Vikings women’s water polo team gets dominant victory 21-2 against Pasadena City College

Long Beach City College center Miranda Ferguson scored nine goals for the Vikings strong 21-2 victory over Pasadena Community College on Friday. 

This quarter-final victory solidified their spot in the semifinals of the South Coast Conference Championship. 

“Being able to play well like that gives us confidence going into our next game and we’ll try to carry over the positive things that we did in this game,” LBCC Head coach Chris Oeding said.

There are many different aspects of their dominant victory that they hope to take into their next match, like a strong performance on defense. 

“I think we were really efficient defensively in terms of getting stops and allowing ourselves to get down on offense,” Oeding said

The Vikings credit a lot of their success to their relationships as teammates and how close they have all become. 

“We’re always cheering each other on. We’re always coming together. We’re always hyping each other up and I think that’s why we’re so successful,” Viking utility Alyssa Artist said. 

The strong relationships the team has built in and out of the pool with one another has helped improve their communication during the games. 

_{Pasadena’s attacker Genesis Rojas, right, tries to block LBCC’s Attacker Devon Fletcher while she aims for the goal. The Vikings won the first round of the SCC Championships 21-2 against Pasadena City College on Friday at Cerritos College Aquatics Center.(Jose Calix)}

A win like this can build momentum going forward, especially for the tournaments the team has coming up.

“This helps us prepare ourselves for state and higher games. It lets us know what we need to work on for future games,” Viking attacker Leslie Vargas said. 

The Vikings had a perfect 10-0 record in conference and will begin playing in the SoCal Regionals on Nov. 13.