2017 SBCC Men's Soccer News

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Francisco Huerta (Cal Lutheran), Matt Wilkinson (Hawaii-Hilo) and Victor Chavez (UCSB) will continue their soccer careers at four-year schools. (Photo by Dave Loveton)
Chavez, Wilkinson, Huerta sign with four-year schools

Victor Chavez, the WSC North co-Player of the Year, signed a national letter-of-intent to play soccer for UCSB on Tuesday at the SBCC Sports Pavilion.

Victor Chavez scored 10 goals in 10 games to earn WSC North co-Player of the Year. He had 16 for the season, giving him All-American status. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
Chavez is co-Player of the Year; 12 Vaqueros make All-WSC

Victor Chavez was selected as co-Player of the Year for the Western State Conference North Division men’s soccer team and 12 SBCC players made the all-conference team.

Mt. SAC ends Vaqueros’ magical season, 1-0
Mt. SAC ends Vaqueros’ magical season, 1-0

SBCC’s magical men’s soccer season came to a halt on Saturday night in Walnut, one step shy of the State Final 4.

Victor Chavez eludes Oxnard goalkeeper Matthew Escareno to score the second of his three goals. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
Chavez’s hat trick vaults Vaqueros into Regional Finals, 4-2

Victor Chavez recorded a hat trick and SBCC overcame an early goal to beat Oxnard for the third time this year, 4-2, in the second round of the Southern Cal Regional men's soccer playoffs

Matt Wilkinson scores the first goal on a rebound. He's second on the team with seven goals. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
No. 3 Vaqueros blank Wolverines 2-0 in Regional opener

Matt Wilkinson and Adrian Gamez scored second-half goals on Friday afternoon as SBCC opened the Southern Cal Regional men's soccer playoffs with a 2-0 win over San Bernardino Valley.

Sophomore forward Victor Chavez is No. 9 in the state with 13 goals and 31 points. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
Vaqueros seeded No. 3 for Regional, will host San Bernardino on Saturday

SBCC earned the No. 3 seed for the Southern Cal Regional men’s soccer playoffs and will host No. 14 San Bernardino Valley on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Celso Lagunas, a freshman from Santa Barbara High, gave SBCC a 3-1 lead with a goal at 72:40. He leads the team with four game-winning goals. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
Vaqueros beat Corsairs 3-2 to complete unbeaten regular season

SBCC downed Santa Monica 3-2 on a chilly Thursday night in La Playa Stadium to complete an undefeated regular season in men’s soccer.

Matt Wilkinson, a sophomore from Croydon, England, scored his sixth goal on a PK to tie the game 1-1. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
Vaqueros rally past Moorpark on Lagunas’ late goal, 3-2

SBCC erased a 2-1 deficit on Tuesday with two goals in the last eight minutes that propelled the third-ranked Vaqueros to a 3-2 men’s soccer win at Moorpark.

Freshman Adrian Gamez had two goals, scoring in the 9th and 87th minutes. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
No. 3 Vaqueros top L.A. Mission 4-1, claim 1st WSC title since 2011

It took SBCC just 80 seconds to find the net on Friday and the third-ranked Vaqueros scored three times in the first 24 minutes en route to a 4-1 men’s soccer win over L.A. Mission at La Playa Stadium.

Victor Chavez tallied his first PK of the year for the game's only goal. He's third among WSC North scorers with 11 goals and 25 points. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
Chavez’s PK lifts No. 6 Vaqueros over Oxnard, 1-0

Victor Chavez drove a penalty kick into the bottom left corner in the 70th minute on Tuesday and SBCC’s defense did the rest in a 1-0 men’s soccer victory at Oxnard.

Ameyawu Muntari, a freshman from Ghana, scored SBCC's first PK of the year. He's second on the scoring chart with 19 points in 10 games. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
Muntari scores twice in 3-1 win over Hancock

Ameyawu Muntari scored two goals on Friday night to spark No. 6 SBCC to a 3-1 men’s soccer win over Hancock at La Playa Stadium.

Sophomore goalie Shane Pitcock and the Vaquero defense registered their second straight shutout and seventh of the season. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
No. 9 Vaqueros tie No. 16 Santa Monica 0-0, stay in 1st place

No. 9 SBCC played to a 0-0 draw on a hot Tuesday afternoon at No. 16 Santa Monica and remained in first place in the WSC North men’s soccer race.

Omar Cabanas started the second half on Friday and scored his first two college goals and got his first assist. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
Lagunas, Cabanas get two goals each in 6-0 rout

Celso Lagunas and Omar Cabanas combined for four goals and two assists on a windy Friday afternoon at La Playa Stadium as No. 7 SBCC routed Moorpark 6-0.

Chavez nets two goals in 4-3 road win
Chavez nets two goals in 4-3 road win

Victor Chavez scored two first-half goals on Tuesday and Celso Lagunas tallied the game-winner in the 79th minute as SBCC held off L.A. Mission 4-3 in a WSC men’s soccer match in Sylmar.

Victor Chavez scored his seventh goal in the 12th minute to tie the game 1-1. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
Muntari’s late goal lifts Vaqueros over Oxnard 2-1

Ameyawu Muntari stole the ball from the goalie and scored into an open net in the 74th minute on Friday night as SBCC rallied for a 2-1 men’s soccer win over Oxnard at La Playa Stadium.

Jessie Jimenez, left, had an assist in Tuesday's WSC opener and Carlos Espinoza scored two goals. (Photo by Ken Sciallo / Sevilla Photography)
Espinoza scores twice as Vaqueros rally past Hancock 4-2

Carlos Espinoza scored two goals on Tuesday, including the game-winner in the 75th minute, and SBCC rallied for a 4-2 win over Hancock in its WSC men's soccer opener at Santa Maria.