ABOVE:
Javier Martinez maneuvers between two MiraCosta defenders to score
Palomar's third goal on Friday. -- Photo by Hugh Cox. LOWER LEFT:
Uli Von Son, who scored the Comets' first goal to break a scoreless
tie at the half. LOWER RIGHT: Goalkeeper Christian Negrete,
who had five saves as he shut out the Spartans.
Comets top rival MiraCosta by 3 goals
again
SAN
MARCOS
(10-30-09) -- Palomar's Pacific Coast Athletic
Conference men's soccer leaders downed Highway 78 rival
MiraCosta for the second time by a three-goal margin on
Friday, winning 3-0 at Minkoff Field.
The Comets
(8-5-2, 6-1-2) broke a scoreless halftime tie on goals by
Uli Von Son (unassisted), pictured on above left, Javier
Martinez (assisted by Marco Gomez) and Gabriel DaSilva
Duarte (assisted by Richard Gil).
Palomar
goalkeeper Christian Negrete, above right, recorded five
saves in shutting out the Spartans (2-13-2, 0-7-2).The
Comets, who beat the Spartans 4-1 on Oct. 7 at MiraCosta,
ran their unbeaten streak to eight. They're 6-0-2 since
dropping their conference opener to San Diego City College
back on Sept. 30.
Palomar back in first place following
shutout
EL
CAJON (10-8-09) -- Palomar is back alone atop the
Pacific Coast Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
after defeating host Cuyamaca 2-0 on Wednesday.
Gabriel
DaSilva Duarte (left) scored both coals for coach Carlos
Hernandez' Comets. Duarte's first goal came off Javier
Martinez' assist and put Palomar on top 1-0 at halftime. His
second goal came in the second half off Cesar Pacheco's
(above right) assist.
The Comets
moved to 7-5-2 on the season, 5-1-2 in the conference. They
passed idle San Diego City College, which was in first place
by one point. Palomar has 17 points, the Knights 15.
The victory
ran Palomar's unbeaten streak to seven games. The Comets are
5-0-2 during that span.
Johnny
Topete breaks away to score Palomar's goal in a 1-1 tie with San
Diego City College on Friday. -- Photo by Hugh Cox
Top 2 PCAC
teams tie; Comets trail by 1 point
SAN
MARCOS (10-23-09) -- Palomar and San Diego City College,
the top two teams in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conf. men's
soccer standings, battled to a 1-1 tie on Friday at Minkoff
Field.
With Palomar
down 1-0, Johnny Topete scored on a penalty kick in
the final five minutes to tie the game.
The Knights,
who edged past the Comets in the teams' battle for first
place by beating Imperial Valley 1-0 on Wednesday when
Palomar had a bye, remain
one point ahead of the Comets. City is 7-3-5 overall and 4-0-3
in conference. Palomar is 6-5-2 and 4-1-2.
First-place Comets' Topete is Athlete of
Week
SAN
DIEGO
(10-19-09) -- Palomar soccer player Johnny Topete,
who has played a huge role in what so far is a first-place
run by the Comets, has been selected
Pacific Coast Athletic
Conference Men's Athlete of the Week for all sports.
Topete is a
freshman from Orange Glen High School.
Topete, the
CIF-San Diego Section Player of the Year in 2007 when he led
the Patriots to the section Division II championship, scored
three goals last week. He tallied two unassisted goals in a
2-2 tie with San Diego Mesa and added a goal in a 3-0
victory over Imperial Valley.
1st-place Comets down Arabs 3-0 at Minkoff
SAN
MARCOS
(10-16-09) -- Palomar remained in first place
in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference in men's soccer on
Friday, defeating Imperial Valley 3-0 at Minkoff Field.
Gabriel
DaSilva Duarte (left), Johnny Topete and Edgar Aguilar
(right) scored goals for the Comets (6-5-1, 4-1-1).
Cesar Pacheco
added an assist.
Palomar will
host second-place San Diego City College as the Comets try
to avenge their lone conference loss on Friday at 1 p.m. at
Minkoff Field.
Topete scores pair of goals; Palomar still in
1st
SAN
DIEGO
(10-14-09) -- Johnny Topete (left) scored two
unassisted goals under the lights on Wednesday night as
Palomar tied San Diego Mesa 2-2 to remain in first
place in the
Pacific Coast Athletic Conference in men's soccer.
Both of
Topete's goals came on free kicks, the second one in the
87th minute to tie the game.
Coach Carlos
Hernandez' Comets are 3-1-1 in PCAC play and have 10 points
to lead the conference. San Diego City College and
Southwestern tied 3-3 on Wednesday afternoon and remain
deadlocked for second place, with eight points.
The men's
soccer victory at Mesa's newly-renovated Merrill Douglas
Stadium completed an unbeaten, 4-0-1 day and evening
for Palomar that also included wins in women's soccer,
women's volleyball, men's water polo and women's
water polo. The Palomar women's golf team, heavily favored
in a scheduled Foothill Conference five-way match in Long
Beach, was rained out.
Comets blank Southwestern in
2-0 match-up
SAN
MARCOS
(10-9-09) -- Gabriel DaSilva Duarte and Uli Von Son
(left) scored goals on Friday as Palomar notched a 2-0
Pacific Coast Athletic Conference victory over Southwestern
at Minkoff Field.
Edgar
Aguilar (right) assisted on both goals.
The Comets
are 5-5 on the season, 3-1 in the PCAC.
The win was
the third straight for coach Carlos Hernandez' Palomar side.
Topete scores 2 goals; Comets hammer
rivals
OCEANSIDE
(10-7-09) -- Johnnie Topete (left) scored two goals on
Wednesday afternoon as Palomar's men's soccer squad hammered
Highway 78 rival MiraCosta 4-1 in a Pacific Coast Athletic
Conference game that was moved from Minkoff Field due to a
scheduling mix-up.
Topete
scored the first goal for the Comets (4-5, 2-1) on a penalty
kick.
Cesar
Pacheco (right) scored the second goal on an Edgar
Aguilar assist. Pacheco assisted on Topete's second goal.
Achilles Schmelzer added Goal No. 4 on Eric Torres' assist.
MiraCosta is
2-9, 0-3.
Duarte scores two goals; PCC is 1-1 in
PCAC
SAN
MARCOS
(10-2-09) -- Gabriel DaSilva Duarte (left) scored two
goals on Friday as Palomar defeated Cuyamaca 3-1 at Minkoff
Field to even its Pacific Coast Athletic Conference record
at 1-1.
Johnnie
Topete (right) and Jose Velasquez assisted on DaSilva's
goals.
Uli VonSon
scored the Comets' other goal off Edgar Aguilar's assist.
Palomar is
3-5 overall.
Palomar evens record at 2-2 with 1-0
victory
SAN
MARCOS
(9-12-09) -- Palomar's men's soccer squad defeated
Compton 1-0 on Tuesday afternoon at Minkoff Field, evening
its 2009 record at 2-2 in the process.
Cesar Pacheco
(left) scored the Comets' goal off an assist from Johnnie
Topete (right).
Palomar evened its
record at 2-2 in the non-conference match-up.
The Comets will host
Santa Ana on Friday at 4 p.m. and Rio Hondo on Monday at the
same time, before opening Pacific Coast Athletic Conference play
next Wednesday at San Diego City College at 1 p.m.
Johnnie Topete
scores Palomar's first goal of the game in 3-2 victory over
College of the Desert,. -- Photo by Hugh Cox
Pacheco gets three assists as Comets win
3-2
SAN
MARCOS
(9-17-09) -- Palomar's men's soccer team held off
visiting College of the Desert 3-2 in a non-conference
match-up on Wednesday afternoon at Minkoff Field.
Cesar
Pacheco came up big for the Comets (1-2), assisting on goals
by Johnnie Topete, Achilles Smelchser and Gabriel DaSilva
Duarte.
Pirates break scoreless tie to turn back Comets
SAN
MARCOS
(9-4-09) -- Visiting Orange Coast College broke up a
scoreless defensive duel with two second half goals to ruin
Palomar's season opener 2-0 on Friday afternoon at
Minkoff Field.
The Pirates
scored in the game's 50th minute on a Derek Woody goal, then
added a second goal by Will Munoz in the 82nd minute.
The loss in
the men's game, coupled with Riverside Community College's
3-1 victory over the Palomar women (see above) put a damper
on ceremonies prior to the double-hdeader that dedicated the
Minkoff Field facility.
PHOTO:
The Comets battled Orange Coast to a 0-0 standoff for
most of the afternoon.-- Photo by Hugh Cox
Palomar will
try to bounce back after tough year
SAN
MARCOS (9-1-09) --
After back-to-back second-place finishes, Palomar's
men's soccer team fell on hard times a year ago, going
4-14-5 overall and finishing fifth in what was then
called the Pacific Coast Conference, going 2-6-4.
Coach
Carlos Hernandez (left) has high hopes for better things
during the upcoming 2009 season with what will be a
new-look Palomar team.
The
Comets will open the season on Friday, Sept. 4, in
Minkoff Field, when they host Orange Coast College at
Minkoff Field.
Friday's
double-header (Palomar's women will host Riverside
Community College at 1 p.m.) will be preceded at noon by
ceremonies dedicating Minkoff Field, which opened in the
late Fall of 2006 after a substantial donation by Dr.
Peter Minkoff. The field is named in honor of Dr.
Minkoff's father, Alvin P. Minkoff.
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Minkoff Field's dedication scheduled
Friday
SAN
MARCOS
(9-3-09) -- Palomar's artificial-surface Minkoff Field
soccer facility will be dedicated Friday at noon, prior to a
doubleheader featuring the Comets' women's and men's teams.
Minkoff
Field opened for play in the late Fall of 2006 after a
substantial donation by Dr. Peter Minkoff. The field is
named in honor of Dr. Minkoff's father, Alvin
P. Minkoff.
The facility, at the
northeast end of campus, is shared with the City of San
Marcos.
Palomar's women's team will play Riverside Community
College at 1 p.m. The Comets' men's team will open its
season against Orange Coast at 4 p.m.
2009
Schedule, Results
| Date |
Opponent |
Site |
Time /
Result, Record |
| Fri Sept 4 |
Orange Coast |
Minkoff Field |
Lost 0-2 (0-1) |
| Wed Sept 9 |
Riverside Community
College |
Riverside |
Lost 4-5 (0-2) |
| Wed Sept 16 |
College of the
Desert |
Minkoff Field |
WON 3-2 (1-2) |
| Tue Sept 22 |
Compton |
Minkoff Field |
WON 1-0 (2-2) |
| Fri Sept 25 |
Santa Ana |
Minkoff Field |
Lost 1-3 (2-3) |
| Mon Sept 28 |
Rio Hondo |
Whittier |
Lost 0-3 (2-4) |
| Wed Sept 30 |
*-San Diego City
College |
San Diego |
Lost 1-6 (2-5, 0-1) |
| Fri Oct 2 |
*-Cuyamaca |
Minkoff Field |
WON 3-1 (3-5,
1-1) |
| Wed Oct 7 |
*-MiraCosta |
Oceanside |
WON 4-1 (4-5, 2-1) |
| Fri Oct 9 |
*-Southwestern |
Minkoff Field |
WON 2-0 (5-5,
3-1) |
| Wed Oct 14 |
*-San Diego Mesa |
San Diego |
Tied 2-2
(5-5-1, 3-1-1) |
| Fri Oct 16 |
*-Imperial Valley |
Minkoff Field |
WON 3-0 (6-5-1,
4-1-1) |
| Fri Oct 23 |
*-San Diego City
College |
Minkoff Field |
Tied 1-1
(6-5-21, 4-1-2) |
| Wed Oct 28 |
*-Cuyamaca |
El Cajon |
WON 2-0 (7-5-2,
5-1-2) |
| Fri Oct 30 |
*-MiraCosta |
Minkoff Field |
WON 3-0 (8-5-2,
6-1-2) |
| Tue Nov 3 |
Victor Valley |
Victorville |
Lost 3-4 (8-6-2) |
| Wed Nov 4 |
*-Southwestern |
Chula Vista |
WON 4-3 (9-6-2,
7-1-2) |
| Fri Nov 6 |
*-San Diego Mesa |
Minkoff Field |
3 p.m. |
| Wed Nov 11 |
*Imperial Valley |
Imperial |
3 p.m. |
| Fri Nov 7 |
Imperial Valley |
Home |
WON 7-0 (4-14-4,
2-4-4) |
Home games in bold
*-Pacific Coast Athletic
Conference games
Home Games at Minkoff Field on campus
| No. -- Name |
Pos |
Ht |
Wt |
Yr |
High School
|
| -- -- Edgar
Aguilar |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Alex
Bautista |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Oscar
Cabrera |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Gabriel
DaSilva Duarte |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Sean
Flores-Torcat |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Marco
Gomez |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- --
Benjamin Ledezma |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Ivan
Milosevaski |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Rene
Moran |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- --
Christian Negrete |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Cesar
Pacheco |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Jorge
Mora |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- --
Achilles Schmelzer |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Juan
Topete |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Erik
Torres |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- --
Reynaldo Uribe |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Jose
Valasquez |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Omar
Rivera |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- --
Jonathan Esquivel |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Julio
Lopez |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Javier
Martinez |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Jorge
Rivera |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Daniel
Daniel |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Kevin
Valdez |
|
|
|
|
|
| -- -- Richard
Gil |
|
|
|
|
|
2008 season
ABOVE: Jorge Calderon. LOWER
LEFT: Cesar Pacheco. LOWER RIGHT: Andres Robles.
-- (Photos by Rick
Rowell)
ORDER PHOTOS (password: cometball)
2008 season
Comets win 4-3, halt Riverside's win
streak at 5
SAN
MARCOS (9-19-11) --
The Palomar men's soccer team ended Riverside Community College
season-opening win streak at five games on Friday, beating the Tigers
4-3 in a non-conference game at Minkoff Field.
Jorge Calderon scored a goal on Ricardo
Calleja's assist, Jorge Calderon tallied an unassisted goal and Cesar
Pacheco scored on a free kick off Pacheco's assist for the Comets.
Coach Carlos Hernandez
said he hopes Palomar's tough early-season schedule is beginning to
pay off for his freshman-dominated team as the Pacific Coast
Conference season approaches. The Comets are 2-7.
PHOTO: Andres Robles (10 scores
on a header in upset victory over Riverside Community College. --
(Photo by Hugh Cox)
ABOVE: Palomar's Tyler Bernetskie
watches ball in Harbor game.
-- (Photo by Rick Rowell). BELOW: Bernetskie
heads the
ball. -- (Photo by Hugh Cox)
Seahawks win in 4-2 non-conference
match-up
SAN
MARCOS (9-9-11) --
Palomar's men's soccer squad continues its steady
improvement, but it wasn't enough to beat visiting Los Angeles Harbor on
Wednesday.
The Seahawks took
home a 4-2 non-conference decision at Minkoff Field.
Zack Bass scored
Palomar's first goal in the 50th minute, unassisted.
Jorge
Calderon added the Comets' second goal in the 80th minute
off a Ricardo Calleja assist.
Palomar, which defeated Rio Hondo on penalty kicks for its first
victory last Friday, is 1-5 overall.
Comets try
to move up after 2 runner-up finishes
SAN
MARCOS (8-31-08) --
Coach Carlos Hernandez' (left) Palomar men's soccer
squad lost much of its 2007 firepower with the departure
of a stellar group of sophomores led by Pacific Coast
Conference Co-Player of the Year Steve Bryson.
But
Hernandez has high hopes of successfully re-building in
2008, once his team, which is largely inexperienced on
the community college level, begins to mature.
The
Comets dropped their first two games to Long Beach City
College and Orange Coast playing short-handed due to an
eligibility paper-work delay.
Palomar
is coming off back-to-back second-place finishes in the
conference.
2007 season
Pacific Coast Conference
Player of the Year Steve Bryson controls the ball amidst a crowd of
San Diego City College players.
(Photo by Hugh Cox)
Bryson selected
as co-Player of Year in the PCC
SAN
MARCOS (11-14-07) --
Palomar
sophomore midfielder Steve Bryson has been selected as
Pacific Coast Conference Co-Player of the Year in men's
soccer, and the Comets received an at-large berth
in the Southern California Regionals.
Bryson
was joined on the All-PCC first team by Palomar
teammates sophomore midfielder aSalle Durio, sophomore
midfielder Paco Felix and freshman defender Brian
Bernetskie.
Palomar
(13-6-5)
knocked off Rio Hondo (20-2-2) in the first round, then
tied lost to Irvine Valley on penalty kicks in the
second round in a game that was tied 1-1.
The
Comets finished the conference season in second place
with a 7-2-1 record.
SAN
DIEGO
Comets finish alone in second
place in the PCC
season.