San Marcos senior-to-be Cora Loomer earned her “AAA” beach volleyball rating by winning the California Beach Volleyball Association women’s “AA” tournament in Huntington Beach in mid-April.
Loomer and Redondo Union High standout Addison Junk defeated Alanna Shields/Jasmin Suarez, 21-14, in the final. Loomer and Junk went 6-0 in the tournament to claim the highest rating for an amateur beach volleyball player.
The 6-foot-2 Loomer, a UCLA beach volleyball commit, has since played in three women’s open division tournaments and reached the semifinals in two: at L.A. Dockweiler Beach on June 8 with Julia Anisimova of Kansas, and at Ocean Park in Santa Monica on June 1 with Shayla Martinez of Chaminade High, a University of Washington commit for beach volleyball.
Senior Josie Gamberdella, who partnered with Loomer during the high school beach volleyball season and dominated the Channel League, earned league MVP honors and placed fifth in the CIF-SS Individual Championships, won her AA rating last month. She and partner Keely McIlroy won the CBVA Hermosa Women’s A on May 25. Gamberdella and McIlroy, of Carlsbad, both signed to play college beach volleyball at Long Beach State.
On the men’s side, San Marcos underclassmen Matteo Burdick and Keanu Nguyen earned their AA beach rating after reaching the semifinals of the CBVA Belmont Shores Men’s AA. Burdick and Nguyen are entering the junior years at San Marcos. They led the Royals to the Channel League title in indoor boys volleyball this spring.
Also earning a AA rating is the local duo of Nate Holmes and Rowan Peake. They reached the semifinals at the Dockweiler AA last Saturday.