PHOTOS: Fullerton earns conference title after hard-fought showdown with Santa Ana

Fullerton players and coaches celebrate after securing the conference title. (Photos courtesy Jim McCormack, For OC Sports Zone).

The top two men’s soccer teams in the Orange Empire Conference met in a title-significant match Friday at Fullerton College and those brave enough to brave a chilly Southern California evening got their money’s worth.

In an energetic match the OEC’s No. 1 team, Fullerton, and its closest challenger, Santa Ana, played to a scoreless tile.

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The outcome benefitted the host Hornets, giving them their third consecutive soccer title and fifth in the last six seasons under Head Coach Greg Avilas.

Fullerton (13-3-4, 9-0-3) wraps up its regular season with a match at Golden West (4-9-4, 4-5-3} Tuesday and at home Friday night against Saddleback (8-5-5, 5-3-4 ) at 6 p.m.

Santa Ana (9-5-4, 7-2-3) host Saddleback Tuesday and Cypress (7-5-7, 4-2-6) Friday at 2.

—Story courtesy Jim McCormack, For OC Sports Zone