One of the finest seasons in Long Beach City College women's basketball history came to a crushing end after a 90-81 loss at No. 1 seeded Ventura College on Saturday night in a fourth-round game of the 2014 CCCAA Southern California Regional Playoffs.

Ventura shot an impressive 49 percent from the field, making 31 of 63 shots on the night while the Vikings, in any other game, would have cruised to a win by shooting 41 percent (32-77).

No. 5 seed Long Beach trailed by one point, 46-45, at halftime and tied the score up twice in the second. Freshman Darshana Taafua's (Western HS) basket underneath with 9:41 made the score 67-67. But the Ventura answered with a 7-0 run to jump ahead for good.

Taafua posted a double-double with 20 points to go along with 10 rebounds while sophomore Crystal Cockerhan (Poly HS) led the Vikings with 15 rebounds. Freshman Abbey Goodsell (Orange Lutheran HS) scored 19 points thanks to five 3-pointers and sophomore Jasmine Williams (Katella HS) added 12 points.

Ventura (30-3) was led by Adrianne Sloboh's 24 points and 13 rebounds and Lisa Marie Sanchez posted 23 points.

The Vikings finished one win shy of advancing to the state championships for the first time since 1988. 

Under head coach Michael Anderson, the LBCC women's basketball program continues to soar to new heights each season. In 2012, Anderson and the Vikings won 19 games while last year Long Beach tied a school record with 24 wins. And in 2014, the Vikings set a new program record with 26 victories. LBCC has also advanced one round further in the playoffs each of the past three years.