JUST SQUEEZING BY -- Jaguar tries to thread her way through solid phalanx of green and yellow jerseys. Daniel Beams, Christian Learning
Landivar scored all three
Jaguars win 3-0 over dogged Eagles
The Cooperative girl junior varsity soccer team defeated a determined Christian Learning squad Thursday on the Jaguars field to complete an undefeated season win the league championship.
In the end the crucial difference between the two teams was that Cooperative had Tania Landivar on their team, and Christian Learning did not. Landivar, an eighth grader who is the leading scorer in both varsity and junior varsity divisions, scored all three of the Jaguar goals, two in the first half and one in the second. The game threatened to become a close one when the Eagles were given the opportunity to shoot a penalty shot shortly after halftime that would have made the score 2-1.
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BATTLING FOR THE BALL -- Eagle Ae Lin Lim gets off a kick in heavy traffic.
Daniel Beams, Christian Learning
Unfortunately for the Christian Learning partisans the shot missed wide left, and shortly thereafter Landivar made her most impressive goal of the day. Taking the ball from just inside the Jaguar zone, she threaded her way through virtually the entire Christian Learning team and fired an untouchable shot into the goal.
Both teams had other chances to score, but weren't able to capitalize on them. The Eagles may have come closest when Jessica Smith broke free in the Jaguar and had only the goalie left to beat, but shot wide.
Both goalies -- Emily Ordoñez for the Eagles and Claudia Benitez for the Jaguars -- made a number of intrepid saves.
The rest of the line-up for the victorious Jaguars was Tania Landivar, Estefania Sauto (captain), Tamara Pauker, Margoth Makovic, Lucia Landivar, Karla Aguilera, Samantha Bennett, Maria Flores, Maria Villegas, Renata Roca, Nicole Arias, Paola Querejazu, and Megumi Kamiya.
The Eagles line-up included Roxana Malloy, Emily Mercado, Luana Velarde, Samia Dajbura, Luciana Colina, Natalia Eguez, Lindsay Kehler. Ae Lim Lin, Hossana Miranda, Jessica Smith, Jennifer Zimmerman, and Isabela Diaz.
This was the second year of full-scale junior varsity competition in the League, and Cooperative has won both years.
BRACING FOR THE BLOW -- The Eagles "wall" prepares for Tania Landivar's (10) free kick. Daniel Beams, Christian Learning.
