Owls Open Conference With Big Win

Citrus College opened Western State Conference action with a big 4-0 victory over Glendale College on Tuesday.

The Owls improve to 6-3-3 on the year and start conference with a 1-0-0 mark after picking up their first conference win since 2019 – which also was against Glendale. The Vaqueros drop to 5-7-1 overall and 0-1-0 in WSC action.

Citrus out-shot Glendale 22-to-10 and had a good look early on when Anthony Martinez fired off a shot that missed just wide of the far post upper corner.

Five minutes later, the Vaqueros gave the Owls a scare with a look at an open goal, but Ty Robnett came out of nowhere to slide and block the shot, keeping it tied 0-0.

Just before halftime, Citrus exploded out to a 2-0 lead off back-to-back goals from Takechika Ito. Sammy Ghandour assisted on the first one and less than a minute later, Jacob Derayal assisted Ito's second goal.

Ghandour scored both the Owls' goals in the second half, first capitalizing in the 50^th minute off an Ito assist. He struck again just two minutes before the final whistle blew after Alan Lira sent a long ball onto Jacob Ponce, who found Ghandour for his seventh goal of the year.

The Owls remain at home and host College of the Canyons on Friday at 3:00 p.m.