Valley defeats Bakersfield in four sets, 25-17, 25-17, 20-25, 25-20, Tuesday night at home in a So. Cal. Regional second-round match. The Lasers will now host Canyons Saturday at 6 p.m. with a...
November 22, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team set to take on Bakersfield in second round
Irvine Valley, the second seed in the So. Cal. Regional Playoffs, hosts No. 15 Bakersfield on Tuesday night. The Lasers won the Orange Empire Conference, have a record of 19-4 overall, and swept nine...
November 17, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team earns the No. 2 seed in the So. Cal. Playoffs
Orange Empire Conference champion Irvine Valley (19-4 overall) will open the CCCAA So. Cal. Regional Playoffs next Tuesday at home at 6 p.m. The Lasers, named the No. 2 seed in the South, will play...
November 16, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team rolls on special, sophomore night
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 9 in the state, sweeps again, defeating Santiago Canyon, 25-10, 25-12, 25-15 on Tuesday night at home in the regular season finale. The Lasers sweep their ninth opponent in...
November 15, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team finishes regular season with sophomore night
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 9 in the state last week, wraps up the 2022 regular season Tuesday night at home against Santiago Canyon at 6 p.m. It is sophomore night for the Lasers with a celebration...
November 12, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team captures ninth victory in a row
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 9 in the state, wins its ninth straight, sweeping at Fullerton, 25-21, 25-19, 25-18, Friday night. The Lasers, who have already earned the Orange Empire Conference title,...
November 4, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball wins conference title with another sweep
Irvine Valley claims its first Orange Empire Conference title since 2019 and first under the direction of coach Ryan Windisch with its seventh sweep in the last eight matches Friday. The Lasers win at...
November 3, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team storms back, beats Santa Ana in four
After dropping the first set, the Irvine Valley women's volleyball team wins three straight to beat Santa Ana in an Orange Empire Conference match Wednesday at home. No. 9 IVC comes out on top, 17-25,...
November 2, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Top women's volleyball match-up at Irvine Valley Wednesday
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 9 in the state, takes on No. 13 Santa Ana on Wednesday night in an Orange Empire Conference match at home at 6 p.m. The Lasers are led by outside hitter Tessa Marocco and...
October 29, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team takes another step toward OEC title
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 9 in the state, sweeps its sixth opponent in a row and improves its record to 15-4 overall and 11-1 in the Orange Empire Conference with a 25-22, 25-20, 25-20 victory at No....
October 27, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team sweeps fifth team in a row, downs Golden West
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 9 in the state, beats Golden West, 25-19, 25-18, 25-18, in an Orange Empire Conference match at home Wednesday. The Lasers stay at the top of the conference standings with a...
October 26, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team plays a charging Golden West squad
Irvine Valley, which is ranked No. 9 in the state and is 13-4 overall and 9-1 in the Orange Empire Conference, hosts No. 25 Golden West tonight at 6 p.m. IVC has won four straight matches and GWC has...
October 22, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team scores key win at Orange Coast
Irvine Valley goes on the road in a match between the top two teams in the Orange Empire Conference and wins, 25-19, 25-21, 25-20. The Lasers, ranked No. 9 in the state, move to 13-4 overall and stay...
October 19, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball takes on Riverside at home Wednesday night
Irvine Valley, now ranked No. 9 in the state, looks to continue its win streak Wednesday night when it hosts Riverside at 6 p.m. in an Orange Empire Conference match. The Lasers with a 7-1 conference...
October 19, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team hits a season-best .512 in sweep of Riverside
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 9 in the state, wins its third-straight match, defeating Riverside, 25-15, 25-17, 25-9, Wednesday at home. The Lasers improve their record to 12-4 overall and 8-1 in the...
October 15, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
All-around effort in volleyball team's win at Santiago Canyon
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 12 in the state, records its eighth sweep of the season and second this week with a 25-3, 25-19, 25-16 Orange Empire Conference win at Santiago Canyon on Friday. Nine...
October 13, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Fullerton, still No. 1 in OEC
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 12 in the state, defeats Fullerton, 25-16, 25-20, 26-24, Wednesday night at home. The Lasers improved their record to 10-4 overall and 6-1 in conference. Tessa Marocco...
October 6, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team upset by Saddleback at home in five
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 9 in the state, wins the first two sets, but Saddleback rallies to take the next three and the win, 14-25, 23-25, 25-21, 25-22, 15-12. The Lasers drop their first match in...
October 4, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team tries to stay unbeaten in the OEC on Wednesday
Irvine Valley, ranked ninth in the state and riding a five-match win streak, hosts district rival Saddleback Wednesday at 6 p.m. The Lasers had two big victories last week to improve their record to...
October 3, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball's Tessa Marocco named a state player of the week
The freshman outside hitter from Mater Dei led IVC to two impressive wins over state-ranked teams last week. Marocco had 31 kills, 20 digs and hit .382 in conference wins over Cypress and Santa Ana...
September 30, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team is on point in sweep at Santa Ana
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 10 in the state, plays one of its best matches of the season, and defeats No. 16 Santa Ana, 25-14, 25-16, 25-17, on the road Friday. The Lasers stay on top of the Orange...
September 28, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team rallies to beat Cypress in five at home
Irvine Valley found a way Wednesday night with a 23-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-18, 15-7 Orange Empire Conference win over Cypress. The Lasers, ranked No. 10 in the state, improved their record to 8-3...
September 24, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team stays on a roll, sweeps Golden West
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 15 in the state, improves to 3-0 in the Orange Empire Conference with a 25-15, 25-21, 25-18 win at Golden West on Friday. The Lasers move their record to 7-3 overall and host...
September 21, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team takes on OCC in battle of state's top squads
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 15 in the state, plays host to No. 7 Orange Coast Wednesday at 6 p.m. The Lasers have a record of 5-3 and swept at Riverside last Friday. OCC is 7-1 and is coming off of a...
September 21, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team downs Orange Coast, stays unbeaten in OEC play
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 15 in the state, beats No. 7 Orange Coast, 25-27, 25-18, 26-24, 25-19 at home Wednesday. The Lasers move their record to 6-3 overall and 2-0 in conference. IVC is back in...
September 17, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team responds with OEC victory at Riverside
Irvine Valley, which had dropped two straight matches, answered Friday on the road in its Orange Empire Conference opener, sweeping Riverside, 25-22, 25-14, 25-11. The Lasers, No. 11 in the state,...
September 10, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team splits at San Diego Mesa quad
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 8 in the state, rallies to beat MiraCosta in five sets in its first match at the San Diego Mesa squad on Friday, but then falls to host and fifth-ranked in the state Mesa in...
September 7, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Southwestern, moves to 3-1
Irvine Valley makes it a quick Wednesday night with a 25-15, 25-12, 25-16 win over Southwestern at home. The Lasers hit .355 as a team and improved their record to 3-1 overall. IVC is at the San Diego...
September 7, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team ranked No. 8 in first CCCWVCA Poll
Irvine Valley opened the season with two wins in its firs three matches, including sweeping two opponents. The Lasers take on Southwestern at home Wednesday night at 6 p.m.
September 2, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Moorpark hands women's volleyball team first loss of season
Irvine Valley goes on the road Friday and falls to Moorpark, 22-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-22, in a nonconference match-up between top teams in the state. The Lasers are home again next Wednesday vs....
September 1, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Santa Barbara on the road
Irvine Valley wins its second match in a row to open the 2022 season and sweeps for the second time, beating Santa Barbara City, 25-22, 25-21, 27-25, on the road Wednesday night. The Lasers play at...
August 26, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Canyons to open new season
Irvine Valley gets its 2022 season off to a great start, defeating Canyons 25-12, 25-20, 25-20, Friday night at home. The Lasers received 14 kills from returning all-state player Jayli Nealy and 24...
August 25, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team set to begin season Friday at home
Irvine Valley, which had a record of 16-6 overall and features six returning players from 2021, takes on a solid College of the Canyons squad that finished last year strong and reached the CCCAA State...
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...
August 16, 2022 | General News
No. 10 Story of the Year - Volleyball team makes the playoffs
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...
August 2, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball libero Alex Pestolis headed to LIU Brooklyn
Irvine Valley standout libero Alexandra Pestolis has committed to NCAA Division I Long Island University Brooklyn. She helped the Lasers finish with a record of 16-6 overall in 2021 and reach the...
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 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...
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 30, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
2022 Irvine Valley women's volleyball fall schedule released
Irvine Valley will host Pasadena City in a scrimmage on Aug. 17 at noon and then start the official season on Aug. 19 at the Cerritos Tournament. The Lasers had a record of 16-6 overall last season...
November 23, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team's season ends at home to Ventura
Irvine Valley sees its season come to a close Tuesday night in the first round of the CCCAA Southern California Regional Playoffs, falling to Ventura, 25-21, 25-16, 25-21. The Lasers got off to a...
November 22, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team ready to host Ventura in playoffs
Irvine Valley, the No. 7 seed in the CCCAA Southern California Regional Playoffs, will host No. 10 Ventura Tuesday at 6 p.m. Ventura tied for the WSC-North title. IVC finished tied for second in the...
November 18, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team sweeps at Fullerton to head into playoffs
Irvine Valley defeats Orange Empire Conference foe Fullerton in three sets for the second time this season. The Lasers improve their record to 16-5 overall and 12-4 in the OEC. IVC now awaits for...
November 11, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps on sophomore night
Irvine Valley defeats Santa Ana, 25-16, 25-13, 25-10, in its final home match of the regular season. The Lasers, who also celebrated sophomore night, play at Saddleback on Friday and then at Fullerton...
November 3, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball player Jayli Nealy named AVCA player of the week
Irvine Valley standout women's freshman opposite Jayli Nealy earned another big honor. After being named one of the CCCVCA state players of the week, Nealy was selected as an AVCA Two-Year college...
November 2, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Jayli Nealy named a CCCWVCA state player of the week
Irvine Valley freshman opposite Jayli Nealy was named one of two California Community College Women's Volleyball Coaches Association state players of the week for week No. 10. Nealy led IVC to two...
October 29, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps sixth straight OEC opponent
Irvine Valley sweeps its sixth straight Orange Empire Conference opponent, taking down Orange Coast, 25-11, 25-13, 25-15 on the road Friday. The win moves the 18th-ranked in the state Lasers into...
October 27, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team ready for Riverside tonight at home
Irvine Valley, which was ranked No. 18 for the second straight week in the state, plays at home tonight at 6 p.m. against Riverside. The Lasers have a record of 11-3 overall and 8-2 in the Orange...
October 27, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Fifteen straight set wins for volleyball team with sweep of RCC
Irvine Valley wins its fifth match in a row and sweeps its fifth straight conference opponent, beating Riverside, 25-11, 25-9, 25-12, at home on Wednesday night. The Lasers now gear up for a big match...
October 21, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team rolls Santiago Canyon at home
Irvine Valley starts strong and finishes an easy sweep of Santiago Canyon, 25-3, 25-11, 25-19 at home Wednesday. The Lasers, ranked No. 18 in the state, improve their record to 11-3 overall and 6-2 in...
October 15, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Hornets in dominant effort
Irvine Valley plays one of its best matches of the season, defeating Fullerton, 25-14, 25-22, 25-11, Friday night at home. The Lasers hit a season-high .386 as a team, led by freshman opposite Jayli...
October 13, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team into second place with sweep of Bobcats
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 16 in the state, sweeps district rival and 25th-ranked Saddleback, 25-14, 29-27, 25-11, Wednesday at home. With the win the Lasers moved into a tie for second place in the...
October 9, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team bounces back with sweep at Santa Ana
After consecutive Orange Empire Conference defeats to state-ranked teams, No. 19 Irvine Valley got back on track Friday at Santa Ana with a 25-12, 25-15, 25-12 victory. IVC hosts Saddleback next...
October 7, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team swept by Cypress in hard-fought match
Irvine Valley had its chances in the first and third sets to make things interesting, but falls to No. 5 Cypress, 25-23, 25-18, 26-24, in an Orange Empire Conference match on Wednesday at home. IVC...
October 1, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team upset on the road at Golden West
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 9 in this week's state poll, was swept, by No. 24 Golden West, 25-18, 25-21, 25-17, in an Orange Empire Conference match Friday at GWC. The Lasers struggled, hitting just...
September 29, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team takes five-set thriller over OCC
In a battle of two of the top-ranked teams in the state, No. 9 Irvine Valley beats No. 11 Orange Coast in five sets (15-7 in the fifth) in an Orange Empire Conference showdown on Friday at home in...
September 26, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team featured in OEC preview
Irvine Valley, which has three straight Orange Empire Conference titles, is off to a 2-0 start in conference and a 6-1 record overall. The No. 11 Lasers host No. 15 Orange Coast in a big OEC match on...
September 25, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team wins again, moves to 2-0 in OEC action
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 11 in the state, wins at Riverside, 25-14, 18-25, 25-20, 25-5 in an Orange Empire Conference match on Friday night. The Lasers, who host OCC next Wednesday, move to 6-1...
September 22, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team ready for more OEC play after sweep of Jaguars
Irvine Valley takes on its last nonconference team of the regular season, traveling to Southwestern for a 25-14, 25-23, 25-15 victory. Kendall Fraser and Emily Guenter each had solid matches for the...
September 18, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team opens conference play with a sweep
Irvine Valley wins for the fourth time in five matches, starting Orange Empire Conference play with a 25-13, 25-14, 25-11 victory at Santiago Canyon on Friday night. IVC is back in action with two...
September 11, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team comes back with a big victory
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 6 in the state, responds from its first loss of the season with an important 25-19, 21-25, 25-23, 18-25, 15-3 win Saturday afternoon at second-ranked San Diego Mesa. Jayli...
September 9, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team drops first match of the season
Irvine Valley, ranked sixth in the state, falls in five sets to No. 17 MiraCosta on the road Wednesday night. The Spartans pulled out the win, 25-18, 20-25, 21-25, 25-17, 15-11. The Lasers drop their...
September 4, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Miramar to move to 2-0
Irvine Valley defeats Miramar, 25-10, 25-18, 25-7, in its 2021 home-opening match Friday night and improves its record to 2-0 overall. The Lasers received contributions from the whole roster in their...
September 3, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team set for 2021 home-opening match Friday
Irvine Valley plays Miramar on Friday night at home at 6 p.m. IVC started the year with a win at Canyons last Friday No fans are allowed, but the match will be streamed at www.facebook.com/IrvineValle...
August 28, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team is solid in 2021 opener at Canyons
Women's volleyball team beats College of the Canyons in four sets on the road in a 2021 season-opener against two of the best teams in Southern California. IVC plays next Sept. 3 against San Diego...
August 27, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team is ready for the 2021 season
Irvine Valley, which hasn't played since 2019 when it finished second in the state, starts on the season on Aug. 27 at Canyons. IVC is now led by long-time women's assistant, men's head coach and...
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...
July 27, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Laser athletics is a month away from first official contests
Three Irvine Valley sports teams are a month away from competing in their first contests of the 2021 fall season.
IVC women's volleyball, women's soccer and men's soccer will each play games on the...
June 15, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
Fall 2021 Irvine Valley Women's Volleyball Schedule Announced
Irvine Valley is ready for the 2021 fall season and the Lasers will open with a scrimmage at Pasadena City and then play its first official match at College of the Canyons Aug. 27. IVC hosts its first...
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...
December 7, 2020 | Women's Volleyball
On this day: Women's volleyball team captures its first state title
The Irvine Valley women's volleyball captured its first-ever CCCAA state title, sweeping Cabrillo, 25-15, 25-19, 22-25, 25-18, at Cabrillo College Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014. IVC also completed a perfect...
November 18, 2020 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball player Kristin Austin finally receives AVCA award
Star Irvine Valley middle blocker Kristin Austin, who was named an American Volleyball Coaches Association Two-Year College First Team All-American, was given her award by former Laser coach Tom...
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 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...
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...
July 13, 2020 | Women's Volleyball
Former IVC state champion Olivia Aguilar joining coaching staff
Olivia Aguilar, who finished an outstanding two-year career at Cal State San Marcos and was the 2017 CCCAA State Championship MVP as Irvine Valley went 27-0, will be joining Ryan Windisch's women's...
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 30, 2020 | Women's Volleyball
The coach of men's and now women's volleyball is Ryan Windisch
Ryan Windish, a former Irvine Valley volleyball star player, Long Beach State player and alum, current Laser men's coach and three-year top assistant with the women's squad, takes over the IVC women's...
June 27, 2020 | Women's Volleyball
Legendary coach Tom Pestolesi retires from women's volleyball
Tom Pestolesi, who has guided volleyball teams for the last 21 years at Irvine Valley, is retiring as a full-time faculty member at the college and stepping down as the women's indoor head coach. He...
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 16, 2020 | General News
Pestolesi, McGrogan named IVC's coaches of the year for 19-20
Tom Pestolesi (women's volleyball) and Martin McGrogan (men's soccer) were named Irvine Valley's coaches of the year as part of the 2019-20 Annual Athletic Awards. Each led their teams both on and off...
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...
June 8, 2020 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball is Irvine Valley's '19-20 team of the year
IVC women's volleyball was named the team of the year for 2019-20 as part of the 20th Annual Athletic Awards program. The Lasers went 27-1 and finished second in state. Five players on the team earned...
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...
May 15, 2020 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball player Kristin Austin signs with Cal State Fullerton
Irvine Valley sophomore middle blocker Kristin Austin, who helped the Laser indoor volleyball team to a runner-up finish at the state championships and was picked as an AVCA All-American, signed with...
April 5, 2020 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball star Renata Bath earns CCCAA Scholar Athlete Award
Former standout Renata Bath earned a California Community College Athletic Association women's volleyball scholar athlete of the year for her great work in the classroom, on the court and as a leader...
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 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball star setter Truth Hafey commits to Georgia State
Irvine Valley sophomore volleyball player Truth Hafey has committed to play at NCAA Division I Georgia State in the fall. The All-Southern California performer set the all-time IVC mark for most...
December 8, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team battles, but falls in state title match
Irvine Valley kept fighting, coming back from 2-1 down in sets to force a fifth in the CCCAA State Championship finale, but came up short, 15-11, in the last set. The Lasers finished the season with...
December 7, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team headed to title match after improbable rally
Irvine Valley drops the first two sets to Fresno City, but wins three straight and captures its second match in a row in five sets at the CCCAA State Championship event. IVC plays Feather River for...
December 6, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
State Volleyball Tournament Schedule and Live Broadcasts
Click on the link inside to get all the information you need as well as live streams to CCCAA Women's State Volleyball Championships action. Top-ranked and undefeated Irvine Valley plays in the semis...
December 6, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team beats American River in a state quarters classic
Top-seeded and undefeated Irvine Valley goes to a fifth set for the first time this season and wins, 25-19, 23-25, 25-23, 18-25, 15-12 in the quarterfinals of the CCCAA State Championship Friday night...
December 5, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team set for state tourney Friday night
Irvine Valley, which has been the top-ranked team in the state most of the season and has a record of 25-0, begins the CCCAA State Championship at Southwestern College Friday night against American...
December 3, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Alumni Report: Renata Bath makes her mark at UC Riverside
Former Irvine Valley star women's volleyball player Renata Bath made her presence known for the UC Riverside women’s volleyball team this past season, leading the Highlanders in digs (260) and...
December 2, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Alumni report: Olivia Aguilar shines for Cal State San Marcos
Olivia Aguilar, who helped lead Irvine Valley to a 27-0 record and a state title in 2017, was a top player and named all-conference at Cal State San Marcos this year. She was the MVP of the state...
November 30, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team is off to the state tourney once again
Top-ranked and undefeated Irvine Valley sweeps Orange Coast for the third time this season, winning, 25-18, 25-16, 25-12, Saturday night at home in a SoCal Regional Playoff match. IVC moves on to next...
November 27, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Austin named All-American, Hafey and Kruse picked all-region
Irvine Valley sophomore women's volleyball players Kristin Austin, Truth Hafey and Lea Kruse earn more honors with the announcement of All-State and All-Region teams. Tom Pestolesi also earns region...
November 26, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team moves on, sweeps San Diego City
Top-ranked and undefeated Irvine Valley has to battle, but beats No. 18 San Diego City, 25-23, 25-21, 25-16, in the first round of the CCCAA SoCal Regional Playoffs Tuesday at home. IVC now hosts...
November 24, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Top-ranked women's volleyball team ready for postseason
Irvine Valley, which is undefeated and the No. 1-ranked team in the state, opens the California Community College Athletic Association Regional Playoffs on Tuesday night at home against No. 18 San...
November 22, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Austin and Kruse lead way as seven Lasers named all-OEC
Irvine Valley's Kristin Austin and Lea Kruse are named the co-MVPs for women's volleyball in the Orange Empire Conference and Truth Hafey, Anna Unke, Gabriela Griego, Alaina Gendale and Alma Entesari...
November 19, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team takes care of Saddleback for perfect season
Irvine Valley sweeps Saddleback, 25-17, 25-15, 25-18, in an Orange Empire Conference match Tuesday night on the road to improve to 23-0 overall. It is the Lasers' second undefeated regular season in...
November 15, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team downs Cypress in four on the road
No. 1 Irvine Valley has its set win streak halted, but still picks up a key Orange Empire Conference victory, defeating Cypress, 23-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-22, Friday at Cypress. Lea Kruse leads the way...
November 13, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team celebrates sophomores and wins again
On sophomore night, Irvine Valley honors Truth Hafey, Anna Unke, Lea Kruse, Alaina Gendale, Kristin Austin, Gabriela Griego and Alma Entesari and then wins its 21st straight match, sweeping Golden...
November 8, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team clinches Orange Empire Conference title
Irvine Valley improves its record to 20-0 overall and 13-0 in the Orange Empire Conference with a 25-15, 26-24, 25-18 victory at Orange Coast on Friday night. Lea Kruse and Gabriela Griego led the No....
November 6, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team moves to 19-0 with sweep of Riverside
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 1 in the state has trouble in the second set, but still comes away with its 11th sweep in a row and wins its 33rd, 34th and 35th straight sets in a 25-12, 27-25, 25-12 win...
October 30, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team rolls again, sweeps Santiago Canyon
Irvine Valley, the top-ranked team in the state, wins its 32nd set in a row and sweeps Santiago Canyon, 25-11, 25-11, 25-15, in an Orange Empire Conference match Wednesday night at home. IVC improves...
October 25, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
No. 1 women's volleyball team sweeps ninth straight opponent
Irvine Valley, the top-ranked team in the state, defeats Santa Ana, 25-16, 25-16, 25-18, Friday at home to record its 14th sweep of the year and ninth in a row. The Lasers, who are 17-0 overall, have...
October 24, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team downs Fullerton for 16th victory
Irvine Valley earns its 13th sweep of the season and eighth in a row with a 25-19, 25-21, 25-18 Orange Empire Conference win at Fullerton on Wednesday. Lea Kruse had 14 kills, 16 digs and three aces...
October 18, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps again, makes it 15 wins in a row
Irvine Valley improves its record to 15-0 overall and 8-0 in the Orange Empire Conference with a 25-13, 25-11, 25-18 victory over Saddleback at home on Friday night. IVC, ranked No. 1 in the state,...
October 16, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team takes care of rival Cypress in three
Irvine Valley improves its record to 14-0 overall and 7-0 in the Orange Empire Conference with a 25-14, 25-10, 28-26 win over Cypress at home on Wednesday. Cypress handed IVC one of its two losses on...
October 13, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
No. 1 women's volleyball team sweeps its 10th opponent of year
Irvine Valley goes on the road and beats Golden West, 25-17, 25-20, 25-18 in an Orange Empire Conference match Friday night. The Lasers, ranked No. 1 in the state, improve their record to 13-0 overall...
October 9, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Top-ranked women's volleyball team sweeps Orange Coast
Irvine Valley, which moved up to No. 1 in this week's state rankings, swept its ninth opponent of the season and improved to 12-0 with a 25-21, 25-11, 25-14 Orange Empire Conference win over Orange...
October 8, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team moves to No. 1 in state rankings
Irvine Valley, which had been ranked No. 2 in the state in the California Community College Women's Volleyball Coaches Association for four straight weeks, takes its first turn at No. 1 in this week's...
October 5, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
No. 2-ranked women's volleyball team sweeps at Riverside
Irvine Valley earns its eighth sweep in 11 victories so far and remains undefeated, beating Riverside, 25-23, 25-15, 25-19, Friday night in an Orange Empire Conference match on the road. IVC hosts...
October 3, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball player Kristin Austin named state player of the week
Irvine Valley sophomore middle blocker Kristin Austin was named a state player of the week earlier this week for her great start to the season so far. She leads the state in hitting percentage at .442...
October 2, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team ranked No. 2 in state for fourth straight week
Irvine Valley's women's volleyball team is ranked No. 2 in the state for the fourth week in a row. The Lasers have trailed No. 1 Feather River all four weeks. IVC, which has a record of 10-0 overall...
September 28, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps again, beats Santiago Canyon
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 2 in the state, sweeps Santiago Canyon, 25-13, 25-15, 25-9, to improve its record to 10-0 overall. Helen Reynolds, Alaina Gendale and Alma Entesari each contribute nine kills...
September 25, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team stays unbeaten with Santa Ana sweep
Irvine Valley gets off to a slow start, but comes on strong and beats Santa Ana, 25-19, 25-14, 25-8, Wednesday at Santa Ana. IVC, which improved to 9-0 overall, received 15 kills from Lea Kruse and 13...
September 24, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball is No. 2 in state for third week in a row
Irvine Valley is ranked No. 2 in the state for the third straight week in the California Community College Women's Volleyball Coaches Association Poll. IVC, which plays at Santa Ana Wednesday, has won...
September 20, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team holds off Fullerton in four sets
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 2 in the state, stays unbeaten with a 25-21, 23-25, 25-21, 25-21 win over Fullerton in an Orange Empire Conference opener Friday at home. Middles Kristin Austin and Paea...
September 17, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team ranked No. 2 in state once again
For the second straight week, the Irvine Valley women's volleyball team, which has a record of 7-0 and has dropped just two sets on the year, is ranked second in the CCCWVCA State Top 25 Poll. IVC...
September 13, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team goes to 7-0 with win over MiraCosta
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 2 in the state, beats another state-ranked team for the second match in a row, taking down No. 11 MiraCosta, 25-22, 25-18, 23-25, 25-20, at home on Friday night. IVC starts...
September 11, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team storms back to beat Long Beach in four
Irvine Valley drops the opening set, but finds its rhythm after that and defeats Long Beach City, 23-25, 25-18, 25-7, 25-15, and improve to 6-0 on the year. Kristin Austin had a monster match for IVC...
September 10, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team ranked No. 2 in first state poll of year
Irvine Valley trails only Feather River in the first California Community College Women's Volleyball Coaches Association State Poll of the season. The Lasers have a record of 5-0 overall and have...
September 6, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team takes care of business on Friday
Irvine Valley sweeps both Palomar and the Cal Lutheran Junior Varsity squad in a three-team even on Friday at home. It was the fourth and fifth sweeps of the year for the 5-0 Lasers. They beat...
September 4, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps improved Chaffey squad
Irvine Valley stays unbeaten and hands Chaffey its first loss of the year with a 25-22, 25-14, 25-18 win on Wednesday at home. It was the Lasers' third straight sweep to begin the 2019 season. IVC is...
August 30, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Canyons to move to 2-0
Irvine Valley takes down another opponent in straight sets to open the season, beating College of the Canyons, 25-13, 25-20, 25-19, at home on Friday night. Lea Kruse finishes with 15 kills and Truth...
August 28, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team cruises past Miramar in season opener
Irvine Valley wins at Miramar in San Diego, 25-18, 25-8, 25-18, on Wednesday night. Returning all-Orange Empire Conference co-most valuable player Lea Kruse led the Lasers with 12 kills and eight digs...
August 25, 2019 | General News
No. 4 Story of the Year - Women's volleyball shines again
Irvine Valley's volleyball team made a run to the CCCAA State Championship at Solano College in December. The Lasers won 21 matches and reached the semis of the state event. Lea Kruse and Renata Bath...
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...
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...
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 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...
June 27, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
2019 Irvine Valley women's volleyball schedule released
Irvine Valley's women's volleyball team, which has won back-to-back Orange Empire Conference titles and made another trip to the state tournament last season, is looking forward to opening its 2019...
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...
June 10, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
Former IVC volleyball star Annie Mitchem finds new team
Annie Mitchem, who won two state team titles, an individual title and earned AVCA Two-Year College National Player of the Year honors two straight seasons with the Lasers, will play for Zanetti...
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...
March 5, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
All-American volleyball player Renata Bath headed to UCR
Sophomore libero Renata Bath recently signed with Division I UC Riverside. The co-Orange Empire Conference MVP last fall, helped IVC to the state tournament. She was also a part of the Lasers'...
December 2, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team knocked out in semis of state tourney
No. 1-ranked Irvine Valley falls to American River, 24-26, 25-21, 25-23, 25-23, in the semifinals of the California Community College Athletic Association State Championship at Solano College. IVC...
December 1, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team opens state tournament with a sweep
Irvine Valley, which is the defending state champion and top seed, defeats West Valley, 25-16, 25-20, 25-22, in the quarterfinals of the CCCAA State Championship on Friday at Solano College in...
November 30, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team starts defense of state title on Friday
A preview of the Irvine Valley women's volleyball team's trip again to the CCCAA State Championship. The Lasers, ranked No. 1 in the state all year and the top seed from So. Cal. begin action on...
November 28, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball player Renata Bath selected all-state, All-American
Irvine Valley sophomore libero Renata Bath was named all-state and second team All-American this week. She had already been tabbed as a co-MVP of the Orange Empire Conference. Bath and IVC start the...
November 24, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team sweeps again, headed back to state tourney
Irvine Valley beats Ventura, 25-16, 25-18, 26-14, to make another trip to the CCCAA State Championships starting Nov. 30 at Solano College. The Lasers, who are the defending state champions, get their...
November 21, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Kruse and Bath named women's volleyball conference co-MVPs
Freshman Lea Kruse and sophomore Renata Bath are named co-most valuable players of the Orange Empire Conference. Alyssa Vortourni, Truth Hafey, Kristin Austin and Kylie Miller are picked to all-confer...
November 20, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Top-seeded women's volleyball team starts postseason tonight
Irvine Valley, seeded first in the CCCAA South Regional Playoffs and ranked No. 1 in the state, takes on No. 16 Pasadena City in the first round of the postseason Tuesday at home at 6 p.m. IVC has a...
November 20, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team finds a way, sweeps Pasadena City in first round
Top-seeded Irvine Valley has to rally in the first two sets, but beats Pasadena City, 27-25, 25-22, 25-18, in the opening round of the California Community College Athletic Association Regional...
November 15, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team earns No. 1 seed in regional playoffs
Irvine Valley will open the 2018 CCCAA So. Cal. Regional Playoffs next Tuesday at home against the winner of a play-in game on Saturday. The Lasers are the defending state champions and have a record...
November 14, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team sees undefeated season halted by Cypress
Top-ranked Irvine Valley falls to No. 14 Cypress, 25-18, 17-25, 15-25, 25-16, 15-8, in the 2018 regular season finale on Wednesday night at Cypress. The Lasers also see their 45-match program win...
November 9, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team stays unbeaten with sweep at OCC
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 1 in the state, improved to 18-0 overall and 14-0 in the Orange Empire Conference with a 25-14, 25-22, 27-25 victory on Friday night. IVC finishes the regular season next...
November 7, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team hosts tough Riverside team Wednesday
Irvine Valley can clinch the Orange Empire Conference title outright with a win over Riverside on Wednesday night at home. The top-ranked Lasers, who have a record of 16-0 overall, beat RCC in four...
November 7, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team puts a wrap on OEC title with sweep of Tigers
On Sophomore Night, top-ranked Irvine Valley plays one of its best matches so far in Orange Empire Conference play Wednesday, handling Riverside, 25-16, 25-16, 25-10. It was the undefeated Lasers'...
November 6, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Nine weeks in a row at the top for women's volleyball team
Irvine Valley's women's indoor squad sits at the top of the California Community College Women's Volleyball Coaches Association State Poll once again. The Lasers have a record of 16-0 and are riding a...
October 31, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team earns share of OEC title with home win
Irvine Valley takes care of business with a sweep against Santiago Canyon, 25-8, 25-6, 25-7, Wednesday night to earn a share of the Orange Empire Conference title. The Lasers have won the OEC crown...
October 24, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Top-ranked women's volleyball team earns 13th sweep of year
Irvine Valley isn't at its best, but still has enough to win at Fullerton, 25-20, 25-21, 25-16, on Wednesday night in an Orange Empire Conference match. IVC improves to 15-0 overall and is just a win...
October 23, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Seven weeks in a row at No. 1 for women's volleyball team
Irvine Valley is once again tops in the California Community College Women's Volleyball Coaches Association State Top 25 Poll. The Lasers have a record of 14-0 overall, 8-0 in conference and are...
October 19, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team hosts Golden West in Dig Pink Night on Friday
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 1 in the state and undefeated on the year, will raise funds in support of the Side-Out Foundation for breast cancer awareness and treatment. Admission price is $5 and...
October 19, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Rustlers on Dig Pink Night
Top-ranked and undefeated Irvine Valley defeats Golden West, 25-8, 25-8, 25-12, on its annual Dig Pink Night match Friday at home to support the Side-Out Foundation and breast cancer awareness and...
October 17, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team has easy time in sweep at Saddleback
Irvine Valley starts the second round of Orange Empire Conference play with a 25-12, 25-8, 25-20 win at Saddleback on Wednesday night. The Lasers won the program's 40th straight match and improved to...
October 16, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team stays at the top of the state rankings
Despite a scare last Friday at home against Cypress, the Lasers remain No. 1 in in the California Community College Women's Volleyball Coaches Association State Top 25 Poll. IVC plays at Saddleback on...
October 13, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team pulls out dramatic, five-set win over Cypress
Irvine Valley drops the first two sets, but rallies for a 24-26, 21-25, 25-23, 25-13, 15-11 Orange Empire Conference victory over Cypress at home on Friday night. The top-ranked Lasers remain unbeaten...
October 12, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team hosts Cypress Friday in big OEC contest
Irvine Valley, which is ranked No. 1 in the state and is undefeated on the year, takes on Cypress Friday night at home. The Lasers are looking for their 12th win in a row. Cypress has won three...
October 11, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team holds off Orange Coast for 38th win in a row
Irvine Valley sweeps Orange coast, 25-17, 25-22, 25-17, but has to battle back in each of the three sets. Irvine Valley, ranked No. 1 in the state, improves its record to 11-0 overall and 7-0 in...
October 10, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team is back at home, hosts OCC Wednesday
After two weeks of playing matches on the road, the Irvine Valley women's volleyball team, which is ranked No. 1 in the state and riding a 37-match win streak, is in Hart Gymnasium Wednesday night to...
October 8, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team wins tough OEC battle at Riverside
Irvine Valley drops its first set of the season, but beats Riverside in four sets, 25-12, 25-21, 23-25, 25-18, Friday at Riverside. The Lasers, ranked No. 1 in the state, improved their record to 10-0...
October 2, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team still at No. 1 in fourth state poll of '18
Irvine Valley, which ran its win streak to 36 dating back to 2016 with two more wins last week, now has a record of 9-0 overall and 5-0 in the Orange Empire Conference. IVC plays again Friday at...
October 1, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team moves to 9-0 with sweep of Hawks
Irvine Valley, which is ranked No. 1 in the state, stayed undefeated and has yet to drop a set in 2018. The Lasers, who were led Friday by sophomore Alyssa Vortouni, have also won 36 matches in a row...
September 27, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team goes to 8-0 with sweep at Santa Ana
No. 1-ranked Irvine Valley defeats Santa Ana, 25-12, 25-6, 25-10 in an Orange Empire Conference match on the road Wednesday night. The Lasers hit .433 overall as a team and had four players with at...
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...
September 25, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team tops state rankings once again
Irvine Valley, Gavilan and El Camino remain the top three-ranked teams in the state in this week's CCCWVCA State Top 25 Poll. The Lasers have a record of 7-0 so far and haven't dropped a set yet this...
September 21, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Top-ranked women's volleyball team looks for win No. 7 Friday
Irvine Valley, which has a record of 6-0 overall, has yet to drop a set this season and is ranked No. 1 in the state, hosts No. 17 Fullerton in an OEC match Friday at 6 p.m. Irvine Valley is also...
September 21, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps improved Fullerton squad
It was a struggle at times, but Irvine Valley still picked up a 25-21, 25-21, 25-22 Orange Empire Conference win over Fullerton at home Friday. IVC improved its record to 7-0. The top-ranked Lasers...
September 19, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team ranked No. 1 for second straight week
Irvine Valley, which is riding a 32-match win streak, is once again the top-ranked team in the state in the CCCWVCA Top 25 Poll. The Lasers have a record of 5-0 overall and have yet to drop a set so...
September 19, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps again, win streak up to 33
Irvine Valley defeats Golden West, 25-15, 25-11, 25-17, in an Orange Empire Conference match on the road on Wednesday. The Lasers, who improved to 6-0 overall and have yet to drop a set this year,...
September 14, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team set to start OEC action Friday night
Irvine Valley, which is off to a 4-0 start in 2018, looks to make it five in a row when it hosts district rival Saddleback on Friday at 6 p.m. The Lasers, who are ranked No. 1 in the state, have yet...
September 14, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team rolls in three-set win over Saddleback
Top-ranked Irvine Valley sweeps Saddleback, 25-5, 25-14, 25-17, to start Orange Empire Conference action on Friday night at home. It was the 32nd straight win for IVC. Lea Kruse ends with 16 kills and...
September 12, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Another sweep, another win for No. 1 women's volleyball team
Irvine Valley beats Palomar, 25-22, 25-12, 25-8, on the road Wednesday night. The Lasers hit .420 as a team, which is a high in a match on the season. Alyssa Vortouni, Gabriela Griego and Kylie Miller...
September 11, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team is No. 1 in the state in first poll of 2018
Irvine Valley, which is the defending state champion and is riding a 30-match win streak, heads the list in the opening California Community College Women's Volleyball Coaches Association State Top 25...
September 7, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team looks for its third win of season Friday night
Irvine Valley hosts Miramar on Friday at 5 p.m. The Lasers, who are the defending state champions, have swept Long Beach City and Canyons to open the season. IVC is hitting an impressive .330 as a...
September 7, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Miramar to move to 3-0
Irvine Valley beats Miramar, 25-7, 25-9, 25-5, Friday night at home to stay undefeated on the season. The Lasers show nice balance with four players recording at least six kills, led by middle blocker...
September 6, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
IVC women's volleyball team picked to repeat as OEC champs
Irvine Valley, which went undefeated and won Orange Empire Conference and CCCAA State championships last season, is the favorite to win the conference title again in 2018. The Lasers are off to a 2-0...
September 5, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team takes care of Canyons on the road
Irvine Valley earns a sweep at Canyons, which it faced in the state semifinals last year. The Lasers' 25-23, 25-13, 25-15 win Wednesday featured 13 kills by Gabriela Griego, 37 assists by Truth Hafey...
August 29, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball opens 2018 season at home Wednesday
Irvine Valley, which won a state championship last fall, gets 2018 going on Wednesday at home at 5 p.m. against Long Beach City. IVC returns Alyssa Vortouni, Renata Bath, Jade Parham and an exciting...
August 29, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team gets 2018 season off to rousing start
Irvine Valley, which is the defending state champion, sweeps a strong Long Beach City team, 25-21, 25-20, 25-20, behind a combined 28 kills from Gabrielle Griego, Lea Kruse and Alyssa Vortouni and 31...
August 28, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
No. 1 Story of the Year - Women's volleyball team is perfect
Irvine Valley's women's volleyball team went 27-0 and won the second CCCAA State Championship in program history. Megan Ramseyer and Olivia Aguilar were named All-Americans, all-region and all-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...
August 21, 2018 | General News
No. 6 Story of the Year - IVC athletes take home MVP honors
Volleyball players Megan Ramseyer and Olivia Aguilar, tennis player Halla Alajeely and basketball player Kasey Smit were the top players in their respective sports in the Orange Empire Conference...
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 22, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Former IVC star Annie Mitchem back in Irvine for USA event
Annie Mitchem, who was a back-to-back two-year national volleyball player of the year at Irvine Valley and is now playing professionally in Italy, is part of the U.S. National Team Red-Blue Scrimmage...
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...
June 7, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
2018 Irvine Valley women's volleyball schedule released
The schedule for the 2018 women's volleyball team has been posted. The Lasers start on Aug. 24 at Pasadena City. IVC, which won the CCCAA state title in 2017, plays its first home match on Aug. 29...
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 19, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball player Megan Ramseyer headed to Butler
Megan Ramseyer, a star sophomore setter, recently signed with Butler University. She helped Irvine Valley go undefeated and win a state championship last fall. Ramseyer was named All-American and...
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...
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...
December 3, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Perfect ending for women's volleyball team - State Champs
Tournament MVP Olivia Aguilar sets a championship final record with 30 kills as Irvine Valley delivers the second state title in program history with a 23-25, 25-16, 25-20, 25-16 win over Delta on...
December 2, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball gets by Canyons to reach state final
Irvine Valley battles for a win in its toughest match of the year, beating Canyons, 25-19, 13-25, 28-26, 23-25, 16-14 in a semifinal match of the CCCAA State Championships on Saturday. IVC plays in...
December 2, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team starts state with a sweep
Top-ranked Irvine Valley handles Folsom Lake, 25-14, 25-16, 25-15, in its first match of the CCCAA State Championship on Saturday afternoon at Solano College. Olivia Aguilar leads the way with 18...
November 29, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Ramseyer, Aguilar named All-American, Pestolesi is top coach
Irvine Valley's Megan Ramseyer is named first team All-American, All-State and All-Region, Olivia Aguilar is picked second team All-American, All-State and All-Region and Tom Pestolesi is coach of the...
November 25, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team punches ticket to state tournament
Top-seeded and undefeated Irvine Valley earns its 20th sweep of the season, beating No. 8 Grossmont, 25-21, 25-22, 25-19, in the So. Cal. Regionals Saturday at home. IVC advances to next weekend's...
November 24, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team takes on Grossmont with trip to state on line
Top-seeded Irvine Valley plays No. 8 Grossmont in a CCCAA So. Cal. Regional Playoff match on Saturday at 6 p.m. The winner moves on to the state championship tournament next weekend at Solano College...
November 21, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team starts playoffs with a sweep of OCC
Top-seeded Irvine Valley defeats Orange Coast for the second time in a week, winning, 25-10, 25-18, 25-21, in the first round of the SoCal Regional Playoffs on Tuesday night at home. IVC will host No....
November 20, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Ramseyer and Aguilar named All-OEC volleyball co-MVPs
Sophomore setter Megan Ramseyer and sophomore outside hitter Olivia Aguilar highlight the all-Orange Empire Conference teams as co-most valuable players. The duo helped IVC go undefeated and win a...
November 15, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team still perfect after regular season finale
Top-ranked Irvine Valley takes down No. 24 Orange Coast, 21-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-11 on the road on Wednesday night to complete an undefeated regular season at 22-0. It is the fourth unbeaten regular...
November 6, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team honors sophomores, sweeps Hawks
Irvine Valley, the top-ranked team in the state, improved its record to 21-0 overall and 15-0 in the Orange Empire Conference with a 25-12, 25-8, 25-11 win over Santiago Canyon on sophomore night at...
November 3, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team clinches conference title outright
Irvine Valley wins its fourth Orange Empire Conference title in the last five years with a 25-13, 25-14, 25-14 victory over Santa Ana on Friday night at home. IVC, ranked No. 1 in the state, also...
November 1, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team claims at least a share of OEC title
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 1 in the state, records its 16th sweep of the year with a 25-18, 25-13, 25-13 win at Fullerton on Wednesday. IVC earns a share of the Orange Empire Conference title and can...
October 27, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sitting pretty after important sweep
Irvine Valley beats Golden West, 25-18, 29-27, 25-10, behind 16 kills from Olivia Aguilar and 39 assists from Megan Ramseyer in an OEC match Friday at home. It was Dig Pink night for the Lasers, who...
October 26, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Irvine Valley to host Dig Pink Night Friday against Rustlers
The Irvine Valley women's volleyball team, ranked No. 1 in the state, takes on Golden West Friday night at home. It is Dig Pink Night with proceeds from the match going to the Side-Out Foundation for...
October 25, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team picks up big win at Saddleback
Irvine Valley drops the first set, but then wins three straight for a 16-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-21 Orange Empire Conference victory at Saddleback on Wednesday night. The top-ranked Lasers host their Dig...
October 23, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Undefeated women's volleyball team tops poll once again
Irvine Valley is at the top of the CCCWVCA Top 25 State Poll for the fourth straight week. The Lasers, with a record of 16-0 overall and the last undefeated team in the state, play at No. 16 Saddlebac...
October 20, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team rolls Riverside for 16th straight win
Irvine Valley earns its seventh straight sweep and 14th on the season in a 25-8, 25-17, 25-11 Orange Empire Conference win at home on Friday. The top-ranked Lasers play at Saddleback in a big OEC...
October 18, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team leading the pack in OEC and state
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 1 in the state, sits two matches ahead of Cypress and Saddleback as the second round of the Orange Empire Conference schedule starts Wednesday night. IVC plays at Cypress in...
October 18, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team takes care of Cypress on the road
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 1 in the state, starts the second half of Orange Empire Conference play with one of its best matches of the season, sweeping at No. 17 Cypress, 25-9, 25-15, 25-21. IVC...
October 13, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team still unbeaten after sweeping OCC
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 1 in the state, improved its record to 14-0 overall with a 25-15, 25-14, 25-21 Orange Empire Conference win over Orange Coast at home on Friday night. Olivia Aguilar finished...
October 9, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Top-ranked women's volleyball team sweeps Santiago Canyon
Irvine Valley beats Santiago Canyon, 25-14, 25-11, 25-14, in an Orange Empire Conference match on Friday to improve its record to 13-0 overall and 7-0 in conference. Taira Ka'awaloa finishes with 17...
October 5, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team goes to 12-0, earns 10th sweep of year
The top-ranked Irvine Valley women's volleyball team remained the only undefeated team in the state with a 25-14, 25-24, 25-5 Orange Empire Conference win at Santa Ana on Wednesday. Olivia Aguilar had...
October 2, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team moves up to No. 1 in the state
Irvine Valley, which had been ranked second in the state the previous three weeks, climbs to No. 1 in the latest CCCWVCA Top 25 Poll as the last remaining undefeated team in the state, IVC has a...
September 29, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team coasts past Fullerton in three
Irvine Valley earns its 11th straight win of the 2017 season with a 25-13, 25-20, 25-9 win in an Orange Empire Conference match over Fullerton at home on Friday. IVC improves its record to 11-0...
September 28, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
A perfect 10 for the women's volleyball team after sweep
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 2 in the state, beats Golden West, 25-20, 25-19, 25-14, in an Orange Empire Conference match on the road Wednesday to move to 10-0. Taira Ka'awaloa and Olivia Aguilar each...
September 27, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team holds on to No. 2 spot in state
Irvine Valley is No. 2 in the state and first in Southern California in the second coaches poll of the season. Irvine Valley is 9-0 overall and 3-0 in the OEC. The Lasers play at Golden West on...
September 23, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team rallies to beat Saddleback in OEC battle
Irvine Valley fights back from being down two sets to one to edge Saddleback in five and stay undefeated on the season. The Lasers, ranked No. 2 in the state, came out on top, 23-25, 25-21, 20-25,...
September 22, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team goes up against Saddleback tonight
Irvine Valley ranked No. 2 in the state and first in Southern California hosts No. 14 Saddleback in a key Orange Empire Conference match-up tonight at home at 6 p.m. IVC has a record of 8-0 overall...
September 21, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team takes care of Tigers on the road
Irvine Valley runs its record to 8-0 overall and 2-0 in the Orange Empire Conference with a 25-13, 25-11, 25-19 win at Riverside on Wednesday. The Lasers, ranked No. 2 in the state, host No. 14...
September 15, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team shines in showdown with Cypress
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 2 in the state and first in Southern California, cruises at home in its Orange Empire Conference opener, beating No. 13 Cypress, 25-12, 25-11, 25-14. IVC stays unbeaten on...
September 13, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team wins sixth straight, OEC play up next
Irvine Valley beats Palomar, 25-20, 25-11, 25-22, on Tuesday night at home to move its record to 6-0 overall. The Lasers, ranked No. 2 in the state and first in So. Cal., need to be ready for No. 13...
September 11, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team No. 2 in state in first poll of 2017
Irvine Valley, which has a record of 5-0 so far and has swept four opponents, is second in the state and first in Southern California in the first state coaches poll of the season. IVC trails only 4-0...
September 9, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team takes care of Long Beach City
Behind a huge night by sophomore Olivia Aguilar, Irvine Valley improves its record to 5-0 overall with a 25-20, 25-23, 25-21 victory over Long Beach City on Friday night. Aguilar finished with a...
September 6, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team on a roll, takes care of Cerritos
Irvine Valley makes easy work of Cerritos, 25-15, 25-10, 25-10, on Wednesday night at home to improve to 4-0 overall. The Lasers get 13 kills and four aces from Olivia Aguilar and 10 kills and 12 digs...
September 1, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball moves to 3-0 with solid win over Canyons
Irvine Valley defeats College of the Canyons in a battle of undefeated teams on Friday night at home. The Lasers, who hit .407 in the match, came out on top, 25-17, 25-12, 19-25, 25-18. IVC hosts...
August 31, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps again, cruises by Chaffey
Irvine Valley sweeps its second opponent in a row, beating Chaffey, 25-12, 25-13, 25-8, on the road on Wednesday night. IVC hits .379 as a team and is paced by Taira Ka'awaloa's 12 kills, six digs and...
August 25, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Citrus to start 2017 season
Irvine Valley starts the 2017 campaign off in style with a 25-12, 25-15, 25-10 win over Citrus at home on Friday night. Taira Ka'awaloa had 10 kills, Alyssa Vortouni finished with nine kills and the...
July 20, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball player Alissa Blevins off to University of Providence
Alissa Blevins, a sophomore setter that helped Irvine Valley reach the Southern California Playoffs this past season, is headed to the University of Providence in Great Falls, Mont. Blevins averaged...
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...
March 9, 2017 | Women's Volleyball
Former volleyball star Marisa Doran honored at New Mexico
Marisa Doran was named to the All-Mountain West SAAC Community Service Team recently. She is a senior at the University of New Mexico. Doran was an all-state and state champion indoor and beach player...
December 13, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team ranked 12th in final state poll of year
After upsetting MiraCosta in its final match of the regular season and then stunning Santa Barbara City in the first round of the playoffs, Irvine Valley moves up 13 spots to end up ranked No. 12 by...
November 30, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Four women's volleyball players named to all-OEC teams
Irvine Valley's Taira Ka'awaloa and Hailey Riden were named first team all-Orange Empire Conference and Lucee Fitzgerald and Kylie Miller were picked to the second team by coaches. IVC finished the...
November 29, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Former IVC standout Annie Mitchem named all-Big West at Hawaii
Annie Mitchem, who was a two-year volleyball star at Irvine Valley, was named first team all-Big West Conference this past week for Hawai'i. The Rainbow Wahine have been 17-1 with Mitchem on the court...
November 26, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team falls at El Camino to end season
After upsetting Santa Barbara City in the first round of the So. Cal. Regional Playoffs, IVC can't get by El Camino in the second round on the road on Saturday night. IVC finishes the season with a...
November 23, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team pulls off playoff upset on the road
Irvine Valley, seeded 14th, outlasts No. 3 Santa Barbara City in five sets Tuesday night in Santa Barbara. The Vaqueros had won their conference and lost to just one other team all season. IVC moves...
November 14, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team stuns No. 7 team in the state in five
Irvine Valley, ranked 22nd, takes the final two sets to beat MiraCosta, 22-25, 25-16, 20-25, 25-23, 18-16, in a nonconference match at home on Monday. IVC fought off two match points in the fifth set...
November 9, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Santa Ana on sophomore night
Irvine Valley wraps up its Orange Empire Conference schedule Wednesday night with a 27-25, 25-17, 25-17 win over Santa Ana. The Lasers, who are fourth in the OEC standings, host MiraCosta in a...
November 7, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team bounces back with win at Fullerton
Irvine Valley comes back from a loss to Golden West last Friday with a four-set win at Fullerton in an Orange Empire Conference match on Monday night. Lucee Fitzgerald and Taira Ka'awaloa each...
November 4, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team falls to Golden West on Dig Pink night
Irvine Valley has its chances and set points in the first two sets, but can't close them out against Golden West in a 27-25, 26-24, 25-19 defeat on Friday night. IVC's record slips to 11-6 overall and...
November 2, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team outlasts Saddleback in five sets
Irvine Valley avenges an early season loss to Saddleback by beating the Gauchos, 25-20, 25-20, 25-27, 21-25, 20-18 in a big Orange Empire Conference match on Wednesday night. Taira Ka'awaloa finishes...
October 28, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team battles to beat Riverside in four
Irvine Valley bounces back from a loss at Cypress on Wednesday and wins its sixth match in its last seven contests with a 25-21, 16-25, 25-15, 25-21 Orange Empire Conference victory over Riverside at...
October 26, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team has win streak snapped at Cypress
Irvine Valley falls in three straight sets, 25-14, 25-22, 25-17 at Cypress, which is the top team in the Orange Empire Conference. Hannah Holder has seven kills and Lucee Fitzgerald finishes with...
October 21, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team wins fifth straight with another sweep
Irvine Valley defeats Santiago Canyon, which is in its first year as a program, 25-13, 25-18, 25-16, in an Orange Empire Conference match at home. IVC improves its record to 9-4 overall and 7-3 in...
October 20, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team continues to roll, sweeps Orange Coast
Irvine Valley wins its fourth Orange Empire Conference match in a row, beating Orange Coast, 25-16, 25-19, 25-15, on the road Wednesday night. Kylie Miller had seven blocks and five kills to lead the...
October 13, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team wins third straight, tops Santa Ana
Irvine Valley continues its hot streak, beating Santa Ana, 25-17, 25-19, 19-25, 25-18 in an Orange Empire Conference match on the road on Wednesday. Taira Ka'awaloa shines with 18 kills and a .444...
October 7, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team finishes perfect week with a sweep
After rallying to defeat Golden West in five sets on the road on Wednesday, Irvine Valley sweeps Fullerton, 25-22, 25-20, 25-16, at home in an Orange Empire Conference match on Friday night. IVC...
October 5, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyall team bounces back with big road victory
Irvine Valley snaps a three-match skid and gets right back in the Orange Empire Conference race with a 22-25, 25-20, 23-25, 25-18, 15-12 win at Golden West on Wednesday night. Lucce Fitzgerald and...
September 30, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team falls to Saddleback in four
Irvine Valley wins the first set, but Saddleback takes the next three sets for the victory in an Orange Empire Conference match at IVC on Friday night. The Lasers had set points in both the second and...
September 29, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team outlasted at Riverside
Irvine Valley falls to the Tigers in five sets on the road Wednesday night in an Orange Empire Conference match. Irvine Valley sees its record slip to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in conference. Riverside...
September 26, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team moves up six spots in state rankings
After taking Cypress to five sets on last Friday at home in an important Orange Empire Conference match, Irvine Valley moves up six spots in this week's CCCWVCA rankings. IVC is at Riverside in...
September 23, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team battles, but falls in five to Cypress
Irvine Valley drops the first two sets, rallies to take the next two, but loses in five sets to Cypress, 25-18, 25-23, 18-25, 16-25, 15-12, in a key Orange Empire Conference match Friday at IVC. It is...
September 22, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team sweeps Santiago Canyon, gears up for Cypress
Irvine Valley, ranked 22nd in the state, wins its second straight match to open Orange Empire Conference play. The Lasers beat Santiago Canyon, 25-14, 25-12, 25-10. IVC takes on eighth-ranked Cypress...
September 19, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team wins two, drops in state rankings
Irvine Valley fell three spots in the California Community College Athletics Women's Volleyball Coaches Association rankings this week. The Lasers swept Palomar and then beat Orange Coast in four sets...
September 16, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team looks solid in conference opener
Irvine Valley beats Orange Coast, 25-18, 25-22, 16-25, 25-13, on Friday at home in the Orange Empire Conference opener. Taira Ka'awaloa, Juju Cannon and Alissa Blevins lead the Lasers, who win their...
September 14, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps at Palomar for second win
Irvine Valley defeats Palomar, 25-17, 25-17, 25-12, on the road in a nonconference match on Tuesday night. IVC, which was led by Taira Ka'awaloa's 12 kills and 11 digs, plays again on Friday, hosting...
September 13, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team ranked 19th in state in first poll
Irvine Valley comes in at No. 19 in the first state poll, which was put out on Monday. The Lasers are also ranked 11th in Southern California. IVC plays at Palomar Tuesday night and then hosts Orange...
September 9, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team suffers first loss of the year
Irvine Valley wins the first set, but then drops the next three in a 26-28, 25-22, 25-21, 25-21 defeat to College of the Canyons on the road on Wednesday night. Freshman Taira Ka'awaloa led the way...
August 31, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team, new coach pick up first win of season
Irvine Valley sweeps Antelope Valley, 25-14, 25-15, 25-13 on Wednesday night at home in its first match of the year. The Lasers were playing for new head coach Nate Ngo, who has taken over on an...
August 24, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Kari Pestolesi named women's volleyball coach at Cerritos
Former Irvine Valley assistant Kari Pestolesi is now leading the volleyball program at Cerritos College. She helped the Lasers during the 2012 and 2015 seasons and is the daughter of longtime IVC...
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...
August 4, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
No. 8 Story of the Year - Volleyball team wins another OEC title
Despite returning just four players and two starters from its 2014 state title team, Irvine Valley women's volleyball team improved throughout the year enough to win the program's third Orange Empire...
August 3, 2016
Eva Lee and Nate Ngo represent Irvine Valley at the Olympics
Former Irvine Valley state champion badminton player Eva Lee and current Laser volleyball coach Nate Ngo are part of the United States contingent at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Games get...
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 14, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Nate Ngo named interim head coach for women's volleyball team
Nate Ngo, who is part of the USA coaching staff and was an Irvine Valley assistant coach for both the men's and women's teams this past year, will take over the IVC women's program this fall while Tom...
June 22, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball coach Tom Pestolesi headed to Hawaii this fall
Irvine Valley state champion coach Tom Pestolesi will be a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Hawaii this fall as part of his sabbatical. Pestolesi guided the IVC women's volleyball team...
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 13, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball player Kayla Scheevel signs with TCU
Kayla Scheevel, who was named the Orange Empire co-Most Valuable Player of the year for Irvine Valley in 2015, has signed with Texas Christian University. Scheevel was a key player on IVC's 2014 team...
June 13, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
2016 Irvine Valley fall season schedules posted
The fall schedules for the Irvine Valley men's and women's soccer teams, women's volleyball team and women's golf team have been posted. Click on the sport or on schedules for the team to view the...
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 6, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Kayla Scheevel, Emily Reinking earn academic volleyball honors
The Irvine Valley duo was recently named to the California community College Women's Volleyball Coaches Association Scholar Athlete Team for the state for the fall 2015 season.
December 3, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team has six selected all-OEC, Scheevel MVP
Kayla Scheevel is named co-Most Valuable Player of the Orange Empire Conference, Jenna Olbright, Hannah Matt and Emily Reinking are named to the first team and Hailey Riden and Olivia Aguilar are...
November 29, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team has season end in Santa Barbara
Irvine Valley sees its great year wrap up after a 28-26, 25-22, 17-25, 25-21 loss at Santa Barbara City in the second round of the So. Cal. Regional Playoffs last Friday. IVC still won its third...
November 24, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team dominates Mesa in playoff opener
Irvine Valley, the defending state champion, rolls past San Diego Mesa, 25-15, 25-15, 25-6 in the first round of the So. Cal. Playoffs Tuesday at home. Olivia Aguilar has 15 kills and Kayla Scheevel...
November 23, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball to host San Diego Mesa in playoffs Tuesday
Irvine Valley, which won the Orange Empire Conference, was tabbed as a No. 8 seed and will play No. 9 San Diego Mesa on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
November 19, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team wraps up regular season with sweep
Irvine Valley wins at Orange Coast, 25-22, 25-21, 25-17 on Wednesday night to finish the regular season with a record of 15-5 overall and 12-2 in conference. IVC now awaits the announcement of the...
November 13, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team wins third conference title in a row
Irvine Valley beats Cypress in four sets Friday at home and clinches the OEC title. IVC gets 20 kills from Olivia Aguilar, 16 kills and 24 digs from Kayla Scheevel, 25 digs from Emily Reinking and 51...
November 10, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team moves closer to conference title
Irvine Valley sweeps at Saddleback, 25-15, 25-15, 25-11, Tuesday to get within a win of the Orange Empire Conference title. IVC holds a match lead over Fullerton with two left to go in conference. The...
November 9, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team still in first place after tough loss
Irvine Valley isn't at its best in a five-set loss at Fullerton on Friday in an Orange Empire Conference match. But thanks to some help, the Lasers remain all alone in first place in the standings....
November 4, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team downs Riverside in three tough sets
Irvine Valley gets a sweep over Riverside, but it isn't easy, earning a 25-19, 25-21, 27-25 victory on Wednesday night at home. The victory, IVC's sixth straight, improves its record to 12-4 overall...
October 31, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team on top of its game in sweep at GWC
Irvine Valley plays one of its best matches of the season, sweeping Golden West, 25-12, 25-18, 26-24, on the road on Friday night. It was IVC's fifth straight win and kept it alone in first place in...
October 28, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team wins fourth in a row, sweeps Dons
Irvine Valley stays in first place in the Orange Empire Conference with a 25-8, 25-18, 25-12 win over Santa Ana at home on Wednesday night. Olivia Aguilar finishes with 14 kills and Hannah Matt adds...
October 27, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team moves up to No. 13 in state rankings
Irvine Valley moves up four spots after sweeping Cypress on the road and Orange Coast at home in four sets last week. The Lasers, with a record of 9-4 overall and 6-1 in the Orange Empire Conference...
October 23, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team ends first round of OEC play with a win
Irvine Valley beats Orange Coast, 25-7, 25-11, 18-25, 25-9 on Friday at home to finish the first round of Orange Empire Conference play in a tie for first place with a record of 6-1. The Lasers host...
October 21, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Cypress, back in first place
Irvine Valley's 25-21, 25-16, 25-20 win at previously undefeated in Orange Empire Conference play Cypress puts the Lasers in a three-way tie for first place in the OEC standings. IVC hosts Orange...
October 16, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Saddleback on Dig Pink Night
Irvine Valley bounces back from its first loss in Orange Empire Conference play with a 25-20, 25-12, 25-15 win over Saddleback on Dig Pink Night at IVC on Friday. All money raised will be donated to...
October 14, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team can't get untracked against Fullerton
Irvine Valley, which was 3-0 in Orange Empire Conference play, loses to Fullerton, 25-21, 19-25, 25-23, 25-21, at home on Wednesday night. IVC gets 14 kills from Olivia Aguilar. The Lasers host...
October 10, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Riverside, moves to 3-0 in OEC
Irvine Valley beats Riverside, 25-15, 25-23, 25-15, in an Orange Empire Conference match on the road on Friday. Irvine Valley gets 10 kills each from Kayla Scheevel and Kayla Shields in the win. Emily...
October 7, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Third-set surge lifts women's volleyball team past Golden West
Irvine Valley wins the final two sets, including using a big rally to take the third, and beats Golden West, 25-21, 22-25, 25-22, 25-17, in an Orange Empire Conference match Wednesday night at home....
October 4, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Santa Ana to open conference
Irvine Valley wins at Santa Ana, 25-8, 25-17. 25-8, Friday night. The Lasers hit .472 as a team. Kayla Scheevel had 12 kills and 12 digs and hit .571. Irvine Valley plays again on Wednesday, hosting...
September 30, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team loses to Vanguard, readies for OEC play
Irvine Valley faced a tough Vanguard squad and came up shot on Tuesday night at Vanguard. The Lions were ranked No. 10 in the country in the NAIA. IVC's next match will be its conference opener -...
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...
September 24, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team wins second in a row, beats Marauders
Irvine Valley made the trip to Antelope Valley for a nonconference match on Wednesday and came away with a 26-24, 25-14, 25-10 victory. IVC was led by middle blockers Hailey Riden and Kayla Shields,...
September 16, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps on the road at Moorpark
Irvine Valley evens its 2015 record at 2-2 with a 25-22, 25-17, 25-15 victory on the road on Wednesday night. Kayla Scheevel leads the way with 13 kills and 18 digs. Hannah Matt adds 11 kills and...
September 9, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team falls to Canyons in four sets at home
Irvine Valley has its chances in the match, but loses, 26-24, 21-25, 25-21, 25-13, to an undefeated Canyons team on Wednesday night at home. Kayla Scheevel and Hannah Matt each end up with 13 kills...
September 6, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team drops first match of season
Irvine Valley lost on the road Friday night, running into a tough MiraCosta squad, 25-18, 25-18, 25-22. IVC, which was led by Kayla Scheevel's nine kills, saw its record slip to 1-1 overall. The...
September 2, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team records solid win in 2015 opener
Irvine Valley, the defending state champion, opened the season with a four-set win over Palomar at home on Wednesday night. Sophomore returners Hannah Matt, Kayla Scheevel and Emily Reinking led the...
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 21, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
No. 2 Story of the Year - Women's volleyball team is perfect
Irvine Valley won its first ever state title last fall, beating defending champion Cabrillo in the final. IVC finished the year with a record of 27-0. It dropped just seven sets all year and had three...
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 29, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team earns AVCA Academic Award
Irvine Valley, which won indoor and sand state titles during the 2014-15 school year, adds a scholar team award by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. IVC is just one of three California...
July 15, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Annie Mitchem named CCCAA female athlete of year for 2014-15
Annie Mitchem, a sophomore volleyball player at Irvine Valley, was named the CCCCAA female state athlete of the year for all sports. She led IVC to women's indoor and sand volleyball state titles...
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...
July 9, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball assistant Kaleo Baxter added to staff at UC Irvine
Kaleo Baxter a former star and two-time state champion on the Irvine Valley men's volleyball team and an assistant coach for the Lasers' state champion women's team last year has landed a new coaching...
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...
June 10, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball player Hailey Jones headed to San Diego State
Sophomore setter Hailey Jones, a two-year starter for Irvine Valley, helped the Lasers go 51-2 the past two seasons and earn the program's first ever State Championship in 2014. She is also a two-time...
June 1, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball player Marisa Doran signs with New Mexico
Sophomore standout outside hitter Marisa Doran recently signed with the University of New Mexico. She helped IVC win state championships in indoor and sand volleyball this past school year and also...
May 27, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball player Shaelyn Perez signs with UC San Diego
Sophomore Shaelyn Perez was a part of two state titles this school year at IVC. Irvine Valley won its first-ever indoor title and then captured the inaugural sand state title. Perez was also a star...
May 8, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball player Kobi Pekich earns Character Champion Award
Kobi Pekich, a sophomore women's indoor volleyball player and sand volleyball player, was recognized as the Orange Empire Conference Fair-Play Character Champion female award winner for her efforts on...
December 18, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Annie Mitchem is AVCA Two-Year National Player of Year again
The middle blocker led the Irvine Valley women's volleyball team to its first ever State Championship. She is just the second player in the history of the AVCA Two-Year National Player of Year award...
December 17, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball's Mitchem, Doran and Pestolesi earn more honors
Annie Mitchem is named all-state, Marisa Doran is picked all-region and coach Tom Pestolesi is named the co-coach of the year for Southern California. The Lasers won their first ever state championshi...
December 11, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Standout volleyball player Annie Mitchem signs with Hawaii
The Irvine Valley star middle blocker signed with Hawaii last month. She just finished leading the Lasers to their first ever CCCAA State Championships title last weekend and was named tournament MVP.
December 7, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team caps undefeated year with state title
Irvine Valley goes 3-0 in the State Championships, including beating defending champ Cabrillo in four sets Sunday in the final, to bring the first ever women's volleyball title to IVC. Annie Mitchem...
December 6, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team in state final after sweeping Cabrillo
Irvine Valley beats the defending state champion, 25-14, 25-13, 25-20, to move on to the State Championship final on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. IVC hit an impressive .398 as a team in the match.
December 6, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team starts state with a win
Irvine Valley gets by Feather River, 25-9, 23-25, 25-20, 25-16, on Saturday afternoon at Cabrillo College. IVC moves on to play again Saturday night against defending state champion Cabrillo at 7 p.m.
December 4, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
2014 CCCAA Women's Volleyball State Championship preview
Irvine Valley, making its second straight appearance in the double-elimination state event after finishing third last season, opens with a match against Feather River on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
December 3, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Mitchem and Pestolesi highlight all-conference volleyball honors
Annie Mitchem, Irvine Valley's sophomore middle blocker standout, is named the Orange Empire Conference player of the year for the second year in a row and Tom Pestolesi is picked as conference coach...
December 2, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball team hosts El Camino with trip to state on line
Irvine Valley, seeded first, hosts No. 4 El Camino tonight at 6 p.m. in a So. Cal. Regional Final. IVC has a record of 23-0, while El Camino comes in at 24-2. The Lasers are trying to make the state...
December 2, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team headed back to State Championships
Irvine Valley, seeded No. 1, beats fourth-seeded El Camino, 25-17, 25-15, 23-25, 25-16, Tuesday night at home in a So. Cal. Regional Final. IVC, with a record of 24-0, makes the final-four State...
November 29, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team moves on to So. Cal. Regional Final
Top-seeded Irvine Valley gets all it can handle from No. 9 Canyons in the second round of the playoffs on Saturday night at home, but pulls through with a 26-24, 25-18, 25-17 win. Annie Mitchem...
November 26, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Coach Tom Pestolesi honored for 250th win
The 17-year Irvine Valley women's volleyball coach picked up his 250th win last season. He was presented a commemorative ball by his wife Diane and children Kari, Danny and Tommy before IVC's playoff...
November 25, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team has sweeping start to playoffs
Irvine Valley, seeded first in the So. Cal. Regional Playoffs, beats No. 16 San Diego Mesa, 25-11, 25-15, 25-14, Tuesday night at home. Marisa Doran leads with 13 kills. IVC hosts No. 9 Canyons on...
November 24, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team gets top seed in So. Cal. Regionals
Irvine Valley, which has a record of 21-0 overall, won a coin flip with also undefeated Grossmont for the No. 1 seed in the regionals. IVC hosts No. 16 San Diego Mesa on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in an...
November 19, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Fullerton on Sophomore Night
Irvine Valley ends the regular season on a high with its 21st straight win, downing Fullerton, 25-17, 25-22, 25-23, at home on Wednesday night. IVC also honors its seven sophomore players.
November 14, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Orange Coast for 20th win
Irvine Valley improves its record to 20-0 overall and 13-0 in the Orange Empire Conference with a 25-15, 25-18, 25-16 victory over Orange Coast at home Friday night. Annie Mitchem leads the way with...
November 12, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team wins conference title outright
Irvine Valley, which had already clinched a share of the Orange Empire Conference title last week, takes it outright with a four-set win at Cypress on Wednesday night. Marisa Doran led the way with 17...
November 7, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team clinches at least share of OEC title
Irvine Valley sweeps Saddleback, 25-16, 25-13, 25-14, Friday at home to improve its record to 18-0 overall and 11-0 in conference. IVC is three matches ahead of Cypress in the standings. IVC can...
November 5, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team has easy time at Santa Ana
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 2 in state, sweeps on the road at Santa Ana, 25-12, 25-18, 25-6, Wednesday and moves four matches closer to and undefeated regular season. IVC plays again at home on Friday...
November 1, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team improves to 16-0 with sweep at Riverside
Irvine Valley picks up its 16th win of the season, beating Riverside on the road, 25-17, 25-19, 25-9, on the road on Friday night. Annie Mitchem leads the way with 15 kills. IVC plays again Wednesday...
October 29, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Golden West on Dig Pink night
Irvine Valley defeats Golden West, 25-11, 25-19, 25-12, Wednesday at home on a night dedicated to supporting breast cancer awareness through the SideOut Foundation's Dig Pink Project. IVC runs its...
October 28, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball Dig Pink night set for Wednesday
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 2 in the state, hosts No. 11 Golden West on Wednesday at 6 p.m. It is IVC's annual Dig Pink match with proceeds from ticket sales and raffles going to support breast cancer...
October 27, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team tops Fullerton in four
Irvine Valley drops its first set since Aug. 25, but beats Fullerton, 22-25, 25-17, 25-16, 25-13, Friday on the road. Kobi Pekich has a big match with a team-high 16 kills and 14 digs. IVC hosts...
October 22, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball player Annie Mitchem is CCCAA athlete of the month
The 6-2 All-American middle blocker on Irvine Valley women's volleyball team has the Lasers ranked No. 2 in the state and No. 1 in Southern California. She leads the state in hitting percentage and is...
October 22, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team breezes by Orange Coast
Irvine Valley plays one of its best matches of the season in winning on the road at OCC, 25-16, 25-16, 25-19. Annie Mitchem records 15 kills and four blocks and Juju Cannon plays big down the stretch....
October 17, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Mitchem's big night carries women's volleyball team to victory
Irvine Valley has to rally in the final two sets, but picks up its 12th straight win and 11th sweep in a row in a 25-14, 25-17, 25-23 Orange Empire Conference win over Cypress Friday at home. Annie...
October 16, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team keeps streak going against Saddleback
The Lasers improve to 11-0 overall and 4-0 in the Orange Empire Conference with a 25-10, 25-7, 25-12 win on the road on Wednesday night. IVC hit .517 as a team and was led by freshman Juju Cannon with...
October 10, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team beats Santa Ana, improves to 10-0
Irvine Valley records its ninth consecutive sweep and stays unbeaten on the year with a 25-10, 25-8, 25-17 Orange Empire Conference victory over the Dons Friday night. Marisa Doran leads with 11 kills...
October 8, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps eighth straight match
IVC, ranked No. 2 in the state, starts slow, but is able to pick up the pace and still put away Riverside in three sets, 25-18, 25-11, 25-6 in a conference match at home Wednesday night. Kobi Pekich...
October 3, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team dominates conference opener on road
The Lasers, ranked second in the state, beat rival Golden West, 25-19, 25-23, 25-21, on Friday night. Irvine Valley improves its record to 8-0. All-American Annie Mitchem finishes with 18 kills, four...
September 30, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team moves to 7-0 with sweep of Vanguard
The Lasers beat a second NAIA school this season, defeating No. 21 Vanguard, 25-20, 25-15, 25-18, at home Tuesday night. Marisa Doran had 14 kills and Annie Mitchem added 12 kills and hit .556 for...
September 19, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball coach happy to have May and Baxter on board
Legend Butch May and former Irvine Valley men's team standout Kaleo Baxter are part of IVC coach Tom Pestolesi's women's volleyball staff this season. The Lasers are off to a 6-0 start and ranked No....
September 17, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Sophomores lead women's volleyball team sweep
The Lasers, ranked No. 2 in the state and No. 1 in Southern California, win on the road at Santa Barbara City, 28-26, 25-13, 25-11, Wednesday night. Santa Barbara City was ranked ninth in the state....
September 12, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Doran paces women's volleyball team in sweep over Moorpark
Sophomore Marisa Doran finished with 17 kills, including eight in the first set, to help Irvine Valley stay undefeated on the season with a 25-18, 25-16, 25-17 win over Moorpark Friday afternoon. IVC...
September 11, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team breezes by Palomar
The Lasers sweep their second straight opponent, beating the Comets, 25-18, 25-17, 25-16, Wednesday night on the road. IVC gets 10 kills and eight digs from Annie Mitchem and five kills and 10 digs...
September 6, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team records road sweep at Canyons
Annie Mitchem leads in the 25-21, 25-21, 25-16, on the road on Friday night with 19 kills and 10 digs. Marisa Doran chips in nine kills and six digs and Hailey Jones has 37 assists in the victory for...
August 28, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team knocks off Concordia in five sets
The Lasers open their 2014 season by beating the No. 2-ranked team in the NAIA, 26-28, 25-19, 26-24, 19-25, 15-7, Wednesday night at Concordia. Annie Mitchem has 16 kills, 10 blocks and 16 digs for...
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
No. 3 Story of Year - Volleyball team is one of state's best
The Lasers, led by Annie Mitchem, Hailey Jones, Marisa Doran, Haley Whyte, Kobi Pekich and Becky Moodie, finished third at the CCCAA State Championships and won the fourth Orange Empire Conference...
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 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...
July 17, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
2014 Irvine Valley women's volleyball schedule posted
The Lasers, led by setter Hailey Jones and middle blocker Annie Mitchem, open the season Aug. 25 in a scrimmage tournament at Azusa Pacific. IVC is coming off one of the best seasons in program...
July 3, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Irvine Valley has another solid showing in NATYCAA Cup
The Lasers end up 31st out of more than 100 two-year community colleges in California. IVC scored points in men's tennis, women's volleyball and men's volleyball.
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 4, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball captains moving on to four-year schools
Irvine Valley sophomore libero Becky Moodie is heading to Cal Baptist and sophomore middle blocker Haley Whyte will be playing at Whittier College in the fall. The duo helped IVC finish third in the...
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...
March 14, 2014
Men's volleyball team falls to OCC on Dig Pink Night
The Lasers drop their second straight match in conference, losing to the Pirates, 25-22, 25-23, 25-18 at home on Friday. IVC's women's volleyball team ran the Dig Pink event with money raised going to...
January 16, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Tom Pestolesi to receive honor from University of Hawaii
The Long-time IVC women's and men's volleyball coach is being recognized as the alumni of the year by his college alma mater. Pestolesi was an All-American player for the Rainbow Warriors.
January 6, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Annie Mitchem named Two-Year Volleyball Player of the Year
The 6-2 Mitchem was already named the Orange Empire Conference Player of the Year, All-State and All-American after leading IVC to a conference title and third-place in the state.
December 8, 2013 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team finishes third in the state
The Lasers, seeded first out of Southern California, fall to the North's top team, Cabrillo, in the semifinals in five sets and then fall to Grossmont in four sets to end the tournament.
December 7, 2013 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps state championships opener
The Lasers start the state event at Foothill College with a sweep of American River. Annie Mitchem finishes with 11 kills and Alexis Radecki adds 10 kills in the win. IVC will take on Cabrillo in the...
December 5, 2013 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball players take top all-conference honors
Annie Mitchem is named Orange Empire Conference MVP and Hailey Jones, Becky Moodie and Marisa Doran are each named all-conference first team. Tom Pestolesi is picked as the conference coach of the...
December 3, 2013 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team tops Santa Barbara, moves on to state
The Lasers, ranked No. 1 in Southern California and second in the state, beat Santa Barbara in the Southern California Regional Final on Tuesday night at IVC. It will be Irvine Valley's first trip to...
November 30, 2013 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team advances to regional final
The Lasers, seeded first in the Southern California Regional Playoffs, beat conference rival and No. 8 Fullerton in straight sets on Saturday to move on the regional final. It was IVC's 18th sweep of...
November 26, 2013 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps playoff opener
The Lasers have no problem with Mt. SAC at home on Tuesday night. IVC, the top seed in the Southern California Regional Playoffs, improves its record to 21-0 on the season.
September 7, 2013 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team earns hard-fought win at Santa Barbara
Irvine Valley gets 17 kills and five blocks from Annie Mitchem and 55 assists from Hailey Jones in the five-set road victory.
August 30, 2013 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team opens season with a sweep
Irvine Valley rolls in 2013 opener with 25-13, 25-5, 25-12 win at home over Ventura Friday night
August 28, 2013 | Women's Volleyball
2013 IVC women's volleyball preview
Irvine Valley has a strong group of returners to go along with an impressive group of recruits
| Conf | All | |
| Irvine Valley | 16-0 | 27-0 |
| Cypress | 13-3 | 18-6 |
| Saddleback | 12-4 | 19-9 |
| Golden West | 10-6 | 13-13 |
| Orange Coast | 9-7 | 18-9 |
| Riverside | 5-11 | 10-15 |
| Santa Ana | 3-13 | 10-15 |
| Fullerton | 3-13 | 6-16 |
| Santiago Canyon | 1-15 | 4-18 |
