Knowing they would be playing their South Coast Conference opener shorthanded, the Cerritos College women's soccer team knew one of the most important aspects of their game at East Los Angeles College on Tuesday was to keep the pressure away from their own goal. With sophomore goalkeeper Elizabeth Sanchez (Bachillerato #30, Mexico HS) forced to miss the game due to a red card in the previous game, and being the only true keeper on the team, the Falcons turned to sophomore Diana Limon (Long Beach Millikan HS) to get in the net. Not only did she turn away the three shots she faced, Limon recorded a shutout, as Cerritos registered a 4-0 win over the Huskies. The team also played without the services of freshman Karina Rivera (Garfield HS) and sophomore Ailema Damian (El Monte HS), who also received red cards in the win over Victor Valley College on Monday. With the win, the Falcons are now 9-1-0 on the year and 1-0-0 in SCC play. They will now travel to Pasadena City College next Tuesday for a 3:00 p.m. contest.

    After a slow start to the game, the Falcons struck in the 40th minute, as sophomore defender Nancy Gutierrez (A.B. Miller HS) sent a pass through to freshman Monica Cedillo (Long Beach Millikan HS), who scored her first of two goals when her shot from the top of the box drilled the back of the net. Gutierrez got on the scoreboard in the 48th minute, as she executed a penalty kick after sophomore Rocio Sanchez (Foshay Learning Center HS) was taken down in the box.

    Cerritos closed out the scoring three minutes apart when Cedillo scored in the 64th minute on a header after receiving a crossing pass from the right side by freshman Rebecca Juarez (Jurupa Valley HS) and then in the 67th minute, as Juarez scored on a breakaway from a pass by Gutierrez. Limon, who is normally a midfielder and has scored three goals on the season, did a solid job in goal to help post the win.