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  July 19, 2007   The program completed another successful run of the We Play Hard Basketball Camp for Boys and Girls.  In the two weeks of camps, 165 young players participated and learned some of what "We Play Hard"  means at Ventura College.  See Photos of Session 1 and Session 2.

  June 4, 2007    The Pirates placed an exclamation mark on the 2006-07 year with a stellar performance in the classroom this spring.  The 12-member team earned a combined 3.39 grade point average this semester with each student athlete carrying an average of 13.9 units each (12.0 units is considered a full schedule).  READ MORE...

  Apr. 15, 2007    Jessi Selleh and Veronica Williams were named Team MVP and Sandy Perry was named Team Captain highlighting the team's annual Post-Season Awards Banquet Sunday night at the Wedgewood Banquet Center.  READ MORE...

  Mar. 23, 2007    The Pirates' post-season Awards Banquet is scheduled for Sunday April 15, 2007 at the Wedgewood Banquet Center.  Social hour is at 5:00 pm and dinner is at 6:00pm.  READ MORE...

  Mar. 20, 2007    ATLANTA, Ga. - The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and Eastman Kodak Company announced the 2007 Junior College/Community College (JC/CC) Kodak/WBCA All-America Basketball Team.  Ventura College's Jessi Selleh has been named Honorable Mention All-American for her efforts during the 2006-07 season.  Jessi is the third Pirate to ever be recognized on the Kodak/WBCA All-America team.  Nicole Ellis was Honorable Mention in 1993 and Courtney Young was 1st Team in 2004.  Selleh is one of only nine freshmen recognized this season.  READ MORE...  See WBCA Press Release

  Mar. 13, 2007      ATLANTA, Ga. - The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), in cooperation with Eastman Kodak Company, announced the finalists for the 2007 Kodak/WBCA All-America Basketball Team for Junior College/Community College.  The 32 finalists, who are voted upon by WBCA member coaches in each of the nine WBCA geographical regions, are now in the running for selection to the 10-member Kodak/WBCA All-America Team.  Ventura College's Jessi Selleh is among the finalists for this prestigious award.  READ MORE...  See WBCA Press Release

  Mar. 8, 2007    Pirate head coach Ned Mircetic has completed a banner year by being named to the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame.  Mircetic just completed his 17th year as the captain of the Pirates' ship, and led the team to it's 17th consecutive Western State Conference Championship.  He was also an assistant coach for the Pirates' men's team for five seasons helping earn five more WSC crowns from 1986-1990.  He coached VC to five state championships (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002) and helped the Pirate men to another (1987).  Last month he became the fastest collegiate coach in the history of the game to amass 500 wins, accomplishing the feat in 17 years.  READ MORE... (from the Ventura County Star)

  Mar. 4, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley)  There was nothing left at the end except pride.  Despite a game-high 24 points from freshman Jessi Selleh and a standout defensive effort by sophomore Sara Arciniega, the Ventura College women's basketball team lost to Pasadena City, 77-62 on Saturday night in the Southern California Bracket B regional final at Hutto-Patterson Gym in Pasadena.  READ MORE...

  Mar. 3, 2007    Legendary UCLA coach John Wooden did not measure success in wins and losses, but rather he defined success as "becoming the best you are capable of becoming."  The Pirates lost Saturday night in their Southern California Regional Final at Pasadena City College, 77-62.  But in losing, they proved they were a successful team as their effort on the floor in pushing the 33-1 Lancers to the limit for much of the contest was truly their best output of the season.  It was an effort of which even the Wizard of Westwood would be proud.  READ MORE...

  Mar. 3, 2007    The VC Pirate men's regional final game against Riverside will be broadcast on the web at www.waldcast.net tonight beginning at 6:50 pm.  During that broadcast, fans will receive periodic updates of the women's regional final at Pasadena City College from injured Pirates Jenelle Conklin and Michelle Jameson through Ventura County Star reporter Joe Curley.

  Mar. 3, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley)  It's safe to say that, when it visits second-seeded Pasadena City (32-1) tonight at 7 at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium in a Southern California Bracket B regional final, No. 7 Ventura (26-7) will be in a time and a place no team in the state would choose to tread.  READ MORE...

  Mar. 3, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley)  Ellie Austin had made a promise to her daughter-in-law.  She'd baby-sit her 4-month-old granddaughter, Robin, one night a week, so Melanie could go back to school.  But when that night turned out to be Wednesday, that presented a bit of a conflict.  That's how the VC Athletic Event Center became Robin Austin's nursery.  READ MORE...

  Mar. 1, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley)  Cringe all you want, but Jessi Selleh embraces the image.  When she was a sixth-grader just learning the game, an opposing parent sitting in the stands called her "a Barbie playing basketball."  Blond as Barbie, yet as tough as G.I. Joe, Selleh symbolizes a Ventura College women's basketball team that, on the surface, sometimes looks like a band of pony-tailed overachievers.  READ MORE...

  Feb. 27, 2007    Jessi Selleh has added another post-season award to her resume.  She has been named Third-Team All-State by the California Community College Women's Basketball Coaches Association (CCCWBCA).  She is the 25th Pirate, the 23rd under coach Ned Mircetic, to receive All-State honors, and the first since Courtney Young and Kristine Gleisberg earned the honor in 2004.  READ MORE...

  Feb. 27, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley)  They may look and feel like the season's ultimate games, but the calendar doesn't lie.  They have arrived a week early.  The state tournament comes south Saturday night as oddities in seeding procedures match the Ventura College basketball teams in regional finals against two state championship favorites.  READ MORE...

  Feb. 24, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley) Before some of the finest players in the program's history, and thanks to a couple more currently wearing the orange and black, the Ventura College women's basketball got back to the business of winning playoff games Friday night.  Before some of the finest players in the program's history, and thanks to a couple more currently wearing the orange and black, the Ventura College women's basketball got back to the business of winning playoff games Friday night.  READ MORE...

  Feb. 23, 2007    It has been a long time coming, three years, in fact.  The Pirates broke a three-year, three-game post-season losing streak with an outstanding team effort in their 71-59 victory over Santa Ana Friday evening at the Athletic Event Center.  VC uses perhaps their best outing of the year to advance to the State Sweet 16 and a regional final match-up at Pasadena on Saturday March 3 at 7:00 pm.  READ MORE...

  Feb. 23, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley)  The Ventura College women's basketball team opens up the Southern California regional playoffs tonight at home mired in its biggest postseason drought under coach Ned Mircetic.  But if you're thinking that makes the most successful basketball program in state history, without a playoff win since 2004, desperate to get a win from tonight's regional semifinal game against No. 10-seed Santa Ana, you'd be wrong.  READ MORE...

  Feb. 21, 2007    Veronica Williams has been named the WSC North Player of the Week for  Feb. 11-17.  It is the second time this season that she has received the honor.  Veronica scored 29 points in two victories for the Pirates.   She was 13 of 27 from the field and 3 of 3 from the line.  Veronica also had 11 rebounds and 5 steals. Williams scored 15 points versus Cuesta with 7 rebounds. Veronica is a 6-0 sophomore forward from Righetti High School .

  Feb. 20, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley)  The historic season of the Ventura College women's basketball team hit a speed bump Monday, when the seeding committee released the pairings for the Southern California regional playoffs in Fullerton.  Ventura went into the final week of the season a strong candidate for a top-4 seed and home court throughout the regional, but slipped to the No. 7 seed, largely because of the forfeits suffered by fellow Western State Conference school Los Angeles Pierce.  Ventura (25-7) will host No. 10 Santa Ana (19-11) on Friday night at the VC Athletic Event Center.  READ MORE...

  Feb. 19, 2007    Ventura has received the #7 seed in the Southern California Regional Playoffs that begin on Wednesday.  The Pirates (25-7) will host #11 Santa Ana College (19-11) of the Orange Empire Conference on Friday Feb. 23 at 7:00 pm at the Athletic Event Center.  VC defeated Santa Ana earlier this year, 64-60, on Nov. 18 at the Vaquero Shootout in Glendale (11-18-07 vs. Santa Ana).  See SoCal Regional Brackets 

  Feb. 18, 2007    Three Pirates were voted onto the Western State Conference North Division All-Conference team at the post-season coaches meeting on February 18, while two received Honorable Mention consideration.  The Ventura All-Conference team members include sophomores Sandy Perry and Veronica Williams and freshman Jessi Selleh.  Sophomore Sara Arciniega and freshman Eja Wong were named Honorable Mention All-Conference.  READ MORE...

  Feb. 17, 2007    Truly historic occasions are rare, but it history appeared in a double-feature at the Athletic Event Center Saturday night.  Coach Ned Mircetic won his 500th career game in 17 seasons, faster that any other coach in college basketball history, as the Pirates defeated Cuesta 63-35, and the Pirates clinched a 17-Peat, its 17th consecutive Western State Conference championship, with the victory.  READ MORE...

  Feb. 15, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley)  Freshman Jessi Selleh had a game-high 18 points and sophomore Sandy Perry had six assists and nine rebounds as Ventura College handled Moorpark, 57-42, Wednesday night at Raider Pavilion.  READ MORE...

  Feb. 14, 2007    Coach Ned Mircetic's 499th win was not pretty, but it counts just the same as the Pirates came back from a halftime deficit to defeat Moorpark 57-42.  VC will go for win #500 for its head coach on Saturday Feb. 17 in the regular season home finale against Cuesta College.  READ MORE... 

  Feb. 11, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley)  It was a slap to the face.  But it will really sting the Ventura College women's basketball team come playoff time.  With its top two scorers fouled out, Saddleback, ranked No. 8 in Southern California, hung on for a vital 72-67 non-conference win Saturday night at a VC Athletic Event Center pulsating with playoff atmosphere.  READ MORE...

  Feb. 10, 2007    It was a playoff atmosphere in the Athletic Event Center Saturday night as the 5th-ranked Ventura hosted the 8th-ranked Saddleback in the Pirates' annual barbeque fundraising game.  VC went through a full spectrum of emotions during the game, but were ultimately denied victory, falling 72-67.  READ MORE...

  Feb. 10, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley) The postseason standing of more than just two teams will be affected tonight when an old foe travels from south Orange County to visit the Ventura College women's basketball team.  Ventura (23-6), ranked No. 5 in Southern California, faces No. 8 Saddleback (18-7) at 7 p.m. tonight at the VC Athletic Event Center in the program's annual barbecue fundraising event.  READ MORE...

  Feb. 8, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley) In a brain freeze of a basketball game, full of pratfalls and hard fouls, missed assignments and missing persons, Sara Arciniega shone like a beacon.  The sophomore from Buena High had eight points, seven rebounds, three steals and two 3-pointers as the Ventura College women's basketball team inched towards another conference title with a 69-36 win over county rival Oxnard on Wednesday night at the VC Athletic Event Center.  READ MORE...

  Feb. 7, 2007    Sara Arciniega just keeps getting better and better.  The five-foot-five sophomore came into the season as a role player, and has worked her way into the starting line-up.  On Wednesday, she was the team's leader as the Pirates defeated Oxnard, 69-36, at the Athletic Event Center.  READ MORE...  (SEE PICTURES)

  Feb. 6, 2007    Pirate freshman Jessi Selleh has been named the WSC-North Player of the Week for the period of Jan. 29-Feb. 4.  It is the third time this season that she has been honored for her outstanding play.  Jessi scored 35 points in two victories for the Pirates. Jessi was 13 of 23 from the field (4 of 10 from three) and 5 of 5 Ventura from the line. She also had 4 assists and 6 steals. Jessi scored 18 points versus Pierce with 4 steals. Jessi is a 5-9 freshman guard from Royal High School.

  Feb. 3, 2007    The Pirates used Robin Austin's career high eight points in the first half to keep the ship afloat until the defense kicked in in the second half en route to a 68-40 victory at Allan Hancock College Saturday evening.  READ MORE...  (SEE PICTURES)

  Feb. 1, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley)  Pushed to the precipice by its glorious history and the best conference competition in a decade, the Ventura College women's basketball team pushed back Wednesday night.  Just like always.  READ MORE...

  Jan. 31, 2007    Everyone played, everyone scored.  Lindsay Trout had a career-high 16 points, including three 3-pointers, and four Pirates scored in double-figures in VC's 83-57 team victory over visiting L.A. Pierce.  READ MORE...

  Jan. 31, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley)  Believe it or not, the Ventura College women's basketball team saw this coming.  Despite their 16-year dominance of the Western State Conference's North Division, the Pirates saw this WSC campaign as one of the biggest conference tests in coach Ned Mircetic's tenure, second only to the 1996-97 season that saw three WSC North teams reach the Great Eight in San Jose. READ MORE...

  Jan. 28, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley)  SANTA BARBARA — The Ventura College women's basketball team finally has some competition in the Western State Conference.  Santa Barbara City, ranked No. 9 in Southern California, pulled even in the WSC North race with No. 5 Pirates with a 73-65 home win Saturday night.  READ MORE...

  Jan. 27, 2007    Rain was falling outside the Sports Pavilion at Santa Barbara City College Saturday night, but a different kind of rain did in the Pirates in their 73-65 loss at the hands of the Vaqueros.  The hosts nailed three 3-pointers in turning a 41-31 Pirate lead with 13:44 remaining into the eight point win, tightening up the Western State Conference race.  READ MORE...

  Jan. 25, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley) Without starting forward Jenelle Conklin for almost the entire season, the Ventura College women's basketball team received another scare Wednesday.  Its other starting forward, Jessi Selleh, the team's leading scorer, sat out Wednesday night's 63-31 drubbing of host Cuesta with a leg injury sustained in Saturday's win against Moorpark. READ MORE...

  Jan. 24, 2007    It is, and always will be, a team game at Ventura College.  Playing without leading scorer Jessi Selleh, who was rested an injury, every remaining Pirate played and every remaining Pirate scored in the 63-31 victory at Cuesta College Wednesday night.  READ MORE...  (SEE PICTURES)

  Jan. 24, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley) It is a sweeping, yet precise movement, like the stroke of a fine paintbrush or the slice of a scalpel.  Veronica Williams receives the ball at the high post with her back to the basket.  A quick fake, a tight pivot and a soaring leap later, the ball is on the fingertips of her right hand, high above the hardwood and bound for the bucket.  READ MORE...

  Jan. 21, 2006    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley) The Ventura College women's basketball team hasn't lost to cross-county rival Moorpark in 17 years and with a full week's preparation for the Raiders, it wasn't going to lose Saturday night.  READ MORE...

  Jan. 20, 2007    The Pirates hit nine of their first 13 shots, raced out to a 30-3 lead 13 minutes into the game, and never looked back in their 68-37 victory over Moorpark College Saturday evening at the Athletic Event Center.  READ MORE... (SEE PICTURES)

  Jan. 14, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley)  The Ventura College women's basketball team keeps passing tests.  And their rivals at Oxnard College keep coming up just short.  Jessi Selleh had 20 points and Veronica Williams and Eja Wong added 12 points each as Ventura dug out of a double-figure hole in the second half to defeat local rival Oxnard, 62-58, Saturday night at the Condor Center.  READ MORE...

  Jan. 13, 2007    A chill was in the air Saturday night.  Scarves, gloves, and coats were plentiful at Oxnard College, and that was in the gym as the Condors tried to put a freeze on the Pirates, but a late hot streak helped Ventura to a come from behind 62-58 victory.  READ MORE... (SEE PICTURES)

  Jan. 10, 2007    The Pirates used a balanced scoring attack and strong contributions from the bench to hold off Allan Hancock College 73-64 at the Athletic Event Center.  Jessi Selleh's 21 points led four Pirates in double-figures while Misty Alvarado and Danielle Chupp turned in strong performances off the bench to move VC to 3-0 in WSC-North play.  READ MORE... (SEE PICTURES)

  Jan. 10, 2007    Pirate freshman Jessi Selleh has been named the WSC-North Player of the Week for the period of Jan. 1-7.  It is the second time this season that she has been singled out for her outstanding play.  Jessi scored 36 points in VC's first two WSC-North games with 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Jessi was 13 of 23 from the field (3 of 9 from three) and 7 of 10 from the line.  Jessi scored 10 points and took two charges versus Santa Barbara and netted 26 points with 6 rebounds and 3 assists at Pierce. Jessi is a 5-9 freshman guard from Royal High School.

  Jan. 9, 2007    For many years, the Pirates have achieved greatness on the court and in the classroom.  While the 2006-07 team is still a work in progress on the hardwoods, they have shown they are up to the challenge in the classroom, posting a 3.17 team grade point average for the fall semester.  READ MORE...

  Jan. 7, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Rhiannon Potkey)  Being a point guard, Tina Samaniego (Ventura College) always considered herself a coach on the basketball court.  Turns out the experience provided perfect training for the real thing. READ MORE...

  Jan. 7, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley) For once, it was drama with the Brahmas.  Winnetka Avenue, home of Los Angeles Pierce College, has long been a safe haven for Western State Conference women's basketball teams.  Not Saturday night.  READ MORE...

  Jan. 6, 2007    The scoreboard showed a 64-55 victory for the Pirates Saturday night at LA Pierce.  The reality was that it took a 13-2 VC run in the final five minutes of the game for the Pirates to defeat a much improved and legitimate conference contender in the LA Pierce Brahmas.  READ MORE... 

  Jan. 4, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley) Ailing, bruised but unbowed, the Ventura College women's basketball team furrowed its collective brow Wednesday night and protected its home court against the biggest threat to its two decade run atop the Western State Conference.   READ MORE...

  Jan. 3, 2007    Give round one to the Pirates!  Ventura defeated Santa Barbara 62-54 in the Western State Conference lid-lifter, the first of what promises to be a 12-round knock-down, drag-out battle for WSC supremacy in women's basketball.  READ MORE...

  Jan. 3, 2007    (From the Ventura County Star, by Joe Curley)  It begins again tonight. Whether the present will mimic the past is becoming increasingly difficult to determine.  Ventura College's hardcourt dominance of the Western State Conference's North Division will be tested this winter as the men's team adjusts to an injury plague at the point guard position and the women's team prepares for one of the toughest races in memory.  READ MORE...

  Dec. 29, 2006    Observers could  trace Ventura's 52-48 overtime loss to Antelope Valley Friday evening at the Athletic Event Center back to one pass, one shot, or one defensive possession; looking for a reason for the loss.  But they would be missing the point, because at VC playing hard is the ultimate goal, not winning, and the Pirates gave a great effort despite the loss.  READ MORE... 

  Dec. 28, 2006    Ventura scored points in bunches, including a late 11-2 run to defeat Los Angeles Valley 56-41 at Oxnard College in the Ventura-Oxnard Crossover.  READ MORE...

  Dec. 21, 2006    See Photos by Coach David Breslin on the Photo Gallery Page.

  Dec. 20, 2006    Rocky Balboa opened in theaters Wednesday.  It played out in the VC Athletic Event Center Wednesday evening.  In the movie the title character is a once great champion seeking to find past glory against a talented opponent - at VC the main character, the VC Pirates, are a once great champion seeking to find past glory against a talented opponent.  The Pirates won this round, defeating Reedley College 60-58.  READ MORE... (SEE PICTURES)

  Dec. 20, 2006    (From the Ventura County Star; by Joe Curley)  By most estimations, there are four legitimate front-runners for this season's California community college women's basketball state championship.  Split up equally between the South — Mount San Antonio (17-0) and Pasadena (15-0) — and North, San Joaquin Delta (14-1) and Reedley (15-2), the quartet have combined to go 6 this season.  One of the losses? Reedley's 81-54 loss to Ventura Dec. 3 in the Gilchrest Invitational in Visalia.  READ MORE...

  Dec. 19, 2006    Pirate freshman Jessi Selleh has been named the WSC-North Player of the Week for the period of Dec. 11-17.  Jessi scored 39 points in the two games at the Canyons Crossover Classic and grabbed nine rebounds while dishing out two assists.  She connected on 13 of 20 field goals (five of eight from 3-point land) and hit eight of nine free throws.  She also took three charges over the weekend.  Selleh is a 5-9 freshman guard from Royal High School.

  Dec. 17, 2006    Ventura Head Coach Ned Mircetic has directed VC for 561 games over the past 16-plus seasons.  During that time, a Pirate has collected three charges in a game just four times, and the fourth was Sara Arciniega's third in Ventura's 77-49 victory over San Francisco in the final game of the Canyons Crossover Classic in Santa Clarita.  READ MORE... (SEE PICTURES)

  Dec. 16, 2006    Jessi Selleh scored 23 points, including 17 in the first half, to lead four Pirates in double-figures in a 76-64 victory over a physical Cypress team at the Canyons Crossover Classic in Santa Clarita.  Veronica Williams broke a 10-10 tie early, and Sandy Perry followed up with a 3-pointer and VC never looked back, breaking a 3-game losing streak to the Chargers dating back to the 2003-04 playoffs.  READ MORE...

  Dec. 9, 2006    The Pirates used a strong finish in the first half and a strong beginning in the second half to build a big lead on 4th-ranked Canyons in the consolation championship of the Rose City Classic.  VC needed all of its advantage to hold off the fast breaking Cougars 55-53 in Pasadena.  READ MORE... (SEE PICTURES)

  Dec. 8, 2006    Using a strong second half performance, the Pirates defeated Glendale College 56-44 to advance to the consolation championship of the Rose City Classic.  VC will play College of the Canyons, ranked #4 in Southern California, at 12 noon on Saturday in Pasadena.  READ MORE...