With only a few seconds left, Nolan Dean found himself in a position he hasn’t been in all season.
Moorpark was awarded with a penalty kick and it was up to Nolan to save the shutout and keep Moorpark scoreless.
The kicker went for the kick and was stopped by Nolan for his 10th stop of the game, completing his shutout.
That was his biggest save of the game and his second shutout of the season, which helped EC to a 4-0 shutout.
The Warriors got goals by Ben Turnbull, defender, Oswaldo Martinez, midfielder, Chris Marckstadt, forward, and Charlie Gonzalez, forward.
EC had plenty of memorable plays on Friday against Moorpark College that helped it pick up the win.
“The most memorable play was when (forward) Charlie (Gonzalez) took on three guys and scored (the goal),” defender/midfielder John Mota said.
The Warriors picked up their first win of the season and were proud of each other.
“The team played well in part of the game and there’s some things we need to improve on, but it was good to get our first win,” Andrew Britton, assistant coach, said.
The player’s were proud of their performance and expect to start a winning streak.
“We played very well defensively and offensively,” Mota said.
“The team looks to improve each and every game of the season.”
“We improved from our last game, started to find our style and play, but there’s always room for improvement,” Morales said.
The key players of the game were defender Hugo Sanchez, Marckstadt, Turnbull had a goal and an assist, and William Campos, who set up the second goal.
“Sanchez was solid in the back. Marckstadt kept his nerve and scored on a penalty kick. Turnbull scored his first goal and Campos came off the bench and set up our second goal,” Andrew Britton said.
“It was good to score (my first) goal and more importantly to get a win for the team,” Turnbull said.
John Britton, coach, was proud of his team’s play on Friday and hope’s they continue to play this way the rest of the way.
“With a much improved team performance against Moorpark, we expect to continue this trend against Victor Valley (tomorrow) and get our second victory of the season,” John Britton, coach, said.
The Warriors will continue to work on their team defense and make sure they work together as a team.
“We still have shaky moments on defense and we expect to improve on this by working more as one unit, instead of four individual players on defense,” John Britton said.
The Warriors’ next game is tomorrow when they travel to Victor Valley College for its game at 3 p.m.
“Victor Valley is a similar team in transition as us, play a similar style as us, have a similar record as us and (we play common opponents), so we expect another close game,” John Britton said.
EC will also be making up its Sept. 13 postponed game against College of the Desert on Oct. 1 at 11 a.m. at College of the Desert in Palm Desert.