Beach Volleyball: Rio Hondo picks up pair of SCC wins in the desert

PALM DESERT - The Rio Hondo College women's beach volleyball team bounced back from its first loss of the season by picking up a pair of South Coast Conference victories at the College of the Desert on Friday. The Roadrunners defeated host COD 4-1 and followed that with a 5-0 sweep of Cerritos College.

Rio defeated College of the Desert 4-1
COD def Faith Lee/Nadine Oronoz 21-16, 21-12
Faith Wada/Jade Fuentes def COD 21-11, 26-24
Madison Mader/Denisse Sanchez def. COD 21-16, 21-17 
Jennifer Martinez/Jaida Zuniga def COD 21-17, 21–17
Isabel Villavicencio/Jasmin Miramontes def COD 18-21, 21-19 17-15 

Rio defeated Cerritos 5-0
Lee/Oronoz 14-21, 21-18, 15-9
Wada/Fuentes 21-11, 21-9
Mader/Denisse Sanchez 21-8, 21-5
Martinez/Zuniga 21-19, 21-12
Daniela Sanchez/Maleia Petterez 21-11, 12-21, 15-

Rio Hondo improved to 11-1 overall and 2-1 in South Coast Conference play. The Roadrunners are back in action on Wednesday (Mar. 29) when they travel to El Camino College for an 11 a.m. SCC match.