Irvine Valley's women's volleyball is the team of the year for the athletics department for the 2023-24 school year.
The Lasers finished the fall 2023 season with a record of 22-5 overall and won the Orange Empire Conference with a record of 13-3 overall under head coach Anna Unke.
IVC tied for first with Orange Coast for the OEC title.
Irvine Valley claimed its second straight championship in conference and fifth in the last six years.
Four players from the squad were named to the all-OEC team after the end of the regular season.
The Lasers saw four players land on All-OEC teams with sophomore middle blocker Natalia Brandlin and sophomore outside hitter Tessa Marocco playing their way onto the first team while sophomore setter Mia Bertolone and freshman libero Audrey Fowler were placed on the second team.
Brandlin ranked first in the conference in hitting percentage at .406 and first in blocks per set at 1.20. She also finished second in the state in hitting percentage and fourth in blocks per set.
Marocco was fourth in the OEC in kills per set at 3.49 and second in total kills with 311. She also led the conference in aces per set at 0.65.
Bertolone led the conference in assists per set at 10.98 and Fowler was first in the conference in digs per set at 4.40 and in total digs at 396. Bertolone also ranked first in the state in assist per set.
Marocco and Brandlin were also named all-state for the Lasers.
Marocco is headed to the University of Hawaii to play beach volleyball, Brandlin is going to Cal State Northridge to compete in indoor and beach (story soon) and outside hitter Ava Guenther committed to La Verne to play indoor.
