In Bakersfield College women’s soccer final Western State Conference South match, they kept their hopes for playoffs alive with a 1-0 win at College of the Canyons Nov. 12. Renegade Brittany Hunt scored the winning goal off an assist from center midfielder Kristina Garcia in the 65th minute.
“It was a close game. It was 0-0 at halftime, and then we had talked about a few things we needed to try and create chances to score,” said coach Scott Dameron.
“It was Kristina Garcia – she was the one who found the ball and put it to the spot, and Brittany Hunt made a really good run. It was a smart and composed finish,” Dameron added about Hunt’s goal in the second half.
“Canyons was putting a lot of pressure on us. We weren’t the controlling team at that time so it was good to get that goal.”
BC suffered a 3-0 WSC South loss to L.A. Pierce Nov. 9 in their last home game of the regular season that hindered BC’s chances at making playoffs.
Dameron noted that the team was playing through illness and had made mistakes.
“We gave them too much time and too much space, but they’re a good team.”
BC sophomore Amber Beckham talked about the team’s effort in the loss to L.A. Pierce.
“We started out well and worked together as a team – we had some struggles but overall it’s a learning process, and we will learn from this and move on to the next game and hope for the best.”
Beckham talked about the Nov. 12 game against Canyons.
“We’re going to look back at what we did today and improve and take it to Canyons and just beat them,” she said.
BC held onto a 1-0 WSC South win against Citrus Nov. 5. Renegade Brittany Hunt headed in the winning goal in the first half off a corner kick.
“This is our most complete effort,” said Dameron. “I thought we did a good job at the end closing it out because they had a couple of good chances.”
Dameron commented about BC’s defenders.
“They defended really gutsy,” he said.
BC defeated L.A. Valley 4-0 Nov. 2 in Glendale in a WSC South match.
The Renegades (10-7-3, 8-4-2 WSC South) learned on Nov. 16 if they would qualify for the playoffs, but as of Nov. 15, the Renegade Rip was not informed due to the Nov. 16 playoff meeting.
Dameron is hopeful of BC’s chances of getting into playoffs. “It looks promising. Things could change slightly, but nothing will be official until Tuesday (Nov. 14).”
He added, “We just have to prepare like we are. If we’re in, it’s going to be an away game so we have to be ready to travel.”
Dameron described the point-based playoff system.
“There’s this point system, and depending on the higher the record of the team you play, the more points it’s worth. If it’s an away game, it’s worth more than home – win, tie, or loss. You get a point value for each game, and you add them up and take the average. It’s the top 16 teams that qualify.”