Mt. SAC, Cerritos Win Men's Soccer Divisional Titles As SCC Tournament Begins

Mt. San Antonio College won the North Division title and Cerritos College took the South Division title in South Coast Conference men's soccer in 2021. The two teams received byes entering the start of the SCC Championship Tournament while the other eight conference teams play games in the first round today. 

Ranked #3 in the state poll, Mt. SAC (7-1-1) earned 22 team points to give it a slight edge over #5-rated Cerritos (7-2) for the #1 seed in the tourney. Both the Mounties and Falcons will resume play on Tuesday, Nov. 9 in second round contests. All higher seeds host matches until the final day of the tourney. The SCC Tournament  will conclude with the third place final and championship final on Friday, Nov. 12 at El Camino College. 

For Mt. SAC, the program picked up its fifth straight conference crown and 15th title in its history in the South Coast. Cerritos won its fourth title in the last five seasons (no season in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic) and ninth in its conference history. 

In 2019, Mt. San Antonio won the SCC Tournament championship, defeating Cerritos, 2-1 in the tourney final. In a head-to-head meeting on Oct. 26, Cerritos scored a 2-0 win over Mt. SAC.

Third seed El Camino is #8 in the state rankings while #4 seed Rio Hondo is in a tie for 12th-ranked. First-year program Los Angeles City College earned the #6 seed with a modest 3-4-2 conference mark. Remarkably, the final four seeds only have three conference victories between them. 

Here is the SCC 2021 Championship Tournament Schedule 

First Round:
Friday, November 5

Game 1: #6 Los Angeles City at #3 El Camino

Game 2: #5 Long Beach at #4 Rio Hondo

Game 3: #10 Compton at #7 East Los Angeles

Game 4: #9 LA Harbor at #8 Pasadena 

Second Round:
Tuesday, November 9

Game 5: Winner Game 1 at #2 Cerritos

Game 6: Winner Game 2 at #1 Mt. San Antonio

Game 7: Winner Game 3 v. Winner Game 4, 7th Place Final (Higher Seed hosts)

Game 8: Loser Game 3 v. Loser Game 4, 9th Place Final (Higher Seed hosts)

Game 9: Loser Game 1 v. Loser Game 2, 5th Place Final (Higher Seed hosts)

Third Round: 
Friday, November 12

@El Camino College
Game 10: Loser Gamer 5 v. Loser Game 6, 3rd Place Final, 1 p.m.
Game 11: Winner Game 5 v. Winner Game 6, Championship Final, 4 p.m