Senior Johnny Alcaraz and freshman Anthony Strunz provided the Warriors with the firepower needed to claim a 2-1 win in #16 Westmont Men’s Soccer’s Golden State Athletic Conference opener at #20 Vanguard (5-2, 0-1 GSAC) on Saturday.

”We started five freshmen and brought two off the bench,” said head coach Dave Wolf “We went with a younger group today and they came through with three points (one goal, one assist) on the road against a pretty feisty Vanguard team.”

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After starting the season 4-0, #20 Westmont Men’s Soccer suffered their first defeat of the season with a 2-1 double overtime loss at #22 Redlands (3-2) on Monday evening.

“We played poorly in the first half,” said head coach Dave Wolf. “We were disengaged and uninspired. We weren’t very good defensively.”

The Warriors fell behind 1-0 when the Bulldogs’ Max Bowman scored in the twenty-fourth minute off a cross from the left by Kody Andrew.

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Westmont Athletics has plans to honor Mark Miller (’77) of La Verne and Casey Roberts (’80) of Santa Barbara with induction into the Westmont Hall of Fame in a ceremony on October 6 during homecoming festivities. Former Westmont soccer coach Russ Carr is scheduled to induct Roberts while Miller will be presented to the Hall of Fame by John Moore, Miller’s former teammate and the Warrior’s current men’s basketball head coach.

The induction ceremony, at which dessert will be served, will take place in the Founder’s Dinning Room on the Westmont Campus at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $25.00 per person. Reservations may be made by calling Ann Cavalli at the Westmont Athletics Office at 805-565-6110.

Junior midfielder Sammy Montemer scored the game’s only goal in the fifty-third minute to give Westmont men’s soccer (4-0) a 1-0 victory over Cal State San Marcos (2-6) on Saturday at the Cougar Classic in Azusa. Montemer scored from 10 yards out after receiving a pass from senior midfielder Johnny Alcaraz who was awarded an assist.

“Johnny had a couple of free kicks that went off a post, but other than that, Sammy’s goal was the only real good opportunity for either team all day,” reported head coach Dave Wolf.

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Westmont men’s soccer has run their season record to 3-0 with a 4-1 victory over Corban of Oregon (2-1) at the Cougar Classic in Azusa. Senior midfielder Johnny Alcaraz and freshman midfielder Anthony Niboli each scored two goals for the Warriors.

“We played pretty well in the first half,” reported head coach Dave Wolf. “We passed the ball well and controlled the game nicely.

Niboli started the scoring for the Warriors in the seventeenth minute, scoring from 15 yards out on an assist by junior midfielder Jon Schoff.

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Freshman midfielder Anthony Niboli scored in the seventy-eighth minute to lift #21 Westmont Men’s Soccer to a 2-1 victory on Saturday against Northwestern (Iowa) in the final game of the Tenth Annual Heritage Club Classic at Russ Carr Field. The win improves the Warriors’ record to 2-0 while Northwestern’s record falls to 2-2.

In yesterday’s first game, #2 Azusa Pacific (2-0) notched a 7-0 victory over Dominican (0-3). The Cougars, who defeated Northwestern 6-0 on Friday, set a new record for goals scored in two games of the Heritage Club Classic. Their 13 goals eclipsed the previous record of 12 set by Westmont in 2002. The Warriors still hold the Heritage Club Classic record for most goals scored in a single game as the result of a 9-0 victory over Cal State Monterey Bay in 2001.

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The Tenth Annual Heritage Club Classic got off to good start for Golden State Athletic Conference teams. In Saturday’s first game, #2 Azusa Pacific (1-0) scored four first-half goals on the way to a 6-0 victory over the Red Raiders Northwestern of Iowa (2-1). Then #23 Westmont (1-0) put the ball in the net in each half to record a 2-0 win over the Penguins of Dominican.

Azusa Pacific’s Elijah Mwansanga scored twice in the Cougars’ win while Jared Karkas recorded three assists. Mwansanga’s first goal came in just the third minute of action off an assist by Steven Lenhart. Sven Simon scored on a penalty kick in the eleventh minute to put Azusa Pacific up 2-0.

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Junior goalkeeper Justin Etherton recorded 13 saves in the forty-fifth edition of the Bryant & Sons Cup help annually between Westmont and UC Santa Barbara. This year’s game, which was conducted as an exhibition, was won by a score of 2-0 by #1 UCSB, the NCAA Division I reigning champions.

“With 17 new players on our roster, it was great to see us come out feeling positive against the national champs,” said head coach Dave Wolf.

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