Yaks
battle to 2-2 tie with
Olympic
YAKIMA
HERALD REPUBLIC
Leticia Reiber scored
two goals — the second
with four minutes left —
to lead Yakima Valley to
a 2-2 tie with Olympic
in an NWAACC West Region
women's soccer match
Wednesday at Chesterley
Park.
The stalemate left
the second-place Yaks
3-3-2 going into a home
match at noon Saturday
against Tacoma.
Yakima Valley trailed
1-0 at halftime, but
Reiber's first goal, off
an assist from Marci
Ford, tied the score two
minutes into the second
half. The Rangers'
Jessica White, who had
scored the match's first
goal, put her team back
ahead in the 60th minute
before Reiber tallied
the equalizer with an
assist from Erika
Eichler.
"We actually had a
lot of opportunities,"
YVCC coach Luiz Machado
said, "but their keeper
(Katie Shoemaker) played
really well. We were
very aggressive. And
we're on the right
track.
"We're getting the
chemistry that we're
looking for, and the
effort has always been
there."
NWAACC soccer has no
overtime provisions, so
each team gets a point
in the standings totals.
First half: 1,
Olympic, Jessica White
(Jordon Cottingham),
5:00.
Second half: 2,
Yakima Valley, Leticia
Reiber (Marci Ford),
47:00; 3, Olympic,
White, 60:00; 4, Reiber
(Erika Eichler), 86:00.
Saves: Katie
Shoemaker (O) 6, Elida
Licea (YV) 1.