Corsairs Defang Panthers
Santa Monica College Corsairs' Jose Urdiano (center) and Chaffey College Panthers' Kaden Smith (left) and Luis Contreras (right) during the men's soccer match on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 6-0. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)
Santa Monica College Corsairs' Michael Chavarri, Alex Hernandez, Roey Kivity, and Chaffey College Panthers' Luis Contreras during the men's soccer match on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 6-0. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)
Santa Monica College Corsairs' Logan Marc during the men's soccer match against the Chaffey College Panthers on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 6-0. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)
Chaffey College Pnathers' Alejandro Sanchez and Santa Monica College Corsairs' Alex Hernandez during the men's soccer match on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 6-0. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)
Santa Monica College Corsairs' Philip Hephzibah during the men's soccer match against the Chaffey College Panthers on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 6-0. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)
Santa Monica College Corsairs' Marcus Hevesy-Rodriguez during the men's soccer match against the Chaffey College Panthers on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 6-0. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)
Santa Monica College Corsairs' Philip Hephzibah (center left) celebrates with Alex Hernandez (left) after their goal during the men's soccer match against the Chaffey College Panthers on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 6-0. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)
Santa Monica College Corsairs' Alex Hernandez during the men's soccer match against the Chaffey College Panthers on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 6-0. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)
Santa Monica College Corsairs' Philip Hephzibah and Chaffey College Panthers' Juan Ceniceros during the men's soccer match on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 6-0. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)
Santa Monica College Corsairs' Roey Kivity during the men's soccer match against the Chaffey College Panthers on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 6-0. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)
Santa Monica College Corsairs' Josh McCowan (bottom left) and Chaffey College Panthers' Misael Perez (right) during the men's soccer match on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 6-0. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)
Men’s soccer keeps all points to themselves.
On Friday, the Corsairs men’s soccer team played the Chaffey College Panthers at Corsair Field. The Corsairs shut out the Panthers with a decisive 6-0 victory.
The game began with a solid push from the Panthers, but the Corsairs soon overwhelmed them, never allowing them to gain a foothold on the Corsair side of the field.
Notable were midfielder Roey Kivity, who scored two goals, and forward Philip Hephzibah, who assisted in two goals and scored a goal of his own in the final minute of the first half, giving them a 4-0 advantage going into the intermission. Forwards Jose Urdiano, Alex Hernandez and Milton De Oliveira joined in on the score fest, with De Oliveira scoring the sixth and final goal for the Corsairs in the last minute of the game, sending the Panthers home with nothing.
The Corsairs push through the end of conference play as they sweep the Bakersfield College Renegades and the Antelope Valley Marauders.
SMC women's soccer shutout the LA Valley College Monarchs 7-0 to secure their first place in the southern division of the 2024 Western State Conference Women’s Soccer.
Dodger fans flooded through Downtown Los Angeles in support of the Dodgers’ victory as they paraded through the city, their first since 1988.