COMMUNITY COLLEGE SOCCER PLAYOFFS : Orange Coast Wins Two State Titles

TORRANCE — The Orange Coast College men’s and women’s soccer teams won state titles Saturday at El Camino College.

The men’s team defeated Fresno City, 3-2, and the women shut out Cosumnes River of Sacramento, 1-0.

In the men’s game, Orange Coast (17-4-2) took a 3-0 lead after two goals by Andy Strouse and one by Paul Oldham, who also had an assist.

But Fresno City’s Mike Dedmond scored with six minutes to play and Spencer Williams scored with four minutes to go to cut the margin to a goal.

Orange Coast goalie Ken Langworthy was named the tournament’s most valuable player.

In the women’s game, Kim Dutton scored in the second half to give OCC (13-4-4) the state title. Julie Williams had six saves for Orange Coast in the shutout.