Team places second in league, heads to CCS

The Falcons secured a spot in CCS and placed second in the De Anza Division in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League with a 2-1 overtime win over Cupertino on Nov. 7. They ended the season with a 8-3-1 record, and their first CCS game is at home on Nov. 13 against Christopher High School.

In the Cupertino game, junior midfielder Erin Norris tied the game 1-1 during regulation, and in the sudden-death overtime junior forward Anne Rollinson scored the winning goal. 

“I had faith that we could win the whole time, but when we finally got that goal it felt so good,” Rollinson said.

In their last home game of the season, the Falcons beat Los Altos 1-0 with a goal scored by sophomore Rachel Davey.

On Halloween, the Falcons lost 6-0 to rival Los Gatos. Even so, they were proud of their efforts against a strong team.

“You could tell that they were flustered,” senior co-captain and forward Christina Crolla said. “We constantly got the ball and took it to goal, but the ref made some bad calls.”

Coach Raman Sandhu also said, “I was proud our girls never mentally gave up and fought the full 60 minutes. The rougher and more intimidating LG started to play, our girls responded back with even greater toughness and fighting spirit.”

On Oct. 29 the team’s home game against Monta Vista went into a sudden-death. After seven minutes without a score, the two teams tied 2-2. Goals were scored by junior midfielder Sabrina Clark and Davey.

The team won 3-0 in its away game against Lynbrook on Oct. 24, with goals scored by Crolla and sophomores Tina Miller and Emily Chen.

Reflecting on a memorable season, Clark said, “The team has come a really long way. We went from losing nearly every game last year to winning nearly every game [this year].”