Coast socks it to the Rustlers, twice

The Orange Coast College women’s soccer team featured seven goal

scorers in its 9-0 Orange Empire Conference road victory over

district rival Golden West Tuesday.

OCC sophomore Jaycee Mahler, the school’s career scoring leader,

found the back of the net twice and increased her season total to 15

goals. Vanessa Rocha, Amber Blake, Lauren Cassity, Laurie Moore,

Nikki Saenz and Fernanda Velasco scored a goal each.

Cassity, Rocha and Marissa McGregor contributed two assists

apiece, while Saenz delivered one assist. OCC goalkeeper Heather

Metcalf recorded four saves.

The Golden West goalkeepers, Amber McMahon and Victoria Barragan,

combined for 22 saves.

The Pirates (12-1-1, 8-1-0 in OEC) built a 5-0 lead in the first

half. Golden West dropped to 4-8-0, 2-6-0.

* Orange Coast College’s men’s soccer team was a 5-0 winner over

Orange Empire Conference foe Golden West Tuesday, punishing the rival

Rustlers with four goals in the last 27 minutes to improve to 9-2-2,

2-0-2 in the OEC.

Freshman Miguel Ochoa scored twice and Derek Martell added a goal

and an assist.

Martel scored first in the early going, driving home a loose ball

just in front of the GWC goal for his fifth goal of the season.

Ochoa scored in the 63rd and 78th minute, the first off an assist

from Joel Sotolongo, the second off a deflection.

Muluwa Manda scored off assists from Martell and Bill McManus in

the 83rd minute, and Dante Zena was rewarded for some hard work with

3:00 left, blasting header into the back of the net off a loose ball

after Greg Reese drove and shot, the ball caroming into Zena’s range.

Josh Cotsenmoyer had four saves to post the shutout.

* In a college men’s game:

Fresno State stopped host Vanguard University, 3-1, in a Golden

State Athletic Conference duel.

Vanguard pulled into a 1-1 tie early in the second half on a

Jarrett Borrego score off a Nate Kramer assist, but Fresno Pacific

pulled ahead in the 55th minute and added some icing with 30 seconds

remaining.

Vanguard drops to 49-, 0-3 in the GSAC. Fresno Pacific improves to

6-4-1, 2-0-1.