Sophomores Moving on with Scholarships after Eagles’ Best Beach Volleyball Season

College of the Siskiyous took a big step forward this spring when its beach volleyball team placed second in conference and thereby qualified four pairs to compete in the Golden Valley Conference pairs championship tournament April 22 at Redding Sports Park.

It's the first time in the three years since Siskiyous started its beach volleyball program that any Eagles have made it into the tournament.

This year's GVC Championship was initially scheduled to be played on the Eagles' home court in Weed, which was constructed last summer where the tennis courts used to be. But recent inclement weather resulted in moving the event to Redding.

The Eagles hosted two conference competitions on their court, where they won two matches on March 20 and two more on April 10, all by the same 4-1 score.

They finished with a 6-2 record in the GVC, winning twice each against Butte, Shasta and Lassen. They lost twice to conference champion Feather River, a team that just about everybody has been losing to in the world of California Community College volleyball. Feather River won the indoor volleyball state championship the past two years in a row and is taking a 24-1 overall record into this spring's beach volleyball team championships.

The Eagles won just two conference matches combined in their first two beach volleyball seasons but moved up in 2026 thanks to a sophomore-heavy roster that head coach Lyndi Cadola describes as "super solid." Their beach volleyball success followed a strong indoor season last fall, when they stayed in contention for the postseason until the end. "They're so competitive, supportive of one another and all play their best," Cadola said. "It's a hard-working team that keeps the pressure on the other side. They do whatever it takes, even the amount of work they put in trying to get our court ready for the championship. They will be heavily missed."

The Eagles top four pairs were scheduled to compete in a field of 16 pairs in the double elimination championship tournament in Redding. Cadola believes the Eagles have a good chance to claim a top 7 finish and advance one or more pairs to the NorCal Regional Pairs tournament scheduled for May 1-2 at De Anza.

Competing for the Eagles are No. 1 pair, sophomores Heitiare Moala from Medford, OR, and Sarah Speasl from Eugene, OR; No. 2 pair, sophomore Sadie Graviet from Emmitt, ID, and freshman Amelia Luicido from Yreka; No. 3 pair, sophomores Rylee Brown from Woodland and Quincy Paarsch from Lakeport; and No. 4 pair, sophomore Zoe Brooks from Kellogg, ID, and freshman Khloe Smith from Crescent City.

Many of the sophomores will be moving on with scholarships to continue their collegiate volleyball careers at four-year schools: Heitiare and Sam Oakley to play indoor volleyball at Ottawa University in Arizona; Sarah to play beach volleyball for Southern Oregon University in Ashland; Sadie to play beach volleyball at Southern Virginia; and Quincy to play beach volleyball at Bushnell University in Eugene, OR.

Rylee will be continuing her education at Arizona State University, and Zoe is headed to Washington State. Maddie Gibson is alos going to Boise State for academics. 

Cadola said she is very excited to have a strong group of freshmen returning for indoor volleyball in the fall, including Mia Hansen, Khloe Smith, Delaney Rowe, Amelia Luicido, and Rowyn McDougall.

Mia and Delaney were the Eagles' No. 5 pair this spring, and they won 6 of their 8 matches, losing only to Feather River.

The freshmen, Cadola said, have seen from the example set by the sophomores what it takes to be successful.