Steele Canyon High School Women's Soccer

There will be a meeting this Friday OCTOBER 5th @ LUNCH 12:30pm for all girls interested in playing soccer this year. Please bring a pen. Tryouts begin Saturday November 10th.

ALL INCOMING FRESHMAN PLEASE EMAIL YOUR CLUB SCHEDULE TO ccleaves@schscougars.org  and your number so we can catch a game or two of yours before tryouts.

SARAH BARAJAS - Harvard University
JOY BLAND - Arizona State University
JESSIE BRUCE - San Diego State University
SARAH DIEM - University of Northern Arizona
KELLI HARRIS - University of Northern Arizona
MEGAN VARNEY - University California at Davis
WHITNEY WHITE - Hawaii Pacific University

After reaching the Quarterfinals of the CIF Playoffs the last two years, the Cougars missed the post season due to a very strong Division 3 bracket. The bracket included 6 League champs and the three D3 teams that the Cougars lost to this year. The seedings: 1. University San Diego High School (League Champ) 2. Westview (League Champ) 3. Our Lady of Peace 4. University City (League Champ) 5. San Dieguito (League Champ) 6. Coronado 7. Serra 8. La Jolla 9. Pt Loma 10. Clairemont (League Champ) 11. Santana 12. Central Valley (League Champ) Basically it came down to our loses against Coronado, Pt. Loma and Santana. That's how close we came to getting in, despite our crazy season. Hopefully we will never forget that 2-0 loss to Pt. Loma on our home field!!

LISA MIX scored her second hat trick of the season, and 51st goal of her Cougar career in a 5-0 win at Mt. Miguel. Going into halftime with only a 1-0 lead, the Cougars came out inspired in the second half scoring four unanswered goals before the 60 minute, and playing great defense by DELCIE THANKACHAN, BECCA SANDERS, JANEL SANCHEZ, SARAH YOUNG, SARAH DIEM, WHITNEY WHITE, and SUZANNE MACNAUGTON. DELCIE playing in her first game at sweeper in over a year continues her recovery from the ACL injury that has kept her out since the summer. But the key to this game was the play of Midfielders MEGAN VARNEY, COURTNEY CLEAVES, MARY BELT, ALI MENDOZA, ADELINA MENDOZA who placed a ton of balls in the final third of the field for scoring opportunites. AMANDA ROBBINS making her second start at forward scored her first career varsity goal, and COURTNEY CLEAVES added a breakaway goal on a beautiful through ball from DELCIE THANKACHAN. JV WINS also at Mt. Miguel!! Details to follow...... Next up Helix at home Thursday!!

The score was not indictive of the game on the field, but for 80 minutes the Cougars gave #4 ranked Granite Hills a game that they actually felt their 15 game winning streak might be in Jeopardy. With LISA MIX playing behind sweeper BECCA SANDERS, and AMANDA ROBBINS and DELCIE THANKACHAN playing forward, the Cougars battled in front of the goal just missing some early opportunities. In the second half COURTNEY CLEAVES nicely kicked a left footed 18 shot yard shot underneath the diving Granite Hills goal keeper to make the game 3-1, but in the end fell 4-1. Once again the Cougars fell victim to defensive miscues from balls in and around the 8 yard area. MARY BELT in her Varsity debut played impressively displaying her incredible speed on the outside. JV WINS! The JV team played their most impressive game to date winning 3-0 over Granite Hills at the Steele Canyon Women's Soccer Complex. Details to follow.........