Fresno City College beach volleyball team caps perfect 29-0 title run

Fresno City College’s women’s beach volleyball team turned two years of near-misses into a breakthrough for the campus and the Central Valley, finishing unbeaten at 29-0 and capturing the program’s first CCCAA state championship.

The Rams beat MiraCosta College 3-0 in Walnut on Thursday, May 8, and left no suspense in the final after reaching the title match the previous two seasons and finishing second each time. As soon as Fresno City College clinched a spot in the championship round, head coach Kieran Roblee turned to an assistant and asked, “Third time’s a charm?” By the end of the day, the answer was yes.

Fresno City College Athletics confirmed that the 2026 3C2A Beach Volleyball State Championship completed a perfect season and delivered the school’s first beach volleyball state title. The Rams won 27 of their 29 matches in straight sets across the year, a run built on depth and consistency across multiple pairings rather than a single standout performance. Roblee’s team had already been knocking on the door, going 24-3 in 2024 and 28-1 in 2025 before finally finishing the job in 2026.

Roblee was in her eighth year leading the FCC beach program, and her official athletics bio says she has spent more than 30 years in coaching and more than 24 years in education. A former Fresno State player, Roblee was an All-State selection and the Western State Athletic Conference MVP in 1988, credentials that help explain the standard she has built in the program.

The roster reflected that local reach. FCC’s lineup included players from Clovis, Clovis West, Buchanan, Redwood, Bullard, Fresno Memorial, Yosemite, Exeter and Porterville, giving the title a distinctly Valley feel. Names on the roster included Malia Edwardson, Ashlan VanGronigen, Reese Cuttone, Julia Nicolet, Lusa Andrews, Phoebe Constable, Karina Rodriguez, Arianah Perez, Annika Ramirez and Kalani Soares.

For Fresno City College, the title is more than a trophy. It is a clean, concrete milestone for a program that kept getting close and kept coming back, and it gives students, alumni and fans a championship built on local talent, patience and a season no one in Walnut could ignore.