The Brahmas’ strong start to the season continues on.
Pierce College women’s soccer defeated East Los Angeles College on Sept. 13 with a 5-1 victory at Shepard Stadium.
Pierce set the tone of the game with the first goal being scored within the first ten minutes by forward Livia Pereira and assisted by defender Hailey Chavez.
The Brahmas went on to score two more goals in the first half, with defender Jennifer Flores scoring the second goal beyond the penalty box. The first half concludes with Pierce’s successful defense showing out by limiting East L.A. with no goal attempts.
Pereira revealed what pushed her throughout the game.
“I think the desire to win and grow as a team,” Pereira said.
Pereira added that the team needed to work on certain aspects from their previous games and applied them against the East L.A. Huskies.
The East L.A. Huskies offense struggled against the Brahmas’ defense, finishing with three goal attempts. The Huskies scored once.
Pierce Head Coach Adolfo Perez shared his thoughts on the game.
“I think our defense is probably our strongest asset of the team,” Perez said.
Midfielder Melissa Nevarez expressed her thoughts on how the team excelled in the win.
“We stayed together. There was a lot of aggression and a lot of verbal but we stayed really compact, and as a team, we really worked together well,” Nevarez said.
Perez believes consistency was his favorite moment in Friday’s win.
“I think our consistency, our ability to score goals, you know, we’ve been working really hard at it, and it happened today,” Perez said.
