SPORTS NEWS 2009 - 2010
The Kinesiology, Health & Athletics Division selected women's volleyball player Patti Blasco, women's cross country/track and field runner Tracee van der Wyk, and men's swimmer Sharif Alaoui as the Pasadena City College Athletes of the Year for the 2009-2010 sports season. The trio were all freshman performers.
Release date 6-25-2010
Brandon Kintzler, a pitching ace on the 2003 Pasadena City College baseball team, has become a rising prospect in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He recently was promoted to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds (Tennessee) and recorded his first save for that team on June 20.
Release date 6-23-2010
Cherisa Sellers, a member of the 2009 Pasadena City College state champion women's basketball team, has signed her 4-year university letter to attend Texas College in Tyler, Texas. The 6-foot-2 center was twice named All-South Coast Conference North Division Second Team at PCC.
Release date 6-23-2010
Pasadena City College acting head football coach James Kuk announced that the 2009 sophomore signing class grew this month with commitments made by cornerback Taurus D'Antignac and quarterback Jonathan Troast.
Release date 6-16-2010
From 2001-2002, he played for two of the best teams in Pasadena City College men's soccer history. He is the program's second all-time leading points scorer. In 2010, Edgar Manvelyan returns to PCC with a mission to rebuild the Lancers back into a state contender as the college's new men's soccer head coach.
Release date 6-10-2010
Randy Lilavois has been selected as just the second head coach in the history of the Pasadena City College women's soccer program by Athletic Director/Dean of Kinesiology, Health & Athletics Beverly Tate. The Lancers begin the 2010 season in late August.
Release date 6-2-2010
For the first time in his three seasons at Pasadena City College, Larry Wade will be the sole head coach for the Lancers men's and women's track and field teams in 2011. Wade previously was a co-head coach of the program in 2008 and assistant coach this past season.
Release date 6-1-2010
Tracee van der Wyk tried, but couldn't overcome the elements in placing third in the women's 1,500 meters at the CCCAA State Track and Field Championships held Saturday at Antelope Valley College's Marauder Stadium. Overall, three Pasadena City College men's and women's track athletes earned state medals (top eight places) as the 2009-2010 Lancers sports season came to a close.
Release date 5-22-2010
After four seasons as the head coach of the Pasadena City College women's softball team, Elaine Martinez resigned from the part-time position this week to pursue another job in coaching and teaching.
Release date 5-21-2010
Pasadena City College freshman Tracee van der Wyk continued her impressive season by winning the 1,500 meters title at the Southern California Track and Field Championships held Saturday at Mission Viejo's Saddleback College.
Release date 5-17-2010
As the host school of the 2010 CCCAA Women's Badminton State Championships, Pasadena City College wanted to make a mark in the individual singles and doubles competition. The Lancers did just that by placing high in three of the four categories of play in concluding their season May 14-15. The Lancers had opened the tourney May 13 in an epic 11-10 loss to City College of San Francisco in the state team title match.
Release date 5-15-2010
The Pasadena City College women's badminton team came oh so close to a state team title Thursday. The Lancers greatest season in 11 years of the intercollegiate sport came to a thrilling finish, but it was City College of San Francisco prevailing, 11-10, in the CCCAA State Team Championship Match at PCC's Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 5-13-2010
Not only will Pasadena City College host the 2010 CCCAA Women's Badminton Championship Tournament May 13-15, but the Lancers cover new territory for their program by being a participant in their first-ever state title match.
Release date 5-12-2010
Former softball head coach Sandi Iverson, who retired in 2007 as the winningest coach in Pasadena City College women's sports history with 562 victories, was inducted into the California Community College Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Iverson's induction ceremony will take place at the CCCFCA fastpitch softball luncheon Thursday at Bakersfield College, host of this weekend's 2010 state championship tournament.
Release date 5-12-2010
The 2010 Pasadena City College women's badminton team did something that no previous Lancers' team could accomplish Wednesday. PCC went to the wire in capturing the college's first Southern California Regional championship in the sport, defeating San Diego City College, 12-9, at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 5-5-2010
Pasadena City College sophomore Ernesto Rodriguez, a top cross country runner the past two seasons, used his distance ability when it counted with a thrilling victory in the men's 3,000 meter steeplechase at the South Coast Conference Track and Field Championships held April 27 and May 1 at Mt. San Antonio College.
Release date 5-4-2010
The Pasadena City College men's swim season concluded with the Lancers' 17th place team finish at the CCCAA State Championship meet held April 29-May 1 at Mt. San Antonio College.
Release date 5-4-2010
It was the Tracee van der Wyk distance festival at the South Coast Conference Track and Field Championships April 27 and May 1 at Mt. San Antonio College. The Pasadena City College freshman women's runner put on a clinic in endurance and versatility in willing the Lancers to a fourth place team finish at the conference finals meet.
Release date 5-4-2010
The Pasadena City College women's badminton team is looking for its first Southern California Regional championship when it hosts San Diego City College Wednesday, May 5 in the SoCal team title match. Singles competition begins at 3 p.m. at PCC's Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 5-4-2010
Freshman Sharif Alaoui became the fourth state individual champion in the past four seasons from the Pasadena City College men's swim team with his victory in the 200-yard freestyle Friday during the CCCAA State Championships held at Mt. San Antonio College.
Release date 5-1-2010
If one statistic could explain everything about the 2010 Pasadena City College baseball team, it would be the Lancers' record when the team scored 10 or more runs in a game. PCC reached double digits in runs six times this season, yet only once did it win a game when accomplishing the feat.
Release date 4-30-2010
Sophomores Marissa Rangel, Amber Frame and Lupita Contreras were honored by coaches as members of the 2010 All-South Coast Conference Second Team.
Release date 4-27-2010
For the fourth straight season, a Pasadena City College men's swimmer was named South Coast Conference Swimmer of the Year as Sharif Alaoui earned Tri-Swimmer of the Year for his impressive three individual event wins at the SCC Championships April 22-24 at Mt. San Antonio College.
Release date 4-27-2010
David Reed, who set numerous receiving records on the Pasadena City College football team in 2006-2007, was chosen by the Baltimore Ravens as the No. 156 overall pick in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft Saturday morning.
Release date 4-24-2010
After battling El Camino College-Compton Center, only to lose 4-3 Wednesday, the Pasadena City College baseball team reverted to its recent ways in a 14-4 defeat against Mt. San Antonio College Thursday at Brookside Park's Jackie Robinson Memorial Field.
Release date 4-23-2010
The Pasadena City College men's and women's swimming teams soared to two event victories on day 1 of the South Coast Conference Championships held Thursday at Mt. San Antonio College. That followed sophomore diver Merry Sanders second triumph in a two-day span, a championship title in the 3-meter diving competition held April 17 at El Camino College.
Release date 4-23-2010
Pasadena City College women's track and field team freshman Tracee van der Wyk stunned 4-year university runners with three tremendous races at the Beach Invitational held at Cerritos College April 17.
Release date 4-23-2010
A disappointing season for the 2010 Pasadena City College softball team ended with yet another home defeat, an 8-1 loss to East Los Angeles College Wednesday at Brookside Park. PCC finished the year at 9-28 overall and in sixth place of the South Coast Conference with a 2-16 league mark.
Release date 4-21-2010
Pasadena City College sophomore guard Kim Smith, a starter on the 2009 women's basketball state champion team, signed her scholarship letter of intent with University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) Monday.
Release date 4-20-2010
Pasadena City College men's basketball sophomore forward Elliott Berry, a two-time, All-South Coast Conference First Team selection, signed his scholarship letter of intent to play and attend University of California, Riverside Monday.
Release date 4-20-2010
Merry Sanders became the first Pasadena City College diver in five years to win the 1-meter women's diving title at the South Coast Conference Diving Championships held at El Camino College Friday.
Release date 4-17-2010
The Pasadena City College women's badminton team collected its second straight South Coast Conference championship Wednesday with a 21-0 sweep over East Los Angeles at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 4-15-2010
It took just one game for the Pasadena City College softball team to nearly match its offensive production of its 11 previous South Coast Conference contests. The Lancers took out their frustrations on host El Camino College, recording season highs in runs and hits in a 19-4 rout over the Warriors Tuesday. The game lifted the Lancers out of the SCC cellar and likely a sixth place finish in the seven-team conference.
Release date 4-14-2010
The Pasadena City College men's and women's swimming and diving teams continued their improvement with several season-best times/marks at the PCC-hosted 10th Pasadena Invitational held April 9-10 at the Aquatic Center.
Release date 4-13-2010
The joy of early success in the South Coast Conference has subsided for the 2010 Pasadena City College baseball team. The Lancers are in a 9-game losing slump, including Thursday's 9-1 defeat against the conference's version of Cy Young--El Camino pitcher Kyle Petter.
Release date 4-9-2010
The good news for the Pasadena City College softball team is that it snapped a 12-game, overall losing streak on April 3 in a 4-1 victory over Los Angeles Mission College. The bad news is that the Lancers continued an 11-game, South Coast Conference losing streak Tuesday in a 7-1 defeat v. visiting Mt. San Antonio.
Release date 4-8-2010
After having one of the best cross country seasons ever performed by an individual at this college in 2009, Pasadena City College freshman Tracee van der Wyk is continuing her success on the PCC women's track and field team this year.
Release date 4-8-2010
Freshman Sharif Alauoi highlighted the Pasadena City College men's swimming and diving team's performance Friday with three individual event victories in a South Coast Conference double dual meet against Long Beach City and Rio Hondo Colleges at PCC's Aquatic Center.
Release date 4-3-2010
On April Fool's Day, Pasadena City College women's badminton coach Bill Sanchez promised he wasn't playing a joke when he sent out a skeleton crew minus his top two singles players against El Camino College Compton Center. The host Lancers didn't miss a beat as Amber Turner, Thoa Huynh, Anne Mosching and Nancy Ta went 8-0 in singles matches and 4-0 in doubles play to post a 16-5 victory.
Release date 4-3-2010
Cerritos College, a state finalist in 2007 and state champions in 2008, seems to be ready for a return visit to the state tournament in 2010. The Falcons slugged two home runs Tuesday on their way to handing the Pasadena City College softball team its 11th straight loss, 9-3, in a South Coast Conference game at Brookside Park.
Release date 3-30-2010
Albert Galvan, a former Pasadena City College student athletic trainer, has won the 2010 California Athletic Trainers Association (CATA) YouTube Video Contest. Galvan produced a video involving other student trainers and members of the PCC men's soccer team designed to show the value and need for such people associated with intercollegiate athletics.
Release date 3-29-2010
Sophomore Merry Sanders swam a season-best 2:07.75 to win the 200-yard freestyle, then captured the 1-meter diving victory to highlight the Pasadena City College swim teams' performance in a double dual meet v. Cerritos and LA Trade Tech Colleges held at PCC's Aquatic Center Friday.
Release date 3-27-2010
21-0. 21-0. 21-0. Those scores don't just speak domination, they speak complete competitive control over opponents. The fact that the Pasadena City College women's badminton team turned the trick in a one week span against all three of their South Coast Conference foes shows just how much the Lancers have taken a stranglehold on first place.
Release date 3-26-2010
Former Los Angeles Lakers' great and Pasadena City College basketball alumnus Michael Cooper has been inducted into The Commission on Athletics (COA) California Community College Sports Hall of Fame. The announcement was made this morning in a release by the COA/CCCAA sports information office.
Release date 3-25-2010
The Pasadena City College swim teams each recorded solid victories over host El Camino College March 19 in a South Coast Conference dual meet. The PCC men downed the Warriors, 84-46, while the women recorded a 107-19 triumph.
Release date 3-25-2010
A strong point during their victories this season, pitching has been just the opposite for the Pasadena City College baseball team of late. The Lancers have surrendered 44 runs over three straight South Coast Conference losses, including Thursday's 18-7 setback v. visiting East Los Angeles College.
Release date 3-25-2010
After losing three straight games at the Bakersfield Tournament March 20-21, one would think the Pasadena City College softball team would relish a return to its home diamond. But not the 2010 Lancers, who lost for the eighth time in nine games at Brookside Park Tuesday afternoon. Los Angeles Harbor College blanked PCC, 2-0, dropping Pasadena to 1-10 in South Coast Conference play.
Release date 3-23-2010
Pasadena City College Acting Head Football Coach James Kuk announced that seven of his 2009 Lancers have signed scholarship letters to attend 4-year universities.
Release date 3-18-2010
Pasadena City College women's badminton head coach Bill Sanchez likes what he is seeing from his defending South Coast Conference champion Lancers. The 2010 squad could very well be in on its way to the program's second straight title following a 19-2 rout over East Los Angeles College Wednesday at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 3-18-2010
With two outs in the ninth inning Thursday, sophomore catcher Brian Smith swung at a pitch nearly over his head. He missed. But when Smith found a pitch a little more in his vicinity on his next swing, he blasted a shot over the leftfielder's head, giving the Lancers a 5-4, walk-off victory over visiting LA Harbor College in a South Coast Conference game at Brookside Park's Jackie Robinson Memorial Field.
Release date 3-18-2010
After 27 consecutive losses in South Coast Conference softball play dating back to the start of the 2009 season, El Camino College found a way to the win column Thursday. Pasadena City College joined the Warriors in the cellar of the SCC in a 5-3 loss at Brookside Park. Both teams are now 1-9 in conference play.
Release date 3-18-2010
After winning three of their first four South Coast Conference games, the Pasadena City College baseball team has fallen into bad habits which have sent the Lancers into a 3-game losing streak.
Release date 3-16-2010
The Pasadena City College softball team saw its season record drop to 7-15 after sufferering an 11-4, non-conference loss to Antelope Valley College Monday at Brookside Park.
Release date 3-16-2010
The defense of the 2009 state championship was short-lived for the Pasadena City College women's basketball team at this year's CCCAA Final 8 Tournament. City College of San Francisco turned the tables on the Lancers by controlling the offensive boards throughout a 75-58 quarterfinals win Thursday at Cal Lutheran University's Gilbert Arena.
Release date 3-12-2010
Today marks the seventh consecutive appearance by the Pasadena City College women's basketball team at the CCCAA Championship Final 8 Tournament. The Lancers are the defending state champions and come into the tourney as the No. 4 seed from the South Region.
Release date 3-11-2010
The South Coast Conference hasn't been a friendly place for the Pasadena City College baseball team since it joined the league in 1987. The Lancers have regularly struggled in the SCC, including last year when it mustered just three wins in 24 games. First place might have been a fantasy last year for PCC. On March 9, 2010, first place is for real.
Release date 3-9-2010
The defending state champion Pasadena City College women's basketball team will have this Thursday's CCCAA quarterfinal game against City College of San Francisco streamed live on the Internet at www.coasports.org, the official website for California Community College athletics. Game time is 1 p.m. at Cal Lutheran University Gilbert Arena in Thousand Oaks. Fans can listen to the playoff beginning with pre-game coverage at 12:50 p.m.
Release date 3-9-2010
For several seasons, the Pasadena City College baseball team has been looking from the bottom up at the South Coast Conference standings. But following Monday's 4-2 upset victory over the South region's No. 2-ranked team, El Camino College, the Lancers find themselves in a 4-way tie for first place in the early going of the conference race.
Release date 3-8-2010
The Pasadena City College softball team turned things around over the weekend, winning two of three games at the Golden West Tournament. The Lancers had to play through several rain delays and had a few games cancelled due to inclement weather.
Release date 3-8-2010
Women's basketball alumni Tamiko Rounds and Morgan Bennett, members of Pasadena City College's 34-win team in 2006-2007, have gone on to help their new college to ultimate success. Now seniors, the pair led Talladega College of Alabama in winning the small college national championship March 6.
Release date 3-8-2010
Kim Smith experienced the high of being on a state champion team last year as a freshman. She wouldn't mind another shot at the state trophy as a sophomore. The veteran guard rose to the occasion Saturday night as she scored 23 points to help the No. 4 seed Pasadena City College women's basketball team down No. 5 Riverside, 65-56, in the Southern California Regional Bracket IV Finals.
Release date 3-6-2010
The Pasadena City College softball team is in a South Coast Conference funk, one that has led to a 1-6 start to the conference schedule for the Lancers. PCC (5-11 overall) lost both its SCC games this week, 11-2, against East Los Angeles Tuesday and, 6-2, at Cerritos Thursday.
Release date 3-5-2010
How does a team win all eight of its matches and still lose? That was the case for the defending South Coast Conference champion Pasadena City College women's badminton team in its March 3 season-opener at El Camino College.
Release date 3-5-2010
Last year, sophomore Easter Faafiti helped lead the Pasadena City College women's basketball team to the college's first state team championship in its women's athletics history. This year, Faafiti's impact was felt at her new college, NCAA Division III Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.
Release date 3-5-2010
Max Romero pretty much did it all for the Pasadena City College baseball team Thursday afternoon. Romero pitched a shutout into the eighth inning and went a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate to lead the Lancers to a rare victory over host East Los Angeles College, 5-3, in a South Coast Conference played at Cal State Los Angeles.
Release date 3-4-2010
The Pasadena City College men's and women's track and field teams each placed fifth Feb. 26 in a South Coast Conference 6-way meet held at Long Beach City College.
Release date 3-2-2010
The defending state champion and the No. 4-seed Pasadena City College women's basketball team plays for the opportunity to reach its seventh consecutive CCCAA State Final 8 Tournament when it hosts No. 5 seed Riverside Community College Saturday in the Southern California Regional Bracket IV Finals. Tip-off for the playoff game is 7 p.m. at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 3-1-2010
The Pasadena City College softball team saved a split in a non-conference, doubleheader at Chaffey College by downing the Panthers, 10-2, in the second game Friday. PCC dropped the first game by an 8-2 count.
Release date 3-1-2010
For two years, Melissa Fudge led the Pasadena City College women's soccer team in goal scoring. A natural scorer in soccer, Fudge has had a different role in her two seasons on the PCC women's basketball team. A defensive-type player, Fudge helped the Lancers off the bench last season when they captured the state championship, and served again as a key reserve for much of this season.
Release date 2-26-2010
The Pasadena City College men's and women's track and field teams participated at the Cerritos Invitational meet Feb. 20, marking another new season for the historic sport. PCC Sports Hall of Famers Jackie Robinson, Mack Robinson, Anthony Miller, and Dick Railsback are just a few of the many talented athletes that excelled in track and field here.
Release date 2-25-2010
Profiled in a feature article in the Pasadena Star-News this week, Pasadena City College softball team sophomore Lupita Contreras was portrayed as the team's quiet leader. The team's top hitter let her bat do the talking Tuesday as she helped the Lancers stop a 3-game, South Coast Conference losing streak with 4 hits in PCC's 7-0 road win over El Camino College.
Release date 2-25-2010
Sophomore guard Kim Smith became a two-time, All-South Coast Conference North Division selection after being one of five Pasadena City College women's basketball players chosen to the 2009-2010 Team.
Release date 2-25-2010
It wasn't a great season for the Pasadena City College men's basketball team, but the team performance didn't prevent conference coaches of recognizing the efforts of three Lancers players chosen to the 2009-2010 All-South Coast Conference North Division Team.
Release date 2-25-2010
Securing the No. 4 seed in the Southern California Regional Playoffs, the defending state champion Pasadena City College women's basketball team hosts No. 13 Irvine Valley College Friday, Feb. 26 in a Bracket IV semifinal game. Tip-off is 7 p.m. at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium, a place where PCC is a perfect 14-0 in all postseason games ever played at the facility.
Release date 2-23-2010
Volunteering to pitch on two days rest and knowing he wasn't going to have much in the tank, sophomore righthander Ruben Sanchez took the starting mound for the Pasadena City College baseball team in the second game of a doubleheader at LA Mission College Saturday afternoon.
Release date 2-22-2010
For five innings, Pasadena City College starting pitcher Samantha Gontol shut down the bats of Los Angeles Valley College in hurling the Lancers to a 2-0 lead. In the sixth inning, the Monarchs caught up to Gontol's fastballs and dropped a 5-spot on PCC, leaving Brookside Park with a 5-2, non-conference victory Friday afternoon.
Release date 2-19-2010
The defending state champion Pasadena City College women's basketball team put itself in the position to again be one of the top four seeds in the upcoming Southern California Regional Playoffs by knocking off soon-to-be, South Coast Conference North Division champion Mt. San Antonio College, 64-62, Friday night before 200 fans at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 2-17-2010
It wasn't a typical evening for forward Elliott Berry. In his final community college game, Berry scored just 12 points, but those baskets helped lift him into the Top 25 on the Pasadena City College men's basketball all-time scoring list.
Release date 2-17-2010
The Pasadena City College softball team turned to sophomore Amber Frame to go to the pitching circle with the thought of stopping a 3-game losing streak Monday afternoon. Frame's first pitching performance since winning 13 games as the team's ace last season was just what the Lancers needed as they blanked previously undefeated Santa Barbara City College, 2-0, at Brookside Park.
Release date 2-15-2010
Coming into the 2010 season with more depth and talent than in recent seasons, the Pasadena City College women's softball team felt it had prepared itself for the grind of playing in what has become the state's most powerful league -- the South Coast Conference.
Release date 2-13-2010
Sometimes less really is more. Ask the Pasadena City College men's basketball team after the performance it put together with just six players Friday night. The Lancers played four starters all 40 minutes and blew out host East Los Angeles College, 88-63, to break PCC's four-game, South Coast Conference North Division losing streak.
Release date 2-12-2010
No one was left off the scoreboard Friday night as the Pasadena City College women's basketball team received points from all 13 of its players in a 79-56, South Coast Conference North Division victory at East Los Angeles College.
Release date 2-12-2010
When Jerronisha Green hit a layup with 1:15 remaining, the Los Angeles Trade Tech forward marked the game's 26th lead change. Unfortunately for the Pasadena City College women's basketball team, it would be the game's last advantage switch in an 80-73 loss to the Lady Techsters Wednesday night at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 2-10-2010
When Jordan Block left Wednesday night's game with a foot injury midway through the first half, Pasadena City College men's basketball head coach Michael Swanegan sent in reserve guard B.J. Rosary. At that point, there were more assistant coaches (two) sitting on the PCC bench than reserve players (one).
Release date 2-10-2010
Known more in her two seasons as a defensive player coming off the bench, sophomore guard Melissa Fudge is looking like someone who just received a set of keys to a brand new sports car. Handed a starting role by PCC women's basketball head coach Joe Peron, Fudge is taking full advantage of the change.
Release date 2-6-2010
With 1:05 left, frosh center Marcus Harvey's put-back basket gave the Pasadena City College men's basketball team a 76-75 lead. But in an intense South Coast Conference North Division game against El Camino College Compton Center, it was the last hurrah for the Lancers in an 80-78 loss Friday night at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 2-6-2010
Despite a 5-run rally in the sixth inning to tie the game, the Pasadena City College softball team lost a heartbreaker to host Citrus College, 6-5, Thursday night. Citrus got the walk-off victory on a two-out, bases-loaded RBI single by Brittany Vasquez off PCC pitcher Samantha Gontol.
Release date 2-5-2010
Leadoff batter and centerfielder Marissa Rangel had a banner day by collecting seven hits in nine at-bats as the Pasadena City College softball team posted a pair of victories at Golden West College Wednesday. The Lancers opened with a 3-0 blanking over San Diego Mesa, then soared to a 9-3 triumph over host Golden West.
Release date 2-4-2010
There wasn't a lot to smile about last season for the Pasadena City College baseball team, an eighth-place finisher in the South Coast Conference. But PCC Head Coach Evan O'Meara knew he had a keeper in infielder Mike Flynn. After playing first base last year, O'Meara was so impressed by Flynn's pre-season practices that he moved the sophomore to one of the key middle infield positions at second base. O'Meara also feels Flynn, a South Pasadena High grad, exhibits leadership abilities that he hopes will help foster a positive attitude with his 2010 squad.
Release date 2-4-2010
Pasadena City College women's softball head coach Elaine Martinez begins her fourth season in charge knowing that her 2010 Lancers have more talent and depth than any of her previous three squads. Applying performance will likely take some time, though. That was evident as PCC opened the new season January 30 with a doubleheader loss to host Palomar College, 8-2 and 8-5.
Release date 2-3-2010
Coming off a disappointing loss to Mt. San Antonio College last week, the Pasadena City College women's basketball team decided it was time to change things up from a rotation and lineup point of view.
Release date 2-3-2010
The Pasadena City College men's basketball team nearly caught first-place and state No. 7-ranked Mt. San Antonio, but the Lancers' late rally fell short in a 91-86, South Coast Conference North Division defeat Wednesday night in Walnut.
Release date 1-28-2010
With a current 870 career points, Kim Smith has reached No. 6 on the Pasadena City College women's basketball all-time scoring list. Smith, a sophomore guard, is looking to become only the fourth Lancer to ever reach 1,000 points.
Release date 1-28-2010
When guard Anna Shahinian took a baseline shot that deflected off a Mt. San Antonio player's hand right into the basket, it seemed everything was going right for the Pasadena City College women's basketball team Wednesday night. The odd basket capped a 15-0 scoring run by the defending state champion Lancers that gave them a commanding 15-2 lead six minutes into the South Coast Conference North Division game.
Release date 1-27-2010
The home rims weren't kind to the Pasadena City College men's basketball team Friday night. The Lancers seemed on target on their long-range shots, but frequently attempts rang in-and-out. Meanwhile, visiting East Los Angeles College used a run of three consecutive made 3-pointers to put away the Lancers in an 87-71, South Coast Conerence North Division game at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 1-23-2010
In a game where the Pasadena City College women's basketball team didn't have the services of top player Kim Smith and then lost its top forward Dominique Scott to an injury early on, the Lancers overcame the setbacks to post an 85-42, South Coast Conference North Division rout over visiting East Los Angeles College Friday night.
Release date 1-22-2010
A season ago, Los Angeles Trade Tech ruined the Pasadena City College men's basketball team's postseason hopes. The Beavers won twice v. a 22-win Lancers team, but a poor Trade Tech pre-conference season combined with the fact that no team is allowed to leapfrog another team that finishes higher than it in conference play left PCC out of the 2009 regional playoffs.
Release date 1-20-2010
In the past five days, Los Angeles Trade Tech College learned how tough it really is to play in the South Coast Conference North Division for women's basketball. After stringing together a 17-game winning streak to open the season, The Lady Techsters ran into the twin buzzsaw called Pasadena City College and Mt. San Antonio, two teams that have dominated the state the past several seasons.
Release date 1-20-2010
For one half, host El Camino College-Compton Center gave the defending state champion Pasadena City College women's basketball team all it could handle in tying the Lancers, 23-23, after 20 minutes. But this was PCC's South Coast Conference North Division opener, and fortunately for the Lancers, they had 20 more minutes to reveal their potential.
Release date 1-15-2010
The box score reads that the Pasadena City College men's basketball team saw a rare accomplishment by having three different players reach double-doubles in points and rebounds Friday night in the team's South Coast Conference North Division opener at El Camino College-Compton Center.
Release date 1-15-2010
How do you improve when your team is already on a winning streak? That was an important question that Pasadena City College women's basketball coach Joe Peron asked his players going into the Lancers' final pre-divisional game Wednesday night at El Camino College.
Release date 1-14-2010
Easter Faafiti, a member of Pasadena City College's 2009 state champion women's basketball team, is continuing her successful playing career with accolades as a junior center for Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.
Release date 1-13-2010
Pasadena City College is looking for two new part-time head coaches for their Fall, 2010 men's and women's intercollegiate soccer teams.
Release date 1-9-2010
Despite making a season-high 33 turnovers, the Pasadena City College women's basketball team endured the mistakes and posted its eighth straight victory, 73-49, over LA Southwest College Friday at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 1-8-2010
Citing a need to give its men's and women's soccer programs a new direction, Pasadena City College has let go walk-on, head coach Cherif Zein. Zein directed the women's team the past 13 seasons and the men's squad for 12 seasons.
Release date 1-8-2010
Freshman guard Shawn Hampton scored 26 points and helped rally the Pasadena City College men's basketball team to its fourth win in the last six games in a 77-73 triumph at Los Angeles Harbor College Wednesday night.
Release date 1-6-2010
As the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close, we reflect back on some of the greatest games of the past 10 years in Pasadena City College intercollegiate athletics. The games include some great performances by teams and individuals, a few playoff games, several historic accomplishments, and others that were simply memorable contests. No list can be done without a set of rules and we have decided to not include any PCC losses or performances by individual team sports, including track and field, swimming and diving, and cross country. Only games involving traditional team sports are on the list. This means the 65-64, season-ending loss to Santa Ana by the 2007 PCC football team is not on the list, nor the four event wins at the 2007 state championship meet accomplished by Edino Steele in men's track and field. Here now is the Top 10 PCC Games of the Decade 2000-2009 as compiled by the sports information office, and pieced in four different releases, counting down from No. 10, No. 9, and No. 8 that follow:
Release date 12-31-2009
The list of the Top 10 PCC Games of the Decade 2000-2009 continues with games 7, 6, and 5 as follows:
Release date 12-31-2009
The third installment of the Top 10 PCC Games of the Decade 2000-2009 follows with games 4 and 3:
Release date 12-31-2009
The fourth and final installment of the Top 10 PCC Games of the Decade 2000-2009 ends with No. 2 and No. 1 as follows:
Release date 12-31-2009
The tournament portion of the Pasadena City College men's basketball team's schedule came to a close Wednesday with the Lancers knowing they have improved, but will need be more consistent in the coming 2010 second half of the season.
Release date 12-31-2009
The Pasadena City College women's basketball team battled back from 18 points down in the first half to outlast Santa Rosa, 70-66, in capturing the San Jose City College Lady Jaguar Classic Tuesday.
Release date 12-29-2009
For 40 minutes of regulation play and the first half of a 5-minute overtime period, Pasadena City College men's basketball guard Dannin Harris had not contributed a single point of an 85-85 nailbiter between the Lancers and host Long Beach City College. In the following 68 seconds, Harris single-handedly sparked PCC with all eight points of an 8-2 run as the Lancers won their second straight South Coast Conference interdivisional game, 97-87, Wednesday night.
Release date 12-23-2009
Pasadena City College got to see the rushing exploits of Jerome Harrison when he set a school football record with back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons in 2002 and 2003. On Sunday, the National Football League and his current team the Cleveland Browns learned how electrifying a player the PCC alumnus has become.
Release date 12-20-2009
Pasadena City College has released its 2010 Spring intercollegiate sports schedules on to this website. Schedules for the Lancers men's baseball, women's softball, women's badminton, men's and women's swimming and diving, and men's and women's track and field teams are on each respective team's "schedule/score" page, and on the master schedule that appears on both the athletics home page and the college's main page.
Release date 12-19-2009
Pasadena City College's Dominique Scott exhibited exactly the type of play that head coach Joe Peron was hoping from his talented, 6-2 freshman center as her season-high 31 points and 12 rebounds helped the Lancers get past Bakersfield, 82-60, in a non-conference game Saturday night at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 12-19-2009
No one said it would be easy, but the Pasadena City College men's basketball team didn't think it would have to sweat out the end of a 9-game losing streak Wednesday night. The Lancers blew a 21-point, second-half lead, but held on to defeat Los Angeles Southwest College, 66-63, at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 12-16-2009
Joe Peron, the Pasadena City College women's basketball head coach in his 14th season, recorded his 333rd and 334th career victories at the Rose City Classic Tournament Dec. 11-12 to pass former men's coach George Terzian as PCC's all-time winningest basketball coach.
Release date 12-14-2009
For the second time in 2009, the Pasadena City College women's basketball team stopped a Ventura College undefeated streak. On Saturday, the Lancers captured their own Rose City Classic tournament title for the 10th time in 12 seasons, knocking off the state No. 1-ranked Pirates, 81-72.
Release date 12-12-2009
The battle of the top two-ranked teams in the state will take place as advertised after the Pasadena City College women's basketball team downed Los Angeles Pierce College, 72-57, in the semifinals of the 12th Rose City Classic Friday night at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 12-11-2009
It's not getting any better for the Pasadena City College men's basketball team, which is seeing the losses mount and the roster dwindle. The Lancers lost their ninth straight contest Thursday, losing to Santa Monica College, 77-60, in the second round of the Rio Hondo Roadrunner Roundup Tournament.
Release date 12-10-2009
Freshman center Dominique Scott scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Pasadena City College women's basketball team to a 67-55 win over Santa Monica College in an opening-round game of the 12th Rose City Classic at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium on Thursday night.
Release date 12-10-2009
Due to a mixup with basketball referees scheduled, Pasadena City College is changing the game times for Saturday, Dec. 12, the final day of the 12th Rose City Classic Tournament at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 12-10-2009
The Pasadena City College women's basketball team loves playing in its home tournaments. The Lancers captured the season-opening Hilton Garden Inn Classic title in November, and now look forward to this week's 12th Rose City Classic Tournament to be played Thursday-Saturday, December 10-12 at PCC's Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 12-9-2009
Sophomore transfer guard Jordan Block is scoring at a tremendous clip, but his Pasadena City College men's basketball team is stuck in the midst of a 6-game losing streak that dropped the Lancers' record to 1-6.
Release date 12-2-2009
Still stinging from its 72-68 loss to Mt. San Jacinto November 27, the Pasadena City College women's basketball team played stronger defense to pick up two victories in closing out the College of the Desert Round-Robin Thanksgiving Tournament November 28-29.
Release date 12-2-2009
After the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team set a school record with a 22-match winning streak this season, the Lancers banked on that success with the selections of the international freshmen duo of outside hitter Patti Blasco and setter Jessica Xu to the 12-player, All-State Team.
Release date 12-2-2009
The defending state champion Pasadena City College women's basketball team had a 15-game winning streak dating back to last season snapped in a 72-68 loss to Mt. San Jacinto in the opening round of the College of the Desert Thanksgiving Tournament Friday.
Release date 11-28-2009
As seasons go, the 2009 campaign will go down as one of the greatest in Pasadena City College women's volleyball history. The Lancers had hoped the season would have lasted a little longer.
Release date 11-28-2009
The South No. 1-seed and state No. 2-ranked Pasadena City College women's volleyball team hosts 8-seed and state No. 15 Bakersfield College Saturday, November 28 at 6 p.m. in one of four CCCAA Southern California Regional Playoff Final matches. All PCC home matches are played at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 11-25-2009
One curse about being a top seed in a playoff tournament is that the No. 1 team is automatically a target for every opponent. Ask El Camino College when in 2005 as a top seed it was upset by bottom seed Cypress.
Release date 11-24-2009
What a week for Pasadena City College women's volleyball head coach Tammy Silva. On November 18, Silva coached her Lancers to a clinching win over El Camino College to complete an undefeated conference season and give state No. 2-ranked PCC its first South Coast Conference championship.
Release date 11-23-2009
Patti Blasco was a top performer in Monterrey, Mexico when she led her prep team to several state championships. This year, Blasco has brought that winning fever to the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team as a freshman outside hitter.
Release date 11-23-2009
Yura Movsisyan didn't win a title in his only season at Pasadena City College in 2005, but the now 22-year-old professional captured the ultimate prize in Major League Soccer as he helped Real Salt Lake win the MLS Cup Sunday over the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Release date 11-22-2009
While it wasn't a full team that attended the CCCAA Championship meet, the two Pasadena City College men's cross country runners who did qualify for the event ran like a team. Sophomore Ernesto Rodriguez and freshman Will Zentmyer each placed among the top 50 runners in an inspiring close to the 2009 season Saturday.
Release date 11-22-2009
Selected the No. 1 seed in the Southern California region, the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team will host No. 16 Antelope Valley College Tuesday, November 24 in the first round of the CCCAA Regional Playoffs. The 22-1 Lancers will have a 6 p.m. first serve at PCC's Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 11-21-2009
Usually when two players can post double-doubles in points and rebounds, good things happen to basketball teams. Not so for the Pasadena City College men's basketball team November 19 when it lost for the fourth time in five games this season, losing to host Cypress College, 90-82, in a non-conference contest.
Release date 11-21-2009
It was the return of women's cross country at the state level for Pasadena City College Saturday. The much-improved Lancers rode a fourth place individual finish by freshman Tracee van der Wyk to take 15th place as a team at the CCCAA Championship Meet held at Woodward Park in Fresno.
Release date 11-21-2009
While the team's 5-5 finish didn't make much of an impact, the National Northern Conference coaches recognized the strength of the Pasadena City College football defense in 2009 by naming four Lancers to the All-NNC First Team Defense.
Release date 11-19-2009
The Pasadena City College women's volleyball team put an end to El Camino College's 8-year reign of South Coast Conference championships Wednesday night by soundly sweeping the host Warriors, 25-19, 25-21, 25-22, completing a perfect conference season at 16-0 for the Lancers.
Release date 11-18-2009
Anna Shahinian scored 25 points as the Pasadena City College women's basketball team romped over host West Los Angeles College, 102-40, Wednesday in Culver City. The defending state champion Lancers are 5-0 overall.
Release date 11-18-2009
In recent years, the Pasadena City College women's soccer team and Long Beach City College have battled in epic contests, some that have ended long winning streaks and others that have derailed postseasons.
Release date 11-16-2009
It was almost a fitting way to end the season for the Pasadena City College men's soccer team. The 2009 Lancers closed a winless season on Friday, the 13th, losing to visiting Long Beach City College, 4-2, at Robinson Stadium.
Release date 11-16-2009
The 2009 season for the Pasadena City College football team often was a case of the defense trying to make up for the offense and its lack of production. On Saturday night in the team's season finale, the Lancers' offense took center stage as it used several top performances by sophomores to dismantle host Glendale College, 38-22, in a National Northern Conference game.
Release date 11-14-2009
It was the spoken goal of Tammy Silva when she was named head coach of the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team in 2007. In just her third season in charge of the Lancers, Silva's goal was reached as the team captured at least a tie for its first-ever South Coast Conference championship Friday with a 3-game sweep over host Long Beach City College.
Release date 11-13-2009
The Pasadena City College women's volleyball team is ranked No. 3 in the state, but no team has been as dominating in its victories than the Lancers, who have now won a staggering 60 of 67 total games played in 21 matches.
Release date 11-10-2009
Putting the ball in the net has been a chronic problem for the Pasadena City College women's soccer team this season. That is except when the Lancers face South Coast Conference newcomer El Camino College Compton Center. PCC has taken full advantage of playing a program that was renewed this year after being dormant for several years at Compton.
Release date 11-10-2009
When Hilton Garden Inn began sponsoring the season-opening tournament for the Pasadena City College women's basketball team in 2007, the Lancers figured it would quickly capture the championship title. It just took a longer than they expected as PCC finally won its tip-off tournament for the first time since 2006 behind a dominating 64-47 victory over Chaffey College Sunday afternoon.
Release date 11-9-2009
One day after the colleges' football teams played to overtime, the Pasadena City College and College of the Canyons' men's basketball teams had to go an extra period as the Cougars prevailed over the Lancers, 93-88, Sunday at the Clash of the Canyons round-robin tournament.
Release date 11-9-2009
Sophomore center Cherisa Sellers drilled a turnaround jumper with 21 seconds left to break a 62-62 tie and send the Pasadena City College women's basketball team to a 65-62 semifinals win over Cypress College Saturday night on the second day of the Hilton Garden Inn Classic. All games at the PCC-hosted, season-opening tournament are played at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 11-8-2009
Returning All-South Coast Conference forward Elliott Berry scored 22 points to lead four Lancers in double figures as the Pasadena City College men's basketball team opened the 2009-2010 season with a 78-73 victory over Cuyamaca at the Clash of the Canyons Tournament Saturday.
Release date 11-8-2009
All great teams have different individuals who make key contributions from game to game. On Friday night, the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team turned to sophomore opposite Galia Sotomayor, who led the Lancers to their 18th straight victory, sweeping host Los Angeles Trade Tech College, 25-7, 25-9, 25-14.
Release date 11-8-2009
Four quarters don't decide football games between Pasadena City College and College of the Canyons. For the second consecutive season, the National Northern Conference foes went to overtime, and for the second straight year, it was the Cougars who outlasted the Lancers.
Release date 11-8-2009
Rarely does one runner have as much impact as Tracee van der Wyk made for the Pasadena City College women's cross country team on Friday at the Southern California Championships. Van der Wyk's All-Region sixth place finish catapulted the Lancers to reach their first team appearance at the CCCAA state meet in eight years.
Release date 11-7-2009
Darly Htike's goal with 1:18 left gave the Pasadena City College women's water polo team an exciting close to the 2009 season as the Lancers edged El Camino College, 6-5, in the fifth place match of the South Coast Conference Tournament Saturday morning. The 3-day tourney was played at Chaffey College.
Release date 11-7-2009
Freshman goalie Hannah Hogue reached 265 saves for the season Thursday at the South Coast Conference Tournament to achieve Pasadena City College women's water polo records for saves in a single season and career.
Release date 11-6-2009
After a 35-minute ceremony celebrating the Pasadena City College women's basketball state championship for 2008-2009, the defending champion Lancers went back to work Friday night as the 2009-2010 season kicked off with a 76-65 victory over LA Valley in the first round of the Hilton Garden Inn Classic at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 11-6-2009
Returning All-South Coast Conference First Team forward Elliott Berry (pictured) leads the Pasadena City College men's basketball team into the 2009-2010 season Saturday, November 7 when the Lancers face Cuyamaca in the first round of the Clash at Canyons Tournament held at College of the Canyons.
Release date 11-4-2009
Pasadena City College women's volleyball head coach Tammy Silva reached the 100-win milestone in her seven-year coaching career Wednesday night as her state No. 3-ranked Lancers pounded host Los Angeles City College, 25-11, 25-10, 25-11, in a South Coast Conference match.
Release date 11-4-2009
The Pasadena City College women's soccer team forced the play in controlling the offensive side of the field during Tuesday's match against visiting Mt. San Antonio College.
Release date 11-3-2009
Since it opened in 1999, Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium hasn't been draped with a signature item, something that signifies success in Lancers athletics. That all changes Friday night when the Pasadena City College women's basketball team raises its first state championship banner in a ceremony prior to the Lancers season-opening game.
Release date 11-3-2009
Tracee van der Wyk accomplished something Saturday that hadn't been done previously this decade in Pasadena City College women's cross country. The freshman took third place individually and recorded the highest finish by a Lancer in more than 10 years at the South Coast Conference Championships held at the Whittier Narrows Legg Lake course.
Release date 11-1-2009
Reuben Thomas's fourth touchdown with 1:31 remaining gave the Pasadena City College football team a 27-20, National Northern Conference victory over Moorpark College Saturday afternoon at Robinson Stadium.
Release date 10-31-2009
Pasadena City College has canceled today's PCC Mini Tournament due to an unforseen heating problem at the Aquatic Center pool, PCC women's water polo head coach Terry Stoddard announced this morning.
Release date 10-30-2009
Five players from this year's Pasadena City College football team have been invited to participate in the second annual Triumphant Sports National Junior College All-American Game Saturday, December 12 at Chandler High School in Chandler, Arizona.
Release date 10-30-2009
The only time the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team has been stretched to five games this season came against Friday night's visitors-- state No. 20-ranked Mt. San Antonio College. That was a month ago when the Lancers went to the limit and recorded the victory at Mt. SAC.
Release date 10-30-2009
Claudia Garcia picked the right time to score her first goal of the season as the Pasadena City College women's soccer team broke its recent offensive slump by beating host East Los Angeles College, 2-0, Friday in a South Coast Conference match.
Release date 10-30-2009
Former Pasadena City College football All-American David Reed is showing the rest of the nation the talents that allowed him to set several receiving records here in 2006-2007. Now a senior at the University of Utah, Reed caught the second longest pass in Utes' history during Utah's 23-16 overtime victory over Air Force October 24.
Release date 10-28-2009
Only minutes after watching the men's soccer team give up six goals in a half, the Pasadena City College women's soccer team did the exact same thing in the first half of its 6-0 loss to Cerritos College Tuesday afternoon at Robinson Stadium.
Release date 10-27-2009
For the first 34 minutes of its South Coast Conference game Tuesday, the Pasadena City College men's soccer team used solid play by its defenders to stay scoreless with national power Cerritos College. For the last 56 minutes, PCC showed why it's still winless after 16 matches this season.
Release date 10-27-2009
The state's No. 3-ranked Pasadena City College women's volleyball team rolled to its 15th consecutive victory, sweeping host Los Angeles Harbor College, 25-8, 25-7, 25-15, Friday night. Leaders of the South Coast Conference at 10-0, the Lancers upped their overall record to 16-1.
Release date 10-24-2009
Tracee van der Wyk ran 13th overall out of 272 runners in placing the Pasadena City College women's cross country freshman among the state's top racers at the Mt. San Antonio Invitational held October 16.
Release date 10-23-2009
Thoughts of a victory danced in the heads of the winless Pasadena City College men's soccer team Friday when Francisco Castro scored a goal in the 56th minute. Castro, who flicked in a pass from Phillip Gutierrez off a throw-in by Justin Gener, gave the Lancers a rare lead in a South Coast Conference match at 2-1.
Release date 10-23-2009
It's not hard to figure out why the talented Pasadena City College women's soccer team sits in fifth place in the South Coast Conference at 6-7-1 and 3-4-1 in SCC games. Too often the Lancers are searching for goals.
Release date 10-23-2009
After rising to No. 3 in the CCCWVCA State Top 25 poll and No. 2 in the South region, the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team celebrated its lofty rankings with a sweep over visiting East Los Angeles College, 25-9, 25-19, 25-18, Wednesday night at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 10-21-2009
See Hannah Hogue make a save. See Hannah Hogue make a steal. See Hannah Hogue score? Yes, even the freshman goalie's surprising long-range shot to end the first half got the Pasadena City College women's water polo team on the scoreboard. The Lancers didn't generate much more offense in a 5-2, South Coast Conference loss to Chaffey College Wednesday at the Aquatic Center.
Release date 10-21-2009
The records keep coming, but not on the positive side for the winless Pasadena City College men's soccer team. The Lancers suffered yet another frustrating South Coast Conference defeat Tuesday when host Long Beach City College romped over PCC, 10-2.
Release date 10-20-2009
Freshman Hannah Hogue continued her strong play at goalie as the Pasadena City College women's water polo team won twice out of four matches at the Citrus Tournament held October 16-17.
Release date 10-19-2009
(Santa Maria) – The Pasadena City College football team remains winless in National Northern Conference play after losing to Allan Hancock College, 38-23, Saturday night at Righetti High School.
Release date 10-17-2009
The Pasadena City College women's soccer team peppered visiting El Camino College Compton Center with 33 shots on goal and dominated a 7-1, South Coast Conference victory Friday at Robinson Stadium.
Release date 10-16-2009
It will go down as one of the epic victories in Pasadena City College women's volleyball history. The Lancers, ranked No. 6 in the State Top 25 Poll, upset No. 1 and two-time defending state champion El Camino College in four games before a lively home crowd at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium Friday night.
Release date 10-16-2009
The Pasadena City College women's cross country team ran to a fifth place finish out of 11 scoring teams at the Howard Brubaker Invitational in Orange County held October 10.
Release date 10-15-2009
A successful 2008-2009 men's basketball season was boosted by the knowledge that the Lancers have had their conference finish and overall record adjusted due to the forfeiture of 22 victories by Los Angeles City College.
Release date 10-14-2009
It's something that usually occurs in women's basketball when Pasadena City College plays rival Mt. San Antonio. But for the first time on Friday, October 16, women's volleyball will have its duel for first place in the South Coast Conference when the Lancers host the two-time, defending state champion Warriors of El Camino College. Match time is 6 p.m. at PCC's Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 10-14-2009
Nine minutes go as fast as blinking one's eyes in a regulation 90-minute soccer match. Prior to the 25th minute, the Pasadena City College and El Camino College women's soccer teams were in a scoreless duel. By the 34th minute, the Lancers were ahead 3-0 and on their way to a 4-2, South Coast Conference victory on a rainy afternoon at Robinson Stadium.
Release date 10-13-2009
After totaling just one first down and 4 yards of offense in an anemic first half, the Pasadena City College football team changed quarterbacks and nearly changed the outcome of its National Northern Conference game Saturday afternoon at PCC's Robinson Stadium. The Lancers fought back from a 16-0 deficit, but Ventura College hung on for a 26-20 victory.
Release date 10-10-2009
It started out great for the Pasadena City College women's water polo team at the 9th Pasadena Bowl Tournament Friday. But the Lancers couldn't build on an 11-8 victory over Cuesta, losing the final three games of the six-team, two-day event.
Release date 10-10-2009
The juggernaut continued for the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team Friday night at state No. 22-ranked Cerritos College. The No. 8 Lancers recorded their 10th sweep of the season and extended their winning streak to 11 consecutive matches with a 25-22, 25-21, 25-14 triumph over the Falcons.
Release date 10-9-2009
At the midway point of the 2009 season, The Pasadena City College football team is rated high in several team categories and have a few players atop individual areas in the Southern California Football Association (SCFA) current statistics.
Release date 10-7-2009
From Shenyang, China, Pasadena City College women's volleyball setter Jessica Xu is a coach's dream. Quite possibly the tallest setter in the state at 6-foot-1, the freshman Xu also is part of a PCC offense that allows her to show off her hitting skills.
Release date 10-7-2009
If she wasn't already deemed the best goalie in Pasadena City College women's water polo history, freshman Hannah Hogue might be one of the Lancers' go-to scorers. Hogue showed some of that vast talent Wednesday when she scored 3 goals over the final four minutes of play in the Lancers' 15-2, South Coast Conference victory over visiting Rio Hondo.
Release date 10-7-2009
Melissa Fudge scored a pair of goals, including one with two minutes left to lift the Pasadena City College women's soccer team past East Los Angeles, 2-1, Tuesday in a South Coast Conference game at PCC's Robinson Stadium.
Release date 10-6-2009
The Pasadena City College men's soccer team put an end to its school-record, 9-match losing streak by tying East Los Angeles, 2-2, Tuesday in a South Coast Conference match at PCC's Robinson Stadium.
Release date 10-6-2009
Jerome Harrison, the only player in Pasadena City College football history to rush for 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons, had his finest game in his 4-year, National Football League career Sunday.
Release date 10-5-2009
After consistently racing as the Pasadena City College men's cross country team top runner last year, Ernesto Rodriguez had a quiet beginning to his sophomore season. In his third meet this year, Rodriguez rose to the occasion by finishing in sixth place individually at the Bakersfield Invitational held October 2.
Release date 10-5-2009
Over the past few years, putting points on the board has been a routine task for the Pasadena City College football team. That was before PCC was run over by a punishing Bakersfield College pass rush that resulted in a 34-13 loss for the Lancers in the National Northern Conference opener for both teams Saturday night.
Release date 10-4-2009
Playing without top sophomore scorer Melissa Fudge and quality freshmen Heather French and Marina Lesse, the Pasadena City College women's soccer team suffered its third straight shutout defeat, 4-0, by host Cerritos College Friday in a South Coast Conference match.
Release date 10-3-2009
It was feared that the Pasadena City College men's soccer team's early struggles this season could take even a darker turn when the Lancers entered this week's beginning of South Coast Conference play.
Release date 10-3-2009
After guiding the 2008-2009 women's basketball team to the first state championship in Pasadena City College women's sports history, head coach Joe Peron was selected as the South Coast Conference Women's Coach of the Year.
Release date 10-2-2009
The state's No. 8-ranked Pasadena City College women's volleyball team only took 55 minutes to capture its ninth straight victory, a 3-game sweep over visiting Los Angeles City College Friday evening. For PCC Head Coach Tammy Silva, it felt like an eternity.
Release date 10-2-2009
The Pasadena City College women's water polo team spread the wealth in its 22-1, South Coast Conference win at Los Angeles Trade Tech College Wednesday. The Lancers (4-7, 2-1 in SCC play) had all nine of their field players score goals.
Release date 10-1-2009
After earning its highest regular season ranking in school history as the No. 8 team on this week's state Top 25 poll, the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team immediately became a target for those trying to knock the Lancers off their perch.
Release date 9-30-2009
For a program where success has been the norm, the Pasadena City College men's soccer team is wondering when its 2009 opening-season nightmare will end. The Lancers went winless in pre-South Coast Conference play and are trying to snap the school's longest losing streak, now at seven matches.
Release date 9-28-2009
Sophomore quarterback Nick Ponce passed for 332 yards and four touchdowns to lead the region's 14th-ranked Pasadena City College football team to its third straight win, 38-7, over host Riverside in an non-conference game Saturday night.
Release date 9-27-2009
Pasadena City College women's cross country runner Tracee van der Wyk (pictured) raced to 24th overall in the 5-kilomer open race at the UC Riverside Invitational Sept. 19. Van der Wyk's time of 19 minutes, 21.3 seconds was 13th among runners from college teams in a race that featured 166 competitors overall.
Release date 9-26-2009
Pasadena City College women's water polo head coach Terry Stoddard saw his Lancers make a giant improvement Friday with a pair of victories at the Cabrillo College Tournament. PCC downed Ohlone, 15-3, before knocking off Diablo Valley, 6-4, to up its season record to 3-5.
Release date 9-25-2009
The 12th state-ranked Pasadena City College women's volleyball team served a season-high 19 aces to bedazzle visiting Los Angeles Harbor College, 25-7, 25-5, 25-11, for the Lancers' seventh consecutive victory Wednesday night in a South Coast Conference match.
Release date 9-23-2009
The Pasadena City College women's water polo team rallied with 2 second-half goals by sophomore Jade Wilia, but fell short against visiting Mt. San Antonio, 5-3, in a South Coast Conference match Wednesday afternoon.
Release date 9-23-2009
Sophomore forward Melissa Fudge scored two goals and teammate midfielder Alexa Weigand one in a span of just six minutes early on as the Pasadena City College women's soccer team blanked visiting College of the Sequoias, 3-0, Tuesday in a non-conference match at Robinson Stadium.
Release date 9-22-2009
The Killer B's were in full force Saturday night during the Pasadena City College football team's 49-27 non-conference victory over East Los Angeles at Robinson Stadium. Freshman wide receivers Kemonte Bateman and Demonte Bell combined for 5 touchdowns as the Lancers went ahead by as much as 42 points, 49-7, by the 9:48 mark of the third quarter.
Release date 9-19-2009
The Pasadena City College football team swept the second set of SCFA National Northern Conference Player of the Week awards thanks to highlight performances in the Lancers' 53-0 win over El Camino College Compton Center Sept. 12.
Release date 9-18-2009
Ranked No. 12 in the state Top 25 poll, the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team made quick work of host East Los Angeles College, 25-11, 25-8, 25-9, Friday night in the South Coast Conference opener for both teams. The win was the Lancers (7-1) sixth in a row.
Release date 9-18-2009
Jade Wilia broke open a close game with 4 second-half goals as the Pasadena City College women's water polo team defeated El Camino, 8-2, Wednesday in the South Coast Conference and home opener for the Lancers.
Release date 9-16-2009
After receiving its highest ranking this decade in the just-released opening CCCWVCA State Top 25 Poll at No. 12, the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team celebrated the good news with a sweep over Glendale, 25-9, 25-19, 26-24, at PCC's Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium Wednesday night.
Release date 9-16-2009
After leading the Pasadena City College women's soccer team in scoring last year by accounting for half of the team's goals with 18, sophomore Melissa Fudge had to sit out the first three matches this year because of academic issues.
Release date 9-15-2009
The Pasadena City College men's soccer team saw its season-long losing streak extended to five games Monday when it dropped a 5-1 decision against visiting San Diego City College.
Release date 9-15-2009
The Pasadena City College football team collected its most lopsided victory since the 1981 season in dominating El Camino College Compton Center, 53-0, Saturday evening in the Lancers' home opener at Robinson Stadium.
Release date 9-12-2009
The Pasadena City College women's water polo team may not have come out of the first day of the 2009 season with a a victory, but the Lancers discovered what kind of quality goaltender they have in freshman Hannah Hogue. The Temple City High grad's first collegiate start turned into a record-setting performance Friday as she made a new PCC single-game mark of 21 saves in a 10-4 loss v. Palomar at the Saddleback Tournament
Release date 9-12-2009
It's starting to come together for the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team. The Lancers swept both LA Pierce and Ventura at Friday's El Camino College Classic Tournament, stretching their winning streak to four matches.
Release date 9-11-2009
Pasadena City College freshman safety/linebacker Kevin Ayers was named the SCFA National Northern Conference Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Lancers' 35-30, season-opening loss at Mt. San Antonio College Sept. 5
Release date 9-10-2009
Down 1-0 in games and 9-2 in score in the second game, Pasadena City College women's volleyball coach Tammy Silva figured it was just a matter of time before her team would awake from the effects of its van ride to Victor Valley College in Victorville.
Release date 9-9-2009
The Pasadena City College women's and men's cross country teams opened the 2009 schedule by racing in the Fullerton Season Opener meet at Fullerton Municipal Golf Course Sept. 5. The Lancers women placed 19th out of 26 teams, but most of the field was made up of 4-year university squads.
Release date 9-8-2009
A streak of play where it allowed 10 consecutive goals over two matches continued a rare season-opening slide by the Pasadena City College men's soccer team. Off to the college's worst start ever in the sport at 0-3, the Lancers were crushed by Los Angeles Mission, 5-1, Tuesday in their home opener at Robinson Stadium.
Release date 9-8-2009
Despite returning a Pasadena City College football record three interceptions for touchdowns, the Lancers’ defense couldn’t prevent Mt. San Antonio from scoring a TD with 1:16 left in a season-opening, 35-30 defeat Saturday afternoon at Mt. SAC’s Hilmer Lodge Stadium.
Release date 9-5-2009
For two seasons from 2006-2007, All-American David Reed smashed nearly every receiving record for Pasadena City College football. Reed is looking to do the same this season for the University of Utah. On Thursday night, the senior Reed caught 10 passes for 172 yards and a touchdown to lead the nation's 19th-ranked Utes to their 15th straight victory, 35-17, over Utah State.
Release date 9-4-2009
The Pasadena City College women's soccer team suffered its second straight loss, falling to Los Angeles Valley College, 2-1, in the Lancers' home-opening match Friday at Robinson Stadium.
Release date 9-4-2009
The Pasadena City College football team begins its 85th season on the gridiron Saturday, Sept. 5 when the Lancers play at Mt. San Antonio College. Kickoff for the game is 1 p.m. at Mt. SAC's Hilmer Lodge Stadium in Walnut.
Release date 9-3-2009
For the third consecutive match, freshman outside hitter Patti Blasco totaled double figures in kills as the Pasadena City College women's volleyball team swept host Antelope Valley College, 26-24, 25-12, 25-14, in a non-conference match Wednesday night.
Release date 9-2-2009
Pasadena City College has cancelled Wednesday's home-opening women's soccer match due to poor air quality caused by the recent Station Fire in La Canada Flintridge. It is not known if the postponed Sept. 2 non-conference match against Southwestern will be rescheduled.
Release date 9-1-2009
The Pasadena City College women's soccer team opened the 2009 season on a positive note Friday, but suffered a rocky defeat Monday to leave the Lancers with a 1-1 record after two road matches.
Release date 9-1-2009
Over the past 11 seasons under head coach Cherif Zein, the Pasadena City College men's soccer program has built a reputation of excellence that includes four South Coast Conference titles, four trips to the third round of the regional playoffs, and a school-best run to the state semifinals in 2002. Last season, PCC just missed advancing to the CCCAA Final Four, losing to eventual state champion Cerritos in the third round of the Southern California Regional Playoffs.
Release date 9-1-2009
The Pasadena City College women's volleyball team opened the 2009 season with a 3-game sweep over Santa Barbara City College before getting swept itself by Cypress during the 6-team, Pasadena Tournament Friday at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Release date 8-28-2009
After losing a pair of two-time, All-South Coast Conference First Team players to graduation, Pasadena City College women's volleyball coach Tammy Silva knew she had to restock her roster for the 2009 season. After making final cuts this week, Silva feels her revamped 14-player roster already is the most talented group in her three seasons at PCC.
Release date 8-27-2009
With the addition of redshirt freshman transfer Nate Montana, son of NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana, the Pasadena City College football team has perhaps the most interesting and intense competition it has ever had at the quarterback position. Acting Head Coach James Kuk likes the potential of Montana, but is making it clear that the program has three players that are challenging for the starting position going into the 2009 season.
Release date 8-26-2009
Coming off a 7-4 year and the program's first bowl victory since 2001, the Pasadena City College football team is preparing for another postseason run in the upcoming 2009 campaign. The Lancers participate in their first official practice this Thursday, Aug. 13 at PCC's Robinson Stadium.
Release date 8-11-2009
Pasadena City College's 2009-2010 intercollegiate sports season begins Friday, Aug. 28 when the Lancers' women's volleyball, men's soccer, and women's soccer teams open their schedules. Three of PCC's 16 sports teams get the ball rolling for a calendar year that runs more than nine months through May, 2010.
Release date 8-7-2009
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