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For the
second
year in
a row,
the
Cerritos
College
women's
water
polo
team
captured
the
South
Coast
Conference
championship.
The
Falcons
(29-1),
ranked
#1 in
the
state
and the
defending
state
champions,
recorded
wins
over Los
Angeles
Trade-Tech
College
(16-0)
and Mt.
San
Antonio
College
(15-5)
in the
first
two
rounds
on
Thursday.
Cerritos
then
defeated
host
Chaffey
College,
8-6 in
the
championship
game on
Saturday. The
Panthers
defeated
second
place Long
Beach
City
College
in
the semi-finals
to earn
a trip
to the
finals
against
the
Falcons.
Cerritos
will now
enter
the
Southern
California
Regional
Playoffs,
which
start on
Wednesday
at
Pasadena
City
College, as
the
top-seeded
team.
The
three
wins by
Cerritos
extended
their
winning
streak
to 22
matches
in a
row,
with
only a
7-6 loss
to
Riverside
College
in the
Citrus
Tournament
as their
only
blemish.
The
winning
streak
ties
their
school
record
of 22
wins in
a row,
which
they set
last
year
finals.
In the
win over
LA
Trade-Tech,
the
Falcons
opened
up a
quick
7-0 lead
and
never
looked
back.
The
defense
held the
Lady Techsters
to just
one shot
on goal,
while
Cerritos
scored
at will.
Sophomore
Nicole
Tuning
(Los
Altos HS)
led the
way with
five
goals,
while
freshman Jenel
Lopez
(La
Serna HS)
recorded
five
steals
to go
along
with her
pair of
goals.
Also
scoring
multiple
goals
were
sophomore
Melinda
Guevara
(Cerritos
HS),
who had
three,
while
freshmen
Jessie
Ku
(Cerritos
HS), Crystle Casarez
(Montebello
HS)
and
Ashley Arambula
(Kennedy
HS)
all
scored
twice.
It was
another
fast
start
that
gave
Cerritos
an early
lead
against
Mt. San
Antonio.
After
opening
up to a
5-2
lead,
they
extended
their
lead to
6-2 at
halftime
before
putting
the game
out of
reach in
the
third
quarter.
Sophomore
Natalie Peng
(Cerritos
HS)
and
freshman
Sharon Pedregon
(El
Rancho
HS)
each
scored
five
times,
while Peng
and
freshman Mehgan Carbajal
(El
Rancho
HS)
both led
the team
with
three
steals.
Sophomore
goalkeeper
Miranda Bakke
(Gahr
HS)
made
nine
saves in
the win.
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