With two victories last week, Ventura College’s...

With two victories last week, Ventura College’s basketball team improved to 29-1, marking the third season in a row--and the fifth time in the last seven seasons--that the Pirates have won at least 28 games.

If Ventura defeats Santa Barbara City on Saturday night--the Pirates were idle Wednesday--it will mark the third consecutive season that the Pirates have won at least 30 games and the fourth time in eight seasons under Coach Philip Mathews. Mathews’ record at Ventura is 217-50, an .813 winning percentage.

Men’s basketball: Before Wednesday’s games, Canyons guard Cedric Jones was the only WSC player with at least 200 assists. Jones had 217, followed by Ventura’s Stephane Brown with 171 and Moorpark’s Sean Martin with 170. . . .

Several streaks ended for Cal Lutheran in its 83-75 loss to La Verne last weekend. CLU’s eight-game win streak ended, as well as its eight-game home winning streak and its 11-game Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win streak, dating to last season. . . .

Emeka Okenwa has led The Master’s in scoring for six consecutive games, including a season-high 29 points against Christian Heritage.

Women’s basketball: Valley center Amy Horst (322 rebounds) was the only WSC player with at least 300 rebounds going into Wednesday’s games. . . . Cal Lutheran has won a season-high four consecutive games, its longest win streak in three seasons.

Swimming: Heather Ballard knocked 12.08 seconds off her 1,000-yard freestyle time with a clocking of 10 minutes 9.90 seconds against Nevada Las Vegas last weekend. Ballard, a freshman from Birmingham High, also set season bests in the 200 individual medley (2:09.28) and the 500 freestyle (5:03.31). . . . Tricia Gibb, a senior from Long Beach, improved her team-leading 100 breaststroke time by half a second to 1:09.91. . . .

The Matador men’s team posted 10 season bests last weekend, led by Ian Wisler-Poulsen’s 9:49.86 in the 1,000 freestyle.