Golden West wins their 41st Conference Title

The Rustlers routed Riverside City College 20-10 to be crowned Orange Empire Conference Champions.  With the win, Golden West secures the No. 1 seed into the Southern California Championships. and will face the winner of OCC/Mt. SAC at 10:15am Friday morning.

Golden West jumped out early 1-0 scoring on their first possession just :13 seconds into the game and never looked back building a 6-2 first quarter lead.  The Rustlers had 9 players score with sophomore Luca De Vivo leading all scorers with six.  Fellow sophomore Kevin Oliveira added 4.  The Rustlers were in control the entire match increasing their lead to a 10-4 at halftime and a nine point lead at the end of three (16-7) and as the final buzzer sounded the Rustlers remained undefeated in the OEC tournament since they were realigned into the conference in 2001.

NEXT: Golden West will travel back to Riverside for a 10:15am match agains the winner of OCC / Mt. SAC in the Southern California Regional Champions on November 11th

 

Championship Game Results:

 

Men's Tournament • Game 5                                   
1    2    3    4    OT    OT    OT    Total       
Golden West Rustlers    6    4    6    4    x    x    x    20       
Riverside Tigers    2    2    3    3    x    x    x    10       
Riverside Scorers:    Jake Ainsworth 2, Grissom Lee, Johnathan Tapia, Jordan Donnelly, Matt Hass, Sean Evans 2, Trent Virgil 2   
Golden West Scorers:    David Jorth, Kevin Oliveira 4, Luca De Vivo 6, Marko Madaras 2, Matt Peters,           
Miso Halac, Ricardo Guimaraes 2, Spencer Van Horne 2, Tim Fuller               
Riverside Assists:    Jordan Donnelly, Sean Evans 2, Trent Virgil 2                       
Golden West Assists:    Alex Lavayen, Bero Rusc, David Jorth, Kevin Oliveira 3, Luca De Vivo 2, Marko Madaras 2,       
Matt Peters, Miso Halac 2,  Ricardo Guimaraes, Spencer Van Horne, Taylor Lapin           
Riverside Goalie:         1  Brandon Blyth  – 20 goals allowed, 8 saves                           
1A came in 45 sec left, Daniel Scriba 1 goal allowed, no saves                           
Golden West Goalie:    1A Taylor Lapin – 10 goals allowed, 9 saves