Girls beat Fillmore on soccer field

For the first time in recent history both the Santa Paula JV and varsity girls’ soccer teams beat Fillmore in the same evening. To top it off, this was the first time it happened on the Fillmore field. The JV girls took their match 2-1 and the varsity won 5-0.In the JV game, the Lady Cards dominated play and set the tempo, but the Flashes scored first on a breakaway in the 15th minute of the first half. Lizzette Guzman equalized the score 10 minutes later on a perfectly placed shot from 20 yards out. The half ended with a 1-1 tie,Rene Sepulveda put in the game-winning shot in the 10th minute of the second half, finishing a pass from Guzman.Fillmore mounted counter attacks but could not find the net. Santa Paula goalkeeper Maria Prado saved the win when Fillmore found the near post on a direct kick. Prado parried the shot which then deflected off the side post and out of play. Solid mid-field play from team Captain Rosie Sandoval and defensive play by Nena Elizarraz thwarted the Flashes attack.The varsity match will go down in history. An inspired Fillmore squad came out with a pressure attack, forcing the Lady Cardinals on the defensive. The Cards survived and out-possessed the Flashes. The first strike came in the 23rd minute of the match when Raquel Gonzalez beat two defenders and executed a solid near post finish from eight yards out. In the 35th minute Gretta Strautman sent a pass to outside midfielder Faviola Munoz who hammered a near post got by the Fillmore goalkeeper. The score at the half was 2-0.