The SBVC athletics department had two championship teams claim victory this month. The women’s soccer team secured the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference championship with a 5–0 victory over College of the Desert in November. The team ended the regular season with a record of 18–1–2, and went undefeated in its 10 conference match-ups. The SBVC football team clinched the top spot in the American Conference Mountain Division with a 42–22 victory over Victor Valley College this month as well. Sophomore quarterback Armando Herrera also became SBVC’s all-time leading passer and the California Community College Athletic Association’s Athlete of the Month.
The San Bernardino Valley College women’s cross country team scored its highest team finish in its 35-year existence at the State Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno. Returning All-American Alyssa Benavides had a solid back-half of the course, helping PCAC Champion Alissa Johnsonstay near the front, coach Eric Abrams said. Benavides, the first SBVC woman to reach All-American, was the top finisher for the Wolverines, clocking in at 19 minutes, 18.4 seconds on the 5K course, good for 24th. Johnson finished less than seven seconds later in 27th at 19:25.4. “I’ve coached cross country for 19 years, and this is the most impressive group of women I have ever been around,” Abrams said. “This goes way beyond their accomplishments on the course. America’s future is bright knowing that these 10 women and two amazing assistant coaches are in it.”
