VENTURA, Calif. (Interstat) — Ventura County defeated Minnesota II 3-2 on Friday at Ventura College Stadium. Daniel Ittycheria opened the scoring in the 21st minute, and Riley Dalgado added a 35th-minute goal for Ventura County. Mamadou Dieng pulled Minnesota II within one in the 44th minute and finished with two goals over 105 minutes. Arnau Vilamitjana scored the deciding goal in the 96th minute for Ventura County. Luis Muller, Julian Placias, Jeremy Djieze and Sam Vigilante recorded assists. Ventura County’s Hernandez S. and Minnesota II’s Kabia A. received yellow cards in the 88th and 89th minutes, respectively. Ventura County improved to 1-0 in this competition and across all competitions, while Minnesota II fell to 0-1 in both. The game featured substitutions throughout, including Dalgado in the 81st minute, Muller in the 92nd and Ittycheria in the 105th. Ventura County’s season record in this competition is now 1-0, and Minnesota II’s is 0-1.