It took longer than anticipated, but the
Cerritos College women's soccer team needed 71
minutes before they finally scored a goal
against El Camino College in a South Coast
Conference home affair on Friday. The Falcons
(16-0-0, 10-0-0), who are the top-ranked team in
the country by the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America (NSCAA) for Division 111
(non-scholarship) schools, put constant pressure
on the Warrior (11-5-1, 6-4-0) defense the
entire game, but couldn't score until late in
the game. Cerritos will host Long Beach City
College at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday before playing
their final three conference games on the road.
After peppering El Camino goalkeeper Bronwyn O'Neill with
constant shots, it was a bad-hop over Warrior
defender Yennifer Baca, that helped clear
freshman
Lauren Nanez (La Mirada HS)
for her team-leading 18th goal of the season. On
the play, freshman
Chelsea Villegas (Bishop Amat
HS) looked to thread a pass through the El
Camino defense, and when her pass took a bad hop
over Baca's leg, it cleared Nanez for a
point-blank shot that she converted.
Throughout the game, Nanez, Villegas, freshmen
Mabel
Chacon (Cabrillo HS) and
Samantha Smith
(Long Beach Millikan HS), along with
sophomore
Monica Ramirez (Segerstrom
HS/Irvine Valley College) helped the
Falcons accumulate 17 shots on goal.
Defensively, the quartet of sophomores
Susana Mendoza (Paloma Valley
HS) and
Jackie Cisneros (Bellflower HS),
as well as freshman
Karina Sandoval (Universidad de
Guadalajara) and
Victoria Carter (La Mirada HS)
shut down any attacks, which enabled freshman
goalkeeper Alexis Carrillo (Bishop Amat HS)
to earn her 10th shutout of the year.
Scoring 1st 2nd F
El Camino 0 0 0
Cerritos 1
0 1
Goals:
El Camino: None
Cerritos: Lauren Nanez (71st
minute; Chelsea Villegas assist)
Shots on Goal:
El Camino: 3 Shots on Goal
Cerritos: 17 Shots on Goal
Keeper Saves:
El Camino: Bronwyn O'Neill (90 minutes;
8 Saves)
Cerritos: Alexis Carrillo (90
minutes; 2 Saves)
Records:
El Camino: 11-5-1 Overall; 6-4-0 SCC
Cerritos: 16-0-0 Overall,
10-0-0
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