Is the Oxnard College women's soccer team the biggest threat to the defending champion Ventura women in the WSC North race?

Megan Williams scored as Oxnard (4-3-4) opened WSC North with a 1-1 tie at Santa Barbara City, ranked No. 14 in this week's national coaches poll, Tuesday night.

Asked if the result showed the rest of the division that the Condors will be in the title race, Oxnard coach Bill Propster responded, "It was a statement to ourselves."

Oxnard's improvement can be, in part, attributed to improvement at the back. It has conceded just 12 goals in 11 matches.

The Condors had been outscored 47-6 in its 12-game losing streak to Santa Barbara, which dated back to a scoreless draw in Nov. 2005.

Nine local products were included in the first team when the All-WSC North team was unveiled earlier this month.

The Ventura quintet of sophomore midfielder Megan Erskine, sophomore defender Evelyn Medina, freshman striker Daisy Cardona, freshman attacker Stephanie Hernandez and freshman attacker Yasmin Lepez were joined by the Moorpark trio of sophomore striker Marilyn Alvarez, sophomore forward Lynnae Davis and sophomore defender Samantha Gavirati; as well as Oxnard sophomore defender Jessica Martinez were first-team selections.

The second team included Ventura sophomore goalkeeper Raelene Moreno, freshman attacker Breanna Naranjo, freshman midfielder Shayna Petterson, sophomore midfielder Hannah Richie; Moorpark sophomore defender Mariiana Linares; Oxnard sophomore midfielder Alma Izquierdo and freshman striker Brittany Dubin.

Sophomore defender Kylee Haughton and freshman defender Rachel Jonas of Ventura; freshman midfielder Ryann Appell and freshman midfielder Taylor Hennings of Moorpark; and freshman goalkeeper Maria Lazano and freshman forward Megan Williams of Oxnard were among the honorable mention.

Brittany Dubin scored two first-half goals and Anilu Saldana added a late equalizer as the Oxnard College women's soccer team threatened visiting Santa Barbara City, the No. 5-ranked team in the county, in Tuesday's WSC North opener.

Despite the Vaqueros prevailing 4-3, second-year Oxnard coach Bill Propster was not disheartened.

"We would have liked to have gotten something out of the game, but we did some good things," said Propster. "We're trying to become a team that competes with the Santa Barbaras of the world, and we did."

Ashley Rodriguez and Ces Montaro created goals as Oxnard (2-4-3) jumped out to an early lead and responded to Santa Barbara's three-goal spurt just after halftime.

"We were able to create mistakes by them and take advantage of it," said Propster. "It's something we've been working on.

The fall season has kicked off, literally.

The Ventura College women's soccer team opened with a bang, thrashing host DeAnza College, 7-0, Saturday night in the Bay Area. Daisy Cardona, the freshman from Buena High, scored twice on her collegiate debut.

The Oxnard College women's soccer team has yet to concede a goal through two matches after a scoreless draw with Fullerton Saturday and a 1-0 win over Compton Tuesday. Freshman goalkeeper Maria Lazaro already has her first two collegiate clean sheets.

The Oxnard men open Friday at Chaffey College.

The Moorpark College soccer teams opened with losses Tuesday. The Moorpark women fell 2-0 to Antelope Valley. The Moorpark men fell 4-1 to Irvine Valley Tuesday. Freshman A.J. Felton scored on 55 minutes for the lone Raiders goal.

Featuring what may be a program record for sophomores, the Oxnard College women's soccer team will host its annual Seabreeze tournament this weekend

Second-year head coach Bill Propster will have as many as 12 sophomores at his disposal in the season-opening match against

Fullerton Saturday at 10 a.m., including captains Marlene Valdez and Jessica Martinez, as well as midfielder Alma Izaquierdo.

"Let's see if we can set a record here," said Propster, jokingly.

Citrus, East Los Angeles, Antelope Valley, Sequoias, MiraCosta and Sacramento City will also be in town for the tournament.

The Moorpark women will scrimmage a club team today at 4:30 p.m. before opening its season Tuesday at Antelope Valley.

Ventura College forward Monique Orocio was named the WSC North Player of the Year after the Pacifica High product completed a sophomore season with 21 goals and 14 assists, including a 10-game goalscoring streak, for the champion Pirates.

Head coach Steve Hoffman was honored as the WSC North Coach of the Year for the sixth time after the Pirates regained the WSC North title for the 13th time in his 15 years

The All-WSC North first team included sophomore striker Yadira Toraya, sophomore attacker Taylor Benton, sophomore midfielder Lindsay Armenta, sophomore midfielder Taylor Steele and freshman striker Victoria Burnell of Ventura; sophomore striker Lindsey McClellan, sophomore midfielder Briana Brooskin and freshman midfielder Katheryn Klamecki of Moorpark; and sophomore attacker Maricruz Magana of Oxnard.

The second team included sophomore Sabrina Munoz, freshman Evelyn Medina, freshman Whitney Rosenheim and freshman Hope Weber of Ventura; freshman Samantha Gavirati and freshman Lauren Kawamoto of Moorpark; and sophomore Ashley Arana and freshman Jessica Martinez of Oxnard.

Click the jump for the full team.

Every goal scored during the month of October will have even more meaning for the Ventura College women's soccer team.

The Pirates are collecting pledges for every goal they score during their "Score for the Cure" breast cancer drive. Local high schools, including Buena, Ventura, Pacifica, Camarillo, Rio Mesa and St. Bonaventure High, are also participating in the program.

Ventura is also selling t-shirts with their "Score for the Cure" logo.

The month-long drive will culminate with the Nov. 2 home match against Oxnard College, when the Pirates will auction off their special pink jerseys. Other auction items will include shirts of international stars like Thierry Henry and Rafael Marquez.

All proceeds will go to the Community Memorial Hospital cancer center.

Boosted by Oxnard College's 5-0 start, the three local women's soccer programs are unbeaten over the first nine matches games of the season, going 8-0-1.

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 Oxnard College women's soccer team limped to the final whistle. Literally.

The Condors (3-15-1) did not have enough healthy players to contest
their season finale Tuesday against WSC North champion Moorpark
because of a flurry of concussions, sprained ankles and knee ligament
tears.

"I know that's not the best way to (end a season)," said Oxnard
athletic director Jonas Crawford. "They're the walking wounded. We
have maybe 10 healthy players."

It should be noted that Oxnard did not forfeit a WSC North contest.
The two teams had already played their two conference matches. A
third, non-conference match was added when West Los Angeles dropped
its women's program in September.

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. 5:

NORTH OVR WSC PTS.
Moorpark 5-0-2 1-0-1 4
Santa Barbara 6-1-4 1-0-1 4
Ventura 7-2-0 1-0 3
Oxnard 2-7-1 1-1 3
Cuesta 1-6-2 0-1 0
Hancock 0-6-0 0-2-0 0

SOUTH OVR WSC PTS.
L.A. Pierce 6-1-1 2-0 6
Santa Monica 4-1-4 1-0-1 4
Bakersfield 4-2-1 1-0-1 4
L.A. Valley 3-4-1 1-1-0 3
Canyons 3-5-1 1-1 3
Glendale 2-3-3 0-1-1 1
Citrus 2-4-3 0-1-1 1
L.A. Mission 2-5-1 0-2-0 0

Ella Ambriz recorded an assist in each half as the Oxnard College women's soccer team drew 2-2 with Chaffey College in 100 degree temperatures at Rancho Cucamonga Monday afternoon.

Melissa Chavez and June Guillen scored for the Condors.

"The play started with a Maricruz Magana corner kick which went past the far post to Ambriz who volleyed the ball back across the goal mouth for a wide open Chavez to head into the goal," wrote Oxnard assistant coach Bill Propster of the first goal.

Propster also described the second goal:

"Ambriz got her second assist of the game when she won the ball in midfield, played a perfectly weighted through ball to send Guillen 1 on 1 with the Chaffey goalkeeper.

"Guillen calmly slid the ball past the keeper to the near post."

Ventura College's Jazmarae Strozier and Steve Hoffman took Player of the Year and Coach of the Year honors for the Western State Conference's North Division.

Strozier, a Buena High product, lead the WSC with 17 goals and 11 assists as a freshman. Hoffman coached the Pirates to their 12th WSC title in 13 seasons and a program best No. 5 ranking in the national coaches' poll.

They were joined on the All-WSC North first team by goalkeeper Adi Pimental, defender Alison McCartney, fullback Jessica Bowsman, forward Alyssa McDonald and forward Jocelyn Coney.

Ashley Cheney, Briana Miller and Dayne Theys of Moorpark and Samantha Lane and Anna Alatorre of Oxnard also earned first team honors.

The second team included Lauren Nelson, Leslie Simon, Jennifer Arauz-Martinez and Carissa Arce of Ventura; Kaitlin Walers and Christina Leon of Moorpark; and Ashley Sims and Natalie Magana of Oxnard.

Ventura's Jaimey Farranto and Courtney Meyers, Moorpark's Leanna Aceves and Katie Rappazzo, Oxnard's Ilse Zaragaza and Gabriela Ambriz, and Santa Barbara City's Laura Spivack, a Moorpark High product, earned honorable mention.

First half goals by Shannon Paulson and Christina Leon were enough for the Moorpark College women's soccer (6-1-1, 1-0) to trump Oxnard College Tuesday in the WSC North opener for both teams.

Anna Alatorre scored the lone goal for Oxnard (2-3-1, 0-1).

First-year head coach Janet Cassidy already has her first two wins for the Oxnard College women's soccer team.

The Condors (2-1-1) have beaten Rio Hondo, 1-0, and Los Angeles Mission, 3-2, and drawn 1-1 against Santa Monica, which has also earned early results against Moorpark and Ventura.

Freshman Samantha Lane, a Thousand Oaks High graduate, has already scored six goals for a team that includes 21 freshmen.

Forward Bianca Magana, goalkeeper Ashley Sims and Amanda Rodriguez are the Condors three returners from Mike Scanlon's last team.

Click the jump for the WSC standings from the first official release of the fall season by WSC sports information director Don Adams: