Rams battle in season-ending loss at State Championships

Rams battle in season-ending loss at State Championships

SACRAMENTO – City College of San Francisco's state championship run, as well as the 2024 season, came to an end with the Rams' 2-1 loss to Cypress College in the 3C2A State Championship semifinals on Friday.

CCSF made its first state championship appearance since 2013 and third in the program's history (2011, 2013, 2024).

SEMIFINAL #1 – (S1) Cypress 2, (N2) City College of San Francisco 1

Cypress and San Francisco brought a fast start to their semifinal matchup tallying all three of the game's goals in the first 24 minutes. From there, defense took center stage as the teams held each other scoreless the rest of the way.

The Chargers struck first in the 13th minute with Megan Alcantra scoring an unassisted goal to bring early momentum. It didn't take long for that momentum to build even stronger as Amber Mielke took an assist from Itzel Ramirez early in the 16th minute to quickly make it 2-0.

Any thoughts of Cypress running away and hiding for the remainder of the game took a big hit when the Rams responded swiftly in the 24th minute on Paige Pineda-Aliamus's unassisted goal.

Neither team was able to get a lot of shots during the showdown with each of them getting seven shots. San Francisco was able to put four on goal while the Chargers managed a pair.

The Rams captured the Coast Conference North in 2023, concluding with an outstanding record of 17-3-3.

(Mike Robles, 3C2A)