Vikings Athletic Week in Review- 11/8/2021: Water Polo Crowned Conference Champions, Cross Country Advances to State

Football- 2021 Homecoming Football Game Versus Allan Hancock Cancelled

We regret to inform you that the LBCC 2021 Homecoming football game and festivities planned for this Sat., Nov. 6, were cancelled.

COVID-19 positive results have caused the game versus Allan Hancock College and all other Homecoming activities to be tentatively rescheduled to Sat., Nov. 20. While this is disappointing, it is a decision based on the safety of our entire student body.

Please join us for our rescheduled Homecoming game and activities!

GO VIKINGS! To view the remaining football schedule, click here.

Women's Soccer- No. 4 Women's Soccer Takes Down No. 5 Cerritos in SCC Championship Match Up

The No. 4 women's soccer team defeated the No. 5 Cerritos College Falcons 2-0 on Friday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Stadium. With their third-consecutive shutout win, the Vikings advance to 10-5-2 overall and are 7-3 in conference action.

Freshman goalkeeper Jocelynn Sotelo has not let anything by her in three games. Today she was still unstoppable with two saves for the Vikings to hold on to her shutout streak.

The Vikings were scoreless with the Falcons in the first half, but then came out ready to win after the break. Freshman forward Alieza Vargas Deason was the first on the board with a sly left pass from sophomore forward Jennifer Skrumbis to blast the ball in the back of the Falcon's net to take the lead.

Then freshman midfielder Haley Obenshain took her opportunity to score with the assist from freshman forward Andrea Martinez to seal the 2-0 win for the Vikings.The No. 4 Vikings will be back in action in the South Coast Conference Tournament on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at No. 1 Rio Hondo College at 1p.m. To view the rest of the schedule, click here.

Men's Soccer

In a game that pitted two teams that tied earlier in the season, as well as in the SCC league standings, Long Beach City College and Rio Hondo College tied 0-0 in regulation. The game went directly to penalty kicks where the Vikings advanced, on a three to two advantage, onto the semi-finals against conference regular season champions, Mt. San Antonito College.

The game was a tightly contested battle that saw most of the action take place in the middle third of the field. Neither keeper was called upon much during the match as sophomore goalkeeper keeper Oliver Juarez had two saves in regulation, and the Roadrunners keeper had five. Long Beach did have two excellent scoring opportunities in the first half. The first shot attempt by sophomore forward Cameron Badal that was taken from 20 yards out was headed towards the upper corner, if not for the diving save by the keeper. Long Beach's second chance was a bit more controversial, as the Vikings strung together seven passes and found freshman midfielder Eduardo Mosqueda open from six yards out. Mosqueda's first touch set him up beautifully where he then placed the ball in the back of the net. The referee then blew his whistle, and said that there was a foul committed by Long Beach earlier in the play that negated the goal.

With the game ending in a tie, there needed to be a penalty kick tiebreaker to see who would advance onto the next round. Rio Hondo won the coin toss and elected to go first. Juarez made the first of his three penalty saves when he dove to his left and caught the ball. Sophomore outside back Brian Chung, freshman right wing Jesus Moreno, and freshman wing Jose Ventura all converted their attempts, giving them the three to two advancement.

The Vikings will travel to Mt. San Antonio College on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. for the semi-final match of the South Coast Conference Tournament.

Women's Volleyball

The Vikings had to postpone their home game from last Wednesday evening against Compton College due to COVID-19 positive tests.

The Vikings will be back on the court on tonight, Nov. 8 at Cerritos College at 6 p.m. To view the remaining schedule, click here.

Women's Water Polo

The Long Beach City College women's water polo team won their sixth-consecutive South Coast Conference Championship this past weekend.

The team opened the SCC Championship tournament with a 16-2 win over East Los Angeles College, and then an 18-1 win over El Camino College.

The Vikings then advanced to play Cerritos College in the final and narrowed out the Falcons 6-4 for the conference crown.  Freshman attacker Rylie Guglielmotti was on fire as she scored four out of the six goals for the Vikings. The other two goals were scored by freshman utility Kaya Barrett.

 The Vikings will return to the pool in the SoCal Regional Playoffs at Southwestern College on Thursday, Nov. 11. To view the rest of the women's water polo schedule, click here.

Men's Water Polo

The Long Beach City College men's water polo team also brought home the South Coast Conference Championship Crown this past weekend, for their fourth-consecutive title.

The Vikings defeated Rio Hondo 17-6 for their first game of the tournament on Thursday, and then advanced to final against Cerritos on Saturday.

The Vikings then took down the Falcons 19-10 to seal their conference title victory. Freshman attackers Tommaso Baldineti, Nikola Jancic, and Nicolas Fedotov each tallied six goals for the weekend.

Freshman goalkeeper Kai Goeku had nine save for the Vikings in the cage. The Vikings will return to the pool in the SoCal Regional Playoffs at Southwestern College on Thursday, Nov. 11. To see the remainder of the schedule, click here.
 

Cross Country- Cross Country Advances to the CCCAA State Championships

Both the men's and women's cross country teams placed in the SoCal Regionals Championships over the weekend to advance to the California Community College Athletics Association State Championships.

The women's team placed ninth overall with a score of 255. Freshman Ailene Rios was the first across the finish line of the 5K for the Vikings in 20th place with a time of 6:21.2. Next up for the Vikings was freshman Jocelyn Gutierrez with a 6:36.9 in 48th place.

In the men's four-mile run, the Vikings came in 13th with a total of 394 points and an average time of 22:31. Freshman Leonardo Acevedo ran a 21:14.8 and averaged 5:18.7 per mile in 45th place. Then freshman Gerardo Rubio was next across the line for the Vikings with a total time of 22:06.4 and an average of 5:31.6 per mile.

 The Vikings will be back in action on Saturday, Nov. 20 in the CCCAA State Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno, Calif.