Beach Volleyball: Roadrunners win 2 more, improve to 8-0 on season

LONG BEACH – The Rio Hondo College women's beach volleyball team hit the sand on for a pair of non-conference matches at Rosie's Beach on Valentine's Day but showed no love to their opponents.

The Roadrunners ran their season-opening winning streak to eight matches after sweeping both Riverside City College and San Diego City College by scores of 5-0. The 8-0 start is the best in program history and eclipses last year's 7-0 run.

Rio Hondo lost just two sets over the 10 pairs matches. The duo of Maria Bejines and Maleia Petterez at No. 3 was pushed to three sets in both their matches but prevailed in 2-1 final scores.

The Roadrunners have just two more non-conference matches on the schedule. On Feb. 23, Rio Hondo travels to Carlsbad Beach to take on San Diego Miramar College and NAIA-level University of Saint Katherine.

Rio Hondo 5, Riverside 0
No. 1: Jaida Zuniga/Jade Fuentes (RIO) def. Nina Peay/Kaylee Torres (RCC) 21-12, 21-13
No. 2: Maria Bejines/Maleia Petterez (RIO) def. Lanah Bergen/Audrey Elias (RCC) 21-16, 20-22, 15-11
No. 3: Loren Forster/Herlinda Casanova (RIO) def. Jada Cottom/Alexcy Juarez (RCC) 21-19, 21-14
No. 4: Josie Navarro/Daniela Sanchez (RIO) def. Abigail Oaks/Alyssa Bishop (RCC) 21-11, 21-14
No. 5: Isabel Villavicencio/Jennifer Reynoso (RIO) def. Kyla Myers/Esmeralda Aguilar (RCC) 21-14, 21-16

Rio Hondo 5, San Diego City 0
No. 1: Jaida Zuniga/Jade Fuentes (RIO) def. Allison Wygal/Riley Hearn (SD) 21-8, 21-11
No. 2: Maria Bejines/Maleia Petterez (RIO) def. Sarah Cashman/Sydney Bishops (SD) 21-14, 18-21, 15-12
No. 3 Loren Forster/Herlinda Casanova (RIO) def. Josephine Bustos/Jadian Dilg (SD) 21-5, 21-9
No. 4: Josie Navarro/Daniela Sanchez (RIO) def. Finley Lloyd/Leah Reid (SD) 21-9, 20-22, 15-7
No. 5: Osyris Roldan/Angelina Mandy (RIO) won by forfeit