Long Beach women (9-1), men (4-1) cruise to easy SCC wins over ECC Compton Center
Both the Long Beach City College men’s and women’s soccer teams opened up their South Coast Conference schedules with big wins over visiting El Camino College Compton Center on Tuesday at LBCC.
The LBCC women scorched Compton 9-1 while the Viking men were 4-1 winners over the Tartars.
In the women’s contest, Long Beach (4-3, 1-0 SCC) got two goals each from sophomore Karina Ponce, and freshmen Claudia Toledo and Ashlynn Bolt on its way to the rout.
The Vikings dominated the contest throughout and outshot Compton (0-2, 0-1 SCC) by a 40-3 margin. But Compton actually led early in the game, getting a goal in the second minute from forward Waynita Glenn.
Glenn nailed a shot that was stopped by LBCC freshman goalie Sara Thatcher. Glenn was able to deposit the deflection in the goal to give the Tartars the quick 1-0 advantage.
LBCC responded with a goal by Toledo in the third minute and then took the lead for good with a pair of quick goals in the 38th and 40th minute by Toledo and Bolt.
Long Beach went on to outscore Compton 6-0 in the second half to cruise to the easy win. Freshmen Mary Shank, Lauren Ingram (3 assists), and Michelle Mellinger also added single goals for the Vikings.
Thatcher made just one save for Long Beach over the first 66 minutes while freshman Ileana Aparacio closed out the game in goal without facing a shot.
The LBCC women return to action on Friday (Oct. 2) with a 2 p.m. SCC game at El Camino College.
Men’s Soccer: LBCC 4, ECC Compton 1
The Long Beach City College men’s soccer team got a pair of goals from sophomore forward Oumarou Boubakar and sophomore midfielder Manuel Batista totaled three assists to lead the Vikings to a 4-1 South Coast Conference win over El Camino College Compton Center on Tuesday.
The win improved Long Beach to 4-3 overall and 1-0 in the SCC while Compton dropped to 4-3 and 0-1 in conference play.
Boubakar gave the Vikings a 1-0 first-half lead in the 25th minute on a breakaway goal off the pass from Batista.
Long Beach opened the second half with a goal in the 47th minute. Boubakar headed in a corner kick from Batista to put LBCC up 2-0.
Boubakar nearly had a third goal in the 51st minute, but had it waived off by the referee after an offside call on the Vikings.
Freshman Jesse Castaneda added a goal in the 58th minute and freshman Riley Sheahan came off the bench to post a goal in the 88th minute to close the LBCC scoring.
Compton broke up the shutout with a goal from Alfonso Fonbana in the 89th minute.
Freshman Luis Romero made just one save in the opening 45 minutes in goal for the Vikings while freshman Jorge Gastelum totaled four saves and allowed the goal in the second half.
Guillermo Guerrero posted four saves for Compton.
The Viking men are back in action on Friday (Oct. 2) with a 4 p.m. SCC game at El Camino College.
Reports From LBCC’s Chris Ruiz