The Vikings beat the Rio Hondo Roadrunners 19-7 on Wednesday, gaining them a 1-0 record in conference play.
The Vikings came out with a strong lead scoring seven points in the first quarter with two goals from Michael Minera, two from Henry Petersen, and additional goals from Nikola Jancic, Jake Leslie, and Itay Batito.
That momentum allowed them to maintain a strong lead over the Roadrunners, who only scored once in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Nicolas Fedotov scored the Vikings three more goals and Cooper Zuanich scored one, as well as assisting in Michael Minera’s goal.
Rio Hondo could only put two goals on the board, leaving the score at 12-3 at the end of the second quarter.
By the end of the third quarter, the Vikings added another five points to their score; two from Itay Batito, two from Jake Leslie, and one from Claudio Reveron.
Once again the Roadrunners were only able to score once this quarter, putting the Vikings up 17-4.
The last two goals for the Vikings were scored by Tony Montes and Mateo Jimenez, with three goals scored by the Roadrunners to end the game.
The final score of the match came out to a Vikings victory of 19-7.
Blake Borders and Isaac Zabukovec, both goalies for LBCC, accumulated 10 saves in total between the two of them.
The Vikings team is looking like it’s off to a strong and dominant start for the season.
Mateo Jimenez, center for The Vikings, agreed with that sentiment in a post game interview and noted that, “the team could use improvement in small aspects such as communication and simplicity.”
The Vikings have a blend of international students on the roster which can lead to some errors in communication when in the pool. The team hopes to improve upon these things moving forward in the season.
“We expected to win and we feel good,” said coach Djoko Radunovic.
The Vikings are set to face off against Chaffey at home for the next match on Sept. 28 at 4:30 p.m.