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When your opponents’ goalie scores two on you, you can be pretty sure it’s not your day\u2014it certainly wasn’t for the Millikan Rams on Tuesday, as they hosted a CIF Wild Card match against Fountain Valley in the campus pool, falling 13-1.<\/p>\nWhen your opponents’ goalie scores two on you, you can be pretty sure it’s not your day\u2014it certainly wasn’t for the Millikan Rams on Tuesday, as they hosted a CIF Wild Card match against Fountain Valley in the campus pool, falling 13-1.<\/p>\n
Millikan coach Al Reyes said he hoped his team would rebound from a loss to Fountain Valley on Monday with better defense, and a better job converting their man-ups. <\/span>But nothing went the Rams’ way, from the outset, after Fountain Valley’s Marisa Young scored on their first possession, giving them a lead they’d never relinquish, just thirty seconds in. <\/span>On defense, the Rams couldn’t hold the physically superior Barons back, and Millikan goalie Ghita Bouzarif had an uncharacteristic bad day in the net; on offense, the Rams were really <\/em>overpowered, and were only able to get any penetration at all on two possessions in the first half\u2014their lone goal was a long heave from Vanessa Canseco into the top left corner, halfway through the second quarter with her team already trailing 7-1.<\/span><\/p>\n After the game, Reyes pointed out that just because both teams were lower in their leagues, didn’t mean they were on equal footing. <\/span>“The Sunset League is a very <\/em>good league,” he said. <\/span>“Third or fourth place means you’re behind Newport Harbor and Los Al, top-tier programs. <\/span>But I would say it was more about what they did right, than what we did wrong.”<\/span><\/p>\n The Barons did seem to have a charmed day, hitting 10 of their first 14 shots against the normally reliable Bouzarif, while holding the Rams to 1-20 shooting on the afternoon. <\/span>Not to mention those two incredible lobs from goalie Lindsey Catron. <\/span>As the clock ran out on the first and second quarters, Catron found herself holding the ball, and both times she reared back and threw the ball as hard as she could\u2014both times it fell just under the Millikan crossbar on the other side of the pool. <\/span>The first gave her team a 5-0 lead after the first quarter, and the second made it 9-1 at halftime. <\/span>In addition to Catron’s pair, Young scored two, and Danica Fascella and Kayla Robert both had a hat trick. <\/span><\/p>\n Reyes, despite the 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