Mesa mauls Laguna Niguel

Four first-half goals spearheaded the Costa Mesa Boys under-15 APP

Plus soccer team from AYSO Region 120 as they went on to a 5-2

victory over Laguna Niguel Sunday.

Luis Guerrero scored two goals as Nick Straubel and Luis Andrade

each added single goals for Mesa in the first half. Jay Benny Quiroz

added a goal in the second half as strong defense and offense was

provided by Shawn Engmann, Francisco Estrada, Joshua Henriquez, Nick

Juarez, Jordan Kalke, Juan Perez and Ryan Pfautz. Goalkeeper Matt

Pisarski made seven saves.

On Saturday, Costa Mesa tied Tustin, 2-2, as Pisarski made 14

saves for Mesa.

Quiroz and Straubel scored the goals for Mesa as Luis Andrade,

Nicolas Arant, Ernesto Casteneda, Shawn Engmann, Estrada, Guerrero,

Josh Hendrikson, Brian Henriquez, Juarez, Kalke, Perez and Fautz

played strong offense and defense.

In Girls under-14 action:

* Twisted Chaos 1, All American Girls 0

One goal and a last-minute save are all the Twisted Chaos, a Girls

under-14 AYSO Region 120 soccer team, needed to get past the All

American Girls, 1-0.

Chaos forwards had several opportunities to score before they

broke through late in the second quarter as midfielder Victoria

Farrow passed down the line to Annel Alvarez, who dribbled past two

defenders to score the only goal.

In the fourth quarter, Chaos’ goalie Jaye Hellmich was drawn out

of the box and fullback Samantha Strodel made a reverse kick to

preserve the win. The All American Girls had a chance to tie the game

in the third quarter as well, but the shot went wide.

* The Strikers continued their undefeated season with a win

Saturday against Costa Mesa at the Farm Complex.

Multiple goals from Karyn May and Chantel O’Toole combined with

assists from Emily Leece and Aubrey Brown helped the Strikers to the

win.

In Girls under-12 play:

* Girls In Black 4, Cherry Bombs 1

Forward Alex Payzant scored three goals and Alexa Aguilar added

another score as the Girls in Black defeated the Cherry Bombs.

Forward Abby Scheaffer had two assists as fullbacks Mariah Bailey,

Teresa Fox and Michelle Eastman played steady throughout the game.

Rebecca Alward, Nicole Apted and Diana Gutierrez supported the

midfield.

* Poison Ivy 2, Raiders 1

Two goals from Breanna Arellano helped lead Poison Ivy to the win.

Arellano scored the first of her two goals from a cross delivered

by halfback Annie Tomasek and scored her second goal off a corner

kick in the final quarter as Tiffany Choi, Gabby Chavez and Lindsay

Atwood held strong, allowing only one goal to be scored on goalkeeper

Kelsi Bauermeister.

Scoring chances by forwards Jenna Turner and Rachel Golden were

stopped by the Raiders’ defense as Madison McCarthy, Karen Villalba

and Megan Kipp covered the midfield.

In Boys under-12 play:

* Newport 2, Costa Mesa Firebirds 1

Costa Mesa answered Newport’s first goal when Adam Gardner made a

cross pass to Jordan Strobel, who scored Costa Mesa’s lone goal as

Newport edged out a win.

Newport’s goalkeeper kept the game tied in the third quarter as

Costa Mesa’s Marc DeFrenza, Nicholas Desidario, Edward Garcia, Arnold

Hernandez and Omar Gamboa had seven shots on goal between them.

Rubin Rubio, Alexander Suarez and Eric Cushing kept the Mesa zone

relatively quiet for Mesa goalkeeper Michael Liedtke, who touched the

ball only three times.

Newport crossed the ball to the weak side on a corner kick and

took the lead for good.

* Firebirds 3, Blue Crew 2

The Firebirds scored the first three goals and held on to beat the

Blue Crew.

The Fireballs used effective ball movement by strikers Robert

Rutan and Alex Suarez and Marc DeFrenza, Eric Cushing and Jordan

Strobel, who laced the ball through the midfield and attacked the

Blue Crew defense from the sides.

Rutan scored his first goal of the season on a cross from Nicholas

Desidario as Edward Garcia and Arnold Hernandez slowed the attacking

Blue Crew offense, redirecting them to the outside where Adam Gardner

and Ruben Rubio stopped several shots entering their zone.

Goalkeeper Michael Liedtke played strong in net, allowing only two

goals as the Fireballs evened the season series between the two

teams, 1-1.

The teams will play each other a third time Nov. 2 at 1:30 p.m. at

TeWinkle School in Costa Mesa.