Pirates cruise to 6-2 win over Lasers
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Irvine Valley (3-4-3, 1-3-1) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Orange Coast (6-3-1, 3-2-0) | 4 | 2 | 6 |
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College women's soccer team used its speed and aggressive play to run through visiting Irvine Valley College en route to a 6-2 Orange Empire Conference win on Tuesday afternoon.
Sydnee Busby had two goals for the Pirates (6-3-1, 3-2-0 in conference), while single goals were contributed by Jordan Moore, Aileen Ortiz, Shelle Zito and Lupe Rodriguez.
For the Lasers (3-4-3, 1-3-1), Danielle Lefebvre had both goals, while assists were turned in by Elissa Gonzalez and Alexandra Benedict.
Coast wasted no time to take control of things when Busby took a nice feed from Zito and buried the first shot of the match into the back of the net, putting OCC ahead in the fourth minute of play.
Busby's second of the afternoon (off an assist by Moore) made it 2-0 in the 14th minute, but just three minutes later, IVC cut the deficit in half when Lefebvre took advantage of a defensive miscue and scored her first of the match.
The Pirates responded with a pair of goals shortly thereafter and the match was out of reach for the Lasers the rest of the afternoon. Moore took advantage of an out-of-position goalkeeper and scored from 40-yards out to put OCC up, 3-1 in the 21st minute. Just eight minutes later, Ortiz scored off a corner kick by Samantha Lombardo to put Coast ahead, 4-1.
Second-half goals by Zito and Rodriguez pushed the Pirates' lead up to 6-1 before Lefebvre's second goal of the contest closed out the scoring for the Lasers.
OCC goalkeeper Tara Tellez and IVC netminder Yesenia Pulido each had five saves.
The Pirates will return to action on Friday at Cypress College, beginning at 3 p.m. OCC's next home contest will be on Friday, Oct. 14 against Norco, also at 3 p.m.
