Photos: Pima soccer teams celebrate NJCAA championship victories
Pima College men's and women's soccer teams were toasted during a championship rally on Monday after the men's team won their second NJCAA soccer championship with a shootout win over CBCC Essex and the women’s team went to overtime before finishing No. 2 to Heartland (Kansas) Community College.
"That had never been done in the history of NJCAA soccer," PCC athletic director Jim Monaco said Monday. “No school had ever had a men’s team and a women’s team in the championship games in the same season. This is incredibly special." – Greg Hansen
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Men's soccer players hoist the NJCAA National Championship trophy during a celebration for the Pima Community College men's and momen's soccer teams at PCC-West Campus on Nov. 22, 2021.
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The women's soccer team walks into the gymnasium along with coach Kendra Veliz, right, during a celebration for the Pima Community College men's and momen's soccer teams at PCC-West Campus on Nov. 22, 2021.
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Kendra Veliz, Pima Community College women's soccer coach, during a celebration for the Pima Community College men's and women's soccer teams at PCC-West Campus on Nov. 22, 2021.
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Men's soccer coach Dave Cosgrove pauses while thanking his wife during a celebration for the Pima Community College men's and momen's soccer teams at PCC-West Campus on Nov. 22, 2021.
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Soccer coach Dave Cosgrove, flanked by men's and women's teams, during a celebration for the Pima Community College men's and momen's soccer teams at PCC-West Campus on Nov. 22, 2021.
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Pima men's soccer players, from left, Emerson Ram, Jesus Virgen, Sam Lossou, Nicolai Moholt, Saul Lopez and Brian Vu during a celebration for the Pima Community College men's and momen's soccer teams at PCC-West Campus on Nov. 22, 2021.
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Coach Dave Cosgrove recognizes the game-saving efforts of goalie Juan Suarez during a celebration for the Pima Community College men's and momen's soccer teams at PCC-West Campus on Nov. 22, 2021.
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Soccer coach Dave Cosgrove hugs Sam Lossou during a celebration for the Pima Community College men's and momen's soccer teams at PCC-West Campus on Nov. 22, 2021.
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Saturday in Wichita, Kansas, David Cosgrove coached Pima College to its second NJCAA men’s soccer championship on the same day the PCC women’s team went to overtime before finishing No. 2 to Heartland (Kansas) Community College.
Holthaus said the most striking thing about getting to 300 wins "is that it goes so fast."
Sam Lossou and Brian Vu were both named first-team NJCAA Division II All-Americans on Tuesday, more than a week after the Aztecs captured their second NJCAA Division II national title with a shootout win over CCBC Essex in Wichita, Kansas.