MOORPARK COLLEGE NOTES: MOORPARK HIRES ROCHE AS SOCCER COACH.Byline: Jim Inghram Daily News Staff Writer A four-month search ended Tuesday night when Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. selected Sean Roche as the new head coach for men's soccer. Roche, who has coached at Buena High in Ventura for 19 years and has assisted at Cal Lutheran University for 16 years, replaces Frank Parodi. ``I am excited at the chance to work with the kind of athlete I've always been associated with,'' Roche said. ``There is an opportunity for us to encourage these players to come to a good school and continue their education and to recognize that there is still a chance to enjoy a good level of soccer.'' Roche takes over a program that has seen a declining level of success the past few seasons. The Moorpark athletics department feels that Roche can reverse this trend. ``We probably have gotten one of the finest coaches in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, joining our staff here at Moorpark,'' athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic John Keever said. ``And we are excited in the direction our men's soccer program is headed. He brings an extensive background in coaching at the high school level and the university level and commands great respect in the soccer community, specifically in Ventura County.'' Softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' : The softball team faltered three times over the weekend at the Bakersfield tournament and dropped to 0-8. On Tuesday, however, the team reversed its fortunes and captured its first victory of the season, 4-1 over visiting Glendale. Freshman pitcher Tabitha Tata, a graduate of Oak Park High, overcame a rocky start to pitch a complete game. She threw balls on her first seven pitches but settled down and allowed one run on three hits. Leah Barroso went 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in and Corinne Long was 3 for 4 with a double. The game was the first at home for the Raiders. The only other scheduled home game before Tuesday was on Feb. 6 against Orange Coast. The game was canceled because of rain. Women's tennis: The team defeated Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. on Tuesday 5-4, taking three of the four doubles matches to seal the victory. AnneMaria Batur and Katie Bradley captured their singles matches. Batur teamed with Bobbi Johnson for one doubles victory. Bradley and Berta Woodard took another and Joanna Sansom and Casey Grofs the other. It was the team's first victory. It improved the Raiders' record to 1-2 overall and in conference. Track and field: Both the men's and women's teams improved to 6-0 with invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. victories over Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Hancock and Cuesta cuesta (kwĕs`tə), asymmetric ridge characterized by a short, steep escarpment on one side, and a long, gentle slope on the other. The steep side exposes the edge of erosion-resistant rock layers that form the cuestas. last Friday. The men won with a total of 93 points. Second-place Santa Monica had 56. The women's victory was even more of a rout. The Raiders had 110 points and second-place Cuesta had 28. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Freshman Tabitha Tata pitched a complete game for Moorpark College in a 4-1 victory over Glendale, the Raiders' first win of the season. Tina Gerson/Daily News |
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