Women’s soccer fell short in the final Southern Regionals round against Santiago Canyon for California Community College Athletic Association (3C2A) Southern Regional Finals 4-2, ending their strong 18-2-2 record for the season on a bittersweet note on Saturday.
“Yeah, obviously tough way to get out… we had a lot of belief that we can kind of get to the next round and you know, we were hoping to be part of the final four,” Tino Nunez, head coach for women’s soccer said.
Throughout the season, the Vikings won the 3C2A South Coast Conference Tournament 2-1 against Mt. SAC on Nov. 13.
The Vikings had a 7-0-1 record in their conference, and their only loss came against Chaffey, which ended 3-0.
They scored 51 goals in 21 games totalling an average of 2.24 goals per game and goals against the average was 0.84 per game.
“I’m proud of how far we went this season, and I think we are a really good team, but we still have to get better defensively,” Viking midfielder Sky Demelo said.
Forward Lorena Moreno had both the most goals with 12 and assists with 7 for the vikings this season.
“I think the experience the team was able to get. Ultimately, if we’re able to create an experience that they’re able to take on until the next thing or next chapter for those sophomores. I can see they were able to create kind of a family environment,” Nunez said.
Their biggest win came against Fullerton where they won 8-0, adding to their total of 10 shutout wins this season.
Nunez said his goal for next season is to build off this season.
“I think we just continue to build off of this and have this feeling, like something was taken away, kind of motivates us to come back and work even harder,” Nunez said.
Next soccer season will start in August of 2026, with the team looking to go farther than they did this season.
