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Ventura wins first Game against San Diego
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Ventura beats San Diego
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The talent-stacked Ventura Pelicanos defeated the San Diego Sea Lions on home turf ending a losing streak lasting throughout the 2005 Quiksilver California Cup regular season. Hungry for a win in front of weekday spectators, the Pelicanos opened up their first quarter with one of the most explosive opening quarters in the NSL history. The San Diego Sea Lions would be unable to make ground as the gaping lead continued with the Pelicanos defeating the Sea Lions, VC: 106.25 - SD: 96.25 .
In an unusual decision early Tuesday morning, Ventura Coach Davey Smith opted for the scheduled morning game to be postponed till 2 p.m. With a low tide push, wave conditions looked pretty dire by the afternoon, however some sets were chest to head high. Ventura chose to surf second, forcing the visiting Sea Lions to send out their first quarter group in challenging wave conditions.
With Taylor Knox away, SD's first quarter group led by Zach Keenan followed by teammates Daryl Goodrum, Austin Ware and Dean Randazzo delivered a respectable 24.25 quarter score.
Ventura's incredible first quarter set the momentum for the rest of the game as Timmy Curran boosted an insane frontside 360 in addition to 3 decent maneuvers prior, scoring a 9.25. Meanwhile Timmy's younger brother Nathaniel Curran scored a 8.25 along with solid scores from Adam Virs (7.0) and Jeremy Ryan (6.25) for a first quarter score of 31 points.
By halftime, Ventura led San Diego by 7.75 points, VC: 55.5 to SD: 47.5. Rob Machado's three critical snaps scored a 9.0, however SD's second quarter score of 23.5 still had the Sea Lions trailing Ventura.
Dane Reynold's 8.75 came close to matching Machado's score as both teams were within a point of each others second quarter score.
In the 3rd quarter, Ventura continued to turn up the heat with waves from Jeremy Ryan(7.25) and Nathaniel Curran's (8.75) by posting a 25.75 point quarter while SD struggled with a 21.5 quarter setting back the Sea Lions 12 points from the Pelicanos (VC: 81.25 - SD 69.25).
San Diego's 4th quarter group included Machado, Sherwin, Marceron and Kyle Knox. After posting a 9.0 earlier, Machado delivered a powerful 8.5 along with Kyle Knox's 9.0 ride late in the quarter, "Kyle blew up" said an impressed Machado after an explosive 27 point final quarter and a cumulative score of 96.25. Ventura only needed a 16 point quarter to defeat San Diego.
However with dire wave conditions the San Diego bench continued to cross their fingers. Keith Malloy opened up the final Ventura quarter with a blow-out 7.25, making up half of what the Pelicanos needed. With Nick Rosza's 5.25 and a score from Dane Reynolds, Keoni Cuccia's 4.5 sent the Pelicanos to their first win.
In a symbolic gesture, two dozen Pelicans flew over the surfers as the local Ventura crowd cheered on. Ventura defeated San Diego (VC: 106.25 - SD: 96.25).
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