San Joaquin Delta College

San Joaquin Delta College

Athletics: Added March 2026 women's basketball state championship title

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==Athletics==
==Athletics==
San Joaquin Delta fields 13 sports across ten men's and ten women's teams,{{Cite web|url=https://www.deltacollegeathletics.com/landing/index|title = Delta College Mustangs Athletics}} competing in the [[California Community College Athletic Association|CCCAA]] as members of the [[Big 8 Conference (California)|Big 8 Conference]]. Baseball is their most successful sport to date, with three State Championship titles in 1959, 2011, and 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deltacollegeathletics.com/sports/bsb/DELTA_COLLEGE_BASEBALL_Tradition_of_Excellence.pdf|title = Delta College Baseball History}}
San Joaquin Delta fields 13 sports across ten men's and ten women's teams,{{Cite web|url=https://www.deltacollegeathletics.com/landing/index|title = Delta College Mustangs Athletics}} competing in the [[California Community College Athletic Association|CCCAA]] as members of the [[Big 8 Conference (California)|Big 8 Conference]]. Baseball is their most successful sport to date, with three State Championship titles in 1959, 2011, and 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deltacollegeathletics.com/sports/bsb/DELTA_COLLEGE_BASEBALL_Tradition_of_Excellence.pdf|title = Delta College Baseball History}} Their most recent state title has been in women's basketball in 2026.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deltacollege.edu/news/champs-delta-captures-first-womens-basketball-state-title|title = Champs! Delta captures first women's basketball state title}}


===Baseball===
===Baseball===
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===Women's basketball===
===Women's basketball===
San Joaquin Delta's women's basketball has also seen consistent success at the state level. Under head coach Gina Johnson, the Lady Mustangs have reached the [[California Community College Athletic Association|CCCAA]] Elite Eight 14 times, the Final Four eight times, and the Championship game three times.{{cite web|url=https://www.deltacollegeathletics.com/sports/wbkb/coaches/johnson_gina?view=bio|title=Gina Johnson, Delta Women's Basketball|publisher=San Joaquin Delta College|website=deltacollegeathletics.com/|access-date=March 17, 2022}} On March 13, 2022, the Mustangs reached the [[California Community College Athletic Association|CCCAA]] State Championship game for the third time after overcoming a 17-point deficit with less than seven minutes remaining in the semi-final match against [[Irvine Valley College]].{{cite journal|url=https://www.cccaasports.org/sports/wbkb/2021-22/Releases/20220312nvw59f|title=Fourth-quarter comeback sends Delta to CCCAA State Women's Basketball Final|publisher=California Community College Athletic Association|website=cccaasports.org/|date=12 March 2022 |access-date=March 17, 2022}} They eventually lost the championship title game, 76–71, to neighboring [[Big 8 Conference (California)|Big 8]] rival [[Sierra College]].{{cite web|url=https://www.recordnet.com/story/sports/2022/03/14/delta-college-mustangs-lose-cccaa-title-bid-to-sierra-college-wolverines-womens-basketball/7041501001/|title=Delta College women's basketball team loses title bid to Sierra College Wolverines|publisher=Stockton Record|website=recordnet.com/|access-date=March 17, 2022}}
San Joaquin Delta's women's basketball has also seen consistent success at the state level. Under head coach Gina Johnson, the Lady Mustangs have reached the [[California Community College Athletic Association|CCCAA]] Elite Eight 14 times, the Final Four eight times, and the Championship game three times.{{cite web|url=https://www.deltacollegeathletics.com/sports/wbkb/coaches/johnson_gina?view=bio|title=Gina Johnson, Delta Women's Basketball|publisher=San Joaquin Delta College|website=deltacollegeathletics.com/|access-date=March 17, 2022}} On March 13, 2022, the Mustangs reached the [[California Community College Athletic Association|CCCAA]] State Championship game for the third time after overcoming a 17-point deficit with less than seven minutes remaining in the semi-final match against [[Irvine Valley College]].{{cite journal|url=https://www.cccaasports.org/sports/wbkb/2021-22/Releases/20220312nvw59f|title=Fourth-quarter comeback sends Delta to CCCAA State Women's Basketball Final|publisher=California Community College Athletic Association|website=cccaasports.org/|date=12 March 2022 |access-date=March 17, 2022}} They eventually lost the championship title game, 76–71, to neighboring [[Big 8 Conference (California)|Big 8]] rival [[Sierra College]].{{cite web|url=https://www.recordnet.com/story/sports/2022/03/14/delta-college-mustangs-lose-cccaa-title-bid-to-sierra-college-wolverines-womens-basketball/7041501001/|title=Delta College women's basketball team loses title bid to Sierra College Wolverines|publisher=Stockton Record|website=recordnet.com/|access-date=March 17, 2022}}

On March 15, 2026, the Lady Mustangs overcame a historic 24-point deficit, defeating MiraCosta College 76-71 to clinch their first-ever state championship in women's basketball.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deltacollege.edu/news/champs-delta-captures-first-womens-basketball-state-title|title = Champs! Delta captures first women's basketball state title}}


==Media==
==Media==