2024-25 Hornet Women's Basketball News
It was a great year for Fullerton College Athletics with many individual accomplishments achieved as well as team success as the department invited parents, faculty, coaches, students, and campus administration to the North Gym on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate distinguished student-athletes for the 26th Academic Athletic Awards.
On Monday, two sophomore basketball standouts made their four-year college choice as Xochitl Hood signed with Whittier College and Kaylee Shimoda committed to the University of La Verne.
The No. 14 seeded Hornets past their first test at home Friday night taking Round 1 of the SoCal Regionals against No. 19 Citrus College 80-47.
Sophomore Hornet Xochitl Hood earned her second 1st All-OEC nod leading the way for her team to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2014-15 season.
It was Sophomore Night for Fullerton on Wednesday night, but the celebration was spoiled by the visiting Irvine Valley College Lasers, who upset the Hornets 51-47.
In an Orange Empire Conference matchup, the Hornets welcomed Saddleback to the Nest on Friday night and ran through the Bobcats 75-46.
The No. 17 Hornets split the season series with a scrappy Riverside City squad at home Friday night dropping one to the Tigers 70-60.
In a district and OEC rivalry game, No. 17 Fullerton took care of business at home Wednesday night and just got past No. 13 Cypress 75-70.
The No. 19 Fullerton College Hornets battled it out at Irvine Valley College on Friday night and got past the Lasers 60-48.
In a big home game Wednesday night, No. 19 in state Fullerton took on No. 2 Orange Coast College in a battle for first place in the Orange Empire Conference and fell to the Pirates 82-59.
The No. 21 Hornets hosted No. 16 Santa Ana College Friday night in the Nest and stunned the Dons 74-61 in a much-needed Orange Empire Conference matchup.
The No. 21 Hornets played on the road Wednesday night at Saddleback College and beat the Bobcats 85-66 thanks to a second half push.
The No. 20 FC women's basketball squad hit the road on Wednesday night to open Orange Empire Conference-play against Riverside City College and took down the Tigers 70-56.
The always-competitive Orange Empire Conference will feature four out of seven teams that rank in the top 25 of the CCCWBCA State rankings. From the latest poll on January 6th, Orange Coast ranks 3rd, Cypress 10th, Santa Ana College 16th, and Fullerton 20th.
No. 16 Fullerton stumbled out of the blocks at home Thursday night losing to Chaffey College 64-53.
Wrapping up the 45th Colleen Riley Crossover on Saturday, the No. 20 Hornets worked in their 12th win of the season squeaking past a scrappy Cerritos squad 66-61.
