FPU volleyball players dual-enroll at FCC to play beach volleyball

FRESNO, Calif (KFSN) -- Fresno Pacific volleyball is coming disconnected a grounds 2025 season. They finished with a 27-2 regular play record, made a heavy tourney tally and had respective Sunbirds recognized connected a nationalist level.

Now 3 girls from that historical squad are playing for a caller school.

But it's not what you think.

Mikayla Weiss, Cambria Waites, and Devyn Castaneda are dual-enrolled astatine some FPU and Fresno City College.

"I'm taking 12 units astatine FPU and 12 units astatine City, truthful 24 units full and it is simply a batch of enactment but I'm gladsome I inactive get to play volleyball since my vocation is done astatine FPU," says Cambria.

It's each to play formation volleyball, which Fresno Pacific doesn't presently offer. Because the schools are successful adjacent proximity and the programs person a akin culture, the Sunbirds and Rams tin mesh together.

"Just being much palmy programs now, we're capable to thatch each different however to win, however to lose, however to compete. We ever similar competing with each different and making each different better," says Mikayla. "Everybody gets on due to the fact that everybody is truly bully radical and I deliberation the coaches bash a truly bully occupation of recruiting that."

What makes it adjacent better, FPU caput manager Kelsee Montagna and FCC caput manager Kieran Roblee person been friends for years.

Coach Kelsee coached astatine FCC earlier taking the caput coaching occupation astatine FPU. While she can't beryllium connected the FCC formation volleyball unit owed to NCAA guidelines, she encouraged her sunbirds to instrumentality the opportunity.

"I spot Roblee wholeheartedly with her recruiting and the players that are coming in. So, meshing the 2 programs, we're precise similar, but we're precise different. The modular and expectations person ever been the aforesaid for excellence," says Coach Kelsee.

The Rams won the past 2 Coast Conference titles and were authorities runners-up successful some the squad and brace events past season.

Lusa Andrews, an FCC sophomore and Yosemite High School grad, is starring the Rams again this season. Andrews was conscionable recognized arsenic an AVCA Preseason National Player to Watch.

"I'm conscionable excited for different chance. I'm truly driven and precise focused this play to get the title. We each privation to triumph truly bad. Especially the FPU girls, they know, we each cognize we privation to win," says Lusa.

FCC opened its play this play and is 4-0 to unfastened the 2026 campaign.

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