Owls Can't Overcome Second Half Goals

The Citrus College Men's Soccer team hosted Glendale College yesterday, Wednesday, October 22nd in a conference game that resulted in a 2-1 loss. 

Citrus College moves to 2-7-4 overall and 0-2-1 in conference games on the season. Glendale College sits at 4-6-2 overall and 2-0 in conference. 

The Owls had a promising start to the game with three shots in the first 20 minutes of play while the Vaqueros also had opportunities to score early on. In the 40th minute the Owls struck first with a header goal by Alexis Gutierrez, assisted by a cross by Anthony Martinez to give Citrus a 1-0 lead. The Owls nearly scored again in the 43rd minute when Matt Gutierrez fired a shot off the crossbar, but the score remained 1-0 at halftime. 

At the start of the second half, Glendale College tied the game at 1-1 in the 45th minute with a goal. The Vaqueros attempted six shots in the second half compared to the Owls one shot and a 65th minute goal from Glendale made the score 2-1. The Owls were unable to capitalize on opportunities for the remainder of the second half as the Vaqueros played defensively and continuously cleared the ball until the final whistle. 

Both Angel Apericueta and Matt Gutierrez took two shots while goalie Hector Arteaga recorded five saves on the seven shots on goal he faced. 

Citrus College will travel to College of the Canyons this Friday, October 25th with hopes of winning their first conference game of the season as they play under the lights at 6 p.m.