It has been an exciting past five days for the Pacifica Christian Athletic Department. This past Saturday, the Girl's Varsity Volleyball team punched their ticket to the CIF-SS Division 7 final, continuing to add to what has already been a historical fall for the Triton Athletic Department. A few days later, Boy's and Girl's Cross Country raced in the San Joaquin League Finals at Irvine Regional Park, qualifying for the CIF-SS Prelims. Meanwhile, Girl's Tennis traveled to Santa Ana, defeating Century High School 15-3 in the first round of the Division 4 Girl's Tennis playoffs. 

 

"It has been a historic fall season for the Pacifica Christian Athletic Department," stated Director of Athletics & Student Life Brandon Gonzalez. "All of our Fall Programs have found more success this year than any other year in school history, both in competition and in the overall student-athlete experience." 

 

Boy's and Girl's Cross Country kicked off the day, with both programs finishing in the Top 5 of League Finals, qualifying both teams for the CIF-SS Prelims on November 11 at Mt. Sac Community College in Walnut, CA. This is the sixth consecutive post-season appearance for the Boy's team and only the second time in school history for the Girl's team. Seniors Mitch Bahnsen and Ian Cross both earned 1st Team All-League Honors, while five additional Tritons earned 2nd Team All-League Honors. On the Girl's side, Sophomores Ashley Gundlach and Akyli Maze both earned 1st Team All-League Honors, while Sophomore Katie Fischer earned 2nd Team All-League Honors.

 

Girl's Tennis, playing in their third consecutive CIF-SS post-season appearance as they took on the Centurions of Century High School, winning 15-3. Led by San Joaquin League Doubles Champions Bree Clarke and Kiana Giunta, the Orange and Navy jumped out to a 12-0 lead after the first two rounds. All Pacifica Christian's singles won on the day, and not a single starter in the first two rounds lost a match. The highlight for the day was Freshmen doubles players Charlie Rogers and Kamryn Giunta coming back to defeat Century's number one doubles team 6-4, after being down 1-4 after 5 games. The Tritons were no strangers to Century High School. The two schools played each other once before in post-season play, back during the COVID-19 year when Girl's Tennis was played in the Spring of 2021. The squad previously defeated Century 13-5.

"Big win for Charlie and Kamryn," remarked Assistant Coach Ben Roberson. "Beating their #1, after being down 1-4, such a great growing moment for them!"