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Community College women's soccer

Southern California regional semifinals

Moorpark, VC still kicking:

Moorpark 1, Cypress 1 (MC 4-3 on PKs): Rappazzo, Raiders respond under pressure by Joe Curley in Moorpark.

Ventura 4, Cypress 3 (aet): Pirates prevail in overtime against Santa Monica on McDonald's goal by Danny Page in Ventura.

Community College women's volleyball

Southern California regional semifinals

Moorpark 3, Mount San Antonio 0: Moorpark sweeps into regional final by Joe Curley in Moorpark.

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)

Community College women's volleyball

Southern California regional semifinals, Tuesday

No. 1 Pasadena City def. No. 16 Antelope Valley, 3‐2 (25‐12, 19‐25, 25‐17, 20‐25, 15‐8)
No. 2 El Camino def. No. 15 San Diego Mesa, 3‐0 (25‐20, 25‐23, 25‐20)
No. 3 Santa Barbara def. No. 14 Fullerton, 3‐1 (18‐25, 25‐19, 25‐21, 25‐20)
No. 4 Moorpark def. No. 13 Mt. San Antonio, 3‐0 (25‐12, 25‐11, 25‐15)
No. 5 Orange Coast def. No. 12 Palomar, 3‐0 (25‐18, 25‐17, 25‐13)
No. 6 Cypress def. No. 11 Cerritos, 3‐0 (25‐13, 25‐16, 25‐21)
No. 7 Irvine Valley def. No. 10 Golden West, 3‐0 (25‐16, 25‐15, 25‐10)
No. 8 Bakersfield def. No. 9 Riverside, 3‐2 (25‐14, 22‐25, 25‐14, 21‐25, 15‐9)

Southern California regional finals, Saturday
No. 8 Bakersfield (18-5) at No. 1 Pasadena City (23-1)
No. 5 Orange Coast (19-2) at No. 4 Moorpark (20-2)
No. 6 Cypress (20-4) at No. 3 Santa Barbara City (21-2)
No. 7 Irvine Valley (15-4) at No. 2 El Camino (24-2)

(Winners move on to state tournament, Dec. 4-6)

Northern California regional semifinals, Tuesday

No. 1 Sacramento City d. No. 16 Napa Valley, 3‐0 (25‐16, 28‐26, 25‐13)
No. 2 Foothill d. Yuba, 3‐0 (25‐17, 25‐16, 25‐10)
No. 3 San Joaquin Delta d. No. 14 Shasta, 3‐0 (25‐15, 25‐18, 25‐15)
No. 4 Fresno City d. No. 13 De Anza, 3‐0 (25‐16, 25‐18, 25‐13)
No. 5 Santa Rosa d. No. 12 Feather River, 3‐0 (25‐14, 25‐23, 25‐15)
No. 11 Cabrillo d. No. 6 Butte, 3‐1 (21‐25, 26‐24, 25‐17, 27‐25)
No. 7 Sierra d. No. 10 Porterville, 3‐2 (27‐25, 23‐25, 25‐22, 22‐25, 15‐6)
No. 9 Diablo Valley d. No. 8 Gavilan, 3‐2 (25‐19, 24‐26, 25‐18, 23‐25, 15‐13)

A year ago, Alyssa McDonald watched from the bench as the Ventura College women's soccer team's playoff run came to an abrupt end.

This season, McDonald extended the Pirates postseason.

McDonald scored in the 103th minute as the Ventura College women's soccer team won twice in a postseason for the first time in its 14-year history with a 4-3 extra-time win over visiting Santa Monica College in the Southern California regional semifinals Tuesday night at the VC Sportsplex.

"We made history at Ventura College this year," McDonald, said, "We made it past the second round and we're going to go all the way this year."

After Ventura College missed two golden scoring opportunities midway through the first period of extra time, McDonald, who missed the 2008 postseason with a broken foot, took a pass just inside the penalty area, turned her defender around and slid a powerful low strike just beyond the grasp of the Santa Monica goalkeeper.

No. 2 Ventura will host No. 3 San Bernardino Valley, which beat No. 6 Los Angeles Pierce 1-0, Saturday in a Southern California regional semifinal.

(reporting from Danny Page)

No. 4 Moorpark College women's volleyball team sweeps No. 13 Mount SAC, 25-11, 25-11, 25-15 to advance to Saturday's regional final.

With strike partner Jazmarae Strozier on the bench with a leg injury, Alyssa McDonald restores the Ventura College women's soccer team's lead for, 4-3, in the 103rd minute.

After VC missed two golden opportunities midway through the first period of extra time, McDonald put the Pirates in front or a second time with a stunning solo effort reminiscent of Strozier.

McDonald took a pass just inside the penalty area, turned her defender around and slid a powerful shot just beyond the grasp of the Santa Monica goalkeeper.

UPDATE: Ventura still leads 4-3 in the 113th.

Rachel Olinyk's kill wraps up the second game for the Moorpark College women's volleyball game, 25-11.

The Raiders are a game away from moving on to Saturday's regional finals.

The No. 4 Moorpark College women's volleyball team won the first game of its Southern California regional semifinal with No. 13 Mount San Antonio College at Raider Pavilion 25-11.

Mount SAC scored five of the first seven points at Raider Pavilion. Una Siljegovic had Moorpark's first five points

Tied 8-8, Moorpark reeled off 13 of 14 points to take a 20-9 lead and force a Mounties timeout.

Game 1 ended where it started, with an Siljegovic kill.

Salgado's free kick with six minutes to play ties the match for Santa Monica, 3-3, at Ventura.

And Strozier is off the field and laying on the trainer's table. Not a good sign for the Pirates.

It's getting exciting at the VC Sportsplex. Xochitil Salgado equalized in the 59th minute for Santa Monica College, but Strozier restored the lead for the Ventura College women's soccer team, 3-2, three minutes later.

The Pirates continued to dominate play in the opening of the second half as Santa Monica didn't see a scoring opportunity until a corner kick in the 59th minute.

But that's all it took.

Santa Monica sophomore Salgado's near-perfect corner kick swerved untouched past Pirate goalie Aslyn Rau and evened the game at 2-2.

Again Strozier came to the rescue with a superb individual effort. Strozier fought off two defenders 20 yards from goal and curved the ball around McElroy, off the crossbar, and into the net to put the Pirates back in front, 3-2.

It was a world-class goal for the state's leading scorer.

(Danny Page reporting from Ventura)

The Ventura College women's soccer team leads visiting Santa Monica 2-1 at the half in the Southern California regional semifinals.

Sophomore Jessica Fogeltanz scored from Strozier to give Ventura a 2-1 lead in the 34th minute.

It was a well-worked team goal. Jennifer Arauz-Martinez played a short ball into Strozier, who swung a low cross into the penalty area. Lindsay Armenta stepped over Strozier's pass which fell perfectly for Jessica Fogeltanz, who slotted the ball home from 15 yards to put Ventura in the lead.

The Ventura College women's soccer team leads visiting Santa Monica 2-1 at the half in the Southern California regional semifinals.

Sophomore Jessica Fogeltanz scored from Strozier to give Ventura a 2-1 lead in the 34th minute.

It was a well-worked team goal. Jennifer Arauz-Martinez played a short ball into Strozier, who swung a low cross into the penalty area. Lindsay Armenta stepped over Strozier's pass which fell perfectly for Jessica Fogeltanz, who slotted the ball home from 15 yards to put Ventura in the lead.

Santa Monica takes the lead on the No. 2 Ventura College women's soccer team as Santos Tejada scores the opener in the 10th minute.

After a lengthy spell of dominant play from the Pirates, Tejada, a freshman, took a through ball on the right-hand side of the penalty area and chipped over on-rushing Pirate goalkeeper Aslyn Rau to put the Corsairs in front 1-0.

No. 7 Santa Monica is already only team to win at the VC Sportsplex this season.

But Ventura sophomore Jazmarae Strozier, the state leader in goals, equalizes five minutes later with her 29th goal of the season.

The Pirates seemed stunned after Santa Monica's opening goal, but turned to their star to pull them level.

Strozier found herself double-teamed on the edge of the penalty area but swept the ball to the right and fired a stunning 20-yard strike inside the near post to tie the game.

UPDATE: Sophomore Jessica Fogeltanz scores from Strozier to give Ventura a 2-1 lead in the 34th minute.

It was a well-worked team goal. Jennifer Arauz-Martinez played a short ball into Strozier, who swung a low cross into the penalty area. Lindsay Armenta stepped over Strozier's pass which fell perfectly for Jessica Fogeltanz, who slotted the ball home from 15 yards to put Ventura in the lead.

Kendall Dryer equalized from Ashley Cheney's free kick with 12 minutes to play and goalkeeper Katie Rappazzo came off the bench to save the game-clinching spotkick as the No. 4 Moorpark College women's soccer team moved past No. 5 Cypress 4-2 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw Tuesday afternoon in Moorpark.

The Raiders (16-0-4) advance to a Southern California regional final Saturday against top-seed Santiago Canyon (19-0-2) which features two of the state's three remaining unbeaten teams.

Santiago Canyon defeated No. 8 Cerritos, the two-time defending state champion, 1-0 in a rematch of the 2007 state final.

Two of today's four local semifinals are in the books. We'll have live coverage of the Ventura College women's soccer and Moorpark College women's volleyball teams semis at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively, here and on the Twitter feed down the right side of the page.

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.

Kendall Dreyer, whose heroics at Ventura clinched the WSC North for the Moorpark College women's soccer team, is a playoff hero as well.

Dryer scrambled home a corner with 12 minutes left as the Moorpark women equalized, 1-1, against visiting Cypress.

Regulation is over. The teams will now play extra time. .

Cypress forward Angie Silva pounced on a Moorpark mistake at the back to give the visitors a 1-0 lead in the 51st minute in the women's soccer regional semifinal.

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

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."