The Corsairs sweep the beach.

Santa Monica College (SMC) Corsair split Sadile Town (CQ) (#3), celebrating with split Eden Lorin (CQ) (#7) after scoring a point against a pair of San Diego City College (SDCC) Knights players on Wed, Feb 25, 2026, at Ocean Park North Beach Volleyball Courts, Santa Monica, Calif. SMC Corsair won against SDCC Knights in this match before the Corsair’s first divisional game. (Jordi Garcia Sosa | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College (SMC) Corsair split Mia Whitlock (L) (CQ) (#10) blocks a spike from San Diego City College (SDCC) Knights player Madison Sigmund (CQ) (#2) (R) and Corsair split Ava Salvo (CQ) (#11) runs behind Whitlock during a match on Wed, Feb 25, 2026, at Ocean Park North Beach Volleyball Courts, Santa Monica, Calif. SMC Corsair won against SDCC Knights in this match before the Corsair’s first divisional game. (Jordi Garcia Sosa | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College (SMC) Corsair split Ava Salvo (CQ) (#11) (R) sets the ball towards split Mia Wittlock (CQ) (#10) (L) during a match against a pair of San Diego City College (SDCC) Knights players on Wed, Feb 25, 2026, at Ocean Park North Beach Volleyball Courts, Santa Monica, Calif. SMC Corsair won against SDCC Knights in this match before the Corsair’s first divisional game. (Jordi Garcia Sosa | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College (SMC) Women’s Beach Volleyball Corsair Mia Whitlock (10) returns a serve during a pre-season match against San Diego City College Knights on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at Ocean Park Beach Volleyball Courts in Santa Monica, Calif. “I am new to beach and nervous going into games which matter for playoffs, but I am excited and I think it will be fun!’ said Whitlock, a freshman and Journalism major. Corsairs defeated Knights 5-0. (Silke Eichholz | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College (SMC) Women’s Beach Volleyball Corsair Nadene Taase (12) (L) and her teammate Ela Serrano (19) gives high-fives to SMC Women’s Beach Volleyball head coach Christian Cammayo (cq) (R) after the win over San Diego City College Knights during a pre-season match on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at Ocean Park Beach Volleyball Courts in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs defeated the Knights 5-0. (Silke Eichholz | The Corsair)

Knight Lili Smith (13) (L) of the San Diego City College Women’s Beach Volleyball team reaches up to block Santa Monica College (SMC) Corsairs’ Stella Moritz (4) (L) who spikes and attacks the ball during a pre-season match against San Diego City College on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at Ocean Park Beach Volleyball Courts in Santa Monica, Calif. Corsairs defeated Knights 5-0. (Silke Eichholz | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College (SMC) women’s beach volleyball team had a perfect matchup against San Diego City College for its final preseason game on Wednesday, Feb 25. SMC will be heading into the conference with an even 4-4 record. Spirits are high within the team as one of their pairs from last season won the California Community College Athletics Association Championship (3C2A).

SMC has a strong presence in beach volleyball, as Annah Legaspi and Nicole Lankton from last season were crowned champions for California. Now, sophomores Sadie Town and Eden Loirin are filling the shoes for Legaspi and Lankton as the No. 1 pair for the school. “It is big shoes to fill,” said Town after being asked which of the team’s double pairings — each competing on its own court during the match — she will be playing on for the season. Town said she wants to win the entire conference championship.

The Corsairs won all five matches played against San Diego’s pairs. Freshman Mia Whitlock played two matches as the No. 2 pair, with Stella Moritz and Ava Salvo as the No. 3 pair in the matchup.“I’m excited…” said Whitlock. “...I am a little nervous to go into games that matter, like playoffs, but I'm excited.”

Women's beach and indoor women's volleyball head coach Christian Cammayo revealed that this matchup was important for the team. “We just need to get on track because we're about to start conference play…” said Cammayo. “This is a proud program, getting everything out of our system, getting ourselves fully ready for conference.”

The Corsairs are getting ready to face off against Santa Barbara City College and Moorpark at their first conference game at Santa Barbara South Beach on March 6 2026, at 11 a.m.