Women's Soccer: Santa Monica Secures WSC South Crown
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - The Santa Monica College women's soccer program secured the Western State Conference (South) title during a road trip to College of the Canyons on Friday afternoon. They closed the conference slate with a record of 11-1-2 against league opponents and posted an overall mark of 12-3-6 at the end of the regular season. This is the third conference title for the Corsairs and the first since they made a back-to-back run in 2017 and 2018 while the league was split into three divisions.
A traditional point system is used to determine the conference champion each season. Per the WSC constitution and soccer supplement, teams will receive three points per conference win and one point per conference/divisional tie.
Offensively, SMC has showcased a balanced attack throughout the regular season as six different Corsairs have registered five or more goals. Tia Lucas leads the team with eight on the season, followed by seven from Vashti Zuniga and six by Roz Tauvaa. Jaylene Beatts, Yahira Ruvalcaba, and Giorgia Sterza have split time in the box while working towards an impressive goals-against average of 0.34 while posting 10 shutouts.
Santa Monica has automatically qualified for the Southern California Regional Tournament, which is set to begin with a play-in round on November 16th and will end on November 25th. Two teams will advance from the SoCal Regional bracket to the 3C2A State Championship showdown on December 1st and 3rd. Official qualifiers and seeding information will be announced on the 3C2ASports.org website.
2023 WSC SOUTH WOMEN'S SOCCER FINAL STANDINGS
1. SANTA MONICA (11-1-2)
2. Canyons (10-1-3)
3. Citrus (8-2-4) / Antelope Valley (8-2-4)
5. LA Valley (4-9-1) / Bakersfield (4-9-1)
7. West LA (2-11-1)
8. Glendale (0-12-2)
