GV soccer shares the wealth in Patterson rout

The Golden Valley girls soccer team returns no shortage of offensive firepower.

The Cougars reached the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II quarterfinals a year ago and bring back five of their top six scorers from that team.

GV showed off that offensive depth on Thursday afternoon with six different players finding the back of the net in an 8-1 rout of Patterson at Veterans Stadium.

Junior striker Megan Pust led the onslaught, netting two goals and setting up two more. Lilly Meza also scored twice, while Justyne Sanchez and Brandy Cervantes each chipped in a goal and two assists. The Cougars (6-0-2) have now outscored opponents 27-2 on the young season.

Goalkeeper Kristina Manilay made one save in the victory.

Merced 4, El Capitan 0 in Merced – Carris Burgess had a goal and an assist in the second half and Anisa Saechao added a pair of helpers as the Bears (6-2-1) pulled away from the Gauchos (0-6) after the break.

The Merced defense recorded its fifth shutout in nine games on the season.

Baseball

El Capitan 2, Chowchilla 1 in Merced – Mark Sellers (2 for 2) broke a deadlock in the bottom of the sixth inning with a run-scoring double as the Gauchos beat the Redskins at home.

Tyler Skelton struck out eight and allowed one run in seven complete innings to earn the win.

Boys volleyball

Stone Ridge Christian 3, Big Valley Christian 0 in Merced – Austin Houweling’s team-high eight kills and six digs helped the Knights (2-0) sweep Big Valley Christian 25-11, 25-13, 25-15 at home.

Davis Greenwood added 22 assists and Jonathan Collazo had five aces in the victory.

Softball

Pacheco 1, Turlock 1 (10 innings) in Los Banos – Autumn Randles allowed no earned runs and struck out 14 in 10 innings and drove in the game-tying run in the bottom of the 10th as the Panthers (2-2-1) and Bulldogs (4-0-1) settled for a tie due to darkness.

Golf

Ceres 250, El Capitan 259 in Merced – Jake Leonardo paced the Gauchos (1-2, 0-1 WAC) with a team-best 42, while Anthony Lizdas (45) and Chris Giardina (46) weren’t far off the pace in a league-opening loss to Ceres (2-0 WAC).

This story was originally published March 10, 2016 at 10:07 PM with the headline "GV soccer shares the wealth in Patterson rout."