Men's basketball team ranked No. 23 in new CCCMBCA State Poll
Nov 26, 2025
Irvine Valley, with a record of 6-2 through eight games, was ranked No. 23 in the state in the latest California Community College Men's Basketball Coaches Association state poll this week. IVC has won five of its last six games.
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November 26, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team ranked No. 23 in new CCCMBCA State Poll
Irvine Valley, with a record of 6-2 through eight games, was ranked No. 23 in the state in the latest California Community College Men's Basketball Coaches Association state poll this week. IVC has...
November 25, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team pulls away from Desert for the win
Irvine Valley out-scores College of the Desert, 44-31, in the second half and earns a 78-63 win on the road Tuesday. The Lasers will be at the Monterey Bay Classic (Dec. 4-6), starting with a game...
November 24, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Jenna Hannum named President of Student Advisory Committee
soccer player Jenna Hannum was recently named as the President of the new Orange Empire Conference Student Advisory Committee. The freshman midfielder out of Corona del Mar High started 15 matches for...
November 22, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team closes strong to defeat Cuyamaca
After Cuyamaca pulls to within 47-46 with 7:34 left in the game, Irvine Valley out-scores the Coyotes, 17-7, the rest of the way in a 64-54 win. IVC improves its record to 5-2 overall. The Lasers play...
November 21, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team takes second in a row, earns sixth win
Irvine Valley earns a 65-58 win on the road vs. Rio Hondo and moves its record to 6-1 overall after the final game of the ECC Crossover on Friday. Kivonni Williams leads the Lasers with 14 points and...
November 20, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team crushes El Camino in first home game
Irvine Valley defeats El Camino by 51 points, 83-32, in its first home game of the season on Wednesday night. Alexis Price leads the way with 23 points and nine rebounds and Kivonni Williams chips in...
November 19, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team has season end in playoffs at Long Beach
Irvine Valley, which captured the Orange Empire Conference title last week and earned the No. 17 seed in the So. Cal. Regional playoffs, scored the first goal, but lost to No. 16 Long Beach City, 2-1,...
November 19, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team faulters late, falls at Mt. San Jacinto
Irvine Valley gets out-scored, 37-28, in the second half and ends up losing, 72-66, at Mt. San Jacinto in a non-conference game on Wednesday. The Lasers (4-2 overall) host Cuyamaca on Friday night at...
November 18, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Playoff preview for men's soccer at Long Beach on Wednesday
Irvine Valley, Orange Empire Conference champ and the No. 17 seed, heads to the winner of the South Coast Conference South Division and the No. 16 seed Long Beach City Wednesday. The winner will take...
November 17, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team takes two straight wins on the road
Irvine Valley goes on the road and wins, 67-55, at MiraCosta Friday and then turns around with a 69-66 victory at Los Angeles City on Saturday to improve its record to 4-1 overall. The Lasers play at...
November 16, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team captures Orange Empire Conference title
Irvine Valley starts strong with the first three goals of the game, including two by sophomore star forward Isaac Nixon, and then holds on to defeat Golden West, 3-2, on Friday at OCC. IVC heads to...
November 15, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team finishes regular season with win
Irvine Valley defeats Fullerton in four sets on the road Friday and now turns its sights to the So. Cal. Regional playoffs next week. The Lasers (11-10 overall) will find out about the playoffs when...
November 14, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team closes 2025 season with impressive win
Irvine Valley turned in one of its most impressive performances of the season, scoring goal after goal early on and defeating Golden West, 3-1, in its regular season finale on Friday afternoon in the...
November 13, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball nearly upsets Saddleback once again
Irvine Valley goes on the road between the third and fourth place teams in the Orange Empire Conference Wednesday and is close, but falls to Saddleback, 25-17, 27-29, 25-21, 21-25, 15-9, Orange Empire...
November 11, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Soccer star Kuuipo Laumatia scores two more as Lasers win, 2-0
Irvine Valley sophomore standout Kuuipo Laumatia scores two goals as the Lasers defeat Fullerton on the road and move to 10-9-1 overall and 4-8-1 in Orange Empire Conference. Laumatia scores her 15th...
November 10, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball player Alya Mersin named state player of the week
Irvine Valley standout outside hitter Alya Mersin was named a CCCWVCA state player of the week after having 27 kills and 20 digs for the Lasers in two Orange Empire Conference wins last week. IVC has...
November 8, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team stays in the race for a playoff spot
Irvine Valley improves to 10-9 overall and 10-4 in the Orange Empire Conference with a sweep at Santa Ana Friday. IVC moves within a match of Saddleback and Golden West for second. The Lasers play at...
November 7, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team moves closer to conference title with 2-0 win
Irvine Valley moves three points ahead of the rest in the Orange Empire Conference with a 2-0 win at Santiago Canyon. The Lasers have two matches to go, hosting Fullerton Wednesday and playing at...
November 6, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team battles, but comes up short to Cerritos
Irvine Valley's record goes to 1-1 on the season after a 71-63 loss to Cerritos in its opening game of the 29th Annual Irvine Valley College Classic on Thursday. IVC will play in a consolation game...
November 5, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps at Cypress in OEC match
Irvine Valley starts strong with a 25-8 win in the first set and continues on to sweep in an Orange Empire Conference match on the road over Cypress on Wednesday. The Lasers move to 9-4 in conference...
November 5, 2025 | Men's Soccer
IVC superstar Lennart Granzow named all-Big South Conference
Former Irvine Valley men's soccer standout Lennart Granzow was named first team all-Big South Conference at NCAA Division I UNC Asheville. In his sophomore year at IVC, he was named defensive player...
November 4, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team earns biggest point of season at Cypress
Irvine Valley kept its playoff hopes alive with a 0-0 Orange Empire Conference draw at eighth-ranked in the state Cypress on the road Tuesday afternoon. IVC now hosts No. 3 in the state Santiago...
November 4, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team falls late to Cypress at home in key contest
Irvine Valley took the lead Tuesday at home, but gave up goals in the 71st and 74th minutes and Cypress pulled off a 2-1 Orange Empire Conference win with three games left in the regular season. IVC's...
November 2, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball starts year with upset win at Palomar
Irvine Valley goes on the road against No. 6 in the state Palomar and upsets the Comets, 65-56, in overtime. The Lasers get 17 points from Samantha Barnett and 14 points and nine rebounds from Kivonni...
November 1, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team drops conference match to Rustlers
Irvine Valley has its chances but loses to Golden West, 25-18, 25-22, 25-23, on Friday afternoon at home. The Lasers fall into fourth place in the Orange Empire Conference and see their record go to...
October 31, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team shuts out Santa Ana for another OEC win
Irvine Valley shuts out Santa Ana, 3-0, in a dominant performance on Friday afternoon in an Orange Empire Conference match at home. Paige Shanahan, Kuuipo Laumatia and Nikki MacDonald score for the...
October 31, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team drops tough conference match at Santa Ana
Irvine Valley scores the first goal of the contest and has other chances, but Santa Ana comes back for a 2-1 victory in an Orange Empire Conference match at Santa Ana on Friday afternoon. IVC hosts...
October 30, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team starts season with win at Southwestern
Irvine Valley gets 25 points and 10 rebounds from Matt Mowers and 14 points and 11 rebounds from Garrett Trayer in a 78-72 victory over Southwestern in the 2025-26 season-opening game Thursday night...
October 30, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team goes down at Santiago Canyon Thursday
Irvine Valley plays the No. 3 team in the state, Santiago Canyon tough before dropping the Orange Empire Conference match, 2-0, on Thursday on the road. IVC will look to bounce back on Friday at home...
October 30, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team ranked No. 25 in first state poll
Irvine Valley, under second-year head coach Claire Gocke, finished with a record of 16-14 overall and made the So. Cal. Regional Playoffs last season. IVC opens the 2025-26 year at Palomar on Saturday...
October 29, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team takes down Saddleback at home
Irvine Valley moves its record to 11-5-0 overall and stays in front of the Orange Empire Conference table at 8-1-0 with a 3-2 victory over Saddleback at home Tuesday. Jonathan Minney, Drew Payne and...
October 28, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team fights, but falls at Saddleback, 3-1
Irvine Valley loses to Saddleback, 3-1, Tuesday night on the road. IVC's record goes to 8-7-0 overall and 2-6-0 in Orange Empire Conference play. IVC sophomore star forward Kuuipo Laumatia scores her...
October 25, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team stays on a roll, sweeps Riverside
Irvine Valley gets off to a slow start, but finishes strong with a 26-24, 25-14, 25-21 sweep of Riverside in an Orange Empire Conference match Friday at home. The Lasers win their sixth straight and...
October 24, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team bounces back with shutout at Orange Coast
Irvine Valley dropped a tough one on Tuesday, 3-2, at home with Golden West scoring in extra time to take the win. But IVC bounced back on Friday with a solid performance, blanking Orange Coast, 2-0,...
October 22, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team falls in final minutes to Golden West
Irvine Valley led, 2-0, heading into the last 13 minutes of regulation in its key conference match against Golden West on Tuesday, but the Rustlers scored two goals to tie things up and added another...
October 21, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball player Edison Polanco commits to Loyola Marymount
Irvine Valley incoming standout sophomore third baseman Edison Polanco has committed to play at NCAA Division I Loyola Marymount. Polanco was at El Paso Community College in Texas last year and is...
October 20, 2025 | Men's Basketball
29th annual Irvine Valley Classic schedule announced
The annual Irvine Valley men's basketball tourney will take place Thursday, Nov. 6 and Friday, Nov. 7. Ventura plays Canyons at 5:00 p.m. and then IVC faces Cerritos at 7 p.m. on the opening day....
October 19, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer gets off to quick start, earns 4-2 win at Fullerton
Irvine Valley gets off to one of its best starts of the season, scoring three goals in the first half the first four goals of the match in a 4-2 Orange Empire Conference win in a night game at...
October 18, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team takes fifth in a row, levels record
Irvine Valley started the season 2-5 against a tough schedule. But the Lasers have found their way back. IVC swept Santiago Canyon, 9, 10, 8 Friday to level their record on the year at 7-7 and move to...
October 17, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team plays strong second half in triumph
Irvine Valley stayed in the race for one of the top spots in the Orange Empire Conference with a 4-1 win over Fullerton at home on Friday. The Lasers scored three goals in the second half for the...
October 16, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team captures fourth straight victory
Irvine Valley continues its strong Orange Empire Conference play with a 25-10, 25-17, 25-20 win over Fullerton Wednesday night. IVC moves its record to 6-7 overall and 6-2 in the OEC. The Lasers host...
October 14, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team has six different players score in 6-0 win
Irvine Valley captures its fifth straight match in Orange Empire Conference play, defeating Santiago Canyon, 6-0, at home on Tuesday afternoon. The Lasers (8-4-0 overall) remain the only unbeaten team...
October 11, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball rallies and takes down Saddleback in five
Irvine Valley drops the second and third sets, but plays some of its best volleyball of the season in a 25-23, 23-25, 12-25, 28-26, 15-11 win over undefeated in conference play Saddleback Friday. IVC...
October 11, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer goes to 4-0 in conference, wins sixth in last seven
Irvine Valley's men's soccer team moves to 4-0-0 in Orange Empire Conference play and 7-4-0 overall with a 5-3 win at Saddleback Friday. The Lasers have taken six of their last seven contests and...
October 10, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team battles, drops match to Cypress at home
Irvine Valley sees its record slip to 7-4 overall and 1-3 in the Orange Empire Conference after a hard-fought, 2-0 loss to Cypress at home on Friday. IVC is back in action next Tuesday at top-10 in...
October 8, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball sweeps Santa Ana, steps up in conference
Irvine Valley moves its record to 4-2 in the Orange Empire Conference with a 25-19, 25-17, 25-15 Orange Empire Conference win over Santa Ana at home on Wednesday. The Lasers host Saddleback on Friday...
October 8, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team downs Santa Ana at home on Tuesday
Irvine Valley scores four and defeats Santa Ana at home, 4-1, Tuesday at home. IVC moves its record to 3-0 in conference action. Andrew Roldan, Armin Tehrani, Yahya Alsadeq and Drew Payne each score...
October 7, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team gets back at it with win at Santa Ana
Irvine Valley picked up its first win in Orange Empire Conference play with a 1-0 victory at Santa Ana on Tuesday afternoon. The Lasers moved back into the OEC race and moved their record to 7-3...
October 4, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer takes second in a row in the OEC, defeats Bobcats
Irvine Valley scores the first four goals of the match (three by Armin Tehrani) and goes on to beat Saddleback, 5-3, in an Orange Empire match on the road Friday. Andrew Roldan and Adam Scales also...
October 3, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team rallies in one of best wins of season
Irvine Valley drops a tough first set, but rolls for the rest of the match, including scoring the first 14 points of the fourth set in a 25-27, 25-21, 25-15, 25-6 Orange Empire Conference victory over...
October 3, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team fights back, but falls to Saddleback, 3-1
Irvine Valley plays with district rival Saddleback most of the Orange Empire Conference match, but loses to the Bobcats, 3-1, in an Orange Empire Conference match Friday afternoon at home. IVC is at...
October 1, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team pulls away in second half for 4-1 win
Irvine Valley starts Orange Empire Conference play with a nice 4-1 victory over Orange Coast at home Tuesday. The Lasers level their overall record at 4-4. Sophomore Isaac Nixon is the star for IVC...
September 30, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team drops tough one, 1-0, at Orange Coast
Irvine Valley starts Orange Empire Conference play with a 1-0 defeat at Orange Coast on Tuesday on the road. The Lasers had chances but couldn't find the back of the net. IVC hosts district rival...
September 30, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team is moving up in the state rankings
Irvine Valley heads into the start of what will be very tough Orange Empire Conference play with a record of 6-1-0 overall. The Lasers open up on Tuesday with a match at Orange Coast at 3 p.m. IVC...
September 28, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team plays tough, but falls in three to OCC
Irvine Valley has leads late in each of the first two sets before falling to Orange Coast, 25-17, 25-23, 25-7, Friday night at home in an Orange Empire Conference match. The Lasers' record went to 2-6...
September 27, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball photo gallery vs. Orange Coast - by Nicole Tuning
September 26, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer blanks East LA in final non-conference game
Irvine Valley shuts out East Los Angeles, 3-0, at home Friday afternoon in its last game before Orange Empire Conference begins next week. The Lasers (6-1) open up OEC action at Orange Coast next...
September 24, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team holds on for win against Riverside
Irvine Valley wins the first two sets and has chances in the next two, but has to take the match in five, 25-23, 25-18, 25-27, 23-25, 15-13 in an Orange Empire Conference match at Riverside Wednesday....
September 23, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team hangs right with defending state champ
Irvine Valley, falls, 3-2, to defending state champion Cuyamaca at home on Tuesday. Cuyamaca was ranked No. 6 in the state last week in the first poll of the season. IVC's record fell to 3-4. The team...
September 23, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team drops its first match of the 2025 season
Irvine Valley controls the first half and has 13 shots, including nine on goal, but Ventura scores the lone goal of the game on a corner kick in the 37th minute for a 1-0 win over the Lasers. IVC...
September 20, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team wins third straight match, beats Rio Hondo
Irvine Valley plays under the lights at Rio Hondo on Friday night, gets goals from Finn Monk, Isaac Nixon and Ethan Kofi Adu-Gyamfi in a 3-1 victory over the Roadrunners. IVC improves its record to...
September 19, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team intrasquad photo gallery - Sept. 19
Irvine Valley, after gaining a forfeit win over LA Harbor on Friday, played a fun instrasquad match at home with sophomores against freshmen. The Lasers, 5-0 overall, are back in action next Tuesday...
September 18, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team starts conference play with a sweep
Irvine Valley goes to Santiago Canyon to start Orange Empire Conference play and sweeps with a 25-13, 25-15, 25-9 victory. The Lasers (1-5 overall) play again next Wednesday night at Riverside in a...
September 17, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer training gallery heading into week five
Irvine Valley is off to a 5-0 start for the 2025 season and has trained hard again this week. IVC is off to one of its best starts in years and will be a contender in the Orange Empire Conference. IVC...
September 16, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Q&A with now full-time men's soccer coach Conor Ward
Third year Irvine Valley men's soccer coach Conor Ward was named to a full-time position last month and recently answered some questions about his philosophies, preparing student-athletes and his...
September 16, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team just outside of top 20 in first state poll
Irvine Valley just missed earning a spot in the top 20 in the state in the first California Community College Sports Information Association poll. The Lasers, who have a record of 4-0 overall play...
September 13, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team loses to Lancers, gets ready for OEC
Irvine Valley falls to Pasadena City, 25-11, 25-19, 25-19 Friday night on the road inside Hutto-Patterson. The Lasers, who were competitive in the final two sets, open up conference play next...
September 12, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team dominates the day in 6-0 win over Mesa
Irvine Valley scores three goals in each half in a 6-0 victory over San Diego Mesa on Friday at home. IVC takes its second match in a row and moves its record to 2-3 on the year. Irvine Valley is at...
September 10, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer comes out on top at Victor Valley, moves to 3-0
Sophomores Nikki MacDonald and Kuuipo Laumatia continue their hot starts to the season, scoring goals as Irvine Valley defeats Victor Valley on the road on Tuesday, 2-1, to move the squad's record to...
September 9, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team rallies for 2-1 triumph at Southwestern
Irvine Valley scores two goals in the final 20 minutes to pick up its first win of the 2025 season. Armin Tehrani finishes in the 72nd minute and then Michael Baumgaertel scores on a free kick in the...
September 7, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball alumni match photo gallery - by Nicole Tuning
The Irvine Valley women's volleyball team hosted an alumni match Friday night that featured some of the legends in Laser history. A gallery is included with a link to photos by Nicole Tuning. IVC is...
September 5, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Alumni report - IVC soccer's Jacob Edwards playing at Stanton
Former Irvine Valley men's soccer two-year starter Jacob Edwards is now suiting up for NAIA Stanton University in Anaheim. Edwards helped Irvine Valley to the So. Cal. Regional Playoffs in both the...
September 4, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team battles in four-set loss to Mt. SAC
Irvine Valley goes four sets with Mt. San Antonio, but falls 25-10, 16-25, 25-14, 25-22. Emma Mendel led Irvine Valley with 11 kills and 10 digs and Delilah Rivero had 16 assists and 17 digs. IVC...
August 31, 2025
Alumni report - beach standout Barett Nolan off to St. Mary's
Former Irvine Valley star player Barett Nolan is heading to NCAA Division I Saint Mary's. Nolan was a two-time all-Orange Empire Conference player and helped the Lasers to the CCCAA state championship...
August 31, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team drops two matches at Hartnell tourney
Irvine Valley goes up to one of the best tournaments in the state over the weekend and falls to host Hartnell, 2-1, on Friday and then, 3-1, to Cerritos on Saturday. The Lasers play again on Sept. 9...
August 30, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team wins big once again, scores eight goals
Irvine Valley improves its record to 2-0 on the season with another lopsided victory on Friday at home. The Lasers defeat Grossmont, 8-1, and have now outscored their two opponents, 17-1. IVC had...
August 26, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team loses heartbreaker late to El Camino
Irvine Valley takes a 1-0 lead early in the game Tuesday at home against El Camino, but the Warriors score twice in stoppage time, including getting the match-winner in the 95th minute to earn a 2-1...
August 23, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team shuts out Cuyamaca in 2025 opener
Irvine Valley goes on the road and beats Cuyamaca, 9-0, Friday in San Diego. The nine goals are the most for IVC in a match since the team defeated San Diego City, 8-0, in 2018. IVC plays its first...
August 22, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team plays tough, falls to Moorpark
Irvine Valley starts strong, but falls to Moorpark, 25-21, 25-15, 25-13, in its first match of the 2025 season Friday afternoon at home. IVC plays two games on the road next week - at College of the...
August 18, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team picked fifth in Orange Empire Conference
The Irvine Valley women's soccer team was ranked fifth in the Orange Empire Conference Sports Information poll that was released on Monday. The Lasers officially open the season on Friday with a match...
August 14, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball player Aaron Serrato headed to Sul Ross State
Irvine Valley two-year starting catcher Aaron Serrato has committed to NCAA Division II Sul Ross State University in Texas. Serrato played in 67 games for the Lasers during the 2024 and 2025 seasons...
August 15, 2025
Alumni Report: Chloe Swanson shines with beach at St Mary's
Former Irvine Valley state champion Chloe Swanson had another solid season in her senior year at Division I Saint Mary's in spring season. The Gaels went 20-16 overall and were also named an AVCA...
August 4, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Kevin Olsen returns to the Florida men's basketball staff
Kevin Olsen, who played at Irvine Valley during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons, has been named director of basketball strategy and analytics at the University of Florida. Olsen was a starter and team...
July 26, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Armon Haghighat commits to Division I University of Evansville
Irvine Valley star sophomore forward Armon Haghighat is headed to NCAA Division I Evansville in Indiana. He local player out of University High in Irvine, played in 43 matches over the last two years...
July 14, 2025 | Baseball
Alumni report - Shane Kary has solid season at DII Minot State
Former Irvine Valley standout baseball player Shane Kary had a standout season this spring at NCAA Division II Minot State. He started 47 games, hit .288 on the year and ended with three home runs, 19...
July 9, 2025
Alumni Report: Barett Nolan stars in beach at Colorado Mesa
Former Irvine Valley state champion Barett Nolan had a special senior year at NCAA Division II Colorado Mesa. The team had a record-setting season, going 21-11 overall and reaching the AVCA Small...
July 7, 2025
Five Irvine Valley men's volleyball players named all-region
Travis Kaufman was recently named first team all-Southern Region and four other Irvine Valley players were selected to the all-region teams as part of the Southern California Men's Volleyball...
July 3, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Alumni Report: Matossian stars on and off court at Vanguard
Sarah Matossian wrapped up a stellar basketball career at Vanguard University. The former all-state player at Irvine Valley was named first team all-PacWest and also selected to the Academic All-Ameri...
June 30, 2025
Alumni Report: Weinert is all-conference again at Benedictine
Former Irvine Valley all-Orange Empire Conference standout men's volleyball player Trevor Weinert led Benedictine Mesa to the NAIA National Tournament for the second year in a row and was named to the...
June 25, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
Kari Hemmerling is the new volleyball coach at Irvine Valley
IVC is proud to announce Kari Hemmerling as the new head coach for both women's indoor and beach volleyball. The former UC Irvine All-American arrives to the Lasers from Cerritos where she guided...
June 23, 2025 | Baseball
Standout first baseman Jackson Snitko is off to Chico State
Jackson Snitko, a starter for two years at Irvine Valley at first base, has committed to NCAA Division II Chico State. He had two solid years at IVC, including batting .291 with 36 walks and a .437 on...
June 22, 2025
Aumni Report: Dews plays on top flight at College of Idaho
Former Irvine Valley beach volleyball player stood out again at the College of Idaho. She played on the No. 1 court for the second year and also earned all-CCC first team honors again. College of...
June 20, 2025
Alumni Report: Tessa Marocco shines with Hawaii beach
Former Irvine Valley women's all-state beach and indoor standout Tessa Marocco kept shining at NCAA Division I University of Hawaii on the sand this spring. Marocco helped Hawaii to the...
June 18, 2025 | Baseball
Alumni Report: Kudell stands out again at Chaminade
Former Irvine Valley star first baseman finished his career at NCAA Division II Chaminade in Hawaii. He played in all 50 games for the Silversowrds, batting .274 with 48 hits, 30 runs scored, 12...
June 17, 2025
Alumni Report: Grant Dvorak has solid season at Vanguard
All-Orange Empire player Grant Dvorak played a bunch for the Vanguard University men's volleyball program, which competes at the NCAA Division I level. He ended this spring with 178 kills and started...
June 16, 2025 | Baseball
Infielder Chase Quezada commits to St. Edwards University
A two-year starter at Irvine Valley, Chase Quezada has committed to NCAA Division II St. Edwards in Texas. The infielder out of Woodbridge High batted .263 as a freshman and played in 75 games over...
June 15, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Standout soccer goalie Josh Simonton headed to La Verne
Irvine Valley sophomore goalkeeper Josh Simonton has committed to NCAA Division III La Verne University. The Chino Hills standout started 25 matches over two years for the Lasers, had three shutouts...
June 12, 2025 | Baseball
Alumni Report: Gavin Grutzmacher stars at Coppin State
Former Irvine Valley baseball player Gavin Grutzmacher had a great year at NCAA Division I Coppin State. The junior infielder started 46 games, batted .317 with 27 RBI and had a slugging percentage of...
June 11, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Four IVC men's tennis players are named ITA All-Americans
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) has released its All-America honors and four Irvine Valley players were named to the list. And it was no surprise since IVC won 3C2A state titles for team,...
June 10, 2025
Avery Bennett commits to Vanguard for beach volleyball
Irvine Valley sophomore standout indoor and beach volleyball player Avery Bennett has committed to NCAA Division II Vanguard University. She helped lead IVC to conference titles in indoor in 2023 and...
June 10, 2025 | Baseball
Alumni Report: Nick Madole has strong season for the Eagles
Former Irvine Valley baseball standout Nick Madole had a solid year at NCAA Division II Biola University. He played in 46 games and started 45 in the infield for the Eagles. He was a star...
June 9, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Alumni Report: Trasara Alexander has solid season at Hope
Former Irvine Valley all-Orange Empire Conference women's basketball player Trasara Alexander finished her redshirt junior year at NAIA Hope International University and averaged 9.2 points and 5.8...
June 8, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Alumni Report: David Ogunlade contributes at Hastings
Former Irvine Valley standout men's basketball player David Ogunlade was a big part of the rotation at NAIA Hastings College in Nebraska this past season. Ogunlade played in 25 games and started 15...
June 7, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Alumni Report: Jesse Stines stands out at Alaska Anchorage
Irvine Valley first-team, all-Orange Empire Conference player Jesse Stines was key for NCAA Division I University of Alaska Anchorage this year. Stines played in 30 of 31 games and averaged 4.6 points...
June 6, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Alumni Report: Emily Freeman starts at Alaska Fairbanks
Two-year all-Orange Empire Conference player Emily Freeman recently wrapped up her junior year at NCAA Division II University of Alaska Fairbanks. Freeman started 24 of 26 games and averaged 5.9...
June 4, 2025 | Baseball
Irvine Valley hosts Orange County All-Star baseball practices
OC Sports Zone creator and long-time Irvine and Orange County community writer Tim Burt stopped by the North/South OC All-Star practices at IVC and talked to Laser coach Kent Madole about the...
June 3, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Alumni Report: IVC state champion finishes up at Arkansas
Arthur Bellegy, a former Irvine Valley star and CCCAA State Champion in both singles and doubles, wrapped up his college tennis career with a solid season at the University of Arkansas. The team...
June 1, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball player Tyler Eastham commits to Chico State
Irvine Valley standout sophomore pitcher Tyler Eastham has committed to NCAA Division II Chico State. The right-hander threw 68.2 innings for the Lasers this spring and was named second team all-Orang...
May 31, 2025 | Baseball
Alumni Report: Nolan Cusey has quite a year at Johnson
Former standout Irvine Valley baseball player Nolan Cusey was part of a special team at Johnson University this spring. The senior infielder batted .391 with 39 RBI and 48 runs as the Royals won a...
May 30, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Alumni Report: Henderson stars at Cal State San Bernardino
Former Irvine Valley standout men's basketball player Charlie Henderson finished up his college career at NCAA Division II Cal State San Bernardino. He averaged 10.0 points and 6.1 rebounds as the...
May 29, 2025 | Baseball
Alumni Report: Noah Madole stands out again at Vanguard
Former Irvine Valley baseball player Noah Madole finished up his senior season at NCAA Division II Vanguard with a great season, starting all 50 games, batting .324 with a .695 sugging percentage,...
May 27, 2025
Flag football team ranked 17th in nation by WCFFB
Irvine Valley finishes the year at No. 17 in the country by Women's College Flag Football. The Lasers, in their inaugural year under coach Sami Logan, had a record of 11-3 overall and defeated several...
May 25, 2025
Women's flag wraps up fun, inaugural season with 11 victories
The first California Community College to start women's flag football finished a very successful opening year as Irvine Valley, led by head coach Sami Logan, and her star group of assistants, went...
May 19, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Alumni Report: Three IVC soccer players start at Concordia
Former Irvine Valley soccer players Julian Svoboda, Domenyk Jara and Jacob Edwards each saw a lot of time at NCAA Division II Concordia last fall. The trio combined for three goals and three assists...
May 23, 2025 | General News
Irvine Valley standout student-athletes earn their degrees
Irvine Valley had a number of its student-athletes walk and earn their AA degrees with honors and scholarships Thursday in a tremendous presentation. Congratulations to all of the athletes for their...
May 21, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Standout women's soccer player Faith Hong is off to Westcliff
Faith Hong has committed to NAIA Westcliff University in Irvine for the fall. The defender was named second-team, all-Orange Empire Conference and helped the Lasers to a record of 10-10-1 overall. IVC...
May 20, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Tennis team honored by the SOCCD Board after winning state
Irvine Valey's very consistent and super successful tennis team was honored by the South Orange County Community College Board at its monthly meeting Monday at Saddleback. The Lasers captured three...
May 18, 2025
Women's beach volleyball player Jayva Andersen off to Idaho
One of Irvine Valley's top women's beach volleyball players, Jayva Andersen, is headed to the College of Idaho. She played on the No. 2 pairs team with the Lasers and was named first team all-Orange...
May 16, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Irvine Valley men's soccer players honored by the college
Men's soccer payers were honored as a part of the college's annual scholarship ceremony event in Hart Gym. Honored were Armon Haghighat, Maricio Costa, Jonas Foppen, Jaime Eijpenn, Isaiah Ponce and...
May 13, 2025 | General News
Madison and Reed named IVC's Character award winners
Irvine Valley's Orange Empire Conferee Character Champion award winners are women's soccer player Jordan Madison and men's basketball player Josiah Reed. Both stood out on and off the fields and...
May 9, 2025 | General News
Recognition for Irvine Valley College athletics employees
Three key members of the Irvine Valley athletics/kinesiology department were honored earlier this week for their hard work and dedication to the college at the Employee Recognition Ceremony in the...
May 7, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer player Isaiah Ponce is headed to UC Santa Cruz
Irvine Valley men's soccer player Isaiah Ponce has committed to NCAA Division III UC Santa Cruz. Ponce was a first team all-Orange Empire Conference player this past year for the Lasers. He started...
May 4, 2025
Women's beach volleyball season ends at So. Cal. Regionals
Irvine Valley's 2025 spring season came to a close on Saturday at the So. Cal. Regionals at Mt. San Antonio College. The Lasers had two pairs competing in the event with a trip to the 3C2A state...
May 1, 2025 | Baseball
IVC pitcher Tyler Eastham named to all-OEC second team
Irvine Valley sophomore right-handed pitcher Tyler Eastham was named second team all-Orange Empire Conference. Eastham threw a team-high 68.2 innings and ended with an ERA of 4.46 for the Lasers.
April 29, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Former Laser Austin Loeb named new head coach at Crean
Former Irvine Valley men's basketball player Austin Loeb has been named the new head coach at Crean Lutheran High in Irvine. Loeb played at IVC during the 2011-12 season. He has been an assistant at...
April 27, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team makes it a clean sweep at 3C2A state champs
Irvine Valley takes the team 3C2A State Championship over Foothill, 5-3, Wednesday and then has Nick Grove win state singles and Grove and Luciano Pardo claim the doubles crown in straight sets Sunday...
April 26, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team continues to roll in state tourney at Ojai
Irvine Valley moves three of four singles players on to the semifinals and another two of eight doubles teams off to the quarters after play Saturday around Ventura and Ojai. The semis in singles will...
April 26, 2025
Beach volleyball has two pairs move on to So. Cal. Regionals
Irvine Valley's top two pairs of Audrey Fowler and Avery Bennett and Alya Mersin and Jayva Andersen each made the final day of the OEC Pairs event at IVC and Fowler/Bennett took second overall. Both...
April 25, 2025
Flag football team wins its fourth game against Saddleback
Irvine Valley goes on the road and defeats the Bobcats, 20-13, in the stadium at Saddleback. IVC's record moves to 11-3 overall. The Lasers finish their inaugural season next Friday at home against...
April 25, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team closes out 2025 season with 8-7 defeat
Irvine Valley drops its last game of the 2025 season with a tough Orange Empire Conference loss at Orange Coast Friday. The Lasers end the year with a record of 16-24 overall. OCC sweeps the three-gam...
April 23, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team wins the state title, McCann finishes it off
Irvine Valley takes another state 3C2A title and the first since 2017 with a 5-2 win over Foothill Wednesday. The Lasers get big efforts in singles with freshman No. 6 player Nevin McCann closing...
April 23, 2025
Orange Empire Conference pairs tourney starts Wednesday
Irvine Valley is the host of the Orange Empire Conference women's beach volleyball pairs championship, starting Wednesday at noon. The first three rounds take place Wednesday with the semifinals and...
April 22, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team loses late at Orange Coast in first game of series
Irvine Valley takes a 5-0 lead, but ends up losing, 6-5, in the bottom of the ninth in the first game of an Orange Empire Conference series against Orange Coast on the road Tuesday. IVC hosts the...
April 22, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Irvine Valley's men's tennis team vies for state title Wednesday
Irvine Valley takes on No. 1 from Northern California Foothill College on Wednesday at Ventura College in the 3C2A State Championship at 2 p.m. IVC knocked off Santa Barbara, Ventura and rival...
April 20, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team takes 5-2 win at Riverside, eyes state title
Irvine Valley wins the 3C2A SoCal regional final at Riverside, 5-2, Saturday afternoon and moves on to the State Championship Apr. 23 at Ventura College. IVC, with a record of 12-2 overall, will play...
April 19, 2025
Irvine Valley has its season end in playoffs at Orange Coast
Irvine Valley, seeded No. 7 in the state playoffs, battles, but goes down at No. 2 Orange Coast in five sets (18-16 in the fifth) on Friday. The Lasers finish their season with a record of 15-8...
April 18, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Four men's basketball players named to all-conference teams
Irvine Valley's Matt Mowers was named first-team, all-OEC, Josiah Reed and Allen Moser were picked second team and Ammon Allan was an honorable mention selection recently for all-Orange Empire...
April 17, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball players Saiki and Barnett named all-OEC
Irvine Valley wing player Symantha Barnett was picked second team all-Orange Empire Conference and guard Moka Saiki was named to first team in the OEC. Saiki had already been selected honorable...
April 16, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team goes to No. 1 Ventura and pulls off upset
Irvine Valley finished the regular season as the second-place team in the Orange Empire Conference and was just the No. 4 team in the SoCal regional playoffs. But with a healthy roster, the Lasers...
April 15, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team takes down No. 11 Riverside in extra innings
Irvine Valley defeats No. 11 Riverside, 4-3, in 11 innings in a conference game on the road Tuesday. Tyler Eastham makes a strong start on the mound and Brandon Abernathy knocks in the winning run for...
April 13, 2025
Men's volleyball team is seeded seventh in the state playoffs
Irvine Valley's men's volleyball team was selected as the seventh seed in the 3C2A State Championship Payoffs. The Lasers will travel to No. 2 and rival Orange Coast on Friday at 6 p.m. IVC has a...
April 12, 2025
Star volleyball player Audrey Fowler signs with Tarleton State
Irvine Valley standout women's beach volleyball player Audrey Fowler is headed to Tarleton in Texas. She has been a two-year starter with indoor and beach at IVC, won Orange Empire Conference titles...
April 11, 2025
Women's beach volleyball team takes one of two on Friday
Irvine Valley defeats Riverside, 3-2, but falls to Golden West, 4-1, in Orange Empire Conference games at home on Friday. IVC's top pair of Audrey Fowler and Avery Bennett win both matches and remain...
April 11, 2025
Flag football team wins three at the Norco Round Robin event
Irvine Valley travels to the University of Redlands for the Norco Round Robin event and takes all three of its games on Friday. The Lasers take down, Norco, Saddleback and Cal Baptist University to...
April 11, 2025
Volleyball team celebrates sophomores and sweeps the Hawks
Irvine Valley plays its final match of the regular season and sweeps Santiago Canyon, 25-17, 25-14, 25-23 Friday at home. The Lasers now look forward to the playoff pairings. IVC honored six sophomore...
April 11, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball scores five in the ninth, wins two games vs. Fullerton
With the game tied, 4-4, after eight innings Friday, Irvine Valley scores five runs in the top of the ninth inning and runs away with a 9-4 win to take two of three games against Fullerton in the...
April 10, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team holds banquet for 2024-25 season
Irvine Valley celebrates its 2024-25 team with a season-ending banquet on Wednesday night. The Lasers finished with a record of 17-14 overall, 9-8 in the Orange Empire Conference and made the So. Cal....
April 10, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team falls to Fullerton, 11-1, at home on Thursday
Irvine Valley's series with Fullerton is now knotted up at one game apiece after the Lasers lost to Fullerton, 11-1, Thursday afternoon at home. The Orange Empire Conference series finishes up on...
April 9, 2025
Flag football team routs Redlands for sixth win of year
Irvine Valley defeats the University of Redlands, 33-7, Wednesday at home. The Lasers improve to 6-3 overall. Thank you @JesusMartinez for being there to capture photos of the team. IVC plays at the...
April 9, 2025
Men's volleyball team battles, falls to No. 1 Orange Coast
Irvine Valley, ranked sixth in the state, drops the first two sets to No. 1 Orange Coast, but wins two in a row before dropping the fifth set and the match to the Pirates. Orange Coast comes out on...
April 8, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team makes short work of Santa Barbara City
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 4 in the 3C2A So. Cal. Regional playoffs takes care of No. 5 Santa Barbara City, 5-0, Tuesday at home in a little more than two hours. The Lasers are up next at No. 1 Ventura...
April 7, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team is picked as the fourth seed in playoffs
Irvine Valley has made the So. Cal. regional playoffs and is the No. 4 seed. The Lasers host No. 5 Santa Barbara City Tuesday at 2 p.m. IVC finished the regular season 9-2 overall and second place in...
April 6, 2025 | Baseball
Big innings at the plate by Cypress sinks baseball team
Irvine Valley loses to Cypress, 17-8, in an Orange Empire Conference game at home on Saturday. IVC plays again next week in a three-game conference series against Fullerton. The Lasers start at...
April 4, 2025
Flag football team goes on the road and falls late at Bobcats
In a district rival match-up, Irvine Valley falls behind early, 19-0, battles back, was right there at the end, but loses late to Saddleback, 19-12, Friday on the road. Irvine Valley plays again...
April 4, 2025
Women's beach volleyball scores two easy wins on Friday
Irvine Valley came away with two Orange Empire Conference wins on Friday at IVC. The Lasers defeated Saddleback, 4-1, and then beat Santiago Canyon, 5-0. Irvine Valley improved its record to 8-12...
April 4, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team moves its players on to state tourney
Irvine Valley competed at the Orange Empire Conference tournament on Thursday at Orange Coast and had an impressive day with all of its players moving on to the Ojai state event in late April.
April 2, 2025
Volleyball team wins fifth straight, takes down Grossmont
Irvine Valley goes on the road Wednesday and beats Grossmont, 25-17, 18-25, 25-15, 25-18. IVC moves to 14-5 overall and 8-3 in south divisional play. It now has one of its biggest matches of the...
April 2, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team drops 8-5 OEC game to Cypress at home
Irvine Valley battles, but falls to Cypress, 8-5, in an Orange Empire Conference series at home on Tuesday afternoon. The Lasers play at Cypress on Thursday at 2 p.m. and then host the Chargers on...
April 1, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team closes out regular season with 9-0 shutout
Irvine Valley beats Saddleback, 9-0, in the final match of the regular season Tuesday at home. Irvine Valley moves its record to 9-2 overall and 6-2 in the Orange Empire Conference and will start play...
March 31, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team volunteers, gives back to local elementary
Irvine Valley Players and coaches from the men's soccer team helped out at Stone Creek Elementary in the city of Irvine this past week, volunteering in a youth clinic to guide and teach. IVC head...
March 30, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team ends ranked No. 22 in the state
Irvine Valley women's basketball team finishes ranked No. 22 in the state in the final California Community College Women's Basketball Coaches Association poll. The Lasers went 16-14 under first-year...
March 30, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team drops conference series to Saddleback
Irvine Valley fell, 6-0, 11-4, and, 4-1, in Orange Empire Conference games to Saddleback this past week. Irvine Valley's record went to 13-15 overall and 0-9 in conference play. IVC plays again on...
March 29, 2025
Flag football team takes third place at Cal Lutheran tourney
Irvine Valley's flag football team finished in third place in the two-day Cal Lutheran University tournament that took place Friday and Saturday. The Lasers went 4-2 in the event and improved their...
March 29, 2025
Women's beach volleyball team splits matches in Huntington
Irvine Valley falls to host Orange Coast, 4-1, but defeats Fullerton, 4-0, on Friday at the Newland Street courts in Huntington Beach. IVC's record goes to 6-12 overall and 6-4 in the Orange Empire...
March 28, 2025
Men's volleyball team takes fourth in row, and on a roll
Irvine Valley defeats Miramar, 27-25, 25-14, 25-21 in a division match Friday night at home. The Lasers are on a roll, having won four-straight matches and improving their record to 13-5 overall and...
March 27, 2025
IVC flag football team starts official '25 season with a victory
After playing two scrimmages, Irvine Valley officially opens up its 2025 season with a 31-13 victory over Saddleback at home on Wednesday. The Lasers next play in the Cal Lutheran University tournamen...
March 27, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team falls against Riverside in key OEC match
Irvine Valley has its chances, but falls, 6-3, in an Orange Empire Conference match to Riverside at home on Wednesday. Riverside takes the OEC title and Irvine Valley goes to 8-2 overall and 5-2 in...
March 26, 2025
Men's volleyball team upsets No. 2 San Diego Mesa on the road
Irvine Valley goes on the road and defeats San Diego Mesa in five sets Wednesday, including taking the final two frames. IVC comes out on top, 22-25, 26-24, 23-25, 25-19, 20-18, to move into a tie...
March 26, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team defeats Linfield University, hosts RCC Thursday
Irvine Valley prepared for its biggest match of the year with a 7-2 win over four-year Linfield University from Oregon Wednesday. The Lasers host Riverside Thursday at 2 p.m. in a match for the Orange...
March 26, 2025
Flag football 2025 opener photo gallery by Jesus Martinez
Irvine Valley officially started its 2025 season Wednesday against district rival Saddleback and came away with a nice 31-13 victory at home. Thank you Jesus Martinez for being there to capture photos...
March 25, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team gets ready for OEC showdown with easy win
Irvine Valley goes on the road and beats Orange Coast, 8-1, in an Orange Empire Conference match Tuesday. IVC improves to 7-1 overall and 5-1 in conference. The Lasers host Riverside Thursday in its...
March 24, 2025
2025 Irvine Valley women's flag football team is ready to go
Irvine Valley officially starts its 2025 season on Wednesday at home against Saddleback at 2 p.m. The Lasers have had two successful scrimmages so far. Head coach Sami Logan is feeling "really...
March 23, 2025
Women's volleyball team drops two matches at IVC on Saturday
Irvine Valley falls to El Camino, 4-1, and then loses to NCAA Division I Concordia University, 5-0, in matches at IVC on Saturday. The Lasers play again next Friday in Huntington Beach against OEC...
March 23, 2025
Flag football tournament schedule for Cal Lutheran Mar. 28-29
Irvine Valley begins its official 2025 season Wednesday with a home game against Saddleback at 2 p.m. The Lasers will then compete in the Cal Lutheran University tournament this weekend. Full tourney...
March 21, 2025
Flag football photos at Norco scrimmage by @kcdcontent
As Irvine Valley gears up for its first official game of the 2025 season, here is a photo gallery courtesy of @kcdcontent from Wednesday's scrimmage at Norco. IVC hosts district rival Saddleback...
March 21, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team is back at it, beats Fullerton, 7-2, on the road
Irvine Valley gets back in action on Friday and goes to Fullerton for a 7-2 Orange Empire Conference victory. The Lasers win all three in doubles and then take four of six singles matches. IVC has a...
March 21, 2025
Volleyball team makes it two in a row, sweeps Palomar
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 6 in the state, moves to 11-5 overall and 5-3 in divisional play with a 25-21, 25-21, 25-23 victory over Palomar Friday night at home. The Lasers have a big match at No. 2...
March 20, 2025
Men's volleyball team gets back on track with win at Hawks
Irvine Valley goes on the road and snaps a two-match skid Wednesday night with a 25-11, 25-23, 23-25, 25-18 win at Santiago Canyon. The Lasers stayed in the mix for a top-six seed in the playoffs and...
March 19, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team bounces back with tough win over LA Harbor
Irvine Valley fell at LA Harbor, 6-5, in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday, but responds Wednesday at home with a 4-2 win over the Seahawks. AJ Roettger went seven strong innings and Jackson...
March 16, 2025
Women's beach volleyball team splits OEC matches at Riverside
Irvine Valley goes on the road to Riverside and beats the Tigers, 4-1, before falling to Golden West, 4-1, in its second match of the day. The Lasers are back in action next Friday in Huntington Beach...
March 15, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team loses late to Santa Ana at home Saturday
Irvine Valley gives up two runs in the top of the ninth inning and falls to Santa Ana, 6-4, in the finale of a three-game Orange Empire Conference series at home on Saturday. IVC next takes on LA...
March 14, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Former Irvine Valley player Ashley Arribas stands out at MVC
Former Irvine Valley women's soccer star Ashley Arribas recently finished at NAIA Missouri Valley State. She was named an All-American in 2023 and ended her career with 45 goals and 101 points in her...
March 13, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball player Aaron Strings shines at Westcliff
Former Irvine Valley standout basketball player Aaron Strings helped Westcliff capture the Pac West title. Strings starred for IVC during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons. He was named an all-Orange...
March 13, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Moka Saiki is named WBCA All-American honorable mention
Two-year starter Moka Saiki has been named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Two-Year College All-American team. Saiki was selected all-conference the last two years and made 109 total...
March 12, 2025
Flag football kicks off its season with scrimmage at Redlands
Irvine Valley, the first community college to start women's flag football, will begin its 2025 season with a scrimmage at the University of Redlands. Under the leadership of coach Sami Logan, the...
March 11, 2025
Men's volleyball team is at No. 6 in latest state coaches poll
With a record of 9-3, Irvine Valley comes in at No. 6 in the latest California Community College Men's Volleyball Association State Poll. The Lasers have two big matches this week vs. No. 3 Golden...
March 11, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team ranked No. 4 in ITA Southern California poll
Irvine Valley comes in at No. 4 in the first Intercollegiate Tennis Association Southern California poll. The Lasers have a record of 5-1 overall and 4-1 in conference. IVC is scheduled to play again...
March 10, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team gets down early, rallies, but falls to Santa Ana
Irvine Valley made a comeback in the final innings, but lost an Orange Empire Conference game to Santa Ana, 9-6, at home Monday. The game was moved because of incoming rain. The rest of the series...
March 9, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer player Jonas Foppen committed to Benedictine Mesa
Irvine Valley men's soccer two-year player Jonas Foppen has committed to NCAA Division II Benedictine Mesa in Arizona. Foppen, from the Netherlands, has played in 24 matches over the last two season...
March 8, 2025
Men's volleyball team rallies in the first, then rolls Grossmont
Irvine Valley starts slow, but finishes strong in a 28-26, 25-21, 25-15 conference win over Grossmont Friday at home. IVC captured both of its matches this week and moved to 9-3 overall. It hosts...
March 7, 2025
Beach volleyball team shuts out Hawks and Bobcats
Irvine Valley improves its record in the Orange Empire Conference to 3-1 with two sweeps Friday at home. The Lasers start the day with a 5-0 win over Santiago Canyon early and then beat Saddleback,...
March 6, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer player Jamie Eijpenn off to Whittier College
Irvine Valley two-year player Jamie Eijpenn is headed to NCAA Division III Whittier College next fall. The sophomore defender played in 32 matches for the Lasers in the 2023 and 2024 seasons, starting...
March 5, 2025
Men's volleyball team takes important match at Miramar
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 6 in the state, defeats No. 7 Miramar, 25-23, 22-25, 25-17, 25-19, on the road in a conference match Wednesday night. IVC moves its record to 8-3 overall. The Lasers next...
March 4, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team has no problem with Orange Coast at home
Irvine Valley takes care of business in a quick 9-0 win against Orange Coast in a conference match Tuesday at home. Sufyan Ashraf, Luis Morors, Lucas Diaz, Nevin McCann, Jonathan Hinkel and Kei Ohya...
March 2, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team wins both games over LA Mission Saturday
Irvine Valley takes the first game of a doubleheader, 8-2, over LA Mission and then closes by holding on with a 7-6 victory in the second game. The Lasers move their record to 12-5 overall heading...
March 1, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team's season ends at No. 1 Orange Coast
Irvine Valley gets out-scored, 20-4, in the first quarter at Orange Coast in the second round of the So. Cal. Regional Playoffs and falls to the Pirates, 79-55. Irvine Valley still finished with a...
February 28, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team plays best match of season in 8-1 win
Irvine Valley takes two of three in doubles and then all six matches in singles in straight sets to defeat San Diego City, 8-1, at home on Friday. The Lasers improve to 4-1 overall and host Orange...
February 28, 2025
Men's volleyball team runs into solid San Diego Mesa squad
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 6 in the state, falls in straight sets at home, 25-21, 25-22, 25-21, by No. 2 San Diego Mesa Friday. Mesa hit .404 as a team, led by Trevor Clark with 30 kills. IVC's record...
February 26, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball wins at the buzzer at Antelope Valley
Irvine Valley out-scores Antelope Valley, 16-12, in the fourth quarter and pulls off a 59-57 win on the road Wednesday night in the first round of the playoffs. Kivonni Williams makes a game-winning...
February 26, 2025
Men's volleyball team responds with sweep at Palomar
Irvine Valley goes on the road and sweeps Palomar, 25-20, 25-14, 25-20 on Wednesday. The Lasers get big performances from Tucker McClain with 10 kills and Travis Kaufman with eight kills. Byrce Nohava...
February 26, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team's season ends in playoffs at Chaffey
Irvine Valley, seeded No. 24, falls to No. 9 Chaffey, 84-73, in the So. Cal. Regionals Wednesday on the road. The Lasers end their season with a record of 17-14 overall. Matt Mowers and Yanis Aldeguer...
February 25, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer player Marcio Costa headed to D2 Eckerd College
Irvine Valley sophomore men's soccer player Marcio Costa has committed to NCAA Division II Eckerd College in West Palm Beach, Fla. Costa finished with eight goals and two assists for 18 points with...
February 24, 2025 | Men's Soccer
IVC star soccer player Luke Newman is off to Pennsylvania
Freshman Irvine Valley men's soccer player, who was named first team all-Orange Empire Conference this past year, has signed with national NCAA Division II power West Chester in Pennsylvania. He had...
February 22, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team falls to San Diego Mesa at home, splits series
Irvine Valley beats a tough San Diego Mesa team on Thursday, 13-8, and then is defeated by the Olympians, 9-3, on Saturday at home. IVC's record goes to 9-4 overall. The Lasers play next at LA Valley...
February 22, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team holds its own with No. 3 OCC
Irvine Valley battles Orange Coast four all four quarters, but falls short, 53-49, in an Orange Empire Conference game Friday night at home. Irvine Valley's record moves to 15-13 overall. Playoff...
February 22, 2025 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team splits matches in first week of season
Irvine Valley sweeps Saddleback Tuesday on the road and then falls at Riverside, 5-4, in a close match Thursday.
The Lasers won 4 of six matches in doubles against the Tigers, but dropped all three...
February 21, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball triumphs Friday, waits for playoff pairings
Irvine Valley earns the consolation title of the first Orange Empire Conference Tournament with a 59-53 win over rival Saddleback Friday at home. The Lasers took two straight in the OEC tourney and...
February 21, 2025
Men's volleyball team gets swept at Long Beach City Friday
Irvine Valley, ranked fifth in the state, gets swept at Long Beach City Friday, 25-23, 25-17, 25-19.
IVC's record goes to 6-2 overall. The Lasers are led by Spencer York with 10 kills and Bryce...
February 20, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball making playoff push with victory over OCC
In what was a tight game all night, Irvine Valley pulls away and defeats Orange Coast, 76-67, in an Orange Empire Conference Tournament game Wednesday at home. IVC now hosts Saddleback Friday in the...
February 19, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team goes on the road for big victory
Irvine Valley earned one of its biggest victories of the season Wednesday night at Fullerton. With the 51-47 win, IVC moved ahead of Fullerton in the Orange Empire Conference standings. The Lasers...
February 18, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball, fights, rallies and holds on to beat power Grossmont
Irvine Valley scores four runs in the seventh inning and three more in the eighth to beat Grossmont, 13-8, Tuesday at home. It was a battle all day long between two of the squads with the best records...
February 16, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team plays one of it's best games of the season
Irvine Valley sophomore pitcher Jackson Chastain throws 6.2 scoreless innings to lead the Lasers to a 3-1 win over West LA at home Saturday. IVC improves its record to 7-3 and will be ready for a game...
February 15, 2025
Women's beach team faces Mt. San Jacinto and Santa Barbara
Irvine Valley hosts its second match of the season and takes on Mt. San Jacinto and Santa Barbara City Saturday morning. The Lasers fall to Mt. San Jacinto, 4-1, and then Santa Barbara City, 5-0, IVC...
February 15, 2025
Men's volleyball team is back on track and sweeps El Camino
Irvine Valley improves the record to 5-1 overall with its second sweep in a row and fourth on the year with a 25-21, 25-23, 25-19 win Friday night at El Camino. IVC plays again on Wednesday at home...
February 14, 2025
2024 men's volleyball squad named a 3C2A state scholar team
Irvine Valley's men's volleyball team has been selected as a 3C2A Scholar Athlete Team for the 2024 year. The Lasers were one of the top teams on the court as well and will be presented the award in...
February 13, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball defeats Saddleback on sophomore night
Irvine Valley celebrates sophomores Avril Ho, Moka Saiki, Sariah Loftis and Haruka Mikuma on sophomore night with a 72-44 win in an Orange Empire Conference contest. The Lasers stay in the running for...
February 13, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team drops first game of OEC Tournament
Irvine Valley loses to Santa Ana, 67-59, in its opening game of the Orange Empire Conference Tournament Wednesday at home. IVC was chasing from behind most of the contest. It hosts Orange Coast next...
February 12, 2025
Men's volleyball team shines and sweeps Fullerton at home
Irvine Valley wins a tough first set and then rolls in a 25-23, 25-20, 25-20 victory over Fullerton at home Wednesday. Irvine Valley, ranked fifth in the state, improved its record to 4-1 overall. IVC...
February 12, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team honors sophomores Thursday night
Irvine Valley plays Saddleback in an Orange Empire Conference game at home Thursday night at 5 p.m. and will celebrate sophomores Avril Ho, Haruka Mikuma, Sariah Loftis and Moka Saiki. IVC has a...
February 12, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball takes on Santa Ana in opener of OEC tourney
Irvine Valley is seeded fourth and hosts No. 5 Santa Ana in an opening game of the first Orange Empire Conference Tournament. IVC defeated Saddleback, 67-64, Tuesday on the road to hold on to fourth...
February 11, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team beats Saddleback on the road in OEC play
The Lasers hold on down the stretch and defeat Saddleback, 67-64, on the road Tuesday night. IVC ends up earning fourth place in the Orange Empire Conference standings and hosts No. 5 Santa Ana on...
February 11, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team falls in ninth in tough game at Grossmont
In a battle between two of the top teams in Southern California in the early part of the 2025 season, Grossmont scores two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat Irvine Valley, 6-5, at...
February 9, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team splits its doubleheader Saturday at Cerro Coso
Irvine Valley drops the first game, 18-3, but bounces back and defeats Cerro Coso, 10-4, in the second game on Saturday. Sophomore Tyler Eastham picks up the win, throwing 4.2 innings and striking out...
February 7, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team defeats OCC by 20, sits in fourth place
Irvine Valley starts the first half strong and goes on to beat Orange Coast, 83-63, in a decisive Orange Empire Conference victory Friday night at home. IVC led by as many as 26 points in the game and...
February 7, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball defense shines in OEC win at Riverside
Irvine Valley picks up a huge 67-40 Orange Empire Conference win at Riverside Friday. The Lasers get star, all-around play, including from Moka Saiki, Samantha Barnett and Alexis Price. IVC is at...
February 7, 2025
Women's beach volleyball team drops its first two of 2025
On a cold day Friday at Irvine Valley, the Lasers fall to Cerritos, 4-1, and then, 5-0, to MiraCosta. Irvine Valley next plays Saturday, Feb. 15 at home against Mt. San Jacinto and Santa Barbara with...
February 6, 2025
Men's volleyball team defeats Santa Barbara City in thriller
Irvine Valley holds on to take down a tough Santa Barbara team in four sets, 25-18, 26-24, 19-25, 30-28, on Wednesday afternoon at home. The Lasers, one of the top teams in the state, stayed unbeaten...
February 5, 2025
Men's volleyball team ranked No. 4 in first state poll of year
Irvine Valley, off to a 3-0 start to the 2025 season, is ranked No. 4 in the first California Community College Men's Volleyball Coaches Association Poll of the year. The Lasers have a big match at...
February 5, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team routs Riverside once again in OEC game
After defeating Riverside by 37 points on the road last month, Irvine Valley takes care of the Tigers again at home, 76-49, on Wednesday night. Matt Mowers, Allen Moser and Yanis Aldeguer all score in...
February 5, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team battles No. 12 Cypress to the wire
Irvine Valley plays tough and has its chances throughout, including a potential game-winning three-pointer as time expired, but loses to No. 12 in the state Cypress, 64-62, Wednesday night at home....
February 4, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team scores early in 10-4 victory over Ventura
Irvine Valley stays hot offensively, scoring seven runs in the first inning to defeat Ventura, 10-4, at home Tuesday. It was IVC's second straight win over the Pirates. The Lasers are at Cerro Coso...
February 3, 2025 | Women's Soccer
Soccer star Jordan Madison commits to Fort Lewis College
Irvine Valley captain and standout forward Jordan Madison is headed to NCAA Division II Fort Lewis College in Colorado. Madison, out of Rancho Santa Margarita High, led IVC with 12 goals and had six...
February 2, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Irvine Valley legend "Pong" Pravongviengkham named to HOF
One of the best basketball players in Irvine Valley history, Phouangmaly "Pong" Pravongviengkham, has been selected to be part of the California Community College Women's Basketball Coaches...
February 1, 2025
Men's volleyball team makes it two in a row with win at AVC
Irvine Valley goes on the road and sweeps Antelope Valley, 25-18, 25-9, 25-18 on Friday night a non-conference contest. The Lasers were led by outside hitter Tucker Mclain, who finished with 11 kills...
February 1, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team keeps it going, pulls away for win at Ventura
Irvine Valley keeps hitting and earns 14-8 victory at Ventura on Friday. It was the fourth consecutive win for the IVC, which improved its record to 4-1. Jake Amundson, Shaun McCaghren and Aaron...
January 31, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team scores big win over Santa Ana
Irvine Valley never trails in the game, leads by as many as 25 points and defeats Santa Ana, 73-53, in an Orange Empire game on Friday. Moka Saiki, Alexis Price and Kivonni Williams lead IVC. All...
January 29, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team falls late to Santa Ana in key OEC tilt
Irvine Valley, which led by as many as five points in the second half, gets out-scored, 18-8, over the final 5:31 of the game and loses to Santa Ana, 73-68, in an important Orange Empire Conference...
January 29, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team rallies late, defeats Compton for third in a row
In a tough, scrappy game throughout, Irvine Valley scores three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to take the lead for good and goes on to a 4-2 win over Compton at home Wednesday. IVC gets...
January 28, 2025
Men's volleyball team cruises past LA Pierce in season opener
Irvine Valley sweeps Los Angeles Pierce in its 2025 opening match, 25-17, 25-18, 25-13, Wednesday at home. IVC hits .508 for the contest and gets contributions all around. The Lasers next play at...
January 28, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team takes second straight, crushes West Los Angeles
Irvine Valley goes on the road Tuesday afternoon and beats West LA, 13-2. The Lasers finish with 10 hits and 12 walks and get a strong start from sophomore right-hander AJ Roettger in the win. IVC is...
January 26, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team bounces back with solid win at Long Beach
Irvine Valley rebounds from a loss to Long Beach City in its home opener Friday with a dominating performance at LBCC in a 10-2 win Saturday afternoon, IVC racks up 17 hits and get a strong start from...
January 25, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team scores one of its best wins of season
Irvine Valley out-scores Cypress, 39-25, in the second half in a 67-47 Orange Empire Conference victory on Friday at home. Allen Moser goes for 16 points and Matt Moser adds 12 points and 12 rebounds...
January 24, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball drops key game to Fullerton at home
Irvine Valley falls behind early, battles back to make it a close game going into the half, but has no answers for Fullerton in the second half in a 60-48 Orange Empire Conference loss at home Friday....
January 24, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team begins year with tough loss to Long Beach City
Irvine Valley battles all the way, but falls to Long Beach City, 4-2, in its 2025 season opener on Friday afternoon at home. The Lasers finished with 12 hits. Long Beach ended with 15 hits. Jake...
January 24, 2025 | Baseball
Baseball team starts 2025 season against LBCC at home today
Irvine Valley starts its 2025 season on Friday at home at 1 p.m. against Long Beach City. The Lasers then play at Long Beach on Saturday at noon. IVC has several solid returners and promising...
January 22, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team battles with Fullerton, but falls short
After being down big early on, Irvine Valley pulls within one point at halftime and gets within two points later in the second half, but falls to No. 11 in the state Fullerton in an Orange Empire...
January 22, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball defeats district rival Saddleback on road
Irvine Valley goes to 11-9 overall after an easy 64-45 Orange Empire Conference win on the road at Saddleback on Wednesday. It was IVC's third straight win and also moved it to 3-1 in conference. Moka...
January 19, 2025 | Men's Basketball
New photo gallery for IVC men's basketball vs. Saddleback
Thank you to _picsbywill_ for the photos from the Irvine Valley men's basketball game vs. Saddleback Friday, Dec. 13. Full photo gallery link is included in the release. IVC plays again Wednesday vs....
January 17, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team drops OEC game against Saddleback
Irvine Valley loses a tough, 60-54, game at home against Saddleback on Friday night. After a close first half, Saddleback outscored IVC, 27-23, in the second half. Irvine Valley's record goes to 11-9...
January 15, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team storms back to defeat Orange Coast
Irvine Valley falls behind by 10 points early, but takes an 11-point lead by halftime and goes on to a 64-52 Orange Empire Conference win over Orange Coast on the road. IVC is back at home on Friday...
January 15, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team pulls away in second half for win
Irvine Valley goes from a six-point lead in the first half to taking down Riverside by 12 points in the second half to win, 65-48. Samantha Barnett and Moka Saiki lead IVC with 14 points each and...
January 11, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team wins by a whopping 37 at Riverside
Irvine Valley scores more than 90 points for the second game in a row, beating Riverside, 92-55, in an Orange Empire Conference game Friday. Four players score in double figures for IVC, led by Matt...
January 10, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team beats No. 10 in the state Cypress, 77-72
Irvine Valley picks up a big win on the road Friday night. IVC knocks off one of the top teams in the state, taking down Cypress, 77-72. Head coach Claire Gocke earns her first OEC victory and Moka...
January 9, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team falls short in OEC opener at Santa Ana
Irvine Valley gets out to an early lead and holds the advantage at halftime, but Santa Ana rallies for a 71-61 Orange Empire Conference opening win at home. Samantha Barnett led the Lasers with 18...
January 8, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team earns best win of the season Wednesday
Irvine Valley fights hard all night long and comes away with a 93-86 victory over No. 8 in the state Santiago Canyon Wednesday at home. Yanis Aldeguer finishes with 23 points and Allen Moser adds 19...
January 5, 2025 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer player Logen Coffin is off to Cal Poly Humboldt
Another Irvine Valley soccer player commits to a four-year school. Logen Coffin is off to NCAA D2 Cal Poly Humboldt. Coffen, out of Chino Hills High, played in 34 matches and started 16 for the Lasers...
January 4, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team can't catch up to Santa Ana in road game
Irvine Valley takes an early lead and ties the game late in the first half, but ends up falling to Santa Ana, 68-58, on the road in an Orange Empire Conference game Friday night. IVC (8-8, 0-3) hosts...
January 3, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team stuns No. 12 San Diego Mesa, 46-45
Irvine Valley takes down the No. 12 team in the state and sixth-ranked squad in So. Cal., by a point at home in a non-conference game on Friday afternoon. Alexis Price leads Irvine Valley with 18...
December 27, 2024 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team knocks off host Ventura, 51-48
Irvine Valley out-scores Ventura, 28-22, in the second half to rally for a 51-48 win in the first game of the Ventura Crossover Friday. Moka Saiki had 18 points and Samantha Barnett added 17 points...
December 23, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Star soccer player Mason Tracey headed to Oklahoma Christian
Freshman standout Irvine Valley soccer player Mason Tracey is headed to NCAA Division II Oklahoma Christian. Tracey was named second team all-Orange Empire Conference after finishing with 13 points...
December 22, 2024 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball wins one of two at Glendale Crossover
Irvine Valley takes down Allan Hancock College in its first game on Friday and then falls to host Glendale on Saturday. IVC's record goes to 6-7 overall. The Lasers play next in the Ventura Crossover...
December 20, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Irvine Valley women's soccer celebrates its 2024 season
The Irvine Valley women's soccer team recently celebrated its 2024 season. The Lasers had four players named all-Orange Empire Conference and coach Tom Lancaster gave out awards to six Lasers after...
December 18, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball plays tough against Fullerton in OEC opener
Irvine Valley was right with Fullerton for most of the game before going cold in the final minutes in a 61-47 loss to the Hornets on the road in the Orange Empire Conference opener Wednesday. IVC's...
December 16, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team celebrates 2024 season with banquet
Irvine Valley held its end of the 2024 season banquet last week. The Lasers celebrated all of the players on the squad and honored all-OEC players Luke Newman, Mason Tracey, Isaiah Ponce and Cristian...
December 15, 2024 | Men's Basketball
New photo gallery for IVC men's basketball team vs. Mt. SAC
Thank you to _picsbywill_ for the photos from the Irvine Valley men's basketball game vs. Mt. SAC Friday, Dec. 13. Full photo gallery link is included in the release. IVC plays again Wednesday to...
December 14, 2024 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball finishes strong, but loses to Glendale
Irvine Valley bounced back with a solid second half, but still fell to No. 12 in the state Glendale at home, 60-47, Saturday evening. Freshman forward Neryah Lokeni led the Lasers with 20 points and...
December 13, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team plays No. 10 Mt. San Antonio tough
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 28 in the state, leads No. 10 Mt. San Antonio by as many as six points in the first half before going into the break by five. But the Mounties rally in the second half and...
December 11, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team out-scored down the stretch at Miramar
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 28 in the state, holds the lead for most of the game, but gets out-scored 24-5, over the final 9:42 and falls at San Diego Miramar, 67-53. IVC plays again on Friday, hosting...
December 9, 2024 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team splits games at Eagle Invitational
Irvine Valley falls to host Mt. San Jacinto Friday, but comes back with a big 63-52 victory over Chaffey Saturday in the Eagle Invitational. Samantha Barnett leads the Lasers Saturday with 26 points,...
December 8, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team wins consolation title at Monterey
Irvine Valley rallies and defeats Foothill, 86-81, in the consolation final at the Monterey Bay Classic on Saturday. Yanis Aldeguer leads IVC with 24 points, making seven three-pointers. And Matt...
December 6, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team splits its first two games at Monterey
Irvine Valley loses a tough game to Sierra, 56-54, to start the Monterey Bay Classic Thursday, but responds with an 80-66 victory over Hartnell in a consolation game on Friday. IVC takes on Foothill...
December 3, 2024 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team crushes Barstow in home game
Irvine Valley scores the first 29 points, leads, 40-1, at the half and goes on to a 71-13 win over Barstow at home Tuesday night. Moka Saiki (20 points), Samantha Barnett (13 points) and Neryah Lokeni...
November 29, 2024 | General News
Irvine Valley celebrates athletes with Thanksgiving lunch
The Irvine Valley athletics department celebrated its student athletes with a Thanksgiving luncheon earlier this week. A galley from the fun and lunch can be found below.
November 28, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team takes down El Camino by 31 points
Irvine Valley rolls in a 79-48 win over El Camino on Wednesday. Parker Tuttle leads the way with 19 points. Yanis Aldeguer adds 11 points and Ethan Tauber chips in 10 points for the Lasers. IVC heads...
November 26, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Four women's soccer players selected to all-conference squads
Irvine Valley's Jordan Madison and Faith Hong are picked first team all-Orange Empire Conference and Sydnee Salamoff and Jocelyn Quinonez are each named second team. IVC finished with a record of...
November 24, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Star volleyball players named all-Orange Empire Conference
Irvine Valley sophomore outside hitter Audrey Fowler was named first team all-Orange Empire Conference and freshman opposite Hailey Oldham was selected to the second team. IVC finished with a record...
November 23, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team scores 17-point victory at Cuyamaca
Irvine Valley wins its second game in a row, beating Cuyamaca, 67-50, on the road on Friday night. Three players scored in double figures. Matt Mowers had 16 points, Parker Tuttle added 13 points and...
November 22, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Four men's soccer players named all-Orange Empire Conference
Irvine Valley has standout midfielders Luke Newman and Isaiah Ponce named first team all-Orange Empire Conference and forward Mason Tracey and midfielder Cristian Sanchez picked to the second team...
November 20, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team plays its best game of the 2024-25 season
Irvine Valley defeats Southwestern, 73-48, at home on Wednesday night. The Lasers dominate both halves and get big games from sophomore Josiah Reed and freshman Matt Mowers in the victory. IVC plays...
November 19, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team takes down Santiago Canyon in five
Irvine Valley rallies and defeats Santiago, 21-25, 18-25, 25-17, 25-17, 15-11. The Lasers won seven of their last 10 matches. IVC ended the regular season with a record of 9-15 overall and 9-7 in the...
November 17, 2024 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team rebounds with win after tough loss
Irvine Valley takes control in the second quarter and beats E Camino, 66-32, Friday at home. The Lasers took care of business after a 73-66 loss to Taft in the at a tourney at West LA last week. IVC...
November 16, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team rallies to beat Fullerton in five
Irvine Valley rallies after losing two of the first three sets to win, 25-16, 23-25, 26-28, 25-14, 15-8 Friday in an Orange Empire Conference match on the road at Fullerton. Hailey Oldham finished...
November 15, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team ends season with tough loss at Golden West
Irvine Valley dominates the action for most of the contest, but falls short to Golden West, 1-0, on the road Friday afternoon. The Lasers took 23 shots, but could not find the back of the net. IVC...
November 15, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team closes out season against Golden West
Irvine Valley, with a positive record, closes out its season with a 2-0 defeat to Golden West at home on Friday. The Lasers still finished with a record of 10-10-1 overall. Coach Tom Lancaster also...
November 14, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team tops LA Valley by seven on the road
Irvine Valley gets 32 points from its bench players, leads by as many as 14 points in the game and goes on to beat LA Valley, 62-55, on the road Thursday night. Yanis Aldeguer and Matt Mowers lead IVC...
November 12, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team wins key conference game at Orange Coast
Irvine Valley goes on the road and scores a big 3-1 victory at OCC in a conference match. Mason Tracey and Luke Newman lead the way with Tracey scoring two goals and Newman finishing with three...
November 12, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer plays its best match of 2024 and stuns OCC
Irvine Valley scores three goals in the first half and beats Orange Coast, 3-1, in an Orange Empire Conference match on Tuesday at home. Nikki MacDonald, Jordan Madison and Izzy Rodrigues score for...
November 11, 2024 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team wins two of three in West LA event
Irvine Valley takes on Ventura, Reedley and Taft in the West LA Shootout over the weekend. The Lasers defeated Ventura by 25 points and Reedley, 71-63, before falling to a solid Taft team, 73-66....
November 10, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball comes up short vs. Ventura in Classic finale
Irvine Valley was up by as many as 12 points in the first half and held a 55-54 lead in the second half, but fell to Ventura, 73-68, Friday in the championship game of the IVC Classic. The Lasers are...
November 9, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team falls by a goal to Santiago Canyon
Irvine Valley plays Santiago Canyon tough for the second straight time in Orange Empire Conference play, but loses,1-0, on the road Friday afternoon. The Lasers close out the regular season with two...
November 8, 2024 | Men's Soccer
IVC men's soccer team is ready to close the season strong
Irvine Valley closes out Santiago Canyon, 3-1, Friday in an Orange Empire Conference game at home. The Lasers are 5-6-1 in the OEC and are pushing for a 3C2A playoff berth. Armon Haghighat scores a...
November 8, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team battles Saddleback in OEC contest
Irvine Valley plays second in the Orange Empire Conference Saddleback tough before falling, 25-23, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22, on the road on Friday night. Hailey Oldham leads the Lasers with 20 kill and...
November 7, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team holds on to beat Canyons in Classic
Irvine Valley out-scores Canyons, 38-33, in the second half and goes on to a 77-72 victory in its opening game of the IVC Classic Thursday night. The Lasers get 17 points from Allen Moser and 14...
November 6, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team wins second straight, beats Santa Ana
Irvine Valley goes on the road and defeats Santa Ana, 25-16, 25-17, 25-15 in an Orange Empire Conference match on Wednesday night. IVC had three players with at least eight kills and hit .284 percent...
November 6, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team falls in final minutes to Fullerton
Irvine Valley plays solid, but gives up goals at the end of the first half and in the final five minutes of the contest and loses to Fullerton, 3-2. Irvine Valley gets set piece goals from Morgan...
November 5, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team shuts out Fullerton on the road
Irvine Valley lifts its record back over .500 (9-8-1 overall) with a 3-0 shutout win at Fullerton on Tuesday afternoon. IVC also moved its record to 4-6-1 in the Orange Empire Conference. Lilliana...
November 2, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team wins 2024-25 season opener over Desert
Irvine Valley gets 19 points from Ammon Allan and four Lasers score in double figures in an 84-63 win over College of the Desert in the season opener Saturday. The Lasers host their own Irvine Valley...
November 1, 2024 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball team drops season opener to Palomar
Irvine Valley, ranked No. 16 in the state, falls to No. 8 Palomar in its 2024-25 opener on Friday. The Lasers were led by Samantha Barnett, Haruka Mikuma and Neryah Lokeni with 11 points each. Barnett...
November 1, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team back on track, sweeps Cypress at home
Irvine Valley pulls off the upset, sweeping Cypress, 25-23, 25-23, 25-21 at home on sophomore night in an OEC contest. The Lasers celebrated sophs Audrey Fowler, Kayla Torres, Alya Mersin, Nikki...
November 1, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team goes on the road and beats Cypress
Irvine Valley gets a goal by Carter Cooper in the 25th minute and holds on for a 1-0 Orange Empire Conference win at Cypress. The Lasers move to 4-5-1 in conference and host Fullerton on Tuesday at 3...
November 2, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team drops home game to No. 1 Cypress
Irvine Valley gets goals from standouts Jordan Madison and Jocelyn Quinonez, but falls to Cypress, 6-2, in an Orange Empire Conference game at home Friday. Irvine Valley plays again next Tuesday at...
October 28, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team shuts out Santa Ana, 3-0, on the road
Irvine Valley went on the road to Santa Ana and shut out the Dons, 3-0. The Lasers moved to fifth place in the Orange Empire Conference. Irvine Valley takes on No. 1 in the state Cypress in a OEC...
October 27, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team drops tight OEC match at Saddleback
Irvine Valley goes down a goal, answers with a penalty kick goal by Luke Newman (his eighth of the season), but Saddleback scores the game winner in the 80th minute for a 2-1 win at Saddleback's...
October 26, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team runs into tough Orange Coast squad
Irvine Valley falls, 25-15, 25-20, 25-16, in an Orange Empire Conference match at home Friday night. IVC was led by Hailey Oldham with 11 kills and 10 digs, Nikki Korneff with 16 digs and setter...
October 25, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer plays tough, loses late to Saddleback
Irvine Valley hangs with No. 13 in the state Saddleback for most of the game before allowing two goals in the final four minutes as the Bobcats went on for a 2-0 OEC win on Friday at home. Sydney...
October 23, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team earns third straight with win over RCC
Irvine Valley goes on the road and defeats Riverside, 25-18, 19-25, 21-25, 25-20, 15-11, in an Orange Empire Conference match on Wednesday night. Audrey Fowler led the Lasers with 25 kills. IVC hosts...
October 22, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team wins third straight, moves up in standings
Irvine Valley scored early and then held on for its first clean sheet of the year Tuesday at home with a 1-0 win over Golden West. IVC moved up to fourth in the Orange Empire Conference standings. IVC...
October 22, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team scores a draw at Golden West
Irvine Valley earns a point at Golden West in a 0-0 Orange Empire Conference match on Tuesday afternoon. IVC sophomore goalie Sydney Salamoff made five saves in goal. The Lasers host Saddleback on...
October 19, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team levels record in OEC with five-set win
Irvine Valley takes down Santiago Canyon in five sets on Friday in an Orange Empire Conference match at home. The Lasers split the first four sets and then hold on in the fifth set, 15-12, to move...
October 18, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team rallies for 2-1 OEC win over Orange Coast
After falling behind early to Orange Coast on Friday at home, Irvine Valley scores two goals in the second half to come back for a 2-1 Orange Empire Conference win. Cristian Sanchez and Luke Newman...
October 18, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer allows two second-half goals, falls at OCC
Irvine Valley's drops an Orange Empire Conference match, 3-0, at Orange Coast on Friday. OCC scored a goal in the 18th minute to take a lead and added two more in the second half. Sydney Salamoff had...
October 16, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team scores its second sweep in conference
Irvine Valley beats Fullerton, 25-14, 25-23, 25-16 in an OEC match Wednesday at home. The win helped the Lasers improve to 3-12 overall and 3-4 in the OEC. Hailey Oldham had 10 kills and Audrey Fowler...
October 16, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team back on track with win at Santiago Canyon
Irvine Valley went on the road and had two goals by Armon Haighaght and one by Cristian Sanchez to start things off in a 3-1 win over Santiago Canyon. Mason Tracey, Marcio Costa and Luke Newman...
October 15, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team holds its own with Santiago Canyon
Irvine Valley loses to Santiago Canyon, 2-0, at home on two second-half goals, but the Lasers battled against one of the top teams in the state. IVC plays again on Friday in another key conference...
October 12, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer loses heartbreaker in final seconds at Fullerton
Irvine Valley gives up two goals in the final two minutes of regulation play and falls to Fullerton, 2-1, on the road in an Orange Empire match Friday. Luke Newman scored his team-leading fifth goal...
October 11, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team shuts out Fullerton, 1-0, in OEC match
Irvine Valley dominates most of the match, but has to wait until the 51st minute to get a goal in a 1-0 Orange Empire Conference win over Fullerton Friday afternoon. Jordan Madison scored the...
October 10, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team falls in four to Saddleback at home
Irvine Valley drops an Orange Empire Conference match to Saddleback, 25-12, 25-18, 24-26, 25-16 Wednesday night at home. The Lasers get 10 kills from Hailey Oldham and 27 digs from Audrey Fowler. IVC...
October 9, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team scores first, but loses to Cypress, 2-1
Irvine Valley score a goal off of a penalty kick from Mason Tracey in the 16th minute, but Cypress gets goals in the 17th and 26th minutes and holds on for a 2-1 victory. The Lasers play again Friday...
October 8, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team battles with the No. 1 team in the state
Irvine Valley plays well in a 2-0 loss to No. 1 Cypress on the road in an Orange Empire Conference match Tuesday. The Chargers scored both goals in the first half. IVC keeper Sydnee Salamoff made six...
October 5, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team sweeps Santa Ana at home Friday
Irvine Valley earns its first sweep of the season and second win on the year with a 25-22, 25-16, 27-25 triumph over Santa Ana in a conference match Friday at home. IVC rallies from behind in the...
October 5, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team earns a point with a draw at Santa Ana
Irvine Valley ties at Santa Ana, 2-2, in an Orange Empire Conference match on the road on Friday. Moises Delgado and Marcio Costa each scored goals for IVC. All four goals in the match were scored in...
October 4, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team gets important OEC win over Santa Ana
Irvine Valley plays tough against a solid Santa Ana team on Friday at home. IVC comes away with a 1-0 victory in an Orange Empire Conference match. Jordan Madison scores the winning goal for the...
October 3, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team swept at Cypress Wednesday night
Irvine Valley lost at Cypress, 25-23, 25-13, 25-21, in an Orange Empire Conference match Wednesday. Audrey Fowler had nine kills and nine digs and Alya Mersin added eight kills. The Lasers host Santa...
October 2, 2024 | General News
Orange Empire Conference partners with HOAG
The Orange Empire Conference has partnered with the HOAG Orthopedic Institute to enhance support for its athletic trainers and student-athletes that stretch over 21 athletic programs in the conference...
October 1, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team falls to Saddleback in conference opener
Irvine Valley dropped a tough, 2-1, match to district rival Saddleback on Tuesday at home. Saddleback scored the first two goals and IVC rallied late with a goal by Yahya Alsadeq, but it wasn't...
October 1, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team defeated by Saddleback in OEC opener
Irvine Valley goes on the road and falls to district rival Saddleback, 3-0, Tuesday afternoon. Sydnee Salamoff finishes with four saves in goal for the Lasers. IVC hosts Santa Ana in another conferenc...
September 28, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team takes down Golden West in five
Irvine Valley grabbed its first win of the 2024 season, beating Golden West in five sets on Friday in an Orange Empire Conference contest at home. Hailey Oldham finished with 14 kills and Audrey...
September 25, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team loses in four to No. 10 in state OCC
Irvine Valley plays another close match, but loses in four sets in an Orange Empire Conference match at Orange Coast, 25-15, 25-15, 23-25, 25-21. The Lasers are back home on Friday against Golden West...
September 25, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team finds a goal late to get past East LA
Irvine Valley takes 32 shots on goal, but it was the last and final one that gave the Lasers a 1-0 victory over East Los Angeles on Tuesday at home. It was IVC's final non-conference game. The Lasers...
September 21, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Irvine Valley women's soccer battles, but falls at COD, 2-0
Irvine Valley goes on the road and loses to College of the Desert, 2-0, Friday afternoon. The Lasers play tough and will be at home again next Tuesday against East Los Angeles at 3 p.m. IVC's record...
September 15, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team finishes non-conference schedule
Irvine Valley loses to Pasadena City, 25-16, 24-26, 25-23, 25-12 Friday at home. IVC was led by Hailey Oldham with 16 kills, Audrey Fowler ended with 27 digs and Emmi Scelzo had 32 assists. IVC starts...
September 14, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team scores most goals in a win since 2018
Irvine Valley shuts out Victor Valley, 8-0, on Friday at home. The Lasers move their record to 4-1 overall and now get some training time before playing at College of the Desert next Friday. Megan...
September 13, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team hosts second match of the week Friday
Irvine Valley, coming off a tough, four-set loss to MiraCosta on Wednesday at home (26-24 in the fourth set) hosts Pasadena City on Friday night at 6 p.m. The Lasers then start conference action next...
September 12, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team loses in four to MiraCosta at home
Irvine Valley plays another tough match, but comes up short against MiraCosta, 25-14, 27-25, 23-35, 26-24, at home on Wednesday. Hailey Oldham leads the Lasers with 19 kills and 11 digs. IVC hosts...
September 11, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team wins second straight, beats Rio Hondo
Irvine Valley scored a goal in the second half and downed Rio Hondo, 3-2, in a nonconference match on Tuesday at home. Luke Newman scored the game-winning goal for the Lasers in the 57th minute. IVC...
September 9, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team drops two tough matches in quad
Irvine Valley plays in the Santa Barbara City Quad and falls to Bakersfield in four sets (25-23 in the fourth) and then to host Santa Barbara in five sets (15-11 in the fifth) last Friday. IVC hosts...
September 6, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team scores in final minute for victory over SWC
Irvine Valley midfielder Luke Newman scores in the final minute to give the Lasers to a 2-1 win over Southwestern at home on Friday. It was IVC's first victory of the year. Midfielder Estaban...
September 4, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team records third straight shutout win
Irvine Valley defeats Cuyamaca, 5-0, at home on Tuesday. The Lasers get two goals by Nikki MacDonald and a goal each from Jocelyn Quinonez, Jessica Lopez and Jordan Madison. IVC improves its record to...
September 1, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team drops two close games at Hartnell event
Irvine Valley goes up to the Hartnell Tournament over the weekend and suffers two tough 2-1 losses to Fresno and then Cerritos. Irvine Valley will shoot for its first win of the season next Friday at...
August 30, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team scores second shutout in a row
Irvine Valley defeats its second straight opponent, 4-0, with a shutout win over LA City on Friday at home. Freshman forward Megan Beal is the star, scoring three goals. Jocelyn Quinonez adds the...
August 28, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer team falls to El Camino in wild, opening match
Irvine Valley scored the first two goals of the game and led, 3-1, at the half over the defending state champion, but El Camino scored the final three goals to win, 6-4. IVC was led by Luke Newman...
August 27, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Women's soccer team earns shutout victory at Grossmont
Irvine Valley travels to San Diego and defeats Grossmont, 4-0, for its first win of 2024. Megan Beal and Jordan Madison each scored two goals and Sydney Salamoff recorded a clean sheet. IVC hosts LA...
August 25, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball team falls in four in the 2024 opener
Irvine Valley goes on the road to an always tough Moorpark team and comes up short, 25-18, 23-25, 25-23, 25-13, Friday afternoon. Returning all-conference player Audrey Fowler led the Lasers with nine...
August 23, 2024 | General News
No. 3 Story of the Year - Beach wraps up unbeaten OEC season
The Laser beach team wrapped up an Orange Empire Conference title and undefeated OEC year by sweeping RCC. Then pairs teams of Tessa Marocco/Kenzie Dews and Natalia Brandlin/Audrey Fowler had strong...
August 22, 2024 | General News
No. 4 Story of the Year - Brandlin and Fowler win OEC beach pairs
It was long day in late April and a tiring run at Irvine Valley, but the Laser beach volleyball duo of Natalia Brandlin and Audrey Fowler took down tough competition to win the Orange Empire Conferenc...
August 21, 2024
No. 5 Story of the Year - Sami Logan, the start of flag football
Sami Logan is set to start up flag football at Irvine Valley. "I believe that the growth we've witnessed is just a glimpse of the potential that lies ahead for flag football, and I am eager to...
August 20, 2024 | General News
No. 6 Story of the Year - Legendary IVC coaches/faculty retire
Irvine Valley's Ted Weatherford, Julie Hanks and Jerry Hernandez retired as coaches and teachers at the end of this past spring and each will be missed. All three were part of the Irvine Valley family...
August 19, 2024 | General News
No. 7 Story of the Year - OEC winners, all-OEC IVC, state champs
Irvine Valley's No. 7 story for 2023-24 is the performances that Laser athletes put forward during the campaign.
IVC scored OEC champions in team and individual events and had numerous student-athlet...
August 18, 2024 | General News
No. 8 Story of the Year - Women's Basketball team wins 21 games
IVC's women's basketball team ended with a record of 21-8 overall, went 12-2 for second place in the Orange Empire Conference and made the playoffs. And starting post Makena Tomlinson was picked...
August 17, 2024 | General News
No. 9 Story of the Year - Men's Soccer team keeps shining
Men's soccer, shining under second-year coach Conor Ward is the No. 9 story of the year for Irvine Valley's 2023-24 countdown. The Lasers made the playoffs and featured star players, including Lennart...
August 16, 2024 | General News
No. 10 Story of the Year - Men's Basketball team reaches playoffs
The Irvine Valley men's basketball team and a playoff run is the No. 10 story of the year for Irvine Valley's 2023-24 countdown. Jesse Stines, Roman Swizek, Luke Farrington, David Ogunlande and...
August 15, 2024
All-conference volleyball player Grant Dvorak to Vanguard
Irvine Valley standout setter and opposite Grant Dvorak has signed with Vanguard University to continue his athletic and academic career. Dvorak was named first team all-Orange Empire Conference for...
August 14, 2024 | Women's Basketball
Top basketball players Tomlinson and Freeman moving on
Irvine Valley all-Orange Empire Conference players Makena Tomlinson and Emily Freeman have both signed with NCAA Division II colleges. Tomlinson is headed to St. Edward's in Texas and Freeman is off...
August 10, 2024 | General News
Irvine Valley top 10 stories countdown begins on Friday, Aug. 16.
In leading up to the start of the 2024-25 seasons at Irvine Valley, which start on Aug. 23 with IVC women's volleyball playing at Moorpark, the IVC athletic department will count down the top 10...
August 5, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Basketball player Roman Swizek signs with Rogers State
Irvine Valley two-year starting shooting guard Roman Swizek is headed to NCAA Division II Rogers State University in Oklahoma. Swizek was a star on and off the court for the Lasers this year, racking...
August 3, 2024 | Baseball
Baseball player Chris Cody headed to Chaminade University
Irvine Valley sophomore right-handed pitcher Chris Cody has committed to Chaminde University in Hawaii. Cody had a record of 1-2 with one save for the Lasers this past season. IVC finished with a...
August 1, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Basketball player Dominic Sarmiento headed to De La Salle
Irvine Valley 6-8 frontcourt player Dominic Sarmiento has committed to De La Salle in the Philippines. He played in 15 games for the Lasers in 2023-24. IVC finished with a record of 17-12 overall and...
July 30, 2024 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis player Alyan Ashraf is off to UC Santa Cruz
Irvine Valley two-year starter and leader Alyan Ashraf is moving on to continue his academic and athletic career at NCAA Division III UC Santa Cruz. Ashraf helped lead IVC to Orange Empire Conference...
July 28, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Guard David Ogunlade commits to Hastings College in Nebraska
Irvine Valley starting point guard David Ogunlade is headed to powerhouse NAIA program Hastings College in Nebraska. Ogunlade, who was named IVC's most improved player, helped the Lasers to a 17-12...
July 23, 2024 | Baseball
Baseball's Gavin Grutzmacher is off to Coppin State University
Gavin Grutzmacher, a standout infielder for Irvine Valley this past season, has committed to NCAA Division I Coppin State University. Grutzmacher is headed to a Coppin State team that plays in the...
July 21, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
2023 women's volleyball team named AVCA all-academic
After starring on the court with a semifinal state appearance, another Orange Empire Conference title and a 22-5 record last fall, Laser players recently earned an American Volleyball Coaches...
July 18, 2024 | Women's Basketball
Star on and off the court Freeman commits to Alaska Fairbanks
Standout sophomore Emily Freeman is headed to NCAA Division II Alaska Fairbanks. Freeman averaged 9.1 points per game and led IVC with 69 made three-pointers. She was also named Irvine Valley's...
July 17, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Standout shooting guard Jackson Jennings commits to IVC
Irvine Valley is excited to announce that Jackson Jennings is headed to the Laser men's basketball program. Jennings was named all-state in Georgia his junior season and was a four-year starter at...
July 15, 2024 | Women's Soccer
Francis Davin named assistant coach with IVC women's soccer
Francis Davin has been named as an assistant coach for the Irvine Valley women's soccer program. He will be the head of performance analysis and scouting. Davin currently coaches two MLS Next teams...
July 12, 2024
Irvine Valley hosts initial recruit flag football commitment day
IVC was proud to have several incoming student-athletes, parents, family members and friends in Hart Gym for the first Laser women's flag football commitment day. The Lasers are gearing up for a start...
July 10, 2024
Sami Logan is ready to start Flag Football at Irvine Valley
Former Division I women's basketball player and flag football coach at prestigious Corona Centennial High Sami Logan has been named the flag football coach at Irvine Valley. The Lasers will start play...
July 9, 2024 | Men's Tennis
Grove and Pardo named to ITA Collegiate All-Star Team
The doubles team of Nick Grove and Luciano Pardo were recently selected to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Collegiate All-Star Team. The duo won a 3C2A State title and had already been named...
July 7, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Former player Alissa Blevins is IVC's women's volleyball coach
Blevins, a former starting setter for the Lasers, and a two-year beach player at Irvine Valley has been hired as the women's indoor coach. She played at Providence University and has worked with Prime...
July 5, 2024
Volleyball player Jeremy Simon signs with Arizona Christian
Irvine Valley men's sophomore volleyball player Jeremy Simon has signed with NAIA Arizona Christian University. Simon was an outside hitter/libero at IVC. He helped the Lasers to an 11-8 mark and the...
July 4, 2024
Standout volleyball player Zach McEntire signs with Concordia
Irvine Valley standout sophomore outside hitter Zach McEntire has signed with NCAA Division I Concordia University in Irvine. The 6-4 McEntire was selected second team all-Orange Empire Conference for...
July 3, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Natalia Brandlin is headed to CSUN for indoor and beach
Irvine Valley star volleyball player Natalia Brandlin has signed with NCAA Division I Cal State Northridge. Brandlin helped lead IVC to the 3C2A state tournament indoors and won the OEC title in pairs...
July 2, 2024 | General News
Logan Post is Irvine Valley's Alumnus of the Year for 23-24
Former Irvine Valley student and part of Janet Olsen's Prevention and Treatment of Athletic Injuries course Logan Post is the Alumnus of the year for 2023-24. He now is teaching the same course for...
June 30, 2024 | Baseball
Alumni Report: Jeremy Wiegman finishes up at Campbell
Former Irvine Valley standout pitcher Jeremy Wiegman finished up at NCAA Division I Campbell University in North Carolina this past spring. The Camels had a record of 77-37 in the two years that...
June 28, 2024 | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball is Irvine Valley's Scholar Team of the Year
Irvine Valley's women's basketball team has been named the 2023-24 scholar team of the year as part of IVC's 25th Annual Athletics Awards. The Lasers were stars on and off the court and finished with...
June 27, 2024 | Women's Basketball
Basketball standout Makena Tomlinson off to St. Edward's
Irvine Valley's MVP this past season Makena Tomlinson is headed to NCAA Division II St. Edwards in Austin, Tex. The sophomore post player, who helped the Lasers go 21-8 overall, was also named...
June 26, 2024 | Baseball
Baseball stars Caden Byers and Shane Stafford off to UNLV
Sophomore baseball standouts Caden Byers (pitcher) and Shane Stafford (outfielder) are headed to the University of Nevada Las Vegas program. Both were all-Orange Empire Conference players for the...
June 25, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Basketball standout Luke Farrington headed to Hawaii Hilo
Irvine Valley second-team all-Orange Empire Conference player Luke Farrington has committed to NCAA Division II Hawaii Hilo. He was second in the state in three-point shooting last season and helped...
June 24, 2024 | General News
IVC's scholar athletes of the year are Freeman and Granzow
Standout women's basketball player Emily Freeman and star men's soccer player Lennart Granzow have been named the Exchange Club of Irvine's scholar athletes of the year for Irvine Valley for the...
June 21, 2024 | General News
IVC's Character Champions are Emily Freeman and Roman Swizek
Sophomore basketball stars Emily Freeman and Roman Swizek have been named Irvine Valley's female and male Character Champions of the Year for their service, being exceptional student-athletes and...
June 19, 2024 | General News
Unke and Duncan are Irvine Valley's 23-24 coaches of the year
Anna Unke led Irvine Valley's women's volleyball team to the 3C2A State Championship tournament and the semifinals and successful men's tennis coach Ross Duncan paced the Lasers' tennis team to a...
June 18, 2024 | General News
Women's indoor volleyball is IVC's 2023-24 team of the year
Irvine Valley's women's volleyball team has been named the 2023-24 team of the year. Irvine Valley finished with a record of 22-5 overall, captured another conference title with a mark of 13-3 and...
June 17, 2024 | General News
Irvine Valley's athletes of the Year are Tomlinson and Grove
Women's basketball player Makena Tomlinson and men's tennis player Nick Grove are named the 2023-24 Irvine Valley College Athletics female and male athletes of the year. Both were named all-state...
June 15, 2024 | Men's Tennis
Nick Grove and Luciano Pardo earn All-American honors
Irvine Valley's Nick Grove and Luciano Pardo are named All-Americans by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, recently. Grove and Pardo won the 3C2A title and Grove made the semifinal in singes...
June 13, 2024 | General News
2023-24 Irvine Valley Athletics Awards start next week
Irvine Valley's annual Athletics Awards for the 2023-24 seasons will begin being announced next week. The awards include athletes of the year, scholar athletes of the year, teams of the year, coach of...
June 12, 2024
Former IVC star Matt August named head coach at Benedictine
Former Irvine Valley men's volleyball standout Matt August has been named the head coach at Benedictine Mesa. He was the lead assistant at Grand Canyon University. August was named IVC's male athlete...
June 10, 2024 | Men's Tennis
IVC men's tennis coach wins 45's Nationals singles and doubles
Irvine Valley men's tennis coach Ross Duncan (far left) takes the 45's men's singles and doubles titles at the Westlake Club. Duncan has helped IVC win three state titles. The Lasers had a record of...
June 8, 2024 | Baseball
Alumni Report: Wyatt Zadoorian sees innings at Occidental
Left-hander Wyatt Zadoorian pitched 20.2 innings for Division III Occidental this spring and ended with 20 strikeouts. He made 13 appearances for the Tigers and finished with a record of 1-0. He was a...
June 6, 2024 | Baseball
Standout catcher Jimmy Zakhar signs with UC Santa Barbara
Irvine Valley sophomore catcher Jimmy Zakhar is headed to NCAA Division I and Big West Conference champion UC Santa Barbara. Zakhar was one of the best defensive catchers in the Orange Empire...
June 4, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer player Sam Lockheart headed to Stanton
Irvine Valley men's soccer player Sam Lockheart is headed to NAIA Stanton University. He helped IVC to a 12-4-6 overall record and a trip to the 3C2A So. Cal. Regional Playoffs. IVC finished 12-4-6...
June 3, 2024
Alumni Report: Gabriela Griego named all-conference in beach
Former Irvine Valley standout player Gabriela Griego was named all-Big West Conference for the second year in a row at Northridge. She was selected second team all-conference along with her pair...
May 31, 2024 | Women's Basketball
Claire Gocke named women's basketball coach at Irvine Valley
Irvine Valley is excited to announce Claire Gocke as the new women's basketball coach. Gocke has spent the last 12 years as the head coach at Tustin High. She won an impressive 211 games and captured...
May 30, 2024
Alumni Report: Beymer, Weinert earn honors at Benedictine
Former Irvine Valley men's volleyball standouts Josh Beymer and Trevor Weinert had solid years on and off of the court at NAIA Benedictine University in Arizona, earning all-conference and all-academi...
May 29, 2024 | Baseball
Alumni Report: Nolan Cusey shines at Johnson University
Former Irvine Valley two-year starting infielder Nolan Cusey had a standout junior year at NAIA Johnson University Tennessee. He batted .343 overall and .347 in conference with 29 RBI and 62 total...
May 24, 2024 | Baseball
Alumni Report: Jack Haggerty stands out again for UTPB
Former Irvine Valley star outfielder Jack Haggerty helps lead Division II Texas Permian Basin to the NCAA Championship Tournament. Haggerty batted .364 during the regular season, scored 60 runs and...
May 21, 2024 | Baseball
Alumni Report: Casey Kudell earns all-conference at Chaminade
Irvine Valley former standout first baseman Casey Kudell was named to an All-Pacific West Conference team recently at Chaminade in Hawaii. Kudell hit .331 on the season and never dipped below a .300...
May 20, 2024 | Baseball
Alumni Report: Noah Madole bats .441 for Vanguard baseball
Former Irvine Valley standout Noah Madole had a solid junior year at Vanguard, batting .441 (26 of 59) with 14 RBI. The outfielder also finished with a .493 on base percentage and a .695 slugging...
May 19, 2024 | Men's Tennis
Men's tennis team is ranked third in state, Grove/Pardo are No. 1
Irvine Valley had five players ranked in the top 75 in the state in doubles by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association and three doubles teams in the top 50, including the duo of Nick Grove and Luciano...
May 17, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Alumni Report: Daniel Segal shines at Westcliff University
Former Irvine Valley men's soccer player Daniel Segal helps Westcliff to a Cal Pac title, a trip to a NAIA Championship appearance in Kansas and a 18-2 record overall. He had 22 points for the Lasers...
May 16, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Alumni Report: Henderson named honorable mention in CCAA
Former Irvine Valley standout men's basketball player Charlie Henderson was named honorable mention all-CCAA after averaging 12.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 0.96 blocks per game and shooting 53.1...
May 15, 2024 | Baseball
Pitcher Matthew Wilson off to New Mexico Highlands University
Irvine Valley sophomore baseball player Matthew Wilson has committed to NCAA Division II New Mexico Highlands University. The left-hander out of Marina High in Huntington Beach saw action in nine...
May 13, 2024
Beach volleyball's Marocco and Dews finish sixth in state
Irvine Valley's beach volleyball pair of standout sophomores Tessa Marocco and Kenzie Dews make the quarterfinals and take sixth on Saturday at the 3C2A State Championships at West Valley College in...
May 10, 2024
3C2A State Pairs Championship preview for Irvine Valley
Irvine Valley standout beach teams Tessa Marocco and Kenzie Dews and Natalia Brandlin and Audrey Fowler will compete in the two-day 3C2A Pairs State Championships starting on Friday at West Valley...
May 9, 2024
Men's volleyball team has five players named all-conference
Irvine Valley's setter/opposite Grant Dvorak and outside hitter Matt Reid are named first team all-OEC and outside hitters Zach McEntire and Damon Kooiman and middle blocker Drake Goering are picked...
May 8, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer player Christopher Camarena off to Westcliff
Irvine Valley standout forward Christopher Camarena is headed to Westcliff University. The two-year starter at IVC helped the Lasers to a 12-4-6 overall record, 7-6-1 mark in conference and a trip to...
May 7, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball player Josh Azucena to Pensacola Christian
Irvine Valley sophomore point guard Josh Azucena is headed to Pensacola Christian College in Florida. Azucena played two years for the Lasers and competed in 19 games and started two during the...
May 6, 2024 | Women's Basketball
Legendary women's basketball coach Julie Hanks, retires
Former Irvine Valley women's basketball coach Julie Hanks, who stepped down after the 2021-22 season, recently celebrated her retirement from also being a faculty member at IVC. She finished with 440...
May 5, 2024
Beach volleyball team has two pairs move on to state event
Irvine Valley advances the sophomore duo of Tessa Marocco and Kenzie Dews and the pair of sophomore Natalia Brandlin and freshman Audrey Fowler on to the state event at West Valley College in Saratoga...
May 3, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Basketball player Jesse Stines commits to Alaska Anchorage
Irvine Valley men's sophomore basketball player Jesse Stines has committed to NCAA Division II University of Alaska Anchorage. Stines was named first team all-Orange Empire Conference and IVC's MVP...
May 2, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball player Ava Guenther commits to La Verne
Irvine Valley standout indoor and beach women's volleyball player Ava Guenther has committed to the University of La Verne. A sophomore outside hitter, Guenther, helped IVC win a conference title and...
May 2, 2024
Beach volleyball season continues Friday in pairs regionals
Irvine Valley's season will continue Friday with three teams competing in the So. Cal. Regionals Pairs event. Natalia Brandlin and Audrey Fowler, Tessa Marocco and Kenzie Dews and Mia Bertolone and...
May 1, 2024
Beach volleyball team falls to El Camino, Long Beach in regional
Irvine Valley drops two matches in the 3C2A Southern California Regional event at El Camino on Tuesday afternoon to have its team season come to an end. Three IVC teams will play in the pairs...
April 30, 2024 | Baseball
Four baseball players are named all-Orange Empire Conference
Irvine Valley has right-handed pitcher Caden Byers selected first team all-conference and center fielder Shane Stafford, catcher Aaron Serrato and right fielder Kade Murray picked second team all-OEC...
April 29, 2024
Beach volleyball team faces El Camino/Long Beach in regional
Irvine Valley, which won the Orange Empire Conference, earned the No. 12 seed and will travel to El Camino for the team regionals on Tuesday. IVC is set to face No. 4 El Camino at 10 a.m. and No. 5...
April 28, 2024 | Men's Tennis
Men's doubles players Grove and Pardo win State Championship
The Irvine Valley freshmen duo of Nick Grove and Luciano Pardo take the doubles State Championship in Ojai on Sunday. Grove and Pardo defeat Glendale's Adam Ridaoui and Lance Morgan in the final, 7-5,...
April 27, 2024
Natalia Brandlin and Audrey Fowler win OEC beach pairs title
Irvine Valley's Natalia Brandlin and Audrey Fowler battle past teammates Tessa Marocco and Kenzie Dews in three sets to take the Orange Empire Conference Pairs Championship Friday at IVC. Nine pairs...
April 25, 2024 | Baseball
Baseball team comes up short vs. Saddleback at home
Irvine Valley gets down early, fights back, but loses, 9-8, to Saddleback in an Orange Empire Conference game on Thursday at home. IVC finishes the regular season on Friday, playing on the road at...
April 23, 2024 | Baseball
Baseball team takes down Saddleback in first game of series
Irvine Valley gets strong pitching from Caden Byers and Tyler Eastham and beats Saddleback, 8-4, in the first game of a three-game Orange Empire Conference series on the road Tuesday. The two teams...
April 20, 2024 | Baseball
Baseball team drops series to strong Golden West squad
Irvine Valley falls in the three-game Orange Empire Conference series to Golden West this week. The Lasers dropped the final game at home on Saturday at home to the Rustlers, 10-3. IVC finishes the...
April 20, 2024
Beach volleyball team wraps up undefeated OEC campaign
Irvine Valley defeats Riverside, 5-0, Friday afternoon at home to capture the Orange Empire Conference championship. Next up for the Lasers is the OEC pairs tournament next Wednesday at Irvine Valley.
April 19, 2024
Men's volleyball loses in the first round of the playoffs
Irvine Valley, seeded sixth in the 3C2A Southern California Regional Playoffs, falls to No. 3 San Diego Mesa, 25-23, 25-21, 25-18, in a tough, first-round match-up. The Lasers finished the season with...
April 17, 2024 | Men's Soccer
Men's soccer player Lukas Stark is headed to Hawaii Hilo
Irvine Valley sophomore men's soccer standout Lukas Stark has committed to NCAA Division II Hawaii-Hilo. Stark was a two-year starter and helped the Lasers to the 3C2A Southern California Regional...
April 15, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Men's basketball team hosts end of the 2023-24 season banquet
Irvine Valley hosted its end of the season banquet for the 2023-24 season. The Lasers finished with a record of 17-12 overall and were 8-8 in the Orange Empire Conference. IVC also made the 3C2A So....
Athlete of the Week
Cristian Sanchez Men's Soccer
Irvine Valley's athlete of the week for Dec. 1 is sophomore men's soccer player Cristian Sanchez. The standout midfielder started all 21 matches for Lasers in 2025, was a force on both sides of the field and selected the Most Valuable Player in the Orange Empire Conference last week after helping lead the Lasers to a conference title.






























































