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San Clemente boys volleyball defeats Beckman in their first South Coast League showdown

March 14, 2025

SAN CLEMENTE — San Clemente’s boys volleyball team welcomed Beckman into the South Coast League by beating the Patriots in four sets Thursday at San Clemente High.

The Tritons dropped the opening set, but recovered to win, 21-25, 25-16, 25-23, 25-15.

San Clemente players including Jettie Presho (8) and Finn Johansson (2) congratulate each other after winning a nonleague boys volleyball game against Beckman in San Clemente on Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)

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Beckman (16-4, 1-1) is in its first season in the South Coast League after winning five consecutive Pacific Coast League championships. The Patriots had won 49 consecutive league matches entering Thursday.

San Clemente (13-6, 1-0) won the South Coast League last season and reached the CIF-SS Division 3 championship game.

“I’m just very happy with how our guys showed up tonight,” San Clemente coach Justin DeBlasio said. “To play a team that plays so hard and is so well-coached, to get the outcome we wanted, I’m very happy with how we played.”

Beckman is No. 3 and San Clemente is No. 4 in the Register’s county Top 10.

Both teams finished first in their pools at the Best of the West tournament last weekend. They finished the tournament tied for seventh in the Gold Division.

The match featured two of the top outside hitters in the county, and both have signed with Stanford. Luke Morrison led Beckman with over 15 kills and Jack Loper led San Clemente in kills.

San Clemente’s offense was well-balanced with multiple players getting scoring opportunities. Setter Jettie Presho spread the ball around, which didn’t allow Beckman to keep all of its attention on Loper.

“It’s so nice to have somebody trust the offense and the players around him, especially the new players,” DeBlasio said of Presho. “He’s not just going to his one main guy and that is how we’ve become a lot better.”

San Clemente got good offensive performances from sophomore Cameron Kosolcharoen and newcomer Hadley Corbridge, a transfer from Oak Ridge High in Northern California. Finn Johansson, who was the team’s libero last season, has moved to outside hitter since the Tritons added Arrowhead Christian transfer Gavin Skipper at libero.

“I think Jack (Loper) thought he was going to have to carry the load but I think now he is having a lot more fun because of how well Cameron and Hadley have progressed,” DeBlasio said. “Now Jack can just play free and he doesn’t have that weight on his shoulders anymore.”

San Clemente seemed to be feeling out Beckman in the opening set like a boxer in the early rounds of a match. After many ties and lead changes, Beckman won the first set with a kill from Morrison.

The Tritons comfortably won the second set and edged Beckman in the third after a block by Cayden McInnes.

Kosolcharoen and Loper each had two aces for San Clemente and McInnes added one late in the fourth set.

Beckman had four players with over five kills. Returning All-County junior Gavin Looney was second in kills for the Patriots and Jack Frame also had a good game offensively.

The Patriots have been playing a challenging schedule and have now lost four of their last five matches. The losses were to Loyola, Torrey Pines, Mater Dei and now San Clemente.

They are expected to fare well in the South Coast League. Beckman won its league opener against Aliso Niguel on March 5 and beat Tesoro in a tournament earlier this season.

“I love that Beckman is in our league,” DeBlasio said. “The more battle-tested South Coast League teams can be, the better off we will all be in CIF. It’s a lot more fun playing matches like this than kind of waiting around for CIF.”

Beckman doesn’t play again for another two weeks when it travels to Hawaii for the Iolani Varsity Invitational.

San Clemente will play Trabuco Hills on the road Tuesday.

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