Sisters have a special bond that tie them together, that could be why both women’s volleyball and soccer teams have been doing so well this season because they don’t just have one sister, but two.

Brittney and Courtney Spainhour are both outside hitters and teams captains for the women’s volleyball team and have learned to play together.

” This is our third year being on the same team together,” Courtney said.

Both women played for Redondo Union High School and Courtney joined her sister on the varsity team her sophomore year. This is both sisters’ second year playing on the volleyball team at EC.

Being on the same team has not only taught them to play together, but it has also made them a lot closer off the court.

” Before we were on the volleyball team together, we never really hung out much, but now we’re best friends,” Brittney said.

Both sisters said they enjoy working together because they are able to give each other advice, which they said is better because they would rather hear criticism from each than from others.

The good chemistry the Spainhour sisters have together on the court is evident to their teammates.

“I always wished I had a sibling to play a sport with me,” teammate Amie Abad said. ” They have a neat relationship; they can talk and yell, as well as understand each other, like a sisterly communication.”

Coach Le Valley Pattison said that both girls bring a lot to the court, which benefit their teammates for the better.

“Off the court though, I think they’re just like any two sisters who bicker and argue over silly stuff,” Pattison said.

The sisters have played other sports besides volleyball.

Brittney has played basketball, soc cer, and softball.

Courtney had also played softball, soccer and water polo, but volleyball has been the only sport they have played together.

Just like how the Spainhour sisters play together on the team so do sisters, Casey and Danielle Ruedas who both play on the women’s soccer team.

Although the Ruedas sisters have only been playing together for one year, they have been playing soccer since they were young.

” My parents signed me up for ASYO when I was 4 years old,” Casey said, while younger sister Danielle has been playing since she was 5.

Danielle’s position on the team is a forward, while Casey’s position is a defender.

” We have also played soccer together on a club team, but this is our first year playing together at EC,” Danielle said.

Similar to the Spainhour sisters the Ruedas sisters have also played other sports individually.

Danielle has been on other teams such as a gymnastics team, and has played softball and tennis; Casey has also played softball.

” It’s fun and new for us to be playing together on a team,” says Casey.

This is Danielle’s first year on the women’s soccer team while Casey played for a year and then red-shirted in order to play this year.

“We are three years apart, but we still talk about things,” Danielle said.

“They tease each other and can get into each other more than they allow anyone else to, but they don’t fight,” assistant coach Mary Jo Stofl said.

Both teams have the advantage of not just having one Spainhour or one Ruedas, but instead they have two women from each family to make the teams stronger.

Working with their siblings, they are able to have something that makes them play harder, due to the support of knowing that their sister is right there with them to help them in any way that they can.

” I enjoy playing with my sister; it’s something we have in common and we both have the same competitiveness and we are always on the same level,” Brittney said.