PORT ANGELES — Pity Peninsula College goalkeeper Jared Wilson.
He could be one of the best at his position in the NWAACC, but with the way his teammates are dominating games he may never get a chance to prove it.
The top-ranked Pirates rolled over another NWAACC opponent Saturday afternoon at Sigmar Field, scoring four goals in the first 21 minutes to cruise to a 5-0 victory over visiting Shoreline.
The victory was Peninsula’s ninth straight to start the season. It was also Wilson’s fourth shutout.
Of course, few people probably took note of that after watching yet another offensive onslaught from the Pirates, who have now out-scored teams 39-4 so far this year.
“I came out and caught a few, but they didn’t get a clear shot,” said Wilson, who finished with five saves on the day. “With these guys in front of me, sometimes it does [get boring].”
Chalk up Saturday’s blowout as one of those times.
Outside of a few uneasy moments in the second half, Wilson had a lot of time to stand around and ponder life’s mysteries.
Peninsula (3-0-0 in West Division, 9-0-0 overall) out-shot Shoreline 23-5 on the game, with most of the fireworks coming in a frantic 12-minute period.
It was then that Peninsula ripped off four straight goals, two from Pirates all-time scoring leader Miguel Gonzalez and one each from Daniel Gonzalez and Omar Ambrocio.
“Miguel creates a lot of things for us,” Peninsula College coach Andrew Chapman said. “And then we’ve got a lot of other strikers that are good complementary strikers that are scoring goals themselves.
“We’re just really good about framing the goal and finishing and taking advantage of our chances.
“These guys finish their chances. They don’t leave anything to luck.”
Daniel Gonzalez got the ball rolling in the ninth minute, scoring off an assist from his brother, Miguel.
Four minutes later, Dustin Walsh set up Miguel Gonzalez for a goal and a 2-0 lead.
After Ambrocio and Miguel Gonzalez scored in the 19th and 21st minutes off passes from Dean Gaynor and Daniel Gonzalez, respectively, the rout was on.
Shoreline (0-3-0, 0-8-1) had a few chances in the second half, but each was stunted by Wilson.
“I think we’re definitely better than last year, and we’re doing great this year,” said Wilson, the starting keeper on last year’s NWAACC title team.
“We pretty much have the same team from last year, so we’ve pretty much just grown a year.
“Everyone has gotten that year to grow and work together as a team.”
The Pirates’ schedule will begin to pick up in the next couple of weeks after Wednesday’s road game at winless Skagit Valley.
That includes home matches against Whatcom (1-3-1 overall) on Oct. 1, Tacoma (3-2-1) on Oct. 5 and second-ranked Highline (5-0-1) on Oct. 8.
Also lurking are tilts against No. 5 Bellevue (3-0-2) and No. 7 Olympic (4-1-2) later on in divisional play.
“We’ve played some good teams, but for the most part a lot of the teams that we’ve played haven’t been as strong,” Chapman said.
“There are stronger teams out there, we just haven’t got to them yet.”
Peninsula 5, Shoreline 0
Shoreline 0 0 — 0
Peninsula 4 1 — 5
Scoring Summary
First half: 1, Peninsula, D. Gonzalez (M. Gonzalez), 9th; 2, Peninsula, M. Gonzalez (Walsh), 13th; 3, Peninsula, Ambrocio (Gaynor), 19th; 4, Peninsula, M. Gonzalez (D. Gonzalez), 21st.
Second Half: 5, Peninsula, Prizeman (Chowdhury), 88th.
Women’s Soccer
Peninsula 2, Shoreline 0
PORT ANGELES — The Pirates claimed their third shutout victory in four matches with another ball-dominating performance Saturday afternoon.
Kirah Kanari scored a goal and dished out an assist in the first 19 minutes to help the Pirates move into first place in the West Division standings.
“She was the difference for us today,” Pirates coach Kanyon Anderson said. “Kirah broke their defense down twice.”
Indeed, the Australian striker sparked the Pirates’ first score by putting the ball right in front of the goal for Sydney Bullington to tap in for a 1-0 lead.
Ten minutes later, she found the back of the net off a Jackie Rodgers assist for a 2-0 lead.
The Pirates (3-1-0 in West, 4-2-2 overall) defense made it hold up from there, with goalkeeper Krystal Daniels accumulating five saves.
That included a penalty kick save near the end of the second half that preserved her third shutout of the season.
“I thought our effort was good, we played physically and intelligently,” Anderson said.
“Felicia Collins is just awesome for us in the middle, winning everything in the air. Kim Jones, we moved her from central mid to center back, and she just reads the game so well.
“Ellen Rodgers has been totally steady . . . and then Krystal has done great.”
Peninsula out-shot Shoreline 26-4 on the game and had several chances to add to its lead in the second half.
But that was about the only thing that went wrong for the Pirates, who are now one point ahead of Bellevue (2-0-2, 2-2-2) in the West Division standings.
“That’s what we need to work on this week, is putting the ball in the back of the net,” Anderson said.
“We’ve played teams that aren’t giving up many goals, so we haven’t quite figured out how to score goals, because we’ve run against . . . pretty organized defenses.
“Goal scoring is kind of a habit thing, so once we figure out how to do it [that will help].”
Peninsula next travels to winless Skagit Valley on Wednesday.
Peninsula 2, Shoreline 0
Shoreline 0 0 — 0
Peninsula 2 0 — 2
Scoring Summary
First half: 1, Peninsula, Bullington (Kanari), 9th; 2, Peninsula, Kanari (J. Rodgers), 19th.
Second Half: No scoring.