September 14, 2005

Women’s Soccer:
Vikings reclaim No. 1 spot in NSCAA/adidas national rankings

The Long Beach City College women’s soccer team has played its way back to a familiar place. After opening the 2005 season with an 8-0-1 record, the Vikings have reclaimed the No. 1 position in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas Junior College Division III national rankings.

Long Beach opened the year listed No. 3 in the preseason rankings, but picked up quality wins against preseason nationally-ranked opponents San Diego Mesa and West Valley College, while playing No. 6 Division I Dixie State College to a 0-0 tie. LBCC has outscored its opponents this season by a 36-2 margin.

“It’s feels good to be back on top,” said second-year LBCC co-head coach Alex Camargo. “Hopefully this will inspire our team to play at an even higher level.”

The Vikings are currently riding a junior college national-record 84-game unbeaten streak, which dates back to 2001.

Long Beach hosts Rio Hondo College this afternoon in a 2 pm non-conference game.

NSCAA/ADIDAS JC DIVISION III
TOP 20 NATIONAL RANKINGS (9-13-05)

No. College W-L-T Prev.
1. LONG BEACH 6-0-1 3
2. Mohawk Valley (NY) 4-0-0 4
3. Cypress 4-0-1 2
4. Richland (TX) 2-2-1 1
5. Fresno 4-0-2 12
6. Howard (MD) 3-1-1 NR
7. Sacramento 5-0-0 NR
8. Herkimer (NY) 3-1-0 8
9. Santiago Canyon 5-0-0 9
10. Lassen 7-1-0 NR
11. DuPage (IL) 5-0-0 13
12. American River 3-1-0 5
13. Springfield Tech (MA) 3-0-0 15
14. Ventura 5-0-1 16
15. Rochester (MN) 5-0-0 NR
16. Mt. SAC 5-0-0 NR
17. Camden County (NJ) 0-1-0 6
18. Alfred State (NY) 4-0-0 NR
19. Brookdale (NJ) 1-2-0 19
20. Modesto 3-0-0 NR