OCC men’s soccer: Pirates roll past Riverside

RIVERSIDE - The Orange Coast College men’s soccer team led for more

than 89 minutes Friday at Riverside and grabbed a 4-1 Orange Empire

Conference victory to improve to 10-3-, 6-2-1 in the OEC.

The victory gave the Pirates a season sweep over Riverside. OCC beat

the Tigers, 2-1, Sept. 26.

Josh Miller, Chris Wimmer, Geno Vitale-Sansosti and Aaron Siemers each

finished with a goal and an assist for the Pirates Friday.

Wimmer assisted Miller just 45 seconds into the game to give the

Pirates the early lead. In the seventh minute, Siemers assisted Wimmer to

double OCC’s lead. Miller assisted Vitale-Sansosti in the 23rd minute to

cap the first half scoring.

In the 69th minute, Vitale-Sansosti assisted Siemers to give the

Pirates a 4-0 lead. Riverside’s Monty MacGillivray scored on a penalty

kick in the 87th minute to break up OCC’s shutout bid.

Pirate goalie Hilario Arriaga (Estancia High) had five saves, while

backup Chris Coburn had three. Tiger keeper Roman Dominguez had eight.

With the victory, the Pirates have now tripled their win total from

last year, both overall and in conference play. OCC finished 3-14-4, 27-3

last season.