LOWER LAKE — The Kelseyville Knights put their first notch in the win column on Thursday, beating the Lower Lake Trojans 3-0 in a North Central League I North varsity girls” soccer game at Lower Lake.
Lower Lake (0-2 North) suited up just 12 players for the games.
“It”s kind of nice,” Kelseyville coach Mark Andre said of the Knights” initial victory of the 2009 season. “We had a lot of players step up and play well.”
Monique Santana scored twice for the Knights (1-1, 1-7) and Sam Ledesma added a goal and one assist.
“We controlled the game and had a lot of shots on goal,” Andre said. “Lower Lake”s goalie did a great job.”
Kelseyville led 2-0 after the first half.
Among the Kelseyville standouts were Maria Aguirre, Linda Olvera and Letty Covarrubias, according to Andre.
Lower Lake coach Daniel Wieman also was pleased with the play of his squad.
“We had some excellent play,” he said.
Natalia Frias and Brittany Franklin turned in strong passing performances for the Trojans, according to Wieman, and Jonesha Beasley led the Lower Lake offense.
“We”re still working hard,” Wieman said.
In other soccer action Thursday:
Boys” soccer
Kelseyville 2, Lower Lake 0
At Lower Lake, Osvaldo Rojas scored in the first half and Oscar Martinez added an insurance goal in the second half as the Kelseyville Knights blanked the Lower Lake Trojans in NCL I North action.
“They played pretty good from my point of view,” Kelseyville coach Eduardo Ledesma said of the Trojans, who dropped to 0-2 in North action.
Kelseyville (1-1, 5-2-1) had no shortage of shots, but the Lower Lake keeper turned back most of them.
“He blocked a lot of shots,” Ledesma said. “They also had a bunch of shots that our keeper Cristian (Gomora) stopped.”
Ledesma said he shook up his defense prior to the game, adding an extra defender. That extra defender, Adrian Mejia, turned in a strong game.
“He did a really good job,” Ledesam said.
Volleyball
Clear Lake def. Middletown
At Lakeport, the Clear Lake Cardinals avenged an earlier three-game loss to the Mustangs by beating Middletown 21-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-22 in NCL I interlock volleyball action.
“The girls really wanted to get them the second time around,” Clear Lake coach Marci Psalmonds said.
Jessica Asbury”s six kills and two blocks paced the Cardinals. Chanel Reese and Vanessa Tullos added five kills apiece and RileyGabehart had four kills, five blocks, three aces and 15 service points.
Jenny McGee, an outside hitter for Middletown, led the Mustangs with 13 kills and four aces.
“She”s hitting so well,” Middletown coach Jennifer Breiner said. “She”s so fast, she”s all over the court. She never takes a break.”
Kayla Robinson had six kills, four blocks and three aces, and Angela Gattoni added three kills and four blocks.
Kelseyville def. Upper Lake
At Kelseyville, the Kelseyville Knights beat the Upper Lake Cougars 25-16, 25-13, 21-25, 25-13 in NCL I interlock play.
Monique Derr had four kills, four aces and 13 digs for Upper Lake, Katherine Edmonds added 10 digs and Rebecca Swaney had four kills and five blocks.
“The first team we”ve faced with big pressure at the net,” Upper Lake coach Sandy Coatney said. “They hit the ball real well. We dug up most of it, but we couldn”t get all of it. With a team like Kelseyville you can”t give up a free ball because they”ll set it up and smash it back at you.”
Kelseyville individual statistics were not available at press time.
Cloverdale def. Lower Lake
At Lower Lake, the Trojans couldn”t generate much offense until the third game, by which time it was too late to catch the Cloverdale Eagles, who beat Lower Lake 25-18, 25-20, 24-26, 25-21 in an NCL I interlock match.
“They were hitting the ball and we couldn”t dig to save our lives,” Lower Lake coach Danessa Udy said.
Lower Lake opened up an 8-0 lead in the fourth game but Cloverdale rallied.
“It became a tip fest in the fourth game,” Udy said. “It”s exciting to see but not good volleyball.”
Tashee Denson”s nine kills and four blocks paced Lower Lake. Veronica Wilder added four kills and Amber Daniels had three. Mirella Valencia led the team with four aces.
Udy praised the play of Sara Burns in the back row.
