Men's soccer

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Semifinal results, Tuesday

No. 8 Canyons at No. 1 Rio Hondo (postponed until Wed.)
No. 4 Santa Ana 3, No. 5 Golden West 2 (aet)
No. 3 Cerritos 3, No. 6 Los Angeles Harbor 2
No. 2 Mount San Antonio 1, No. 10 Moorpark 0

Final pairings, Saturday

No. 4 Santa Ana at No. 1 Rio Hondo (or No. 8 COC at SAC)
No. 3 Cerritos at No. 2 Mount San Antonio
(Winners advance to state Final Four in Sacramento, Nov. 4 and 6)

Women's soccer

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Semifinal results, Tuesday

No. 1 Santiago Canyon 1, No. 8 Cerritos 0
No. 4 Moorpark 1, No. 5 Cypress 1 (MC wins 4-2 on PKs)
No. 3 San Bernardino Valley 1, No. 6 Los Angeles Pierce 0
No. 2 Ventura 4, No. 7 Santa Monica 3 (aet)

Final pairings, Saturday

No. 4 Moorpark at No. 1 Santiago Canyon, 2 p.m.
No. 3 San Bernardino Valley at No. 2 Ventura, 5:30 p.m.
(Winners advance to state Final Four in Sacramento, Nov. 4 and 6)

After holding out for 79 minutes, the Moorpark College men's soccer team finally conceded to No. 2 Mount San Antonio College in Walnut.

The score is now final. Mount SAC will host one of two regional finals Saturday.

More to come.

No score at the half in Moorpark and Walnut.

No breakthrough in Moorpark, where No. 4 Moorpark College women's soccer team is hosting No. 5 Cypress.

Nor in Walnut, where the No. 10 Moorpark College men's soccer team is visiting defending state finalist Mount San Antonio.

Four local community college teams play regional semifinals today. We'll have all the live updates here and on the Twitter, which is feeded down the right hand side of this page.

Here's the schedule:

Community College men's soccer
Southern California regional semifinals: At 2 p.m.: Moorpark at Mount
San Antonio.

Community College women's soccer
Southern California regional semifinals: At 2 p.m.: Cypress at
Moorpark. At 5:30 p.m.: Santa Monica at Ventura.

Community College women's volleyball
Southern California regional semifinals: At 7 p.m.: Mount San Antonio
College at Moorpark

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.

Men's soccer

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Quarterfinal scores, Saturday

No. 8 Canyons 2, No. 9 Santa Barbara City 1
No. 5 Golden West 2, No. 12 San Diego City 0
No. 4 Santa Ana 5, No. 13 Cypress 0
No. 3 Cerritos 2, No. 14 Palomar 1
No. 6 L.A. Harbor 3, No. 11 Compton 1
No. 10 Moorpark 1, No. 7 Oxnard 0
(No. 1 Rio Hondo and No. 2 Mount SAC had byes)

Semifinal pairings, Tuesday
No. 8 Canyons at No. 1 Rio Hondo
No. 5 Golden West at No. 4 Santa Ana
No. 6 Los Angeles Harbor at No. 3 Cerritos
No. 10 Moorpark at No. 2 Mount San Antonio

Women's soccer

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Quarterfinal scores, Saturday

No. 1 Santiago Canyon 4, No. 16 Santa Ana 0
No. 8 Cerritos 4, No. 9 San Diego Mesa 0
No. 5 Cypress 3, No. 12 Orange Coast 0
No. 4 Moorpark 2, No. 13 San Diego Miramar 1
No. 3 San Bernardino Valley 3, No. 14 Bakersfield 1
No. 6 Los Angeles Pierce 2, No. 11 Mount San Antonio 1
No. 7 Santa Monica 2, No. 10 Riverside 0
No. 2 Ventura 2, No. 15 Antelope Valley 1 (ET)

Semifinal pairings, Tuesday

No. 8 Cerritos at No. 1 Santiago Canyon
No. 5 Cypress at No. 4 Moorpark
No. 6 Los Angeles Pierce at No. 3 San Bernardino Valley
No. 7 Santa Monica at No. 2 Ventura

Moorpark College men's soccer head coach Sean Roche on the Raiders 1-0 Southern California regional quarterfinal win over county-rival Oxnard Saturday afternoon:

"The game lived up to the expectation of what it would be. It was an even game, just the one goal, but everywhere else, it was even."

(Thanks to correspondent Ivan Yeo for the reporting)

The Moorpark College soccer teams owned Saturday afternoon's Southern California quarterfinals.

The visiting Moorpark men edged cross-county rival Oxnard, 1-0, on a 20th minute Oxnard own goal, when an attacking move by Moorpark strikers Gerardo Espinoza and Kevin Sanchez was deflected into the Condors net by an Oxnard defender.

The host Moorpark women got past No. 13 San Diego Miramar, 1-0. Natalee Flugum headed home Sinead Vaughan's near-post corner kick in the final minute of the first half.

Both teams advance to Tuesday's Southern California semifinals. The No. 10 Moorpark men will visit Mount San Antonio College, the 2007 state champion and 2008 state finalist. The No. 4 Moorpark women will host Orange County opposition, either No. 5 Cypress, a state powerhouse, or No. 12 Orange Coast.

Here's the playoff history this decade of the four county teams playing Southern California regional quarterfinals today around the county:

Oxnard College men's soccer team (1-2)
2008 L.A. Harbor L, 3-0
2007 Cerritos L, 2-1
Santa Barbara W, 3-2

Moorpark College men soccer (1-2)
2004 Santa Ana L, 3-1
Canyons W, 2-0
2003 Fullerton L, 4-0

Moorpark College women's soccer (2-7)
2008 L.A. Pierce L, 1-1 (PKs)
2007 Santa Barbara L, 3-0
2006 Santiago Canyon L, 6-0
Long Beach City W, 2-1
2005 Santiago Canyon L, 3-1
2004 Long Beach City L, 3-0
Rio Hondo W, 3-2
2003 Ventura L, 1-0
2002 Long Beach City L, 3-0

Ventura College women's soccer (6-9)
2008 San Diego Mesa L, 2-0
Southwestern W, 2-1
2007 Cerritos L, 3-1
2006 Orange Coast L, 1-0
2005 Grossmont L, 5-0
2004 Santiago Canyon L, 4-1
Mount SAC W, 4-0
2003 Cypress L, 2-0
Moorpark W, 1-0
2002 Cypress L, 2-0
Mount SAC, W 1-0
2001 Cuyamaca L, 2-1
Mount SAC W, 3-0
2000 Long Beach City L, 5-0
Grossmont W, 2-0

Click here for my preview of today's three local Southern California regional matches between four county teams, "County rivals set for playoff battle."

No. 7 Oxnard hosts No. 10 Moorpark at 2 p.m.

"We've been able to score goals and they've been able to score goals," said Moorpark coach Sean Roche. "It's going to be a good game, a little bit different than a run-of-the-mill league game."

"Like all Oxnard teams, we usually have the ball," said Oxnard coach Ross Greaney. "We have a lot of possession and we play pretty well on the ball."

Four local community college soccer programs will open the Southern California regional playoffs in the county Saturday, as the two men's teams were pitted against each other and the two women's teams earned Top 4 seeds when the pairings were released Saturday afternoon.

No. 7 Oxnard (11-6-4) will host No. 10 Moorpark (11-6-2) Saturday afternoon at 2 in a regional quarterfinal. Their last meeting in Oxnard produced a 4-2 thriller Oct. 9.

The Ventura College women's soccer team (16-3-1) was seeded second in the Southern California regional playoffs for the second straight season. The No. 2 Pirates will host No. 15 Antelope Valley (16-3) Saturday night at 7 in the regional quarterfinals.

The undefeated Moorpark College women's soccer team (14-0-4), which edged Ventura in the Western State Conference's North Division for the second time in three years, was seeded No. 4. The Raiders will host No. 13 San Diego Miramar (16-3-1), which features forward Nicole Petracca, who leads Southern California with 64 points (23 goals, 18 assists).

The host Moorpark College men's soccer team defeated first-place Santa Barbara City, 1-0, this afternoon to pull the Western State Conference race tighter.

The loss was the first by the Vaqueros (8-5-4, 8-1-3) in WSC play. Moorpark (9-6-2, 7-4-1) pulled within five points of Santa Barbara in the standings, 27 to 22.

The Oxnard College men's soccer team (10-5-4, 6-3-3) is a point back with 21 after defeating visiting Glendale, 1-0, Friday on Sam Nellis' goal set up by Johnny Martinez.

Freshman midfielder Jose Arrevalo scored with two minutes to play as the Oxnard College men's soccer team forced a 1-1 tie at county-rival Moorpark Tuesday afternoon.

Midfielder Joel Chaves won the ball in the 88th minute and found Arrevalo, who beat a pair of Raiders as he cut inside and finished his first goal of the season. Moorpark had taken the lead in the 80th minute on a full-field move.

"It was great that they battled at 1 o'clock in the heat," said Oxnard coach Ross Greaney of his team, which has been inundated with flu-like symptoms this week. "I was subsituting like a hockey coach."

With a win, Oxnard (9-5-4, 5-3-3) or Moorpark (8-6-2, 6-4-1) could have moved within striking distance of first-place Santa Barbara City in the Western State Conference. Instead, the Ventura County derby finished in a draw for the eighth time in 12 meetings.

Jose Garcia had a goal and an assist, Armando Gutierrez and Josh Hibbert scored and goalkeeper Victor Gonzalez added an assist to his clean sheet as the Moorpark College men's soccer team swept by visiting Citrus Tuesday afternoon.

Sam Nellis and Abel Pacheo each scored to pull host Oxnard within a goal at 2-1 and 3-2, respectively, but second-place College of the Canyons held on, 4-2, Tuesday afternoon.

Moorpark (6-5-1, 4-3) and Oxnard (7-5-1, 3-3-1) move to fourth and fifth place, seven and nine points behind leader Santa Barbara City (6-4-2, 6-0-1).

Max Madrigal had two goals and an assist and Alberto Anguiano, Abel
Pacheco, Emigdio Ramirez, Ernesto Ayala and Nate Lytle also scored as the Oxnard College men's soccer team thrashed host Glendale, 7-2, Tuesday night.

Meanwhile, Fernando Zandarin¹s third goal of the season gave the Moorpark College men's soccer team a sixth-minute lead, but host Santa Barbara City stayed atop the WSC standings with goals in stoppage time at the end of both halves to win, 2-1, at La Playa Stadium.

Oxnard (7-4-1, 3-2) and Moorpark (5-4-1, 3-2) are tied for third place through five rounds in the Western State Conference race.

Click the jump for my story on Friday's Ventura County derby between Oxnard College and Moorpark College, which didn't make our website:

There is no room for error when the Moorpark College and Oxnard College men's soccer teams meet.

The Ventura County derby, which resumes Friday afternoon at Oxnard College, has ended in a draw seven times in 10 meetings since 2004, including the last four meetings.

"It's a valuable game for both of us," said Moorpark coach Sean Roche. "We know it will be tough. We have to be on our game to get a win."

Moorpark (5-2-1) has opened up 3-0 in Western State Conference play following Tuesday's 3-2 win over visiting Hancock.

Featuring Gerardo Espinosa up front, Augie Cazarez on the left and Adrian Llamas in midfield, the Raiders have outscored conference opponents, 8-3.

"We have the most gifted attacking group that we've had in a number of years," said Roche. "That is what this team is about."

Oxnard (5-4-1, 1-2) has hit the skids since opening WSC play Sept. 29 with a late 1-0 win over Citrus that gave the Condors a five-game winning streak in which they outscored opponents 19-4.

Back-to-back losses to the two second-place teams, Santa Barbara City and Los Angeles Mission, has Oxnard needing a win to stay within touching distance of the leaders.

"Moorpark's always important, but now it's doubly so," said Oxnard coach Ross Greaney. "They're off to a good start."

Behind midfielders Max Madrigal, Abel Pacheco, Sam Nellis, Alberto Angiano and forwards Nate Lydle and Emilio Ramirez, the Condors have been a force in possession.

But after scoring in the first nine games of the season, the goals have dried up as Oxnard has been shut out in each of its past two games.

"We've had a lot of possession and a lot of great play, but just not the final pass or the final shot," said Greaney. "I'm happy with the way we're playing for most of the areas of the field, just not in front of the goal.

"If we start scoring, everything is going to fall into place."

Both teams are struggling with injuries at the back. Oxnard defensive midfielder Jonny Martinez has moved to center back because of injuries to Richie Vargas and Andres Herrera.

Neither team has been able to get three points from the derby since Moorpark's 2-0 win on Oct. 24, 2006 on goals by Luis Carmona and Rei Stern. Oxnard's last beat Moorpark, 1-0, on Oct. 25, 2005.

Juan Santiago and Adrian Llamas scored five minutes apart at the end of the
first half as the Moorpark College men¹s soccer team improved to 3-0 in the
Western State Conference with a 3-2 win over visiting Hancock on Tuesday
afternoon.

Santiago opened the scoring in the 39th minute. After Hancock immediately
equalized, Llamas dribbled 40 yards and finished the restore the Raiders
lead.

Kevin Sanchez added a third six minutes after the half for Moorpark (5-2-1,
3-0), who travels to Oxnard on Friday for the Ventura County derby.

Oxnard (5-4-1, 1-2 WSC) fell to visiting Los Angeles Mission (5-4-1, 2-0-1), who sits alongside Santa Barbara City in second place with seven points.

The Oxnard College women's soccer team fell 3-1 at Cuesta. Liz Gouvea scored in the 88th minute for the Condors (2-6-2, 1-2).

Through Monday, Oct. 6:

TEAM SEASON WSC PTS
Moorpark 4-21 2-0 6
L.A. Mission 4-4-1 1-0-1 4
Santa Barbara 1-5-2 1-0-1 4
Oxnard 5-3-1 1-1 3
Canyons 4-4-0 1-1 3
Hancock 2-5-2 0-1-1 1
Glendale 2-5-2 0-1-1 1
Citrus 2-5-1 0-2 0

The Moorpark College men's soccer team is the lone 2-0 team after two rounds of Western State Conference following Friday's 1-0 win at Glendale.

"After two games," said Moorpark coach Sean Roche.

Left midfielder Augie Cazarez set up Gerardo Espinoza's goal in the 57th minute.

"We had 17 shots, they had three," said Roche. "I know that soccer isn't a game of statistics, but that is legitimate. We had the larger percentage of the game.

"We had a lot of opportunities, good opportunities."

Meanwhile, Oxnard (5-3-1, 1-1) fell 2-0 under the lights at Santa Barbara City.

Among the goalscorers for the Vaqueros? Former Pacifica High and Oxnard College winger Danny Rodriguez.

Elsewhere, Los Angeles Mission beat Citrus 2-0 and Canyons gave Hancock a 4-0 hiding.

The Ventura County derby looms next Friday.

TEAM OVR WSC PTS
Moorpark 4-2-1 2-0-0 6
LA Mission 4-4-1 1-0-1 4
Santa Barbara City 1-4-2 1-0-1 4
Canyons 4-4-0 1-1-0 3
Oxnard 5-3-1 1-1-0
Hancock 2-5-2 0-1-1 1
Glendale 2-5-2 0-1-1 1
Citrus 0-4-0 0-2-0 0