Long Beach Again The Frontrunner In Women's Water Polo

On Wednesday, the Long Beach City College women's water polo team continued its dominance in the pool among South Coast Conference opponents with the program's 66th consecutive SCC victory, 18-5 over East Los Angeles. 

The winning streak goes back to the 2015 season for the Vikings, who are 5-4 overall and ranked #7 in the CCCWPCA State Top 10. 

The Vikings recovered from a 3-game losing streak, all against Orange Empire Conference teams in #2 Riverside CC, #4 Saddleback and #5 Orange Coast to win four in a row. Their only other loss was against #3 West Valley. 

LBCC is in search of its eighth straight South Coast championship and is led by attacker Olivia Slavens with 29 goals in nine games.

Mt. San Antonio (4-3) will try to keep up with the Vikings and holds a 2-0 SCC record with wins over East Los Angeles, 10-8, and over Chaffey. Utility player Gianna Gomez leads Mt. SAC in goals with 21. 

Chaffey (4-4) is 1-1 in conference, edging Cerritos, 10-9, while losing to the Mounties, 22-6. Elizabeth Ramirez paces the Panthers with 29 goals. 

Cerritos (3-4) is also 1-1 after a 19-6 win over Pasadena City. The Falcons boast the SCC's leading scorer in attacker Jewels Longoria-Moraskey, who has 40 goals in just seven games. 

East LA (3-7) is still looking for its first conference win at 0-2 and has a leader in Jimena Vargas with 23 goals.

El Camino (1-6) scored a 12-8 win over Pasadena City in its SCC opener. The Warriors have All-SCC First Team returner Jackie Calhoun, who has 18 goals in seven games. 

Pasadena (0-6) is also 0-2 and features the current conference steals leader in Katie Ward, who has 26 thefts. 

The SCC Championship Tournament is Nov. 2-4, hosted by Long Beach. 

Release by Robert Lewis, SCC SID