The Bakersfield College women’s soccer team dominated Antelope Valley in a decisive 4-0 win on Oct. 7, after relentless attacks on the goal all game.

The attack started early that afternoon with BC’s #13, midfielder, Delilah Cardenas, scoring the game’s first goal just under the 10-minute mark. Antelope Valley answered with a strong defense that kept the score at 1-0 until minute 32, when BC’s #3, forward, Cierra Franks knocked in a header by #18, defender, Jaxi Hagen off an assist corner kick, straight past the goalie, who couldn’t manage to get a finger on it. After halftime, the two teams came out re-energized and fought aggressively for the ball and game domination. The 90-degree weather did not seem to affect the Renegades during the long match, because after 72 minutes of hard running, BC’s #14 Alexandra Gallardo scored an unassisted goal, bringing the score to 3-0. Not even one minute later, hungry for a second goal, Cardenas dribbled through multiple defenders in a breakaway run to score the fourth and final goal of the match, bringing the final score of the game to 4-0.

“We won a lot of battles in the air,” Gallardo said after the match. “My strengths today were my speed and my soccer IQ.” Gallardo explained that soccer IQ was the ability to read the game and predict the other players’ moves before they happened.

“We put the ball in the net,” said #27 Jade Salinas. “We made our good runs, and I think we stayed fit throughout the whole game.”

BC’s women’s team now stands at 11 games total for the season with a 5-5-1 record and a total of 14 goals scored. BC’s next home game will be Friday, Oct. 17, at 4 pm against West LA as a conference game.