2013 Ventura College Women's Soccer News
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Pirates Reflect on Time at VC
June 02, 2014In a recently recorded video, recent Pirate alumnae Guadalupe Magaña, Shayne Wells and Taylor C'Debaca reminisce about their two years with the Ventura College women's soccer program. They talk about their experiences on the field and in the classroom. All three will be transferring to four-year schools in the fall: Magaña to Newberry College in South Carolina, Wells to San Diego Christian College and C'Debaca to Marymount California University. -
WSoccer Announces Signings
May 05, 2014Ventura College Head Women’s Soccer Coach Steve Hoffman is excited to announce five players from the 2013 squad have committed to play soccer at four-year colleges in the fall of 2014. Four sophomores will be transferring, including Guadalupe Magaña, who will attend Newberry College (SC) in the fall while Amanda Tewes will play at Oregon State. Dakota Thompson will attend Colorado Christian and Taylor C’debaca is moving on to Marymount California University. Freshman Ashley Borel will transfer to Cal State Bakersfield.
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Magaña Named All-American
December 18, 2013Ventura College sophomore Guadalupe Magaña, has become the 13th VC women's soccer player to earn All-American honors, as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Lupita, as she is know to her teammates, finished her career playing 3,888 minutes scoring 10 goal and collecting 16 assist for a total of 36 points. She was honored as a NSCAA All West selection in 2012 and made her way up to being named as one of 12 First-Team All-Americans in the country.
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Pirates Make All-WSC Soccer
December 09, 2013The Ventura College Pirate soccer team had 10 players honored with All-Western State Conference selections for the 2013 season as selected by the conference coaches last month. Four Pirates, sophomores Taylor C'debaca, Guadelupe Magaña and Amanda Tewes, along with freshman Abigail Littleton received first-team nods for their efforts this season.
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Soccer Season Ends in OT
November 23, 2013In the post-season, the difference between advancing and going home can be a razor-thin margin. In soccer that margin can be microscopic. On Saturday, the VC women's soccer team hosted Orange Coast in the Southern California Regional Quarterfinals, and for 117 minutes, the Pirates and Pirates stood toe-to-toe. But one solid shot on an attack with three minutes to play turned the course of the match. Instead of heading to penalty kicks to decide victory, Orange Coast left the Sportsplex with it in hand, and Ventura was left with the agony of defeat, but also pride in the good fight in the game, and all season long.
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Pirate Soccer Earns No. 6 Seed
November 19, 2013The Ventura College women's soccer team has earned another home contest. Ventrua (14-4-2), the No. 6 seed in the Southern California Regional Playoffs, and will host No. 11 Orange Coast College (12-4-4) on Saturday Nov. 23. Kickoff in the battle of the Pirates is scheduled for 7:00 pm at the VC Sportsplex. Ventura, whose schedule featured nine matches against playoff teams, finished second in the Western State Conference North Division for just the third time in the past 18 years, a mere two points from the top spot. Orange Coast, meanwhile, finished second in the Orange Empire Conference behind No. 2 Santiago Canyon.
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Pirates Drop Season Finale
November 15, 2013In a non-conference contest, the Pirates' women's soccer team closed out their regular season dropping a 5-1 decision to San Bernardino Valley College Friday at the Sportsplex. Meanwhile Moorpark was drawing with Los Angeles Pierce to seal VC's second place finish in the Western State Conference to the Brahmas by a single point in the standings. AJ Tewes scored the lone goal for the Pirates (14-4-2, 9-2-1) in the 30th minute off of an assist from Miranda Campos.
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VC Closes Out WSC With Win
November 12, 2013The Ventura College women's soccer team closed out its 2013 Western State Conference North Division schedule with a 1-0 victory at Allan Hancock College on Tuesday afternoon. Abigail Littleton converted an assist by Marissa Campos in the 27th minute for the difference maker for the Pirates (14-3-2, 9-2-1).
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Tewes Takes the Helm, VC Wins
November 07, 2013The Pirates' soccer ship has a captain, and its sophomore AJ Tewes. Forced to play more of an offensive role in the past few games, Tewes has made the most of the opportunity, and Thursday night she scored two goals in VC's 3-1 victory at Santa Barbara City College. Although Ventura (13-3-2, 8-2-1) needs help to claim the program's 16th Western State Conference championship in 18 years, the Pirates remain in the hunt with the win.
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Pirates Show Spark in Big Win
November 05, 2013Just when they may have been written off, the Pirates' women's soccer team showed signs of life Tuesday, exhibiting a spark to their play in their 2-1 victory over conference-leading Los Angeles Pierce College at the Sportsplex. AJ Tewes and Taylor C'debaca each scored goals in the decisive first half, and goal keeper Hailee Powell turned back the Brahma's with some solid work, as well, as VC (12-3-2, 7-2-1) avenged an earlier 1-0 loss at Pierce.
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VC Shuts Out Oxnard, 2-0
November 01, 2013The Pirates' women's soccer team played their second straight shutout Friday, blanking Oxnard on the road 2-0 in Western State Conference action. After a scoreless first half, freshman Naomi Jordan scored the game-winner in the 72nd minute with an assist to AJ Tewes. Gualalupe Magaña sealed the victory, finding the back of the net with a free kick in the 83rd. Hailee Powell kept her eighth shutout of the season in goal for the Pirates (11-3-2, 6-2-1).
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Pirate Soccer Blanks Cuesta
October 29, 2013The Ventura College women's soccer team took the long trip to San Luis Obispo on Tuesday, coming home with a 3-0 shutout victory over Cuesta College. Goal Keeper Hailee Powell posted her seventh shutout of the season while Miranda Campos, Sofia Chandler, and Liz Fair all scored goals for the Pirates (10-3-2, 5-2-1).
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Soccer Draws With Moorpark
October 25, 2013Fighting for their Western State Conference lives, the Pirates' women's soccer team overcame an early Moorpark goal, netting their own score in stoppage time at the end of the first half, managing a 1-1 draw with the Raiders Friday afternoon. MC scored in the fifth minute and Ashley Borrell answered for VC (9-3-2, 4-2-1) on the assist by Guadalupe Magaña as the first half came to a close.
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Littleton Nets Late Game Winner
October 22, 2013Without their best offensive threat, Macey Herrera who was injured two weeks ago, the Pirates' women's soccer team is remaking itself in mid-season. A major part of that makeover appears to be Abigail Littleton whose goal in the 85th minute found the back of the net giving VC (9-3-1, 4-2) a 3-2 non-conference win over Rio Hondo Tuesday at the Sportsplex.
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VC Soccer Reaches Milestones
October 21, 2013In the past two weeks, the Ventura College women's soccer program reached a pair of milestones. With their 2-0 win over Oxnard College on October 8, the Pirates achieved the program's 300th victory in 18 seasons. Then, last Friday VC defeated Allan Hancock 2-0 for the team's 200th Western State Conference victory. Head Coach Steve Hoffman, the only coach the Pirates have ever known, has a special message in honor of these two achievements.
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Pirates Right Ship Against AHC
October 18, 2013It took a little longer than expected, but the Pirates' soccer team registered the program's 200th win in Western State Conference play with a 2-0 victory over Allan Hancock College Friday night at the Sportsplex. AJ Tewes and Abigail Littleton scored goals for VC (8-3-1, 4-2), as they broke the first two-match WSC losing streak in team history. Hailee Powell posted her sixth shutout of the season in goal for the Pirates.
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VC Can't Finish Against SBCC
October 15, 2013The VC women's soccer team could not finish on the offensive end Tuesday, dropping a 3-0 decision to visiting Santa Barbara City College at the Sportsplex. Playing without sophomore forward Macey Herrera, who went down last week with a knee injury, the Pirate offense created chances, but could not find the back of the net in the match. Forwards Ashley Borrell, Liz Fair, and Abigail Littleton all had chances at the net in the match for Ventura (7-3-1, 3-2).
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Soccer Unlucky at LA Pierce
October 11, 2013Soccer can be a cruel game. A team can control the ball and create many opportunities, but one mistake can cost a game. That was the case Friday in Woodland hills as Ventura held Los Angeles Pierce at bay for most of the match, but a failure to put the ball in the net, and a mistake that led to one Brahma goal in the first half cost the Pirates the match 1-0. AJ Tewes played well on the offensive end, but it was not enough as VC (7-2-1) dropped their first match in Western State Conference play.
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Pirates, Hoffman Net 300th Win
October 08, 2013The women's soccer team has had just one coach in its 18-plus years of existence, Steve Hoffman. On Tuesday, they both earned their 300th victory as the Pirates blanked Oxnard College 2-0 at the Sportsplex. Macey Herrera scored in the first half and Abigail Littleton netted a score in the second while goalie Hailee Powell notched her third consecutive shutout for VC (7-1-1).
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W Soccer Blanks Cuesta 6-0
October 04, 2013The Pirates scored early and often as the overmatched visiting Cuesta 6-0 Friday night at the VC Sportsplex. Macey Herrera had a pair of goals and an assist while Ashley Borel assisted two goals and scored once in the Pirate victory. Abby Littleton, Liz Fair, and Naomi Jordan also scored goals as Ventura (6-1-1, 2-0).
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Pirates Get Ahead vs. Moorpark
October 01, 2013The VC women's soccer had not played a match in two weeks, and it showed in the first half of the Pirates' Western State Conference opener against Moorpark. But Ventura (5-1-1) regrouped at halftime and Marissa Reyna took Guadalupe Magaña's corner kick, beat two Raiders to the ball, and headed it into the net in the 67th minute for the game winner. Ventura defeated a solid Moorpark team 1-0 at the Sportsplex to begin defense of its WSC crown.
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VC Soccer Faces New Challenge
September 24, 2013From the Ventura County Star: Cross-county rival Moorpark College has twice stopped its near two-decade Western State Conference reign. Santa Barbara City has, on occasion, joined it in the national poll. And now the Ventura College women’s soccer team faces a new challenger in the WSC North this season with the arrival of Los Angeles Pierce.
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W Soccer Draws With Miramar
September 17, 2013Despite not putting forth their best effort, especially in the opening half, the VC women's soccer team, ranked No. 9 in the country in the latest NSCAA poll, managed a 1-1 draw with No. 10 San Diego Miramar College at the VC Sportsplex Tuesday night. Macey Herrera took a pass from Delanie Gavid, used some nifty footwork to dispatch of the charging Jet goal keeper, and easily placed the ball in the net for the equalizer in the 55th minute of the match.
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Soccer Rebounds at SMC
September 13, 2013Coming off their first loss of the season, the Pirate soccer team rebounded with a hard-fought 1-0 win at Santa Monica College on Friday. Macey Herrera scored her fifth goal in five matches as a Pirate, finding the back of the net in the 12th minute off of an assist by AJ Tewes. Goal keeper Hailee Powell recorded the shutout for Ventura (4-1-0) with another strong defensive performance by Dakota Thompson.
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VC Drops First Match of Season
September 11, 2013Traveling to No.3-ranked Santiago Canyon, No. 9 Ventura suffered its first defeat of the 2013 season by a 5-2 margin at the Hawks. Tatianna Orozco scored a goal in the first half, and Macey Herrera converted a Lianna Ambriz assist, but it was not enough to overcome the highly-ranked Hawks. It is the fifth time in the past six seasons that Santiago Canyon has dealt VC (3-1-0) its first defeat of the season.
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Pirates Beat Heat, Bakersfield
September 06, 2013On a sweltering hot day, the Pirates' women's soccer team shutout host Bakersfield College 1-0 on the efforts of a pair of freshmen Friday afternoon. Midfielder Miranda Campos' scored her first collegiate goal in the 81st minute and goal keeper Hailee Powell registered her first collegiate shutout as VC moved to 3-0-0 on the young season. The Pirates also received outstanding defensive play from Paola Cano and Dakota Thompson.
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Soccer Claims Victory at Nike
August 31, 2013With another solid performance, the No. 16-ranked Pirate soccer team claimed a 3-1 win over preseason No. 4 and 2012 state finalist Sierra College Saturday afternoon in the finale of the Nike Soccer Community College Classic at the VC Sportsplex. Macey Herrera scored a pair of second half goals and Taylor C'debaca netted a score in the first half as VC moves to 2-0-0 on the young season.
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Pirates Open 2013 With Victory
August 29, 2013In an impressive opening night performance, the No. 16-ranked Pirate women's soccer team posted a 2-1 victory over No. 19 San Francisco Thursday night at the VC Sportsplex concluding the first day of the Nike Soccer Community College Classic. Sophomore midfielder AJ Tewes and transfer sophomore Macey Herrera netted goals in the first half to put the Pirates (1-0-0) ahead while freshman goal keeper Hailee Powell turned back a furious Ram charge in the second half to preserve the victory.
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VC Soccer Ranked 16th in Poll
August 28, 2013The Ventura College women's soccer team is once again expected to have a banner season. The Pirates, who have won 15 of the past 17 Western State Conference North Division crowns, have been voted No. 16 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America pre-season JC/CC Division III poll. VC finished 2012 ranked No. 12 in the national survey.
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Pirate Soccer Transfers Up to 6
July 29, 2013On the eve of a new season three more players from the Western State Conference champion women's soccer team have committed to scholarships to four-year schools in 2013. Defender Danielle Cook will play at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla. where she will be coached by former US National Team star Danielle Fotopoulos. Meanwhile, midfielder Shayna Petersen and forward Stephanie Hernandez have committed to play at San Diego Christian College in the fall on a soccer scholarship.
