Hancock Men's Soccer Team Looks to Get Back on Track in Conference Play

This Week: Tues. 10/21 @ Santa Barbara City College*  7:30 p.m.

            Fri. 10/24, vs. Glendale*, 4 p.m.

The men's soccer team (1-7-1, 1-11-2) continues its conference action with a road game on Tuesday at Santa Barbara (4-3-1, 5-7-1) and a home match on Friday against Glendale (4-4-1, 4-7-3).

The Bulldogs are coming off a 5-0 loss at Oxnard and 6-3 defeat at L.A. Mission College. Adrian Diaz (Cabrillo HS), Oscar Muñoz-Quintana (Arroyo Grande HS) and Chris Lemus (Nipomo HS) each scored once for the Bulldogs at Mission. Diaz upped his team-leading total to five goals this season.

Hancock fell 2-1 last month at home to SBCC with the Vaqueros scoring the game-winning goal in the 26^th minute on a score by Kieron Coleman. Jorge Marin netted Hancock's goal against SBCC. Mehdi Badache leads SBCC with seven goals, including a pair in Santa Barbara's 5-1 win over Moorpark last week.

The Bulldogs will also try to even the season series with Glendale after the Vaqueros edged Hancock 1-0 last month. Dennis Valladares scored the only goal of the game against the Bulldogs in the 12^th minute. Valladares, Yeson Urizar and Max Trautmann are tied for the team lead this year with two goals apiece.