Coast crushes foe, 7-0

Bryce Alderton

This time the Orange Coast College men’s soccer team was on the

opposite and better end of a shutout -- the winning end.

The Pirates evened their record at 1-1 after they defeated

Imperial Valley, 7-0, Tuesday afternoon at OCC in nonconference play

while not allowing Imperial Valley a single shot on goal. OCC had 18

shots on goal.

OCC scored six second-half goals after leading at halftime, 1-0.

“We were trying to force things in the first half instead of

getting back and letting things happen,” said assistant soccer coach

Kevin Smith. “In the second half we stayed tight defensively and

didn’t give the ball away that much. We played much smarter

all-around in the second half.”

Freshmen Miguel Ochoa, Derek Martell and Jarred Zitt each scored

two goals while Steve Jennings netted his first goal of the season in

the 12th minute to give the Pirates a 1-0 lead.

Ochoa, Reese, Steve Vellanoweth, Bobby Dulle, Joe Salinas and

Charles Thompson all had assists for the Pirates, who play at San

Diego Mesa today at 4 p.m.

Zitt scored his first goal in the 82nd minute, dribbling the ball

through a pair of defenders and blasting the ball above the

outstretched arms of Arabs’ goalkeeper Luis Miron. Zitt then scored

his second goal two minutes later, capitalizing on a rebound 10 yards

from the goal to fire a shot that slid under Miron.

The second half improved drastically according to Zitt, who said

players clumped together in the first half.

“We needed to spread out more and not charge in so much but take

our time,” said Zitt, a 5-foot-9, 135-pound freshman who played at

Edison High in Huntington Beach. “We needed to find a little space to

get in and score some goals.”