Laguna Blanca faced a nine-player Villanova team and won 4-1 in a Frontier League girls soccer game on Thursday.
“For us, it was an important three points for league, despite playing against a side with only nine players,” coach Kevin Shertzer said. “Again, I can’t say enough about the game Villanova played.”
Bea Lujan scored the first goal for the Owls, taking a centering pass from Emma Self and placing it in the corner of the net in the 14th minute.
In the 32nd minute, off of a corner kick, Jacqueline Richardson played the ball back from where it came and Bea Lujan once again controlled the ball quite wide and hit a magnificent shot from a tight angle into the upper V of the net.
In the second half, Julia Guglielmo was pushed in the box for a penalty and converted the penalty kick for a 3-0 lead.
Halfway through the second half, the sister connection of Brooke and Emma Self combined for the fourth goal. Emma Self buried the shot.
Villanova avoided the shutout by converting a penalty kick.
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