Steele Canyon High School Women's Soccer

The Cougars scored 10 unanswered goals in the 1st Half against El Cajon Valley and went onto win 10-0 in their final tune up before league starts on January 20th. COURTNEY CLEAVES started the scoring off quickly in the 5th minute of the game with a shot from the top of the box. After that the goals came quickly, and often, highlighted by ALI MENDOZA playing in her first Varsity game, scoring a hat-trick! JILL FEINBERG, JANEL SANCHEZ, SARAH DIEM, and LISA MIX's 2 goals added to the offensive show. But the highlight of the half was Goal Keeper JESSI BRUCE's PK goal. As the crowd stood to their feet, the Senior Keeper jogged from her goal box down the field, and calmly placed a shot in the left corner, beating the El Cajon Keeper for the first goal of her Varsity Career! In the second half, the Cougars played possession and tight defense led by BECCA SANDERS, AMANDA ROBBINS, SUZANNE MACNAUGHTON, LAUREN KIME, WHITNEY WHITE, SARAH DIEM, and in Goal LISA MIX for the shutout. Next up Valhalla!!

The Freshman Team completed an impressive week of soccer, beating Santana 2-1, losing to Grossmont 6-4, and then winning very impressively against Valhalla 3-0! Coach BRIAN ARNOLD stated, "the girls are starting to put some passes together, and getting into the final 1/3 for some scoring chances." Great Job Freshman!! Next up OLP Saturday at 9:00am!!

The Cougars played their best game of the season despite losing to a very good Grossmont Team 3-1. Led by Seniors JOY BLAND, JESSI BRUCE, SARAH DIEM, EMELY RODRIGUEZ, LINDSEY SIMPSON, MEGAN VARNEY, and WHITNEY WHITE, the team played with emotion, and heart throughout the game. Depsite an injury that kept her out the entire game except the last ten minutes, LISA MIX scored on a perfectly executed Counter-Attack breakaway goal. On the goal, LISA refused to be denied, finally beating Grossmont's sweeper and keeper after a 30 yard run. Next up, El Cajon Valley.

In the first game back from the Christmas break, the Varsity Team still without key players from the line up, lost 2-0 to visiting Division 3 Rival Pt. Loma. With DELCIE THANKACHAN and EMILY RODRIGUEZ watching from the sidelines, the Cougars and Pt. Loma went into halftime tied 0-0. The defensive battle continued late into the second half, until Pt. Loma scored twice on Cougar defensive mistakes. The offense was held scoreless for the 2nd game in a row, and Coach Cleaves, after the game stated, "The girls came out flat, lacked intensity, and really didn't understand the importance of the game. Hopefully the team will step up soon." Not all was lost as JV won convincingly 4-1, in their first game without ALI MENDOZA who was pulled up to Varsity. Next up, Grossmont Thursday!!

Thanks to Everyone for coming out to Team Angels this year!