The Southern teams from California edges one point wins over the Northern teams in the community college soccer finals.
Mt. San Antonio College beat Taft College in the men's final, 2-1, capturing their first state title in school history and ending the season with a 20-1-3 overall record.
Aaron Salazar, the one who led San Antonio into the finals, scored one of the two goals for the team.
Teammate Albert Verduzco scored the second goal for San Antonio, while Christian Alvizar assisted in one goal.
Christain Hernandez had the very first goal of the match that put Taft up a goal for 10 minutes, before Mt. San Antonio tied the game.
Mt. San Antonio's coach Juan Sanchez said it was a big win for the college in a interview on the www.ccsoccernews.com Web site.
"We've been down like that before, we fell down to Cerritos in the regional final," Sanchez said. "That game prepared us to deal with persity against a quality opponent."
As for the women's final, Santiago Canyon College beat Comsumnes River College, 1-0, as the team captured its second title in school history and finishing the season with a 23-0-2 overall record.
Amanda Hardeman scored the only goal of the match for Santiago Canyon after an uneventful first half.
"There becomes this level of expectation with the association of being a part of the State Championships," said Santiago Canyon's coach Ian Woodhead in a interview on the www.ccsoccernews.com Web site.
"Where we are now, we attract some players who want to ride the success. We also attract others who want to win," said Woodhead. "This team wanted to take it on, not ride on the backs of the success of the past."
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