WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – Santa Barbara City College Men’s Soccer scored three first-half goals and defeated LA Pierce 4-2 Friday at Shepard Stadium to improve to 10-5-4 overall and 5-3-1 in conference play.
Mark Salazar opened the scoring 1:35 into the match on an assist from Brandon Montalvo. LA Pierce’s Dylan Villavicencio tied the game in the 14th minute, but Aidan DePaco put SBCC back ahead in the 24th minute off Salazar’s pass.
Diego Gonzalez added another goal five minutes later, with Andy Gonsales recording the assist, to give the Vaqueros a 3-1 halftime lead.
Luis Campos scored in the 86th minute on Gonsales’ second assist of the night. Villavicencio answered 57 seconds later with his second goal, but SBCC held on for the win.
Four Vaqueros scored, while Salazar finished with a goal and an assist. SBCC put seven of its 10 shots on target. LA Pierce took 11 shots but placed just four on target.
Isaac Ortega and Eric Cruz split halves in goal for SBCC. Each allowed one goal and made one save.
The Vaqueros host Allan Hancock in their final match of the regular season on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m.