LBCC’s Jennifer Connelley scored a goal in the last minute to win 15-14 against Concordia University in a friendly tournament on Nov. 1.
The team played against Concordia University, a division two school to prepare for the SCC play-offs on Nov. 7.
The Vikings started the game at full force gaining an advantage of 8-2 by the end of the second quarter.
Concordia University reacted promptly to LBCC’s offense and were able to turn the momentum around in the third quarter scoring seven goals.
“I think anytime you are in a game where you’re up eight goals and the other team comes back and ties it,that the momentum is in other team hands and for us to be able to get the momentum back and get the stops when we needed to at the end was a big sign of maturity,” Head Coach Chris Oeding said.
LBCC’s attacker Jennifer Connelly had the biggest goal tally of the game with four goals added to her stats sheet.
“We all trust each other and we do a really good job of setting each other up for shots, and that’s how I got all my goals thanks to my teammates,” LBCC’s Jennifer Connelly said.
LBCC’s attackers Amy Fritz and Irene Pueyo Caballero had notable performances with both players scoring two goals and four assists.
“This game gave us a real gut check, and it showed that we have to work hard as a team and work very hard in order to win games,” Fritz said.
The Vikings qualified with a perfect record to the SCC play-off, only losing one non-conference game throughout the season.
“Over half of our team it’s in their first years for them to be able to come here and have this success they have had so far is great,” Oeding said.
The Vikings will play their next match on Thursday at Merced College for the first round of the 3C2A State Championship Tournament at 3:30 p.m. against Diablo Valley College.
