Posted: Nov 05, 2021

Division Champions Rio Hondo, El Camino Earn Byes As SCC Women's Soccer Tourney Commences

El Camino College (Julia Ausland with ball) wins its first SCC women's soccer title in 22 years.

Rio Hondo College captured the 2021 North Division title and El Camino was the surprising winner of the South Division title as the South Coast Conference Women's Soccer Championship Tournament begins today. The two teams earned byes while the other eight teams play today in the first round of the tourney.

Rio Hondo (8-0-1) had its 16-match conference win streak, dating back to the start of the 2019 season, stopped by #3 seed Mt. San Antonio in a 0-0 tie on Nov. 2. The state #3-ranked Roadrunners still picked up their fourth South Coast title in the last five seasons. Rio Hondo is led by state points scoring leader Alexis Macias, who has 30 goals and 11 assists (71 points).

Mt. SAC has the hard-luck of missing out on the conference title (has not finished in first place in conference play since 1997) by one point despite have the second-most team points in the entire conference. The Mounties also are undefeated in SCC play at 7-0-2.

After starting conference play at 0-2-1, El Camino (6-2-1) ran off six consecutive victories, including a 4-1 win over Cerritos earlier this week, as the Warriors won their first SCC women's socccer title in the 21st century. The last time El Camino won a conference title was in 1999. Ironically, El Camino hosts the third place and championship finals on Saturday, Nov. 12

Long Beach City College (6-3), which hasn't won a title since 2005, missed out by one point of tying El Camino and lost a commanding lead in the division when it was 4-1 in the first five conference contests.

SCC 2021 Championship Tournament Schedule

First Round:
Friday, November 5

Game 1: #6 Compton at #3 Mt. San Antonio

Game 2: #5 Cerritos at #4 Long Beach

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

Game 4: #9 Los Angeles City at #8 LA Harbor

Second Round:
Tuesday, November 9

Game 5: Winner Game 1 at #2 El Camino

Game 6: Winner Game 2 at #1 Rio Hondo

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, 7 p.m.