Despite a valiant second half rally to send the game into overtime, the 10th-seeded Lancers women’s basketball team could not overcome a 14-point first half deficit, losing to seventh-seeded El Camino College, 71-64, in Round 2 of the Southern California Regional Playoffs Friday night.
Women’s badminton blitz ELAC in Coach Ho’s debut
The women’s badminton team capitalized on an intense pre-season training program by comprehensively accounting for two-time defending South Coast conference champions East LA College Huskies, 21-0, in the season opening conference matchup at Monterey Park on Wednesday.
Freshmen tandem leads Lancers into unfamiliar territory
Despite making the regional playoffs for the 14th consecutive season, the Lancers’ women’s basketball team will enter unfamiliar territory on Friday when they travel to play No. 7 El Camino College.
Softball wins second straight
Down by three runs with two outs in the first inning, all the Lancers wanted was an out to get them out of the hole and back on offense. The softball team maintained their strategy and beat the Los Angeles Harbor College Seahawks 6-5 on Wednesday afternoon on their home turf to improve their record to 10-5 overall.
Lancers take down Pierce in mercy-rule victory
Share: The Lancers came back from a 5-game losing streak, winning a mercy-rule victory over Pierce College on Friday at Pasadena’s Robinson Park. Follow:
Lancers win easily versus Techsters
Share: The Lancers improved their mistakes on defense and spread the ball around as they beat Los Angeles Trade Tech College easily, 59-46, on Friday night. They improved to 4-4 in the SCC-North and 17-11 overall. Women’s basketball coach Joe Peron likes his team’s chances against any opponent they are placed against. Defense has been a topic to work on throughout the season, and he feels it has elevated. Follow:
Softball slumps against El Camino, Long Beach
Share: The Lancers softball team lost their second South Coast Conference game of the season to the El Camino Warriors last Thursday. With a rocky start, the Lancers hesitated and made simple mistakes on the field, allowing the Warriors to score on a dropped ball at home trying to end a pickle. The Warriors would score once more before the Lancers had the opportunity to respond. Follow:
Rio Hondo too much for Lancers
The Lancers fought hard, but ran out of gas in the later innings against the Roadrunners of Rio Hondo, as they fell 9-4 on Saturday afternoon at Jackie Robinson Stadium.
ELAC holds off Lady Lancers in tense final minutes
The women’s basketball team almost pulled off a stunning comeback win at the Hutto-Patterson gymnasium on Wednesday against their crosstown rivals East LA CC Huskies, who prevailed 67-62 due to a dominating defensive performance that forced the Lady Lancers to commit way too many costly errors.
Turnovers haunt men’s basketball
The Lancers’ men’s basketball team dropped another close home game Wednesday evening, losing 85-82 against East Los Angeles College. The tough defeat drops the Lancers to 11-14 on the season and likely ends the their chances of qualifying for the team’s second consecutive postseason appearance.