South's LBCC Wins SCC Women's Soccer Tournament Title Over North's Best Mt. San Antonio
The South Division's best Long Beach City College won its rematch v. North Division champ Mt. San Antonio, 2-0, to capture the South Coast Conference Tournament title in the finals played at LBCC on Friday night.
The Vikings (7-0-2 in the conference regular season) and Mt. San Antonio (also 7-0-2) had played to a 0-0 tie in their first meeting back on Oct. 13.
Ranked #5 in the state sports information communicators poll, Long Beach remains undefeated overall at 14-0-5 as just one of two teams in the state that hasn't lost a match in 2023 (state #1-ranked Saddleback is 19-0-1).
Taking first place in the South Division, Long Beach wins its second straight title and ninth in its history in the South Coast. Number 4-ranked Mt. San Antonio (15-3-3) was North Division champions for their second consecutive conference title and 11th in the Mounties' SCC history (all since 1999). *Note--The SCC Tournament is not a winner-take-all event as the conference recognizes South and North Division champions based on the 9-game SCC regular season schedule.
The Vikings took a 1-0 lead in the tourney title game on a goal by Kiana Moore in the sixth minute, then Sydney Trump made it 2-0 with a goal in the 37th minute. Hannah Marshall assisted on both goals. LBCC stopped Mt. SAC's 10-game (8-0-2) undefeated streak.
The Mounties reached the finals behind a 5-0 win over Pasadena City as Kristin Mijares scored two goals. Long Beach beat Rio Hondo, 6-2, to reach the finals
Third Place Final: Pasadena City 1, Rio Hondo 0: Hailey Hull scored in the 33rd minute for the game's lone score as the Lancers completed their best regular season since 2012 at 16-3-4.
Fifth Place Final: El Camino 5, Cerritos 1: Allison Sibley scored her SCC-leading 23rd goal in leading the Warriors.
Seventh Place Final: LA Harbor 7, Compton 1: Dillyn Baer scored four goals to pace the Seahawks.
Ninth Place Final: East Los Angeles 3, Los Angeles City 0: The Huskies won for just the second time all season.
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Release by Robert Lewis, SCC SID