Women’s soccer: No. 3-ranked Peninsula dominates in wins

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North Division standings

Team Conf. Over.

Peninsula 5-0-0 6-1-1

Whatcom 3-1-1 4-2-2

Shoreline 2-1-2 4-1-2

Everett 2-3-0 4-4-0

Edmonds 1-3-1 1-5-1

Skagit Valley 0-5-0 0-6-1

Whatcom and Edmonds proved to be no match in these North Division matches against one of the the nation’s best junior college squads.

Peninsula’s women scored a pair of blowout wins last week to run their season mark to 5-0-0 in conference play and 6-1-1 overall.

The Pirates ran past visiting Edmonds 7-0 on Sept. 24 to the delight of PC’s hometown fans, getting three scores in the first half against a Triton team that brought just 12 players to the matchup.

Sophomores Ellie Small and Coby Yoshimura each had a pair of goals to lead the Pirates. Marriah Perez, Kennady Whitehead and Sydney Warren tallied the other three goals. Assists came from Kelly Kevershan with two and Perez, Ellie Small and freshman sister Emilee Small.

Pirate keepers Akari Hoshino, Cicely Warnick, Malia Henderson and Natalie Carreon combined for the shutout.

“We were able to play all the players on the roster,” PC head coach Kayon Anderson said.

Peninsula has outscored opponents 31-4 this season, 25-0 in the past five conference games.

PC whitewashes Whatcom

Looking for a complete victory against the North Division’s No. 2 team, Peninsula’s Pirates got exactly that.

PC scored three goals in the first half and four in the second for a 7-0 shutout at Whatcom on Sept. 21.

Defender Audrey Barham put the Pirates on the scoreboard in the third minute off an assist from Jazmin Ramos. Ellie Small followed with a goal in the sixth minute and Kevershan found Hoku Afong for a score in the 31st minute for a 3-0 Peninsula lead

Afong netted her second goal of the match off an assist from Malia Brudvik just six minutes into the second half.

Goals followed from Maddy Parton, Small and Bri Vallente.

Goalkeeper Akari Hoshino recorded the shutout for the Pirates, the squad’s fifth of the campaign.

Looking ahead

Peninsula gets the benefit of some home cooking over the next two weeks.

In the second of five consecutive home games, the Pirates host No. 8 Shoreline on Oct. 28, No. 7-ranked Everett on Oct. 1 and Skagit Valley’s Cardinals on Oct. 5.