10/05/10 – Redding, CA – The Feather River College women’s soccer team traveled to Redding to take on the Shasta College Lady Knights and walked away with a hard fought 2-2 draw and a well-earned point on the road.
Shasta opened the scoring with a well-placed chip shot over FRC keeper Kirsten Coultas. Coultas the FRC co-captain, is still recovering from a hip injury but came up with 4 saves on the day and cut out another 5 through balls by playing high up in her box. “What I love about having Kirsten in goal is that she plays so confidently high in her box which I know from experience cuts out a lot of goal scoring opportunities that opponents might otherwise have” said Coach Don Williams.
The FRC women went into half time down 1-0 but came out on fire in the second half. The trademark of the FRC team is that they target passes to the feet of their teammates rather than resort to the typical kick and run style of many untrained opponents. “When we pass hard to our targets most teams cannot stop us, discipline is the key and when we do this the game is beautiful to watch” said Williams. The target passing paid off in the 60th minute when the Lady Eagles moved the ball down the field and the ex-Quincy High School combination of Blanca Ruiz to Gaby Naranjo paid off with a match tying goal and her third of the season. Ruiz played the ball across the box to Naranjo who chipped the Knights keeper.
Shasta responded 15 minutes later with a breakaway goal but Feather River was not dismayed. 10 minutes from the final whistle freshman Madeline Ramos struck yet again with her fourth goal of the season by hitting her patented left footed shot over the head of the helpless Knights keeper. Ramos, who led all players with 9 shots on the day, was not done and hit a right footed screamer toward goal the barely skimmed over the crossbar. “I cannot tell you how elated I am with our women, it has been a difficult injury riddled season but they pull together and will not quit” Williams proudly stated.
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