The men's soccer team was defeated by rival Mesa, 3-0, on Friday afternoon.

Mesa scored all three of its goals off headers with the first coming 10 minutes into the game as Anthony Rodriguez set up Lucas Carlsson off a corner kick.

In the 15th minute, Andrew Ortega nearly tied the game on a free kick, but the ball was a few inches too high as it caromed off the crossbar. Then in the 42nd minute, Mesa's Thiago Batista headed in a pass from Jose LeDesma.

In the second half, Ortega was robbed of two scoring opportunities, one by Mesa's goalkeeper who saved the shot with an outstretched hand and the other by a defender who kicked Ortega's shot out from just outside the goal line.

Mesa sealed the victory with a header by Jhon Cardona in the 89th minute.
 

The SDCC men's soccer team tied the first place Southwestern Jaguars, 0-0, on Wednesday.

In the first half, Southwestern came out strong against the Knights' defense and created several scoring opportunities, but goalkeeper Miguel Sepulveda put himself in the right places at the right times, saving all five of the Jaguars shots on goal.

SDCC's offense was much more in tune in the second half as the Knights attacked more frequently and nearly ended the scoreless tie on two occasions.

In the 68th minute, the Knights' Bryant Romero found himself with a clear shot in front of the net, but the Jaguars' goalkeeper was able to make the stop. In the 87th minute, after receiving a pass from Andrew Ortega, Pier Sarabia had only the goalkeeper to beat, but shot the ball a couple feet wide of the goal post.

The Knights have now gone five straight games without losing. They have won three of those five games.
 

The Pacific Coast Conference has selected men's soccer player Andrew Ortega as its Men's Athlete of the Week for the week ending on November 2.

In a home game on October 29 against Cuyamaca, Ortega led the Knights to a 5-0 victory with three goals in the second half.

The freshman midfielder also had an assist on the game's first goal. In the 43rd minute, Ortega used a free kick to find an open Oscar Perez who put the ball in the back of the net.
 

The SDCC men's soccer team handed Cuyamaca its first loss in PCC play with a 5-0 shutout. It was also the Knights' second straight victory.

Andrew Ortega led the way offensively for the Knights with a hat trick, but the first goal of the game came off Ortega's free kick. In the 43rd minute, Ortega sent in a free kick that found Oscar Perez who put it past Cuyamaca's goalkeeper.

In the 49th minute, Oliver Magdaleno found an open Leonardo Perez for the Knights' second goal of the match. Six minutes later, the Knights were awarded a penalty kick after Cuyamaca's goalkeeper brought down Magdaleno inside the box. The goalkeeper was ejected after being given a red card. Ortega then beat the substitute goalkeeper for the first of his three goals.

In the 68th minute, Pier Sarabia saved the ball from going outside of the goal line by quickly chasing it down and then keeping his balance long enough to blindly find Ortega in front of the net for the goal. Ortega then knocked in his third goal of the game in the waning minutes of the match.

The Knights improved to 6-10-2 overall and 3-3-1 in PCC play. It was the third straight match that the Knights have held their opponent scoreless.
 

The SDCC men's soccer team defeated MiraCosta, 5-2, in their conference home opener.

The Knights dominated possession in the first half, but only managed three shots on goal, all of which were unsuccessful.

MiraCosta tried to jump on the Knights early in the second half, but SDCC goalkeeper Miguel Sepulveda came up big as he saved all four attempts by MiraCosta in the first five minutes.

The Knights finally broke through with a goal by Jose Torres that was assisted by Andrew Ortega in the 57th minute. Four minutes later, MiraCosta evened up the score with a goal by Mike Palmerin.

In the 66th minute, Knights' midfielder Leonardo Perez found Pier Sarabia in front of the net for a goal. Then, five minutes later, SDCC forward Oliver Magdaleno dribbled up to the box and faked a MiraCosta defender before beating the goalkeeper for what turned out to be the game-winning goal.

In the 76th minute, Oscar Perez took the ball near midfield seconds after checking into the game and dribbled all the way to the front of the net and beat MiraCosta's goalkeeper with a low shot in the far corner.

MiraCosta answered with a goal a minute later by Wada Hirotomo.

The Knights' Justin Picou headed in the final goal in the 80th minute.
 

The Knights score twice in the first half and hold off East Los Angeles to win 2-0.

In the 18th minute, freshman midfielder Jose Torres gathered the ball at midfield and dribbled towards the right edge of the box where he crossed it to an open Oliver Magdaleno who one-timed it into the back of the net.

Then, from the middle of the field, Pier Sarabia found Andrew Ortega near the goal. Ortega controlled the ball and made a quick dribble to his left then fired a shot that went in the bottom left corner of the goal.

The Knights held strong defensively in the second half, but were fortunate as East L.A. hit the crossbar on three different occasions.

The SDCC men's soccer team held a 1-0 lead for most of the match, but could not stop Pasadena's attack in the second half as they allowed four unanswered goals.

The Knights jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the 20th minute when Tony Melendez passed a ball from near midfield to an open Justin Picou who headed it into the far corner of the goal. The Knights' defense held strong the remainder of the first half even though they allowed five corner kicks and four shots on goal, three of which were saved by SDCC goalkeeper Juan Galicia.

The Knights continued to control the game for much of the second half, but Pasadena was able to even the score in the 65th minute as Gabriel Chavarria kicked in a cross from teammate Sargis Agaronian. Three minutes later, Chavarria stuck again with another goal off a cross. Pasadena midfielder Alex De Leon extended the lead to 3-1 after lobbing in a goal over Galicia's outstretched body.

SDCC had two good scoring chances in the final minutes of the game, but Pasadena's goalkeeper was able to stop shots from Picou and Oliver Magdaleno.

Pasadena's Ivan Nava put away any doubts by adding a fourth goal in the 88th minute.

Both teams had excellent opportunities to score, but the defense held strong on both ends.