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WOMEN'S SOCCER Orange Coast 7, Golden West 2 HUNTINGTON BEACH - Sarah Gomez had two goals and two assists for the Pirates in the Orange Empire Conference game Wednesday. Cindy Rubio added two goals, while Jessica Amaral, Emma Pridmore and Sarah MacArthur scored one goal each. MacArthur also had two assist to help OCC improve to 16-3, 12-3 in conference. The Pirates will finish off the regular season on Friday at home against Irvine Valley at 3 p.m. * WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Orange Coast def. Santa Ana COSTA MESA - Hayley Martin had five goals to help the Pirates score a 25-11, 25-11, 25-10 Orange Empire Conference win Wednesday.

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY SoCal Regional COSTA MESA - Karen Silvas finished sixth invidually to help Orange Coast College finish first at Fairview Park on Saturday. Silvas finsihed the 5,000-meter course in 18 minutes, 50.14 seconds as the Pirates posted 53 team points, 52 better than runner-up Glendale. As a top-seven finisher, Silvas earns first-team All-Southern California recognition. Camille Garcia (eighth in 19:04.92), Chelsea Clifford (12th in 19:16.13), Reanna Cortez (13th in 19:17.56)

COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College football team spotted rival Golden West a 13-0 lead over just more than the first 15 minutes and couldn't recover Saturday night. One might say that the Rustlers' 23-21 victory, its third straight in the series now billed as the West Coast Showdown, left the Pirates a Penny short. Sophomore tailback Robert Penny, who came in with 1,412 career rushing yards and five games with at least 100 rushing yards this season, was limited to four carries for 16 yards and one touchdown due to what Coach Mike Taylor said was a sinus infection.

MISSION VIEJO - The Orange Coast College football team suffered its fourth straight loss after falling to Saddleback, 52-24, in a Southern Division game Saturday night. The Gauchos (3-4, 2-1 in division) raced to a 24-0 lead and led 31-13 at halftime. The Pirates (3-5, 1-3), ranked No. 14 in Southern California, have allowed 198 points in their four losses. OCC running back Robert Penny, who had been averaging 103.7 yards per game, was held to 41 yards on 18 carries. Saddleback had its running game going with Anthony Cade and James Marshall, who combined for 288 yards and three touchdowns.

HUNTINGTON BEACH - A complete team effort sparked the Orange Coast College women's volleyball team to its biggest win of the season in its first true test Friday, in a 25-18, 25-21, 25-23 statement victory at Golden West College. The Pirates' bounty for plundering the Rustlers in three straight games to finish off the first half of Orange Empire Conference play? OCC is all alone in first place atop the conference at 7-0 (13-0 overall), extending its streak of sets won to 20 that dates to Sept.

ORANGE - To reach the Santiago Canyon College soccer field, one must weave through a meandering campus, ascend five stories of stairs and follow a path lined with marshy bushes to a fenced-in plateau that seems to sit atop the horizon like a sod-covered cloud. For visitors, the ascent is apropos. It is thus, because the host Hawks women's team has hovered atop the Orange Empire Conference since the first of their eight straight titles in 2004. This season, all Santiago Canyon has done is refuse to lose.

COSTA MESA - The Santa Ana College football team scored on the final play of regulation and had the first and only score in overtime to earn a 45-38 victory over host Orange Coast in a Southern Division thriller Saturday night. The Dons scored on the third play of overtime, when Brett Hurley sprinted 15 yards off left tackle for the game-winning touchdown. OCC's subsequent overtime possession ended when freshman quarterback Cameron Biedgoly was sacked on fourth down at the Santa Ana 34-yard line.

COSTA MESA - There is more than a month left and 10 Orange Empire Conference matches remaining in the regular season for the Orange Coast College women's volleyball team. And while the Pirates, unbeaten and ranked No. 2 in the state, remain tied atop the conference standings with Golden West (both at 4-0) after Wednesday's sweep of visiting Irvine Valley, there are those who believe the Pirates' 2012 Orange Empire title may already be Rigg(s)ed. Sophomore outside hitter Karlee Riggs pounded a match-high 23 kills to punctuate a 25-18, 25-23, 25-21 triumph that left little intrigue among both coaches, as well as most in attendance, about the biggest weapon in OCC's gym. "[The Pirates, now 10-0]