James Ennis had 16 points, 13 rebounds and six assists tonight as the oxnard College men's basketball team improved to 3-3 with a 74-68 win over visiting Los Angeles Harbor at the Condor Center.

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).

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

Sophomore guard Ryan McLucas had 20 points, 10 rebounds and the game-clinching free throws and sophomore wing Craig Lee added 18 points and nine rebounds as the Condors shocked No. 3 Antelope Valley, 69-65, Friday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the "We Play Hard" tournament at Ventura College.

"It's a new year," said Lee.

"And we're changing things around," said McLucas.

Oxnard (1-1) had dropped the opening game in the eight-team November tournament in each of the past six years by an average margin of 84-60.

"This just goes to show that we're a pretty good team," said Oxnard coach Jason Cunningham.

Craig Lee scored 10 points and Ryan McLucas had seven as Oxnard opened a 29-16 lead on No. 3 Antelope Valley with 5:00 left in the first half of the opening quarterfinal of the "We Play Hard" men's basketball at Ventura College.

The Condors led 34-22 at the half behind 15 points from Lee and 7 points from James Ennis and Ryan McLucas.

Antelope Valley pulled to within six, 37-31, but 3s by Ryan McLucas, Bryce Showalter and James Ennis pushed Oxnard back ahead 48-37 with 10:10 to play.

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Here's my preview of the "We Play Hard" basketball tournament at Ventura College, which features all three local program.s

This weekend's "We Play Hard" men's basketball tournament, hosted by Ventura College, is a special treat for local community college fans.

For the first time in recent memory, all three local programs will play in the same tournament. Oxnard opens Friday's quarterfinals against powerful Antelope Valley at 1 p.m., Moorpark follows against Los Angeles Valley at 5 p.m. and Ventura hosts Orange Coast at 7 p.m.

"It should be a great atmosphere," said Ventura coach Will Cowen. "With everyone's budget the way it is, we should all try to stay local... It's better for everyone."

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.

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.

The Oxnard College men's basketball team leads 36-35 at the half at L.A. Trade Tech. Condors close first half on a 11-3 run.

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.

Both the men's and women's cross country teams for both Oxnard College and Ventura College finished in the Top 14 at this afternoon's Southern California championships at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut.

The finishes qualified all four teams for the California Community College championships Nov. 21 in Fresno.

VC men were eighth. VC women were 12th.

OC men were 12th and OC women were 14th.

MC women finished 20th.

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."

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.

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

The geographical structure of the Western State Conference's North Division along the 101 freeway is under threat.

Northern Western State Conference schools Cuesta, Hancock and Bakersfield colleges would leave the WSC for the Northern region, if an emergency proposal to realign California community college conferences were approved.

The measure, unveiled at Thursday's Commission on Athletics meeting in Burlingame, was tabled until December Friday morning by the COA board.

In the plan, the three schools would join the Central Valley Conference (Fresno, Sequoias, Merced, Modesto, ect.) and be replaced by Lancaster's Antelope Valley College, which is part of the Foothill Conference (San Bernardino Valley, Chaffey, ect).

Cuesta does not field a football team, but apparently Hancock and Bakersfield would remain in the Southern California Football Association, where they play in the Northern Conference with Ventura and Moorpark.

The management council also approved 19 minor cost containment items regarding the reduction of contests, dues and playoff seeding from April through 2012.

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

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).