Falcons topple American River

The Falcon women enjoyed a Friday Night Lights experience with a dominant 4-0 victory over the Beavers at American River College on Friday evening.  Falcon freshman forward Mia Solorio Smith scored her first TWO goals of the season – with assists by Taylor Curtis and Gigi Hall - in the first half against the Beavers to give the Falcons a 2-0 lead at the half.  Avery Pieri notched her team-leading 12^th goal of the season in the 57^th minute for a 3-0 lead, and Gigi Hall put the finishing touches on the win in the 76^th minute with her 8^th goal of the season.  Grace Filiau and Sydney Rivera split the goalkeeping duties for the Falcons and shared the shutout victory.

The Falcons, currently ranked #4 in California but also possessing the #1 position in Power Points , improved to 11-0-2 overall and 5-0 in Big 8 play.  They remain in a virtual tie for first with both Delta (14-0, 5-0 in Big 8) and Sierra (12-1, 6-0 in Big 8).  The three teams – all ranked in the top 8 in California and top 5 in Power Points - will all play each other over the next 11 days to sort out the seeding for the first-ever Big 8 Tournament playoffs, which begin on November 5.