Christine Thorvaldsen

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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 25, 2022

It’s been a difficult week for the Westcliff women’s soccer team. Tuesday’s 2-1 win over Benedictine Mesa at the Great Park was the Warriors’ third contest in six days — with a seven-hour bus ride mixed in. It was unseasonably hot, their legs were tired, they tapped deep into the reserves. None of it mattered.

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• October 21, 2022

The Westcliff women’s soccer team has certainly found itself over the course of the past six Cal Pac contests, with a 4-0 win over at Park-Gilbert Thursday serving as the latest piece of evidence.

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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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• 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 25, 2022

Well, that was a heck of a start. The Westcliff women’s soccer team got its season off in style Thursday afternoon at the Great Park, where they were the visitors to host Hope International. The Warriors ended up making a little history as their 1-0 win over the Royals was the first victory in program history over an opponent that had received votes in the NAIA national women’s soccer poll.

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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.