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Burkhart on Mount SAC semifinal

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Coach Steve Burkhart on his Moorpark College women's volleyball team's regional semifinal Tuesday night against No. 13 Mount San Antonio College (13-8) at Raider Pavilion:

"I don't know what's wrong with them. They've lost their last two games."

"I know they play in a tough conference. We're in a bracket with three teams we know little about."

Four teams ready for semifinal Tuesday

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The Ventura College women's soccer team is always aiming for that historic run to the state Final Four.

To get one step closer, these Pirates will need to break new ground for the program.

Despite all its success, coach Steve Hoffman's team has yet to win twice in a postseason. In the playoffs for the 14th straight season, the Pirates are 0-8 in their second game of the Southern California regional playoffs.

To make things more interesting, No. 2 Ventura (17-3-1) hosts the only team to win at the VC Sportsplex this season. No. 7 Santa Monica (13-3-6) beat the Pirates 2-1 Sept. 20. Tonight's kickoff is at 5:30 p.m.

Ventura is one of four local teams to play regional semifinals today. The No. 4 Moorpark College women's soccer team (15-0-4) hosts three-time state champion Cypress (17-3-2), the No. 5 seed, at 2 p.m.

Having survived the all-county matching with Oxnard, No. 10 Moorpark College men's soccer (12-6-2) visits No. 2 Mount San Antonio (16-1-3), the 2007 state champion and 2008 state finalist, in Walnut at 2 p.m.

No. 4 Moorpark College women's volleyball (19-2) hosts No. 13 Mount San Antonio College (13-8).

With the women's soccer and women's volleyball teams hosting postseason games and men's soccer on the road, Tuesday should be a memorable day at Moorpark College.

Today's winners advance to Saturday's regional finals. The soccer Final Four is Dec. 4 and 6 at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento. The volleyball Great Eight is Dec. 4-6 at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton.

Burkhart on CC volleyball playoffs

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Moorpark College women's volleyball coach Steve Burkhart on the Southern California regional playoffs, in which the Raiders were seeded No. 4 Sunday:

"We don't know too much about (semifinal opponent) Mount SAC. We haven't had much contact with them. I'm sure they've got good players.

"This is probably one of the strongest 1-16 draws that we've had in a long time. Usually, you're down to 12-13 and there are some teams that have struggled, but 12-16 teams this year are equally of capable of winning matches."

MC women's volleyball seeded No. 4 in SoCal regionals

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The Moorpark College women's volleyball team (19-2), the Western State Conference North Division co-champion, was seeded No. 4 in the Southern California regional playoff pairings released Sunday morning.

The Raiders will host No. 13 Mount San Antonio (13-8) Tuesday night in a regional semifinal at Raider Pavilion.

The WSC North earned two of the Top 4 bids as co-champion Santa Barbara (20-2) was seeded No. 3.

The full field:

No. 16 Antelope Valley (14-4) at No. 1 Pasadena City (22-1)
No. 9 Riverside (17-10) at No. 8 Bakersfield (18-5)
No. 13 Mount San Antonio (13-8) at No. 4 Moorpark (19-2)
No. 12 Palomar (16-4) at No. 5 Orange Coast (18-2)
No. 14 Fullerton (11-11) at No. 3 Santa Barbara City (20-2)
No. 11 Cerritos (14-7) at No. 6 Cypress (19-4)
No. 10 Golden West (13-10) at No. 7 Irvine Valley (14-4)
No. 15 San Diego Mesa (16-6) at No. 2 El Camino (23-2)

WSC Standings and Statistics

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WSC standings and statistics through Mon, Nov. 16:

WSC VOLLEYBALL
NORTH WSC PCT. GF GA SEASON PCT.
S Barbra 8-1 .889 25 6 19-2 .905
Moorpark 8-1 .889 26 5 18-2 .900
Ventura 5-4 .556 17 15 10-10 .500
Cuesta 4-5 .444 15 16 7-13 .350
Hancock 2-7 .222 6 22 6-12 .333
Oxnard 0-9 .000 2 27 5-11 .313
KILL PERCENTAGES (GP) ATT. KILLS ERRORS PCT.
1. Jen Waddill, Santa Barbara (80) 349 201 32 .484
2. Nicole Bergmann, Santa Barbara (80) 285 157 37 .421
3. Reisa Fessler, Bakersfield (73) 661 305 80 .340
4. Lindsey Wilcox, Canyons (73) 302 158 61 .321
5. Kaitlyn Henry, Cuesta (72) 173 69 16 .306
6. Mackenzie Sullivan, Cuesta (72) 679 286 85 .296
7. Danica Lawrence, Citrus (63) 255 121 48 .286
8. Corissa Alvarez, Bakersfield (70) 276 117 40 .279
9. Una Siljegovic, Moorpark (68) 518 221 78 .276
10. Kayla Cribbs, Cuesta (72) 380 152 48 .274
17. Kasey Ullery, Moorpark (63) 240 88 28 .250
19. Dominique Franz, Oxnard (22) 110 44 17 .245
20. Rachel Olinyk, Moorpark (67) 417 182 81 .242
26. Justine O' Connor, Ventura (72) 272 87 26 .224
Shanna Wright, Oxnard (22) 107 34 10 .224
28. Shakila Balkhi, Moorpark (67) 513 171 57 .222
30. Kayla Phipps, Ventura (67) 369 148 74 .201
32. Chelsea O' Mara, Ventura (58) 389 151 76 .193
38. Sandra Alvarez, Ventura (59) 226 75 43 .142
41. Anne Westbrook, Ventura (70) 260 83 50 .127
47. Shelbee Younce, Ventura (70) 564 153 96 .101

WSC MEN'S WATER POLO
TEAM WSC SEASON
Ventura (1) 4-0 19-5
Cuesta (2) 3-1 20-14
L.A. Valley (3) 1-3 10-16
Citrus (4) 2-2 14-15
Santa Monica (5) 0-4 1-21
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONSLS
Cuesta 13, Ventura 12
Long Beach City 17, Cuesta 6
Riverside City 11, Cuesta 8

WSC WOMEN'S WATER POLO
TEAM WSC SEASON
Ventura (1) 4-0 18-5
Citrus (2) 3-1 15-11
Cuesta (3) 2-2 12-19
Santa Monica (4) 1-3 7-18
L.A. Valley (5) 0-4 5-20
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONALS
Long Beach City 7, Ventura 6

WSC MEN'S SOCCER
TEAM WSC POINTS SEASON
S Barbra 9-1-4 31 9-6-5
Canyons 9-3-2 29 12-6-2
Moorpark 9-4-1 28 11-6-2
Oxnard 7-4-3 24 11-6-4
LA Missio 7-4-3 24 10-8-3
Hancock 3-8-3 12 5-12-4
Glendale 3-10-1 10 5-14-2
Citrus 0-13-1 1 2-16-2
SEASON SCORING LEADERS GOALS ASSISTS POINTS
1. Andres Bueno, Canyons 21 10 52
2. Rosario Bras, Hancock 13 4 30
3. Nate Lytle, Oxnard 10 5 25
4. Jorge Serrano, Canyons 8 7 23
5. Emigdio Ramirez, Oxnard 7 6 20
6. Danny Molineaux, Santa Barbara 7 5 19
Armando Torres, Allan Hancock 3 13 19
8. Tito Anguiano, Oxnard 8 2 18
9. William Velasquez, L.A. Mission 8 1 17
Ahmad Yacoub, L.A. Mission 7 3 17
11. Max Madrigal, Oxnard 7 2 16
13. Jose Garcia, Moorpark 6 3 15
16. Gerardo Espinoza, Moorpark 6 2 14
17. Sam Nellis, Oxnard 5 3 13
20. Jerry Ponce, Oxnard 5 2 12
Fernando Zandarin, Moorpark 5 2 12
25. Jonathon Martinez, Oxnard 1 9 11

WSC WOMEN'S SOCCER
NORTH WSC PTS. SEASON
Moorpark 8-0-2 26 14-0-4
Ventura 8-1-1 25 15-3-1
S Barbra 5-3-2 17 10-4-6
Cuesta 4-5-1 13 5-11-3
Oxnard 2-8 6 3-14-1
Hancock 0-10 0 0-16
WSC SCORING TOTALS GOALS ASSISTS POINTS
1. Jaz Strozier, Ventura 27 3 57
2. Kelly Deckers, Santa Barbara 17 8 42
3. Terryn Soelberg, Bakersfield 17 5 39
4. Alyssa McDonald, Ventura 7 18 32
Monique Orocio, Ventura 13 6 32
12. Yadira Toraya, Ventura 5 8 18
16. Taylor Benton, Ventura 7 1 15

The Golden rule

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Steve Burkhart had an interesting spin on the Moorpark College women's volleyball team's dramatic five-game loss at Santa Barbara City Tuesday night, when the Raiders saw their 11-match overall and 18-match conference winning streaks snapped.

"For 17 years, we've watched Golden West lose about this time and use the experience to refocus," said the Moorpark coach.

The theory matches the coaching adage that you learn a lot more about yourself from a loss than you do from a winning streak.

The Huntington Beach school has 17 state championships.

Gaining Altitude

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The Oxnard College women's volleyball team may be struggling in WSC North play, having lost all eight conference matches, but coach David Fischer deserves some credit upgrading the program this season.

The Condors may only be 6-10 overall, but the program had won only 17
of its previous 125 matches dating back to 2001.

"Dave's doing a fine job," said Crawford.

Santa Barbara pulls even with MC volleyball

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The Moorpark College women's volleyball team had emerged from a dramatic third game on the brink of clinching its second straight Western State Conference title.

That's when Santa Barbara City began defending its home court.

Maria Mayer, Nicole Bergmann and Emelia Shugrue had 13 kills apiece as Santa Barbara City, ranked No. 6 in the state coaches poll, came roaring back to take the fourth game and a decisive fifth game, 15-11, to win its 15 straight home match and pull within a flat-footed tie with No. 6 Moorpark Tuesday night.

"They really stepped it up and we just didn't respond," said Moorpark coach Steve Burkhart. "I thought they played better defense and out-transitioned us."

Things fell apart for the Raiders after gutting out the third game, 28-26, to take a 2-1 lead.

"We lost our composure a little bit in that fourth game and it went to the fifth game, where anything can happen," said Burkhart.

The Vaqueros (17-2, 7-1) were led by star middle blockers Bergmann and Jenn Waddill, who hit .440 and .346, respectively, in combining for 24 kills.

Una Siljegovic 19 kills and three blocks, Rachel Olinyk had 10 kills and five blocks and Mimi Sander had 26 digs for Moorpark (17-2, 7-1), which had dropped just two games in winning 11 straight matches overall, including a four-game win over the Vaqueros at Raider Pavilion on Oct. 20.

"I wasn't disapointed with our effort," said Burkhart. "I know the girls are disappointed with the loss."

The Raiders, who had won 19 straight in WSC North play since Nov. 2007, face the tough road trip to Cuesta Friday.

"We just go back to work," said Burkhart. "We've got a tough game on Friday. We're going to have to respond."

MC women's volleyball looking to clinch WSC North

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Looking to clinch the WSC North, the No. 4-ranked Moorpark College volleyball team has split the first two games at No. 6 Santa Barbara City, 25-20 and 20-25.

Moorpark took a 2-1 lead by winning a dramatic third game, 28-26.

UPDATE: But SBCC came roaring back to take the fourth game, 25-18, and a 7-3 lead in the decisive fifth game.

MC volleyball sticks at No. 4

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The Moorpark College women's volleyball team stands tall at No. 4 in the state coaches' poll ahead of Tuesday night's showdown with No. 6 Santa Barbara City.

Click the jump for the full poll.

WSC Standings

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Western State Conference standings through Monday, Nov. 9:

WSC VOLLEYBALL
NORTH WSC PCT. GF GA SEASON PCT.
Moorpark 7-0 1.000 21 2 17-1 .944
S Barbra 6-1 .857 19 4 17-2 .895
Ventura 3-4 .429 11 15 8-10 .444
Cuesta 3-4 .429 12 13 6-12 .333
Hancock 2-5 .286 6 16 6-10 .375
Oxnard 0-7 .000 2 21 5-9 .357

WSC MEN'S SOCCER
WSC POINTS SEASON
S Barbra 8-1-3 27 8-6-4
Canyons 8-3-1 25 11-6-1
Moorpark 7-4-1 22 9-6-2
Oxnard 6-3-3 21 10-5-4
LA Missn 6-3-3 21 9-7-3
Hancock 3-6-3 12 5-10-4
Glendale 2-9-1 7 4-13-2
Citrus 0-11-1 1 2-14-2

WSC WOMEN'S SOCCER
NORTH WSC PTS. SEASON
Moorpark 8-0-2 26 14-0-4
Ventura 6-1-1 19 13-3-1
S Barbra 4-2-2 14 9-3-6
Cuesta 3-4-1 10 4-10-3
Oxnard 2-8 6 3-14-1
Hancock 0-8 0 0-14

WSC MEN'S WATER POLO (FINAL)
STANDINGS WSC SEASON
Ventura (1) 4-0 19-4
Cuesta (2) 3-1 19-12
L.A. Valley (3) 1-3 10-16
Citrus (4) 2-2 14-15
Santa Monica (5) 0-4 1-21
WSC Championships: L.A. Valley 14, Santa Monica 10; Ventura 13, L.A. Valley 8; Cuesta 14, Citrus 7; L.A. Valley 10, Citrus 6 (3rd place); Ventura 13, Cuesta 6 (championship)

WSC WATER POLO (final)
TEAMS WSC SEASON
Ventura (1) 4-0 18-4
Citrus (2) 3-1 15-11
Cuesta (3) 2-2 12-19
Santa Monica (4) 1-3 7-18
L.A. Valley (5) 0-4 5-20
WSC Championships: Santa Monica 6, L.A. Valley 4; Ventura 16, Santa Monica 6; Citrus 10, Cuesta 6; Cuesta 19, Santa Monica 12 (3rd place); Ventura 7, Citrus 6 (championship)


It all comes down to this

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A decisive few days for the fall season arrives this weekend.

Looking to defend their conference titles, the Ventura College men's and women's water polo teams will be the top seeds at this weekend's Western State Conference championships at Los Angeles Valley College.

The two teams went a combined 8-0 in WSC play. Both will face the winner of a preliminary march between host Valley and Santa Monica Friday.

The Ventura men (17-4), ranked No. 4 in the state, have won seven of its past eight games behind firepower like Spencer McGrath (52 goals, 20 assists), Mike Crowley (52 goals, 19 assists) and Tyler McClure (44 goals).

The Ventura women (16-4) have been led by the offense of sophomore Carly Clark, who has 91 goals, and the defense of sophomore Mary Dugan, who will defend high-scoring Citrus driver Meghan Turner should the two teams meet in Saturday's title game.

Turner has scored just one of her 72 goals in a pair of Ventura 13-8 wins over Citrus.

"We're pretty aware of what she can do," said Ventura coach Mary Giles. "We're really good defensively this year."

Two years after the Moorpark College women's soccer team ended cross-county rival Ventura's 10-year hole on the WSC North by clinching the title with a scoreless draw at the VC Sportsplex, the two teams will find themselves in the same place, in a similar situation Friday night at 5:30.

First-place Moorpark (13-0-3, 8-0-1) can clinch its second title in three years with a win or a draw. Second-place Ventura (13-3), 7-1) can top the table with a win.

"It's basically the same situation," said Ventura coach Steve Hoffman. "It's one of those games when you know you have to step up and do your thing.

"It's an interesting match. We know what we have to do. We have to go and try to win the game."

Moorpark earned its advantage with a 1-0 home win over Ventura on Oct. 13.

"I think we played pretty well the first time around, we just didn't finish in front of goal," said Hoffman. "We've got to deal with their speed and they defend awfully well."

The game features two of the high-scoring attackers in the state in Ventura's Jazmarae Strozier and Moorpark's Lindsey McClellan.

Strozier, the Buena High product whose father, Clint, played football for Moorpark, leads the state with 22 goals. Moorpark does not post its statistics.

"I think we're just going to play the best we can," said McClellan. "Hopefully it all works out."

The Moorpark College women's volleyball team (14-1, 6-0), ranked No. 4 in the state, can take a two-match lead in the WSC North if it extends its conference winning streak to 19 matches Tuesday at second-place Santa Barbara City (16-2, 5-1).

Five of the six local programs qualified for Saturday's Southern California cross-country championships at the familiar hilly course at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut.

Oxnard and Ventura college, which qualified both its men's and women's teams with solid finishes at last week's WSC Championships, is aiming for the Top 14 finishes that would mean a state meet berths.

"That would be really good," said Oxnard coach Gino Sharp. "It's difficult to just send one team."

Although like many local programs, the Pirates have been stricken by illness.

"It's a hard time of the year to keep everyone healthy, especially this year," said Ventura College coach Nancy Fredrickson. "It's gone through the entire team."

VC starts fast, Moorpark finishes

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Leave it to its cross-county rivals to get the cruising Moorpark College women's volleyball team into gear.

Host Ventura opened eyes by taking the first game before the Raiders, ranked No. 4 in the state coaches poll, responded Tuesday night with a four-game victory, 23-25, 25-16, 25-14, 25-16.

Una Siljegovic had 20 kills, 11 digs and four blocks, Shakila Balki had 12 kills and 20 digs and Rachael Olinyk had 15 kills and four blocks as Moorpark (14-1, 6-0) pushed its winning streaks to 10 straight overall and 18 straight in Western State Conference North Division play dating back to Nov. 2007 with its fifth straight win over its pesky rival.

"They played hard in the first game and kind of took it to us a little bit," said Moorpark coach Steve Burkhart. "But we responded well. I was really was pleased with that."

Sandra Alvarez had seven kills, Justine O'Connor had 24 assists and Andrea Bennent had 17 digs for Ventura (8-9, 3-3), which taught the WSC North leaders a vital lesson.

"Teams are going to come after you," said Burkhart. "It doesn't matter what their record is. It's a good lesson for our girls to learn.

"I thought it was a great effort by VC. They did a lot of good things out there."

Kayla Phipps, Ventura's 6-foot-2 middle, had six kills and three blocks on the right side.

"She's a big block and we hit it a lot," said Burkhart. "I think it worked for them a little bit to have her over there."

It also made Moorpark work a little harder.

"They were fired up," said Ventura coach Mandy Rodriguez of her team. "They wanted to come out ... and show Moorpark they could play with them.

"They played with a ton of heart and forced Moorpark to step up their game."

WSC Standings

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WSC Standings through Monday, Nov. 2

WSC VOLLEYBALL
NORTH WSC PCT. GF GA SEASON PCT.
Moorpark 5-0 1.000 15 1 15-1 .938
S Barbra 4-1 .800 13 4 15-2 .882
Ventura 3-2 .600 9 9 8-8 .500
Cuesta 2-3 .400 9 9 5-11 .313
Hancock 1-4 .200 3 13 5-9 .357
Oxnard 0-5 .000 2 15 5-7 .417

WSC MEN'S WATER POLO
TEAM WSC SEASON
Ventura 4-0 17-4
Cuesta 3-1 18-11
Citrus 2-2 14-13
LA Valley 1-3 8-15
S Monica 0-4 1-20

WSC WATER POLO
TEAM WSC SEASON
Ventura 4-0 16-4
Citrus 3-1 14-10
Cuesta 2-2 11-18
S Monica 1-3 6-16
LA Valley 0-4 5-19

WSC MEN'S SOCCER
TEAM WSC POINTS SEASON
S Barbara 7-0-3 24 7-5-4
Canyons 7-3 21 10-6
Moorpark 6-4 18 8-6-1
Oxnard 5-3-2 17 9-5-3
LA Mission 5-3-2 17 8-7-2
Hancock 2-5-3 9 4-9-4
Glendale 2-7-1 7 4-11-2
Citrus 0-9-1 1 2-12-2

WSC WOMEN'S SOCCER
NORTH WSC PTS. SEASON
Moorpark 7-0-1 22 12-0-3
Ventura 5-1 15 12-3
S Barbra 3-2-2 11 8-3-5
Cuesta 3-3-1 10 4-9-3
Oxnard 2-6 6 3-12-1
Hancock 0-8 0 0-12

WSC Standings

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WSC Standings through Monday, Oct. 26:

WSC VOLLEYBALL
NORTH WSC PCT. GF GA SEASON PCT.
Moorpark 4-0 1.000 12 1 14-1 .933
Ventura 3-1 .750 9 6 8-7 .533
S Barbara 2-1 .667 7 3 13-2 .867
Cuesta 1-2 .333 5 6 4-10 .286
Hancock 1-3 .250 3 10 4-8 .333
Oxnard 0-4 .000 2 12 5-6 .455

SOUTH
Bakersfld 5-0 1.000 15 3 12-4 .750
Canyons 5-1 .833 16 4 12-6 .667
Glendale 4-1 .800 12 6 8-7 .533
Pierce 2-3 .400 8 10 6-12 .333
Citrus 2-3 .400 9 9 4-9 .308
S Monica 0-5 .000 2 15 2-10 .167
West L.A. 0-5 .000 0 15 0-9 .000

WSC MEN'S WATER POLO
WSC SEASON
Ventura 3-0 16-4
Cuesta 3-1 17-11
Citrus 1-2 12-13
LA Valley 1-2 8-14
S Monica 0-3 1-19

WSC WOMEN'S WATER POLO
WSC SEASON
Ventura 3-0 15-4
Citrus 2-1 13-10
Cuesta 2-2 11-17
Santa Monica 1-2 6-15
L.A. Valley 0-3 5-16

MEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS
WSC POINTS SEASON
S. Barbara 6-0-2 20 6-5-3
Canyons 6-2 18 9-5
L.A. Mission 4-2-2 14 7-6-2
Oxnard 4-3-1 13 8-5-2
Moorpark 4-4 12 6-6-1
Glendale 2-5-1 7 4-9-2
Hancock 1-4-3 6 3-8-4
Citrus 0-7-1 1 2-10-2

WSC WOMEN'S SOCCER
NORTH WSC PTS. SEASON
Moorpark 5-0-1 16 9-0-2
Ventura 5-1 15 11-3
S Barbara 3-1-2 11 8-2-5
Cuesta 2-3-1 7 3-8-3
Oxnard 1-5 3 2-11-1
Hancock 0-6 0 0-10

SOUTH WSC PTS. SEASON
Pierce 8-0 24 12-1-1
Santa Monica 5-1-2 17 8-2-5
Bakersfield 4-2-2 14 7-4-2
Canyons 3-2-3 12 5-6-4
L.A. Valley 4-4 12 6-7-1
Glendale 2-4-2 8 4-6-4
Citrus 1-6-1 4 3-9-3
L.A. Mission 0-8 0 2-11-1

Playing against cancer

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A least two community college programs will feature cancer-fighting benefits at their upcoming events. Fans can join the fight on the next two Friday nights.

The Moorpark College women's volleyball team will be holding their "Dig for the Cure" event Friday, when it hosts Cuesta at Raider Pavilion.

The Ventura College women's soccer team will be holding a "Shirt off their backs" auction during its Oct. 30 home match against Fresno City.

No. 3 MC Vball takes showdown with No. 7 SBCC

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The Moorpark College women's volleyball team walked the service line
in Tuesday night's Western State Conference showdown.

The Raiders, ranked No. 3 in the state, used effective serving to keep
the WSC's top two hitters, Jen Waddill and Nicole Bergmann, off
balance in a four-game win over No. 7 Santa Barbara City at Raider
Pavilion.

"That was really one of the key things," said Moorpark coach Steve
Burkhart. "We had a really good gameplan going into this match and we
really executed it."

Middle blocker Rachel Olinyk had 16 kills and four blocks, outside
hitter Shakila Balkhi had 16 kills and libero Mimi Sandler had 39 digs
as Moorpark (13-1) improved to 3-0 in WSC North play with a 25-20,
24-26, 25-22, 25-18.

Despite the top two hitters in WSC hitting percentage, Santa Barbara
fell to 12-2, 1-1.

"We got it done," saud Burkhart. "Our overall team passing and defense
really was the best it's been."

Ventura 3, Hancock 0: Sandra Alvarez had eight kills, Justine O'Connor had 22
assists, Andrea Bennett had 18 digs and Anne Westbrook had five blocks as Ventura (7-7, 2-1 WSC North) swept 25-20, 25-19, 25-18.

Cuesta 3, Oxnard 0:Outside hitter Andi Perez led the way offensively for Oxnard (6-5, 0-3 WSC North), which fell 25-16, 25-16, 25-10.

WSC Standings

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WSC Standings through Mon., Oct. 19:

WSC VOLLEYBALL
NORTH WSC PCT. GF GA SEASON PCT.
Moorpark 2-0 1.000 6 0 12-1 .923
S. Barbr. 1-0 1.000 3 0 12-1 .923
Ventura 1-1 .500 3 5 6-7 .462
Hancock 1-1 .500 3 4 4-6 .400
Cuesta 0-1 .000 2 3 3-9 .250
Oxnard 0-2 .000 1 6 5-4 .556
SOUTH
Bakersfld 3-0 1.000 9 2 10-4 .714
Canyons 3-1 .750 10 4 9-6 .600
Glendale 3-1 .750 9 4 7-7 .500
Citrus 2-1 .667 7 3 4-7 .364
Pierce 1-2 .333 4 7 5-11 .313
West L.A. 0-3 .000 0 9 0-7 .000
S Monica 0-4 .000 2 12 2-9 .182

WSC MEN'S WATER POLO
TEAMS WSC SEASON
Ventura 2-0 12-3
Cuesta 2-1 14-9
Citrus 1-1 10-10
LA Valley 1-1 6-11
S Monica 0-3 0-16

WSC WOMEN'S WATER POLO
TEAM WSC SEASON
Ventura 2-0 10-4
Citrus 2-0 13-9
Cuesta 1-2 8-15
S Monica 1-2 6-15
LA Valley 0-2 5-15

WSC MEN'S SOCCER
TEAM WSC POINTS SEASON
Santa Barbara 5-0-1 16 5-5-2
Canyons 4-2 12 7-5
L.A. Mission 3-2-1 10 6-6-1
Oxnard 3-2-1 10 7-4-2
Moorpark 3-3 9 5-5-1
Hancock 1-2-3 6 3-6-4
Glendale 1-4-1 4 3-8-2
Citrus 0-5-1 1 2-8-2

WSC WOMEN'S SOCCER
NORTH WSC PTS. SEASON
Moorpark 4-0-1 13 8-0-2
Ventura 3-1 9 9-3
S Brbara 2-0-2 8 7-1-5
Cuesta 1-2-1 4 2-7-3
Oxnard 1-4 3 2-10-1
Hancock 0-4 0 0-8
SOUTH WSC PTS. SEASON
Pierce 6-0 18 10-1-1
Bkrsfld 4-1-1 13 7-3-1
Canyons 3-1-2 11 5-5-3
S Monica 3-1-2 11 6-2-5
LA Valley 2-4 6 4-7-1
Glendale 1-3-2 5 3-5-4
Citrus 1-4-1 4 3-7-3
L.A. Mission 0-6 0 2-9-1

MC volleyball up to No. 3 in the state

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The Moorpark College women's volleyball (11-1) rose two places to No. 3 in the state coaches' poll released earlier this week, before the Raiders swept rival Ventura.

As it stands right now, Tuesday's WSC North showdown between Moorpark and Santa Barbara City would involve the state's No. 3- and No. 7-ranked teams.

Click the jump for the full poll.

Moorpark doubles up on Rivalry Tuesday

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The eastern half of the county scored a decisive victory on Rivalry Tuesday.

Lindsey McClellan's first half goal lifted the unbeaten Moorpark College
women's soccer team over nationally ranked Ventura College, 1-0, Tuesday
afternoon.

The Moorpark College women¹s volleyball team, ranked No. 3 in the state
coaches' poll, followed that cross-county rivalry Raiders victory with one
of its own, in three games, at home on Tuesday night.

"We talked about the soccer win before our match," said Moorpark volleyball
coach Steve Burkhart. "It inspired us."

Moorpark had previously beaten Ventura in women¹s soccer once in the teams'
previous 27 meetings dating back to 1996. That 1-0 home win helped the
Raiders win the 2007 Western State Conference title.

With McClellan's 12th goal of the season, finished on top of the box after cutting in from the wing, Moorpark (8-0-3) finished the first round of play in the WSC, having
outscored its opponents, 18-1.

Una Siljegovic had 14 kills and three blocks, Shakila Balkhi had nine kills
and Mimi Sander had eight digs as Moorpark (11-1) opened 1-0 in WSC North
play, 25-17, 25-16, 25-19.

"It's always a part of the goals," said Burkhart of winning the rivalry
match. "I thought we played pretty good defense, but we made a lot of
hitting errors."

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