Men’s soccer: OCC keeps rolling

SANTA BARBARA - The dream season continues for the Orange Coast

College men’s soccer team.

With a 1-0 win over host Santa Barbara, Saturday, the Pirates are one

game away from the final four in the Southern California Regional

playoffs.

OCC (17-3-4) will host Rio Hondo Tuesday at 2 p.m. Rio Hondo upset

Pasadena 2-1 on Saturday.

Orange Coast defeated Rio Hondo 5-1 earlier in the season, but Coach

Laird Hayes said it is an entirely different team.

At Santa Barbara (13-4-6) Matt Moseley headed in a ball from Dan

Espinoza in the seventh minute and the Pirates held off Santa Barbara the

rest of the way.

OCC goalie Hilario Arriaga, an Estancia High product, finished with

two saves, but he was aided by the crossbar toward the end of the game,

Coach Laird Hayes said.

“They were just peppering it at us at the end,” said Hayes. “It was

wild.”