Spotlight on SBCC
SBCC surprises Long Beach, battles tough against Saddleback and UCSB
WCRHL January 22nd, 2012 at 4:00AM January 24th, 2012 6:52AM
Santa Barbara CC next faced JC Division rival Saddleback
College. Saddleback got the best of SBCC
in their first 2 meetings, outscoring their JC Division rival 15-5. Saddleback got on the board first, on a power
play by Matt Han, assisted by Jake Hennings.
The game stayed at 1-0 for the rest of the 1st and almost all
of the 2nd period, when SBCC scored to make it 1-1, with a goal by
Ryan O’Donnell. Just 22 seconds into the
3rd period, 2nd semester addition Jon Verstegen scored an
unassisted goal to put Saddleback ahead 2-1.
Jon’s goal would stand up for the rest of the game and Saddleback completed
the sweep of their JC Division rival. Saddleback
goaltender Angel Rios was in top form, stopping 35 of 36 shots for the win.
In SBCC’s final game, they took on crosstown rival UC Santa
Barbara. SBCC fell down early in the
game with 3 UCSB goals scored in the first 5 minutes of the game. SBCC battled back with a goal in the 1st,
another in the 2nd, going into the 3rd period down by
just one goal. SBCC scored the next goal
just 1:29 into the 3rd period, tying the game. UCSB would tie it up, SBCC would add 2 more,
to take the lead at 5-4. The last 4
minutes of the game were a battle, with UCSB netting 2 goals to take the lead
and hold on for the 6-5 win. UCSB’s
Travis Noe had 3 goals, with Paul Linder and Ryan O’Donnell from SBCC has 3
points a piece.
SBCC showed this weekend that they are a nationals-ready team, waiting to take on the JC teams from around the country, at the National Championships, April 11-16, 2012 at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, Utah.
