Lancers bombard Pirates with hat trick to cap comeback

Share: On a warm Friday afternoon, the Pasadena City College men’s soccer team stood victorious in a wild back-and-forth game against Orange Coast College, with a final score of 4-2 at Jackie Robinson Stadium. In a close game that had them down 2 goals, the Lancers learned the meaning of resilience, and perseverance, and even used a few tricks to win against the swashbuckling Pirates down south.  The Lancers took their early 2-2-1 season record back home against the OCC Pirates on a warm Friday …

Women’s soccer takes charge, scores back-to-back goals in second half

Share: After a slow start to the game, consisting of several fouls and close-call goals, the Lancers took advantage of the time left in the second half by scoring 2 goals within the span of 6 minutes against Orange Coast College. The Lancers kicked off the first half of their home game, keeping the ball on the Pirates side of the field and maintaining loud communication, until the Pirates managed to steal the ball and pushed up forcing the Lancers to drop back.  The Lancers …

Women’s soccer leaves Citrus sour in 3-0 home win

Share: PCC women’s soccer stunned Citrus College with a 3-0 shutout at home in Robinson Stadium Tuesday evening. The Lancers continue their promising start to the season, improving their record to 4-0-2 and showcasing their talented roster.  In the opening ten minutes of the game, PCC was pressuring their  offense against the back line of the Citrus Owls.  With around 36:45 left in the first period, sophomore forward Megan Schmidt, made a breakaway with the ball towards the goal. The Citrus goalkeeper rushed out to …

Lancers volleyball swats the Hornets in 3-0 sweep

Share: Pasadena Lancers women’s volleyball team had a dominating win against the Fullerton Hornets where they won 3-0 in their sixth home game. Lancers started off slow getting points on the board against Fullerton, the serves going out of bounds which led to Fullerton automatically receiving points.  While both teams were tied in the early plays of the game, outside hitter Emma Yogan served two kills that would give Pasadena the lead. Other outsider hitter Reese Roper, contributed the second lead of the match.  The …

Pirates’ swashbuckling serves defeat Lancers in home opener

Share: Pasadena Lancers had their first home game this Wednesday where they lost 0-3 against Ventura Pirates. The set scores were 27-25, 25-15, 25-16.  Lancers started off strongly, gaining point after point on the scoreboard against Ventura when it came to a score of 25-24 when the tie was broken by two extra kills by Pirates.  Coach Mike Terrill went on to say that this was the strongest set they ever started off with this season and throughout practice.  “We played the best volleyball this …

Homerun Harris: A new queen has been crowned

Share:   The Pasadena City College softball team faced East Los Angeles City College at an away game in East LA on Apr. 14.  Batting second, PCC third baseman Jaimie Harris was ready to make a statement in the game. With already 10 home runs, the most important number in the back of her mind, was number 11. Eleven was the number that she needed in order to achieve immortality in the history of PCC softball.  She faced ELACC pitcher Jaqueline Martinez. In the first …

Lancers defeat Compton to secure post season spot

Share: After Friday’s game against the Tartar’s at Brookside’s Jackie Robinson field, PCC head coach Pat McGee gathered the Lancers in a huddle that seemed, from the outside, at once somber and celebratory. This game marked their second win against Compton, the end of the conference season, and secured the Lancer’s second place position as they move into the upcoming playoffs. The last game of any sports season can be described as bittersweet, and when you’re competing for the baseball playoff spot it can be …

Lancers hope for last minute tune-ups before playoffs

Share: PCC’s softball team ended their last game before the  playoffs with a hard loss of 10-1 against Cerritos on Apr. 26, but are looking forward to a clean slate. The Lancers were given mercy after the fifth inning when they only managed to score one run against Cerritos’ ten run lead. From innings one through four the team could not get a single run in, and in most cases, they couldn’t get a player on base at all.  In the fourth inning, they began …

Lancers take a hit in tough defeat at home against Mt. SAC

Share: The Lancers softball team suffered a loss at home on Friday against the Mounties in an 8-2 game and are ready to move forward as the regular season closes. Pasadena City College gave its all against the dominant Mt. SAC in 7 innings, producing five hits, two runs, and two stolen bases, but came up short and is now 15-7 in the conference and overall 23-14. Mt. SAC has now won 15 consecutive games in a row and has beaten the Lancers in all …