Beach Volleyball: Roadrunners cruise to sweep of Desert

LONG BEACH – The Rio Hondo College women's beach volleyball team picked up its second South Coast Conference victory of the season thanks to a 5-0 sweep of visiting College of the Desert at Rosie's Dog Beach in Long Beach.

The Roadrunners improved to 11-5 overall and 2-3 in conference play.

Rio Hondo lost just one set over the five pairs matches. The No. 1 duo Jaida Zuniga and Jade Fuentes was pushed to three sets but prevailed by scores of 21-18, 9-21, 15-11.

The Roadrunners will look to push their winning streak to four when they travel to Mt. San Antonio College on Wednesday (Mar. 27) for a pair of South Coast Conference matches against host Mt. SAC and Cerritos College.

Rio Hondo 5, College of the Desert 0

No. 1: Jaida Zuniga/Jade Fuentes (RIO) def. Melanie Hernandez/Bella Branconier (COD) 21-18, 9-21, 15-11
No. 2: Maria Bejines/Malaia Petterez (RIO) def. Alexia Siani-Rader/Stacie Alexander (COD) 21-15, 21-9
No. 3: Daniela Sanchez/Josie Navarro (RIO) def. Ashley Amidei/Liana Whitley (COD) 21-9, 21-19
No. 4: Carly Kejmar/Loren Forster (RIO) def. Sarah Nieto/Ashley Estrada (COD) 21-11, 21-13
No. 5: Isabel Villavicencio/Jennifer Reynoso (RIO) def. Itzel Solorio/Savannah Bush (COD) 21-10, 21-15