Rojas Makes Eight Saves as El Camino Drops Home Conference Opener to Cerritos

TORRANCE, Calif. - El Camino College (2-6-1, 0-2-0) dropped its conference home opener 2-0 vs the Cerritos College Falcons (6-1-1, 1-0-0) on Friday afternoon at Murdock Stadium.

The Falcons dominated the stat line on offense against the Warriors.  They outshot ECC 22-3 with 10 shots on target.  The Falcons also earned 5 corner kicks while the Warrior did not attempt any.

Mia Ramirez opened the scoring for the Falcons in the second minute of the game when she dribbled through the Warrior defense and slotted the ball past Isabel Rojas into the net.

Ramirez would later add a second goal to her tally in the 59th minute when she ripped a shot from the corner of the penalty box into the far post upper-90 of Rojas' net.   

Rojas would have a busy day in the net for El Camino.  She tallied 8 saves for the day.  She made outstanding plays for the Warriors in the 28th minute and 90th minute with diving saves that prevented the Falcons from adding to their score.   Taylor Herm also had a crucial save on the line in the 55th minute when her block on the goal line prevented a Falcon header from going into the net.

El Camino will return to action next week with two road games against LA Valley and Compton College.  They play LA Valley on Tuesday, October 3rd at 2:30 PM, while they play Compton College on Friday, October 6th at 4 PM.