Maria Mendez

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• November 13, 2022

Midway through the first half of the California Pacific Conference Women’s Soccer championship match Saturday night at La Sierra, a fan dressed in blue bellowed from the sideline: “Come on, Eagles! Take what is yours!” If indeed the Cal Pac is owned by Embry-Riddle, Westcliff never got the memo. After delivering a 1-0 knockout punch to the previously unbeaten, nationally-ranked Eagles, the Warriors are Cal Pac champions.

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• October 28, 2022

Let’s break from tradition, bust down the fourth-wall, and ignite this gamer with a little recognition, perhaps even a high-five or two, for one Taylor Gayer — a true Warrior, if there ever was one. Gayer, a senior, a great-spirit, and a comeback-kid all rolled into one, collected her first win as keeper on Sr. Night Thursday at the Great Park, where the Westcliff women’s soccer team celebrated in style with a 4-0 sheet of Providence Christian. The Warriors’ senior keeper finished with three saves in a complete-match, shutout performance.

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• October 08, 2022

The Westcliff women’s soccer team beat Cal Maritime by a touchdown and a field goal Saturday morning in Vallejo. The 10-0 drubbing of Cal Maritime got out-of-hand quickly.

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• October 07, 2022

For those unfamiliar with the northern part of the state, Angwin, the location of Pacific Uninon College, doesn’t really resemble the California you and I know.  It’s more like southern Oregon, lush evergreens forests and thick, long Bermuda grass — the type of turf that can easily frustrate a soccer player used to quicker playing surfaces. Such was the case for the Westcliff women’s soccer team Thursday in Angwin — but, no matter — the Warriors were able to find their footing and put away the Pioneers, 3-0. 

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• October 02, 2022

It was a heck of an afternoon at Championship Stadium Sunday, where the Westcliff women’s soccer team followed up the men’s clean sheet of Simpson with an impressive 3-1 win of its own.

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• September 24, 2022

Angelina Espinal scored twice and collected an assist Saturday morning in Lancaster, where the Warriors got their groove back in a 3-0 over Antelope Valley.

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• September 12, 2022

It wasn’t the Warriors most important contest — a final tune-up before Cal Pac play starts Friday — but it was an opportunity to match up against a nationally-ranked opponent and see where Westcliff stood. Considering the Warriors didn’t play their best match, and were missing a number of key contributors, it was a successful outing. Westcliff started the match with a number of golden opportunities, one of which they connected on, then battled tooth-and-nail from there to hang on for a 1-1 tie with No. 8 Westmont Monday at the Great Park.

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• August 10, 2022

Last season, mercifully, is long over for the Westcliff women’s soccer team. It was a year of unprecedented bad luck — torn ACL’s, car crashes, rogue felines bearing animus toward Hydroflasks — just, don’t ask. But 2022 is a new year, and the Warriors are right back where they belong — in contention for a Cal Pac championship.