Pete Moye’
Sports Button
In the first five minutes of the second half, the Cerritos College women’s soccer team was able to make a second half comeback to beat Cosumnes River College, 2-1, in its home opener Sept. 9.
Cerritos Head Coach Ruben Gonzalez said, “No matter what the circumstances, we play to win. It feels good to be on a streak, but we have a gap between our two games, so we need to get through it.”
In the beginning of the game, Cosumnes River College and Cerritos were going back and forth progressing down the field with the Hawks Goalie Claudia Lara and Falcon goalie Alexis Carrillo both making goal stops before the 17th minute.
With the score 1-0 at the half, Gonzalez wanted to make sure the women capitalized in the next half.
“I made sure I told them to step it up in second half because they don’t want the loss, and it worked, they went in to the next half with way more intensity than the first,” he said.
It only took a minute into the second half for midfielder Alexis Ramirez to tie the game after an assist from midfielder Susana Mendoza.
The Falcons continued to play the way they started in the half, which helped midfielder Laura Nanez score a another goal in the 50th minute with an assist from Defender Veronica Carter.
The loss against the Falcons would be the second straight loss for the Hawks, dropping them to 1-2-0 in the season.
Cerritos would continue their winning streak on Sept. 10 against Victor Valley, defeating them 5-1.
The games first two goals would be scored by midfielder Jennifer Vega in the 20th and 22nd minute.
Nanez would score the third goal with the assist from Vega in the beginning of the second half.
Nanez leads the team in scoring this season with four goals.
Sophomore and freshman midfielders Susana Mendoza and Veronica Carter would get the final two goals of the game, which Mendoza scoring her first goal of the season.
Sophomore goalie Laura Ropp would make her first start of the season this game, stopping four shots from going in.
The Falcons’ next game will be an away game against Palomar College on Sept. 21.
