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PENINSULA COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER: Pirates remain perfect in league, win in another shutout

Published 1:30 am Sunday, October 9, 2022

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Peninsula's Keilee Silva fights for a header with Everett's Giovanna Occhiallini, left, and Paige Runcorn right as Silva's teammate, Kira Meechudhone, follows behind on Saturday at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles.
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Peninsula's Keilee Silva fights for a header with Everett's Giovanna Occhiallini, left, and Paige Runcorn right as Silva's teammate, Kira Meechudhone, follows behind on Saturday at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles.
Peninsula’s Keilee Silva fights for a header with Everett’s Giovanna Occhiallini, left, and Paige Runcorn right as Silva’s teammate, Kira Meechudhone, follows behind on Saturday at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Peninsula’s Rylee Simms takes the header over Everett’s Paige Runcorn as Simms’ teammate, Taya Bohenko, looks on during Saturday’s match at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Peninsula’s Maylin Rivera, front, battles for control with Everett’s Lucy Soriano-Sanchez as fellow Trojans Shaelyn Gerrodette, left, and Taejah Hardeman watch from the backfield on Saturday in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Peninsula’s Millie Long, center, takes to the air against the defense of Everett’s Alexa Svendsen, left, and Taryn Mori, right, during Friday’s match in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

The Peninsula women went into the half up just 2-0 against Everett, but erupted for six goals in the second half to run away with the match 8-0.

Millie Long, Chiaki Takase and Briana-Jean Tanaka all scored two goals. Karenza Chavez scored a goal and Hannah Wagner of Sequim High School added her first goal of the year for the Pirates.

Long, who has 13 goals for the season, added an assist, while Taya Bohenko and Allysun Gerke also had assists. Talia Marini and Hedvig Persson each played goalkeeper and combined for five saves. It was the Pirates’ fourth straight shutout and seventh shutout of the year.

In fact, since allowing three goals in the season-opener back in August, the Pirates have allowed just one goal in their past eight matches. And that one goal came in the 87th minute of an 11-1 blowout.

Peninsula (6-0-0, 8-0-1) next plays at Whatcom (2-2-2, 2-5-2) on Wednesday.