JV Girls Soccer - August 30th

Jaguarettes Swamp Knights 4-0

By Andrea Gutierrez, SCCS

        The JV soccer girls match between Santa Cruz Cooperative School and Cambridge Tuesday afternoon ended with four goals for the Jaguars and none for the Knights. The season opening match was played on the Jaguar home field.

Even though the final score might suggest that the Jaguars won the match easily, this is not entirely true. The first half stayed tied 0-0 with no goals by either team. Cambridge and Cooperative both seemed to have powerful defenses and spectators even argued that if a goal was scored it would probably just have been by sheer luck.

        It was obvious that the Jaguars took advantage of the intermission to organize their tactics because after they returned to the field they obtained command of the game. Shortly after the second half began, Paula Sakuma scored the first goal with a strong kick placing the ball in the left- hand corner of the net.

The second goal was scored by Alejandra Cadario. A few minutes later, a Cambridge defender’s small mistake allowed Michelle Lederman, another Jaguar, to score the third goal.

        Last, but definitely not least, Andrea Chavez made her school proud with another goal leaving the Knights far behind.    

Griffins Squeeze Past Eagles 1-0

By Trevor Reed, SCCLC

The International JV girls soccer team started their season off with a close win against the Eagles on Tuesday. Both teams had several chances to score, but one shot made the difference as the Griffins won 1-0 on their home field.

            At the start of the game the Griffins immediately took control of the field. However, the Eagles fought back with a few well-placed passes into enemy territory. The Griffins were able to fire off the first on-target shot of the game, but it was deflected by the Eagle goalie Iza Ribeiro. Soon after, Emily Ordoñez dribbled the ball past the Griffin defense on her own and took a strong shot at the goal, but it was caught by the Griffin goalie. After another near-miss by the Eagles, the Griffins appeared to be losing their momentum. A few more breakaways gave chances to both teams, but neither team could finish them with goals. The defense did a good job of keeping the ball away from the goalie box for both teams, and the first half ended scoreless.

            The Griffins started the second half off strong, again dominating the field. Griffin forward Fabiana Zelada displayed good dribbling skills, and it paid off as she was finally able to get a high shot past the Eagle goalie and into the goal. The Eagles, now desperate, tried to even the score again. One great shot by Ordoñez made it past the Griffin goalie but missed the right goal post by a few inches. The Eagles were not able to tie the game up before the final whistle, and the Griffins squeezed by with a 1-0 win.