Long Beach City College forward Sahleek Joubert nailed two goals out of four shots for the Vikings but it wasn’t enough due to a comeback by the Compton Tartars tying the game 3-3 last Tuesday at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
The Vikings dominated in possession the first period getting eight shots off and limiting the Tartars to only three shots.
The Vikings still didn’t get on the scoreboard until the 33rd minute as forward Sahleek Joubert scored his first goal of the day, assisted by midfielder Christian Lemus.
14 minutes into the second half of the game, Compton scored their first goal of the game off of a penalty kick tying the game 1-1 in the 59th minute.
Just two minutes later, the Vikings answered back with another goal from forward Gustavo Cervantes to take the lead back 2-1.
Freshman goalkeeper Oliver Juarez had five total saves against the eight total shots on goal the Tartars got off.
Eventually the Vikings would go on to get another score from Joubert in the 66th minute extending the lead to 3-1.
Joubert has now had three goals over the course of the last two games.
The Tartars never let up with less than five minutes in the game, they quickly put together two goals in the 87th and 89th minute and all of a sudden the Vikings were looking at a 3-3 tie.
“We need to learn from our mistakes, start applying more pressure and staying more focused than we have been,” Joubert said.
“Keeping our heads up and keep that score up,” midfielder Dean Robertson said.
The Vikings took more shots in the game as they had a total of 14 shots to Compton’s 12.
“The boys need to play smarter and make smarter decisions,” head coach Cameron Beaulac had to say after the game.
The Vikings still hold a 6-8-4 record overall and 3-2-2 in conference record and will go on the road to face the Cerritos Falcons Nov. 5 at 1pm.