Cuesta scores big during inter-regional play with 4-0 victory against De Anza

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SAN LUIS OBISPO - The Cuesta College women's soccer team improved its record to 2-1-1 and is amid the program's first winning streak since the pandemic after beating DeAnza, 4-0, on Friday and blanking Reedley last on Tuesday, 1-0.  

Freshman Goalkeeper Allison Marble earned the complete game shutout against the Tigers but handed "net duty" to Shae Mansfield late in the second half to preserve the whitewashing.  Cuesta struck early against the Mountain Lions but kept the pressure on their visiting foes and scored again to equal the offensive output from their previous three games.  Freshman Oneal Hunt opened the day's scoring. with her team-leading third goal of the season, just two minutes into the game, but DeAnza clamped down on her for the next 88 minutes and forced Cuesta to look elsewhere for offense.  Freshman Taylor Lynch scored her second goal of the season midway through the first half, thanks to a beautiful set-up by all-WSC Midfielder Hailey Hallford, and put the game out of reach before the midway point.  After the intermission, Freshman Forward Payton Lapp came alive with her first two goals of the season.  Lapp netted her first goal an hour into the game and thrilled the fans one more time about a half-hour later in the 87th minute.  

The Cougars had played just one game each of the first two weeks of the season, two games this week and have built themselves up for three games over their final week of pre-conference play.  Cuesta hosts Los Angeles Valley next Wednesday (4 PM) and then hits the road for the first time this season.  They shall play at Folsom Lake on Friday (6 PM), for their first night game of the year, and wake up to play Sacramento on Saturday (9 AM).  Cuesta's Kickers open Western State Conference play on the road, when they play at Los Angeles Pierce on October 1.

(Pete Schuler, Cuesta College Athletics)