On a day that even the scorching hot sun came out to spectate and make its presence known, the sand volleyball team was able to cruise to victory against Long Beach City College.
EC swept Long Beach 5-0 on Friday, making it four out of six matches so far this season that the Warriors have managed to bring out the broom.
“It’s a little hot so we have to prepare ourselves and drink a lot of water and eat before games but if we prepare ourselves it doesn’t really affect our game that much,” Jolene St. Pierre said.
St. Pierre thought that EC’s gameplay was “pretty good.”
“We were communicating really well. Practice yesterday really helped us,” St. Pierre said. “We worked on cut shots and a lot of technical stuff and that really helped us play today.”
Sarah Pearson also spoke about the blistering ambience which she seemed to welcome as she said they were used to practicing in that sort of environment.
“I think it slowed us down a little bit, but since we work out so much in the sun every single day, it didn’t affect us as much as it would if we didn’t,” Sarah Pearson said.
Pearson also agreed with St. Pierre when she said she thought the team had a positive showing.
“I think our team played really well today,” Pearson said. “We were able to minimize our errors and deal with the heat.”
The Warriors have only lost one meeting so far this season on March 6 when they fell to Santa Barbara college, 4-1.
The one win EC managed to pull off from that meet was earned by Sadie Fraker and her partner, Laynie Thompson. They’re the only pair remaining in the sand volleyball team that have yet to suffer a loss together this season.
“I’m really confident in her and she’s really confident in me and it made it easier because we played together last year so we know how each other plays,” Fraker said. “We’ve improved really well together since last year.”
Fraker also said that it took them time to adjust together from the world of indoor play to sand volleyball.
“We had to adjust to the weather,” Fraker said. “Like if it was windy we had to adjust to that and we have to adjust to the sun too. Jumping in the sand is a lot harder than jumping in indoor, so it took us a couple weeks maybe, but it wasn’t too long,”
The updated overall record for the Warriors now stands at 5-1.
EC’s next game will take place on March 27 as they hit the road for the first time this season and travel to Golden West College in Huntington Beach. It will be the Warriors’ third doubleheader this season.
EC will face off against Golden West College and Antelope Valley College; the first match will begin at noon.
To see the full schedule for EC’s sand volleyball team click here.
To read the last story on the Warriors’ previous match click here.
