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The Lancers women’s soccer team came away with their fourth win in five games against El Camino on Tuesday at Robinson Stadium.

The Lancers set the tempo for the game right away at kickoff, finding the back of the net in the first 10 minutes of the game with Alexis Acosta’s goal.

Typically, the Lancers have trouble getting goals in the first half but they looked strong coming out.

El Camino battled with the Lancers in the midfield, making PCC fight hard for their second goal.

Finally, in the 37th minute, midfielder Ani Hemelians found a gap in El Camino’s defense and sent the ball to Leila Farazdaghi, who used her speed to beat her defender off the ball and give the Lancers a 2-0 lead.

El Camino responded by making a strong run at the Lancers’ goal, but the Warriors’ final shot of the half hit the crossbar and they went into the half scoreless.

The Lancers looked pumped, despite only having one sub available on the bench due to a number of players out sick.

With the second half underway, the Lancers hit the ground running.

Even with El Camino’s keeper blocking two of the Lancers’ first shots, the Lancers were awarded a penalty for a hard tackle in the box.

Freshman midfielder Sandra Ambrosio walked up to the penalty spot and placed it in the bottom corner, pushing the Lancers lead to 3-0.

The Lancers were looking for more goals, but El Camino’s goalie was a brick wall in the second half when the keepers were the difference makers.

El Camino were pressing and looking for their first goal of the game, but nothing was getting past PCC goalkeeper Natalie Martin.

With a dozen shots hitting the crossbar, El Camino finally got their goal.

But when the final whistle blew, the Lancers walked away with the win. It was especially promising for the Lancers because of the goals scored in the first half.

“We just changed our warm up and our mind set,” said Rivas. “They’re adults. They realized that they shouldn’t keep giving up goals early in the second half.”

The Lancers didn’t give up any goals in the first half with Martin in goal. Martin doesn’t usually start in goal, but several players were out sick so she got the opportunity to shine.

“I’ve been looking forward to this,” said Martin. “I’ve been working really hard and our girls have been working just as hard and it showed today.”

Another key component to the win was the activity in the midfield, a lot of it starting with Ani Hemelians.

“Our whole set up was to get the ball up through the midfield,” said Hemelians. “We have a lot of fast girls up top so we just look to get them the ball when we can.”

With only a few weeks left in the season, the Lancers look to close out the season on a positive note.

The Lancers face off against East Los Angeles Thursday on their turf to try and stretch their winning streak to four.

The Lancers also play Friday at Pierce College to make up a game that was postponed on Sept. 8 due to weather conditions.

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