“Go Skyline!” With spectators urging the team on, the Skyline Womens’ Soccer team swiftly swept the opposing Canada College in their game on Friday, 3-0.

“This is a good building point for us” said Jennifer Alvarez (#7), team captain.

“This win helps us realize the playoffs are something we can reach.”This win over Canada keeps the Trojans undefeated this season, moving them to a 6-0-1 record, but this game had more weight to it than a regular game. Canada College is in the same conference as Skyline, and Skyline is now 2-0 in conference games.

“Winning conference games is great for recruiting” said Kevin Corsiglia, Head Women’s Soccer Coach.

Because all of the colleges in the same conference recruit out of the same pool of players, Coach Corsiglia can show players his record over the competing colleges.

Even though the Trojans dominated in the first half of the game, with Laura Cremen (#6) scoring the only point of the half and controlling the ball for the majority of the time, both the players and Corsiglia thought they could have played better.

“We did a very good job of dictating where the ball was going to go and we were always putting pressure on Canada’s defense and goalie,” said Corsiglia, “but we were… having a hard time finding good scoring opportunities.”

During the half-time talk, Corsiglia restated the team goals, which got the players more focused. He also brought in the forwards who he felt would give the team the greatest amount of scoring opportunities.

“We changed to a more aggressive formation in the second half to take advantage of the opposing team’s fatigue” said Corsiglia.

It was obvious early on in the second half that Corsiglia’s plan had worked, as Skyline quickly took the lead to two points and then, soon after that, three. Team spirit and confidence was high by this point, seeing as victory was within Skyline’s reach.

“I knew we had won once Nour [Abudamous (#11)] had scored the third goal,” said Alvarez. “The coach always says you haven’t won a game until you are up by three points.”

Looking back at the game after they had won, Alvarez felt proud that her team was able to keep their heads and confidence high after the first half, of which many players felt discouraged about.

The next couple of games will be against some tough opponents, including Ohlone, Cabrillo, and De Anza colleges. Alvarez believes that the keys to success will be the physical fitness of the players and how aggressive they are as a team.

All three of those games will be away games, so the Trojans won’t have the familiar Skyline wind to help them. Hopefully, they will be able to pull through with sheer skill and pure teamwork.

So be sure to follow the team who has not received a goal against them at home all season, and who has only allowed one goal all season.