Drew Winterstein won the King of the Beach title for the year in a row. This time, he had the hand of the Queen of the Beach as well.

Sarah Reaves won the title of Queen of the Beach on Thursday night at Victory Lane in Glendale in the season finale of USA Volleyball Arizona’s beach season.

In the King and Queen of the Beach event, each player rotates and plays with different partners. The player who wins the most games (or if there’s a tie, collects the most points) wins the title. Reaves and Winterstein each compiled 9-2 records.  They won the one game they were paired together.

Reaves, 20, and Winterstein, 23, met about a month earlier while playing a beach event at Victory Lane and became a couple. Winterstein joked that when the two met, “sparks flew.” Maybe not romantic ones at first. He said Reaves called him a name.

“You were acting like one,’’ she said.

Reaves, a Ironwood High School graduate who is junior outside hitter at Arizona State University, had never played beach volleyball until this summer – but finally decided to give it a try. She played every in event of USA Volleyball Arizona beach season.

The game in the sand meant some adjustments. And there are some differences in the rules.

“You have a lot more area to cover,’’ Reaves said.

“It’s more about communication and controlling the ball,’’ said Winterstein, who played high school volleyball at Goldwater and now plays on the Arizona Beach Volleyball Association circuit.