Long Beach City College women’s soccer team tied with Chaffey College 1-1 in a hard-fought battle on Tuesday.
LBCC dominated possession over Chaffey as they had the ball for the majority of the contest.
The team unfortunately couldn’t capitalize on their attacks as they went 1-8 on shot attempts.
The one in that statline was a goal by sophomore midfielder Paige Rodriguez in the 25 minute.
Teamwork was on full display with this goal as freshman forward Kiana Moore gave Rodriguez a scoring setup with a pass for her to bring LBCC ahead by one.
“I know how to place the ball in the goal, so I just kind of tapped it in,” said Rodriguez.
The lead didn’t change throughout the majority of the two halves of play as goalkeeper Veronica Salcido blocked all but one of five goal attempts by Chaffey.
The one goal that was made by Chaffey came within the final minutes of the game as forward Monet Dedeaux put a halt towards LBCC’s determination to get another check mark in the win column.
The devastating and unexpected score by Chaffey was the last big play of the game as the whistles sounded and the game ended in a 1-1 tie.
“We played well,” said coach Eduardo Nunes. “We controlled the game against a team that’s been ranked No. 1 in state for most of the preseason, and so we did a lot of good things.”
“Hopefully we’ll come out of this with a lesson learned that we can compete with the top teams and we can beat the top teams, but if we leave anything on the table, the top teams will punish us for it. If we can learn that lesson, we’re going to be better built for the playoffs,” Nunes said.
LBCC has nine more games this upcoming season before the playoffs and will look to build off of their 5-0-3 record in their next game on home turf against Los Angeles City on Tuesday Oct. 3.
