Nicole Gee scored the winning goal in Dos Pueblos' 1-0 girls soccer win over Ventura on Thursday, but it started with keeper Meagan Bellefouille and was touched by five Chargers, lifting DP in its Channel League opener.Mid-way through the second half, Bellefouille swept up a loose ball and quickly heaved a throw to right back Karina Evans, who passed it to Kat Brontsema. Evans overlapped down the right sideline and got the ball back, finding Petra Rupert in the middle of the attacking … [Read more...]

Dos Pueblos' Michelle Gee recorded a hat trick and Marina Plesons tacked on two more goals, but the Dos Pueblos girls soccer team wasn't finished in an 8-0 blowout of visiting Paramount on Tuesday.Erin Ristig, Claire Mathews and Chelsea Escalera added scores, helping the Chargers improve to 4-6-1 with their Channel League opener on Thursday at home against Ventura. … [Read more...]

Santa Barbara's Sarah Leads and Brianna Lopez returned the favor, each assisting on the other's goal in a 2-2 tie with Oxnard on Tuesday at Peabody Stadium.Lopez opened the scoring in the non-conference matchup, knocking one home in the 32nd minute off a Leads pass. In the 42nd minute, it was Lopez's turn to find Leads, who scored to put the Dons up 2-0. … [Read more...]

Cheyanne Brooks knocked in a goal for Santa Barbara off a rebound from a Brianna Lopez shot, but a strong Harvard-Westlake side matched that and more in a 4-1 victory over the Dons at Peabody Stadium on Monday night.Harvard-Westlake, ranked No. 3 in Division II, scored twice before Brooks' goal made it 2-1 still in the first half. … [Read more...]

Marina Plesons and Sarah Krashefski gave the Dos Pueblos girls soccer team plenty of firepower in a 3-0 victory over Fillmore on Friday, but then the Charger offense went silent in a 8-0 trouncing by Agoura at the Newbury Park Tournament.Against Fillmore, platooning goalkeepers Nicole Eisenbeisz and Meagan Bellefeuille combined on the clean sheet. … [Read more...]

Michelle Gee scored twice for the Dos Pueblos girls soccer team in a 2-2 draw with Chatsworth on Saturday, but the Chargers couldn't get anything going in a second game, losing to Hart 2-0 in their third game of the Buena Tournament.The tie went to a shootout according to tournament rules, and it stretched out to the sixth shot when Chatsworth took it. The Chargers still received points for the draw and, combined with Friday's 3-2 win over West Ranch, DP moved into the championship bracket … [Read more...]

April Nicholson had seven saves in goal, but the Bishop Diego girls soccer team was outmatched in a 4-0 loss at Fillmore on Saturday."We lost to a very good team," said coach Brent Gonsalves."They moved the ball wee and made sure they snuffed out our attack. I thought we did a decent job considering who we were playing." … [Read more...]

Lizzy Willett scored in the 10th minute as the San Marcos girls soccer team took a 1-0 lead into halftime, Nordhoff responded with a pair of second-half scores in a 2-1 win over the Royals (2-6-1) in the Buena Tournament Saturday."We played really well. We were connecting on our passes and making lots of opportunities to score," said coach Christy Lozano, who also said that Jenny-Ann Martinez and Emma Campbell had solid games. … [Read more...]

After suffering a 2-0 setback to Pacifica in its opening match of the Buena Tournament, the San Marcos girls soccer team pulled a "180" and went on to defeat Calabasas 2-0 in the second game of the day.Nicolette Leslie and Jenny Ann Martinez found the back of net for the Royals, who are now 2-5-1 on the season. San Marcos goalie Elysia Hodges recorded the shutout in the second game. … [Read more...]

Dos Pueblos' Karina Evans picked her spots and picked them well on Friday, netting two goals for the Chargers girls soccer team in a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over West Ranch at the Buena Tournament. The usually-starting defender pulled herself from the starting lineup prior to Friday's game because of illness, but told coach Kymberly Williams-Evans that she could play a limited role off the bench.After the Chargers spotted West Ranch two goals in the first 30 minutes, Evans entered … [Read more...]

It was another narrow loss for the Dos Pueblos girls soccer team on Thursday, this one coming against an unbeaten Righetti, 1-0."On the bad side, we lost. But on the good side, we beat a team that's been defeating others by a lot of goals," said DP coach Kimberly Williams-Evans.The 7-0 Warriors' margin of victory is well over three goals per game this season, and their only score against DP (1-6) came on a penalty kick in the second half. … [Read more...]

Carpinteria junior Joselyn Gamez made sure to end 2008 with a bang, recording a hat trick to lift the Warriors to a 3-1 victory over visiting Channel Islands on Thursday in their last game before January. Gamez, who leads Carpinteria (5-3-1) with nine goals, scored twice in the first half and added another in the second half after Channel Islands cut the lead to 2-1."Last year their catch phrase was 'Domination' and they dominated this game," said head coach Lucy Carleton of the … [Read more...]