Women’s Water Polo: Rio Hondo snaps losing streak with win vs. ELAC

Rio Hondo College's five-game losing streak came to an end thanks to an 8-5 victory over visiting East Los Angeles College on Wednesday in both teams' South Coast Conference regular-season finale.

The win improved Rio Hondo to 2-5 in conference play and 2-15 overall.

The Roadrunners were up 2-1 after the first quarter and went into halftime leading 4-1 after Jessica Lopez' goal with 32 seconds left in the second.

East Los Angeles opened the third quarter with three straight goals to tie the game up at 4-4. But Tatyanna Torres and Lopez followed with consecutive goals for the Roadrunners to take a 6-4 advantage in the fourth.

The Huskies' Angelica Cruz scored at the 7:14 mark in the fourth quarter to get ELAC within one goal. But Torres and Lopez once again found the back of the net to secure the victory. The duo led the Roadrunners with three goals each.

Emily Amezcua played one of her finest games of the season in goal and posted 18 saves to help earn Rio Hondo the win.

Rio Hondo returns to action next Friday (Nov. 2) when the Roadrunners face Cerritos College in an opening-round game of the South Coast Conference Championships.