FRC men and women open conference play vs Lassen College

FRC Women Lose Conference Opener

09/28/10 – Quincy, CA – What a difference just a few weeks makes. Feather River College women played Lassen College Cougars a few weeks ago and beat them 5-0, this time around with conference points on the line it was Lassen that beat the Lady Eagles 5-1.

“I know we came in overconfident. I warned the ladies to take Lassen seriously but sometimes these lessons have to be learned on the field” said Coach Don Williams “we are injury riddled right now, and that does really hurt our style of play, but that is no excuse for us coming out flat” Williams continued.

It only took 3 minutes for the Cougars to strike with a breakaway down the middle, freshman keeper and Portola native Kayla Healy tried valiantly but could not keep the ball out of the net. “This will sound strange having given up 5 goals but Kayla had a great match. She came up with some key saves and will continue to improve with more training, we are very proud of the way she responded today, this is only first outing of the year” said Coach Williams.

The score line would remain 1-0 until the 25th minute when Quincy local Gaby Naranjo lofted a shot over the Lassen keeper to knot the match at 1-1. The joy would not last long for FRC when just 2 minutes later Lassen hit what would be the match winner off of a free kick from 20 yards out. Lassen would strike for 2 more before the half and one more goal would come in the second half.

The Lady Eagles take on College of the Redwoods on Friday in their continuation of conference play.



FRC Men Open Conference Play

09/28/10 – Quincy, CA – Feather River College men’s soccer opened conference play with a 2-0 win over rivals Lassen College on Tuesday. Winning and losing this match was always going to come down to who defended better and on this day it was the Golden Eagles who only allowed 3 shots from the Lassen College Cougars. First year head coach Don Williams said “I know we are getting a lot of shots and eventually they will start falling in for us, but the question is how good we can get at defending, today was a good start.”

Sophomore Juan Garcia, who led all players with 3 shots on goal, opened the scoring for FRC when he latched on to a pass from Oscar Gonzalez down the left side of the pitch and slotted the ball home from 16 yards out. “We have moved Juan from defending at left back to attacking as a withdrawn striker where we think be most effective” Said Coach Williams. Coach Williams also said Garcia is being looked at by a number of schools including NCAA DI Cal State Bakersfield.

The second half broke into more of a midfield battle between the two fairly evenly matched teams until Freshman Peter Salazar from Incline, NV hit a shot so stunning that it left the spectators and players breathless. Lassen attempted to clear a ball but it came bouncing out to the FRC left back and from 35 yards out Salazar let loose with a laser of a shot that swerved, bent and dipped away from the befuddled Cougars keeper. When the shot finally settled in the back of the net the response from the fans was one of shock. “When I hit it I knew it was struck perfectly, I caught it just off of the outside of my foot” said Salazar.

Feather River College goalkeeper Tony Wakeford was only forced into one save on the day in getting his first solo clean sheet for the season.