On a cloudy day at the Ratcliff stadium, the Fresno City College women’s soccer team scored big against the College of The Sequoias. Barely in through the game on Oct. 14, # 22 Jesslyn Fagundes scored and then surprised everyone with another score within 15 minutes into the first half. Things were looking good for the Lady Rams.
The COS team was struggling to mount a resistance in the first half as No. 20 Ashlynn Marino gave a fierce play with amazing agility and swift kicks. With eight minutes left in the first half, No.2 Amanda Almaguer scored a goal, ending the first half of the game leading 5-0
At halftime, the Lady Rams were up 5-0. “We won last time with 10-0, and we try not to think too much about the score or who we were playing were just trying to get better every game,” said Coach Oliver Germond.
Starting the second half with a dominating lead, Sabrina Arietta No. 9 scored a goal. With 43 minutes still left into the game, the FCC team led 6-0. With already a few goals under her belt, Jesslyn Fagundes scored yet again, and at 7-0, the Lady Rams were not looking to slow down any time soon.
The COS women’s soccer team spirit seemed to have dwindled during the second half of the game but they still keeping their guard up throughout the game.
With only 13 minutes still left in the game, Jennifer Menefee No. 21 scored the last goal of the game. The result was a resounding 9-0. The Lady Rams had a similar lopsided victory in Lemoore against West Hills a week before, winning the game with by 10-0, leading to questions about how long FCC’s women’s soccer team can keep the winning streak going.
“I think we are starting to play better as a team; we are starting to get better at that, at first we were a little rocky, but we’re getting better,” No. 22 Jesslyn Fagundes said.”I liked our effort; it was good; it is hard when you go up early by 5-0 by halftime; you can easily have let downs,” Coach Oliver Germond said. “I thought our effort overall was good, and we talked about it before the game, about trying to execute everything, and we did a great job in doing that.”