Orange Coast College

Men's Soccer: Pirates win wild one at Riverside

Friday, September 28, 2007

RIVERSIDE - The Orange Coast College men's soccer team found its scoring touch on Friday and held off host Riverside 3-2 in a rough and physical Orange Empire Conference matchup.

OCC (5-3-2, 1-1-0) opened the scoring in the 19th minute with a goal by Jordan Joseph, off an assist from a Brady Condon corner kick.

Off a penalty kick, RCC's Arnulfo Sanchez evened the score just two minutes later as both teams ended the first half tied, 1-1.

Just three minutes into the second half, Condon pushed the Pirates back out in front off a nice pass from Curtis Tanaguchi. Just four minutes later, OCC picked up a little breathing room when John Shinjo fed a nice pass to Jarred Balbas, who buried his shot into the back of the net for a 3-1 Pirates' advantage.

The Tigers (5-3-1, 0-1-1) again found the back of the net on a PK from Sanchez in the 54th minute to make it 3-2, but they could not find the equalizer.

OCC will return to action on Tuesday at home against Irvine Valley, beginning at 3 p.m.