Finding herself double-teamed by Rio Hondo’s defense, Alexis Solaro, sophomore, was able to rise above the water and add three assists and one goal to the Sept. 19 game against the Roadrunners.

Difficulty finding its groundings in the first half of the game, the Warriors made up for lost time after halftime, led 4-2.

Led by freshman Kimberly Alvarado’s five goal effort, eight players tallied a goal for the Warriors, evening up its conference record to 1-1.

Adding additional points to the final score, Ariel Carrillo and Katlyn Vannieuwenhuyse, both sophomores, each added two goals giving the Warriors a win, 15-9, conquering Rio Hondo with a South Coast Conference victory.

The Warriors traveled to the Mt. SAC Tournament on Sept. 21 and 22.

“Adapting is key in securing a win, though with a 25 game season there needs to be a lot of communication with adapting. The team is constantly working on communicating throughout the games,” Corey Stanbury, coach, said.

The Warriors took down Santa Ana with a win, 11-5, followed by another match win, 14-8, against Saddleback.

Solaro scored nine goals while Carrillo and Alvarado both added four each.

Goalie Shanese Douglas made a total of 12 saves over the entire tournament.

The second day of the tournament proved to be more challenging for the Warriors, with two consecutive losses, 14-9 to Grossmont and 13-3 to Orange Coast.

Solaro scored four times in the loss to Grossmont and made one of the three goals against Orange Coast.

Carrillo scored three times including twice against Orange Coast and Alvarado made two goals against Grossmont.

“A group effort that still did not match up to the first day of victories against Santa Ana and Saddleback,” Stanbury said.

“We knew that the teams were going to be fierce competitors but we wanted to play our hardest and make sure we did what we know we are capable of performance wise,” Shanese Douglas, goalie, said.

“The girls played well and we did lose but that’s okay as long as we know we gave it our all,” Douglas added.

With much preparation beforehand on execution of offensive and defensive strategies, the Warriors could not come up victorious against Long Beach during its Sept. 26 conference and loss, 18-4.

The Warriors will be participating in the Ventura tournament tomorrow and Saturday.