Purple Piranhas win in shutouts

The Purple Piranhas, a girls’ Under-10 Division soccer team,

posted consecutive shutout victories last weekend in AYSO Region 117

play.

The Purple Piranhas first downed the Cool Kickers, 3-0, and then

came back to topple the Mean Green Fighting Machine, 1-0, in a pair

of matches at Gisler School in Fountain Valley.

In the 3-0 win, Jillian Torrence scored two goals, and Delaney

Glasgow scored once, each set up by strong mid-field passing and

assists by Emily Bush and Katie Philipson.

The defensive play of Katherine and Stephanie Reza helped

goaltenders Allison Gillespie and Jessica Erickson record the

shutout.

Aurora Hess knocked in the game’s lone goal in the final minutes

to lift the Purple Piranhas past the Mean Green Fighting Machine.

Bush, Torrence, Gillespie and Erickson again provided strong

defensive support, and Glasgow, Philipson and Stephanie Reza led the

offensive attack.

In other games:

UNDER-12 DIVISION

Quick Chicks 1, No Mercy 0

Alison Hensley dribbled through several defenders in the fourth

quarter and sent the winning kick into the net to lead the undefeated

Quick Chicks, who are now 6-0-1.

Hayley Townsend, Christy Verone and Pouneh Radparvar led the Quick

Chick defense, Kimberly Kurdziel, Kailey Ivers and Nicole Cannon

headed up the mid-field, and Jessica Parker, Braelyn Snook, Alex Long

and Cannon paced the offense.

COAST SOCCER LEAGUE

Lightning 5, Cerritos 0

The Lightning, a girls’ Under-17 Silver Division team, extended

its unbeaten streak to seven games Saturday by blanking rival

Cerritos.

The Lightning used four second-half goals to pull away from the

Ladyhawks. Nikki Freiborg and Janet Peterson each scored two goals,

and Beth Santiago scored once.

Megan Bell and Caitlin McGinnis each picked up an assist, and

goalkeeper Gena Johnson collected three saves in notching her second

shutout of the season.

Lightning 2, Fullerton 2

Jill Hribar scored once and had one assist, Lauren Stimmler scored

once, and Beth Santiago picked up an assist as the Lightning fought

the Fusion to a tie.

Bridget Beetler, Tara Fox, Danae Lucas, Hilary Pohlman, Lindsey

Rodgers, Samantha Serrano, Courtney Taniguchi and Krista Thompson

also contributed to the success of the Lightning, who are now 5-1-3

overall and in third place in the league.

BOYS

Under-10 Division

Region 117 Ice Breakers 4, Strikers 2

Gavin Perdomo posted consecutive goals late in the second half to

break a 2-2 tie and send the Ice Breakers on the way to victory.

Forward Michael Rowe put the Ice Breakers on the scoreboard and

into a 1-1 tie early in the second half when he scored off a cross by

fellow forward Matthew Steinhaus.

Steinhaus gave the Ice Breakers their first lead, 2-1, when he

worked his way through the center of the crowd to score.

Garrett Hickman, Mitchell Phillipy and Tommy Vollum contributed to

the Ice Breakers’ offense, and Matthew Bordas, Nick Frens, Cole Souza

and Trevor Verone led the defense.

Frens, Perdomo, Phillipy and Verone rotated in goal.

Under-14 Division

Arsenal 4, Region 56A 2

A quick start propelled Arsenal to the victory.

They opened up a 3-0 lead behind the single goal scoring of Eric

Dyson, John Spirk and Sam Farnsworth. Dyson netted his second goal

just before the halftime whistle.

The Arsenal defense, which went to work in the second half to

preserve the victory, was led by goalkeeper Mitchell Weeks, Connor

Noyes, Brian Tran and James Hensley in the backfield, and Carlos

Puerto, Ibrahim Khalil, Greg Howland, Jimmy Moreno and Val

Bertignolia in the mid-field.