"We couldn't hit a shot," said coach Will Cowen. "We're not playing very well right now."

Ventura, which was just 8 of 18 from the line, faces Long Beach City in Friday's consolation semifinals. Imperial Valley improved to 1-0.

A loss would get the Pirates hope for Saturday night's playoff women's soccer game with Antelope Valley, rather than watching the football team's Orange County Bowl game against Golden West in nearby Costa Mesa.

Coming off the first 0-10 season in school history, the Raiders can elect to remain in Southern California Football Association's top tier, the National Division, over the next two seasons or choose to step down into the lower tier, the American Division.

Schools have until Nov. 30 to make their appeal to the SCFA's competition committee, according to commissioner Jim Sartoris. Moorpark coach Jim Bittner said he would meet with athletic director Howard Davis next week to discuss the future of the program.

Asked his opinion, Bittner gave arguments for both sides before saying, "If I have the final word, we're going to stay (in the top tier) and fight."

"Recruiting is going to be a tough, tough thing (after going 0-10)," said Bittner. "But I sort of like staying where we are because at least I know the opponents.

"We have to make a quick decision."

The lower tier may seem perfect for a program on a school-record 11-game losing streak, but Moorpark, behind record-breaking quarterback Ian Shultis, was competitive to the bitter end of a winless season, tied 20-20 in the fourth quarter of losses at Pasadena City and Glendale and taking possession twice in the final four minutes of Saturday's Citrus Cup loss to Ventura with a chance to beat rival Ventura.

Plus, the talented freshmen who weathered the 2009 season would give the Raiders a fighting chance to win in 2010 as hungry, battle-hardened sophomores.

"Personally, I feel like we can compete against the teams that we played this year," said Shultis, the Thousand Oaks High product who broke nearly every Moorpark passing mark as a freshman. "I know our record shows that we didn't have the best season, but... I want to play the best teams out there and I want to stay in this league."

The SCFA competition committee reviews the schools' appeals and makes a reconferencing recommendation to Sartoris, who will make a final decision early next year.

"We just have to see who applies to move either up and down," said Sartoris. "Besides records, the competition committee is going to look at a lot of things, like the history of the program, the number of people on rosters, the number of full-time coaches

"There's a lot of inequities between our colleges and the main goal is to create competitive balance."

With that in mind, the coaches association disbanded the traditional conferences to create the two-tiered SCFA, modeled on the three-tiered structure in Northern California, before the 2008 season. This is its first round of reconferencing.

Moorpark has won 12 Western State Conference titles, made 17 postseason appearances and is just two years removed from perhaps the best two-year period in school history, when the Raiders won 19 games and made consecutive appearances in the Southern California regional playoffs.

"They have a great tradition there," said Sartoris.

Moorpark already decided to suspend its tradition-laden wresting program in August. If Moorpark did step down into the American Division, it would look like a match for the Pacific Division, which features local rivals Los Angeles Pierce and Valley. Pierce went on to win the division this fall after beating Moorpark for the first time in 25 years, 37-20, Sept. 5.

Commissioner Jim Sartoris said there was "strong sentiment" to make two major changes to the format of the Southern California regional playoffs.

Over the past two years, the champions of the lower-tier American Conference received automatic bids to the eight-team regional playoffs, the winner of which faced the winner of a two-team Northern California regional playoff in the state title game.

The result was state title game between a Southern California champion playing its 14th game and a Northern California champion playing its 12th game.

"It's difficult to play 14 games because of wear and tear," said Sartoris. "There's some negatives to that. Usually you're playing right into the middle of December and your students are in finals."

Satoris said there was a "good chance" that the future, in both regions, could see a four-team playoff field seeded by the coaches' poll, rather than automatic bids.

"There is consideration for that to happen," said Sartoris. "Everything is on the table right now."

Another proposal is an eight-team regional field seeded by the coaches' poll, without automatic bids for conference champions.

Under that plan, El Camino (8-2) and Saddleback (8-2) -- two of the top teams in the state who finished third in top-tier conferences -- would have made the playoffs this year instead of Pacific Division-winner Pierce and Mountain Division-winner Los Angeles Harbor of the lower tier.

The coaches association's executive committee will meet soon after the New Year to determine the final proposal for the COA Board to consider in the spring, according to Satoris.

"By Jan. 15, we'll have a position in our association," said Satoris. "There's a lot of things going on. "

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 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

Week 10 Scores
Ventura 41, Moorpark 27
Bakersfield 24, Canyons 9
Pasadena City 38, Glendale 22
Hancock, bye

Week 10 Standings
Bakersfield 9-1 6-0
Hancock 9-1 5-1
Ventura 7-3 4-2
Canyons 6-4 3-3
Pasadena City 5-5 2-4
Glendale 4-6 1-5
Moorpark 0-10 0-6

Week 11 Schedule

First-round SoCal playoff/bowl games - Nov. 21 (seedings based on final SoCal rankings)

Southern California Bowl at Mt. San Antonio College (Walnut), Time TBA
#1 Mt. San Antonio (9-1, Central Conference champios) vs. #8 L.A. Pierce (7-3, Pacific Conference co-champion)

American Bowl at Fullerton College, Time TBA
#2 Fullerton (9-1, Southern Conference champion) vs. #7 L.A. Harbor (9-1, Mountain Conference co-champion)

National Bowl at Cerritos College (Norwalk), Time TBA
#3 Cerritos (9-1, Central Conference runner up) vs. #6 Palomar (8-2, Southern Conference runner up)

Golden Empire Bowl at Bakersfield College, 3 p.m.
#4 Bakersfield (9-1, National Conference champion) vs. #5 Allan Hancock (9-1, National Conference runner up)

Winners advance to Southern California semifinals, to be hosted by higher seed on Nov. 28. SoCal Championship scheduled for Dec. 5 at higher seed, State Championship on Dec. 12 at NorCal champion.

Bowl Games - Nov. 21 (non-playoff games)

Orange County Bowl at Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa), 5 p.m.
Ventura (7-3, Northern Conference third place) vs. Golden West (6-4, Mountain Conference co-champion)

Western State Bowl at Saddleback College (Mission Viejo), Time TBA
Saddleback (8-2, Southern Conference runner up) vs. Canyons (6-4, Northern Conference fourth place)

Beach Bowl at El Camino College (Torrance), Time TBA
El Camino (8-2, Central Conference third place) vs. Grossmont (7-3, Southern Conference fourth place)

The Oxnard College men's basketball team currently trails 41-39 to Orange Coast at halftime of the third-place game.

"Linfield's a program with a lot of tradition and we're excited to have an opportunity to compete with those guys. They've played some common opponents, so we've seen them on film when they played Occidental. ... I think we're going to like what we see. Obviously, any time you can go through a schedule where you're 9-0, they're going to be solid and be all that we can handle.

"But I feel good. We're healthy and looking forward to the challenge."

The teams have three common opponents: Williamette, Occidental and Pacific Lutheran. CLU lost its opener at Willamette 20-13; Linfield won 30-27, also at Willamette. Both won at Occidental (24-14 for CLU, 31-27 for Linfield) and at home against Pacific Lutheran (49-7 for CLU and 62-44 for Linfield).

It will be the third time the teams have met, all in the postseason. The previous meetings were first-round NAIA playoff games, with CLU winning 29-28 at home in 1977, and Linfield winning 20-16 at home in 1982.

Kickoff at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa is Saturday night at 5.

"It's a huge accomplishment for these guys," said Ventura coach Jon Mack. "We're excited. It's a great reward for a great season."

The Pirates were proud of a solid third-place finish in the difficult Northern Conference and were back to work Sunday, 12 hours after beating rival Moorpark in consecutive seasons for the first time in 23 years.

"We're flexing," said Mack. "We lost three games to three 9-1 teams."

All three of Ventura's losses came against Top 5 seeds in the Southern California regional playoffs. The Pirates finished tied for No. 9 in the final Southern California coaches' poll.

Golden West finished 6-1 in the American Division's Mountain Conference. It was kept out of the playoffs by a 35-32 loss to Los Angeles Harbor on Sept. 26.

The postseason pairings are No. 8 Los Angeles Pierce (7-3) at No. 1 Mount San Antonio (9-1), No. 5 Hancock (9-1) at No. 4 Bakersfield (9-1), No. 7 L.A. Harbor (9-1) at No. 2 Fullerton (9-1) and No. 6 Palomar (8-2) at No. 3 Cerritos (9-1).

The Southern California champion advances to play the winner of the Nov. 21 Northern California title game between San Mateo (9-1) and Reedley (6-4) in the Dec. 12 state championship game.

The postseason structure put in place during the Southern California Football Association's creation in 2008 includes berths for the three Northern Division conference champions (Mount SAC, Fullerton and Bakersfield), three Northern Division conference runners up (Cerritos, Hancock and Palomar) and the two conference champions from the lesser American Division (L.A. Harbor and L.A. Pierce).

In the other two non-playoff bowl, Saddleback (8-2) will play College of the Canyons (6-4) in the Western State Bowl and El Camino (8-2) will play Grossmont (7-3) in the Beach Bowl.

Making its first bowl appearance in eight years, Ventura scored 15 points during a three-minute span in the fourth quarter to upend host Palomar, 39-35, and confirm a 8-3 season in the 2007 Southern California Bowl.

The winner of that game plays the Mary Hardin-Baylor/Central (Iowa) winner.

In the other half of the bracket, Coe is at St. John's (Minn.) and St. Thomas (Minn) is at Monmouth.

The last team besides Mount Union to win the national championship, Linfield won the title in 2004. Mount Union has won the national title in 10 of the last 13 seasons. St. John's won the national title in 2003.

The 32-team tournament concludes with the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl in Salem, Va., on Dec. 19.

The final twist of a frigid evening of fluctuating momentum came five plays after Moorpark, needing seven points to halt a school-record 10-game losing streak, took over on its own 5-yard line with 2:02 to play.

Brown was spying Moorpark receiver Chris Gant, who caught 13 passes for 128 yards and three touchdowns to push his state-leading total to 16 touchdown receptions.

"I was playing him close," said Brown of Gant. "I knew he was the favorite target."

The Raiders (0-10) season of infamy was confirmed with one final miscommunication.

"It's the small things that have hurt us all season," said Moorpark quarterback Ian Shultis, who completed 36 of 57 passes for 310 yards and four touchdowns. "I called a slant. He thought it was a fade. Just another miscommunication."

Dominic Morris ran for 86 yards and a touchdown and caught the game-winning touchdown pass with 11:52 to play as Ventura (7-3) broke a two-game losing streak to sew up third place in the SCFA Northern Conference and a non-playoff bowl berth with its first winning streak over its cross-county rival in 23 years.

Ventura, which also evened the series 21-21, last beat Moorpark in consecutive seasons in 1984-85. Moorpark had won 19 of the previous 23 meetings.

Shultis converts a fourth and 4 from the VC 28 with a 15-yard pass to Andre Garcia.

Another fourth down conversion for Shultis, a 6-yard touchdown pass to Gant, pulls Moorpark within 27-21 with 29 seconds left in third quarter.

Gant now has three touchdown catches in the game and a state-high 16 on the season.

But after a long kickoff return from Jeremiah Stewart, Ventura needs only one play to make it 27-13 as Sims hits Nick Karam with a 47-yard scoring strike. A bad snap foils the point after.

Gant leads the state with now 14 touchdown receptions.

Shultis has completed 16 of 24 passing for 141 yards. Ventura has rushed for 129 yards on 25 attempts.