Something had to give Friday night on the Reedley College soccer field. The Tigers came in the match with Fresno City College with five straight shutout wins while the Rams had also had five straight wins.
It all came down to a goal in the 77th minute by Jazmin Mora to give the Rams the win. The Tigers had their chances but statistics showed Reedley with FCC getting nine shots.
But it is quite an improvement from 2017 that lost to Fresno City 12-1 and 15-0 in 2017.
Coach Onesta Francis' team conference plays Sept. 28 with a 1-0 win over the College of the Sequoias in Visalia on a goal in the 11th minute by Denise Martinez and the play of goalie Lucy Chavez, who had 12 saves in the shutout win.
Reedley takes a 5-2-1 season record into two tough conference matches this week, at Taft on Oct. 5 and hosting Clovis at 6 p.m. Friday night.
The Reedley College women's golf team prepared for a Tuesday, Oct. 5 conference tournament win in Fresno by winning a conference tournament win in Taft last Thursday. Coach Scott Stark's squad had a team score of 349, 44 shots better than Taft. Fresno City College did not have a team score.
Avery Foster led Reedley with a round of 76 while Mya Chow fired a 79. Cynthia Reyes was next with a 94 followed by Natalie Van Pelt with a 100 and Michaela Tamez with a 112 Reedley also has a conference tournament at Turlock on Thursday.
Volleyball
The Tiger women's volleyball team is still looking for their first conference win after losses to Sequoias (25-16, 25-10, 25-4) and at home to West Hills Coalinga (22-25, 25-15, 25-16, 25-20).
Coach Mariah Roby's squad played a rescheduled match at Taft on Monday. Oct. 4 before going to Porterville on Friday, Oct. 8.
By: Will Goldbeck