Orange Coast United Rush wins tourney

The Orange Coast United Rush under-12 girls’ soccer team won the

Before Christmas Classic tournament by defeating Chino Hills Nitemare

Gold, 2-1, in the title match Sunday at Ayala High School in Chino Hills.

Robin Ibbetson scored on a header off Courtney Anderson’s corner kick,

and Anderson also scored off another corner kick in the final.

Orange Coast United Rush earned a spot in the championship match by

winning two of its first three matches.

Ibbetson scored the lone goal in a 1-0 verdict over the Yucaipa

Spartans; Brittany Koster scored off an assist by Cindy Mendoza in a 1-0

victory over the Chino Hills Nitemare Gold team; and Anderson’s corner

kick set up a header into the net by Sasha Key in a 1-1 tie with the Murietta Hawks.

A strong defensive performance paved the way to the tournament title

for Orange Coast United Rush, which was paced by goalkeeper Tori Rocke,

Elyse VanLeer, Amanda Shaw, Jennifer Powell, Brianna Baker, Chelsea

Wisdom and Niki Castillo.

Contributing on offense were Samantha Castillo, Amy Staudinger, Jaque

Anderson and Ali Torres.