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
