SBCC regrouped after giving an early goal and pumped in four unanswered scores to top Rio Hondo 4-1 on Thursday in a women’s soccer match at the Ventura Invitational.It was the second straight 4-1 triumph for the Vaqueros (2-0), who make their La Playa Stadium debut on Friday at 7:30 p.m. against Santa Rosa.After Rio Hondo stunned the Vaqueros with a goal in the fourth minute, Alison Raack tied the score nine minutes later. She took a pass from Jenna Rubin and curled the ball into the … [Read more...]
Maiwald heads home to protect Spartans’ goal

SBCC women's soccer goalie Meghan Maiwald has signed to play for San Jose State. It's a homecoming for the sophomore standout, who attended Leigh High in San Jose.Maiwald was named first team All-Western State Conference in 2008 and '09. She was the No. 2 goalie in the state last year with a 0.35 goals-against average and 11 shutouts. She's the school record-holder for shutouts in a season (13 in 2008) and career (24).The Vaqueros went 10-4-6 last year and barely missed the state playoffs.San … [Read more...]
SBCC’s Kirk heading to Belmont Abbey
SBCC men's soccer player Stuart Kirk, a sophomore from Wales, has signed a national letter of intent to play for Belmont Abbey (N.C.). Kirk, a first-team All-WSC choice in 2009, played on back-to-back Vaquero WSC championship teams. Santa Barbara is 22-2-4 in the WSC over the last two years.The forward had five goals and three assists as captain last year and was voted team MVP. Belmont Abbey is an NCAA Div. II school in Belmont, N.C. The Crusaders were 12-7-2 last year.Kirk said he was … [Read more...]
Seven Vaquero women named all-WSC
Meghan Maiwald has been named to the first-team All-WSC North women's soccer squad for the second straight year. The sophomore from San Jose had the No. 2 goals-against average in the state (0.35) with 11 shutouts. She owns school records for shutouts in a season (13, 2008) and career (24). Maiwald was joined on the first team by teammates Kelly Deckers and defender Alyson Johnson. Deckers, a freshman from Valencia, was second among WSC scorers with 17 goals and eght assists.Courtney Belsheim … [Read more...]
WSC champs bow out to Canyons, 2-1
SBCC fell behind 2-0 at halftime of a first-round Southern Cal Regional men's soccer game on Saturday night at Canyons and never recovered in a 2-1 loss that ended the Vaqueros' season.The Cougars (13-6-2) scored early and then went up 2-0 on an own goal by the Vaqueros (9-7-5). SBCC won its second straight Western State Conference title but was seeded ninth (one spot behind Canyons) in the power-point rankings and had to play on the road in Santa Clarita at the WSC runner-up.Danny Molineaux … [Read more...]
Power-point system sends Vaqueros to the road
SBCC captured its second straight WSC men's soccer title last Friday but that didn't guarantee the Vaqueros a home game in the first round of the Southern Cal Regional. Ironically, they have to travel to second-place Canyons on Saturday for a 7 p.m. game.Canyons (12-6-2) was seeded eighth, one spot in front of the Vaqueros (9-6-5). Santa Barbara went 1-0-1 against the Cougars this year. The pairings are based on a power-point system that takes into account the opponent's strength of schedule, … [Read more...]
No. 4 Ventura gets its one against Vaqs
Ventura College scored in the 83rd minute Friday night and went on to hand visiting SBCC a 1-0 women's soccer defeat in the regular-season finale.The Pirates (16-3-1, 8-1-1) finished second in the WSC behind Moorpark while the Vaqueros (10-4-6, 5-3-2) were third. Kelly Deckers, SBCC's top scorer, was sent off near the end of the game."The girls battled and I was proud of them," said coach John Sisterston. "Kelly was tremendous. She hadn't trained for three days with 103-degree temperature. … [Read more...]

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