Rustlers Advance to State Championship Game

Top-seeded Golden West College slowly pulled away from Diablo Valley College in the second men's semi-final game, and posted a 14-8 victory.

The win sets up an All-Southern California championship on Saturday, with the Rustlers (30-2) facing Long Beach City College at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Golden West handed the Vikings a 9-8 overtime loss in the Southern California Championship game a week ago.

In their win over Diablo Valley, Bero Rusz scored six goals for the Rustlers, who capitalized on their counter-attack to take an 8-5 lead into halftime.

Goalkeeper Taylor Lapin posted 15 saves in the win, while Golden West had six different goal scorers on the day.

Diablo Valley, champions of the Big 8 Conference allowed three straight goals to fall behind, 4-1 in the first half, and never had an answer for Rusz and his teammates.

 

Men's Semi-Final #2                                    1st            2nd            3rd            4th            Final

 

#1S Golden West (30-2)                        3            5            3            3              14

#2N Diablo Valley (17-5)                        1            2            2            3                8

 

Goals:

Golden West: Bero Rusz 6 Goals; Marko Madaras 3 Goals; Kevin Oliveria 2 Goals; Miso Halac, Spencer Van Horne, Alex Lavayen 1 Goal.

Diablo Valley: Ori Raz 3 Goals; Roman Novak 2 Goals; Chad Nicholas & Ryan Sevilla 1 Goal.

 

Keeper Saves:

Golden West: Taylor Lapin – 15 Saves

Diablo Valley: Aleksander Garvic – 18 Saves