The Pierce College women’s soccer team fought a hard battle against Santa Monica College and came away with a last minute tie from what was a very sloppy game by their standards.
The field did no favors for either team. The game had both teams turning over the ball several times and neither being able to gain control over it during the first half.
The score at the end of the 90 minutes was 1-1. Pierce managed to come back from being down 1-0 at the last minute.
“Being down we shuffled, we through people up, we switched it around,” said Brahmas’ head coach Adolfo Perez. “We took one of our defenders and through her up top. We did a lot of things.”
Pierce, as they have shown in their previous games, was dangerous from corner kicks. Emily Streb had an opportunity from a corner kick, but failed to score.
Santa Monica struck first in the opening minutes of the second half and would continue to lead the game all the way until the final minutes.
The Corsairs scored off a header coming from a corner kick that went past the goal keeper and a defender at the post.
The Brahmas’ hard work would pay off in the final minutes of the game when freshman forward Edith Dominguez was fouled in the penalty area.
With the game on the line sophomore midfielder Jessica Gonzalez stepped up and scored the penalty.
“I think we got rewarded,” said Perez. “Not for our beautiful soccer, but for our hard work.”
Throughout the second half Pierce had plenty of opportunities to tie the game, but could not get the ball in the back of the net.
The Brahmas could have tied earlier in the game when sophomore midfielder Sophie Forrester received a centered pass and touched it past the goal keeper, but one of Santa Monica’s defender was able to clear the ball before it reached the back of the net.
“I think if we would have had more time we would have scored,” said assistant coach Jose Mejia. “But we got ourselves [in this] situation in the first place.”
The next game for the Brahmas’ soccer team will be at College of the Canyons on Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 3 p.m.