Garcia Scores Twice as Warriors Win Fifth Straight

TORRANCE, Calif. --- Diego Garcia scored twice and Donovan Palomares recorded a shutout as El Camino College won its fifth straight match, 4-0, over Chaffey at the ECC Soccer Field.

The Warriors (7-1-0) outshot the Panthers (3-6-0) 26-7 on the day with a 15-4 edge in shots on target. Garcia recorded two goals for the Warriors including the opening strike in the 10^th minute. Ty Kerns threaded a perfect pass through the Chaffey defense to hit Garcia in stride who then beat Panthers keeper David Ayala to the far post for a 1-0 lead.

The goal proved to be the game-winner as Palomares made three saves while also getting some help from his defense for another save in the second half to keep the clean sheet intact.

Marvin Gamez extended his state lead in goals as he headed in a beauty in the 36^th minute off a perfect cross from Aldahir Rua to make it 2-0 Warriors at the break.

In the second half, Garcia netted his second goal of the day to make it 3-0 and just a few minutes later, Chaffey's Luis Casillas was booked twice in two minutes to get disqualified and the leave the Panthers down a man for the final 22 minutes of action.

The Warriors would cruise on from there with the advantage with Justin Ramirez scoring his second goal of the season in as many games to put a cap on the result for ECC.

The Warriors will now host Bakersfield on Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m. for their final non-conference match of the season. South Coast Conference action is set to begin on Oct. 3 when the Warriors travel to Mount San Antonio to face the Mounties.