As the first half began at Oxnard college aspirations were high as a 4-0 Condors women soccer team attempted to keep their unbeaten streak alive against L.A. Mission.
With Bill Propster at the helm in his first year as head coach and a young cast of 22 players; all freshman except four, this seemed like a challenge accepted.
The first minutes opened with competitive play coming from both ends, a steady standoff between the two teams occurred midfield until things took a turn downhill midway when the Condors were down 2-1 and had several opportunities to tie and take the lead, but missed shots and unlucky bounces were becoming a problem to the Condors.
At the half it was 2-1 L.A. Mission and things were looking bleak. You could see in the face of the team and their head coach Oxnard College was ready to take back the game and show their division foes they were up to the challenge, no matter the situation.
“We get plenty of chances to score, but are we going to finish? We’re doing a lot to finish,” said Propster.
After their halftime meeting this was more than apparent when after 2 missed shots to open the second half the Condors seemed almost unstoppable going on a 5-goal tangent and taking the game with a final of 6-2.
Propster and Brittanie Frazier, sophomore and left mid-fielder, commented on the direction for the team and hopes for their success under Propster.
“Where we’re at, we’re passing the ball great, we can play against teams who aren’t at a real high level, you know and we play against higher level teams and keep it going,” said Propster in regards to his teams’ competitive level.
“This is the first time we’ve been behind and I think the girls felt the pressure a little bit and it was good for us to experience that and you know come back and create chances for us it’s just a process of learning you know. You have to,” said Propster on how his team handled pressure.
“With Bill, who is really emphasizing on, you know, coming together, working together, connecting the passes,” added left mid-fielder Brittanie Frazier in regards to the team direction. “He’s really good at making sure we get that done.”
For more information on games and Oxnard College women’s soccer check out Oxnardcollege.edu under the athletics department.
