LIVE OAK, CA (MPG) - The Live Oak girls soccer team continued their dominance in the Sac Valley League with a 14-0 shutout over the Colusa RedHawks on Tuesday, January 31.

Live Oak controlled the game from the opening kick and the outstanding team chemistry with short passes set up multiple scoring opportunities throughout the night.

Lady Lions head coach Jose Acosta expressed to the Herald all the offensive opportunities stemmed from the short crisp passes his team did throughout the game.

“Our passing game has been effective all season,” Acosta said.

He added the quick give and go mentality of the short passes is hard to defend because of the quickness of  the passes.

Live Oak (12-4-1, 6-1 SVL) started the scoring rampage in the eighth minute of the game when junior defender Maya Goodson headed the ball in from a corner kick by sophomore striker Johanna Petrone to put the Lady Lions up 1-0.

Goodson added her second and final goal of the night in the 24th minute when Petrone assisted her from another corner kick.

The Lady Lions had a 7-0 lead at the end of the first half.

Petrone had a hat-trick in the first half and junior midfielder Mckayla Holman added two goals in the 17th and 31st minute.

The chemistry between Holman and Petrone on the field is clear as day as Petrone is the leading goal scorer for Live Oak this season as she added her 71st- 78th goal on the year while Holman added four assists to her team lead in the assist department.

Petrone exclaimed to the Herald that her and Holman are similar players on the field.

The Lady Lions are unselfish on the field as everyone is always looking ahead for the next pass.

All 14 goals in the match were assisted by a compilation of six Live Oak players, furthermore, nine different Lady Lion players have at least one assist throughout the season.

Petrone had eight goals and five assists against Colusa, while Holman had four goals and five assists.

Live Oak went on the road and devoured Willows with a 19-1 victory where Petrone had 12 goals and six assists while Holman also had seven goals and eight assists.

Petrone is now averaging 5.3 goals a game along with 2.9 assists per game while Holman is averaging 3.4 goals and 3.7 assists.

The Lady Lions have also only given up four total goals in eight SVL games including the 2-1 defeat Live Oak suffered at Winters on January 24.

Holman told the Herald that Winters had a stacked (good) defense and Petrone added they were able to pinpoint how the Lady Lions worked offensively.

Petrone expressed that the match up this Thursday will be exciting as they get to play for the league title on their home field for the chance at the SVL title.

With the SVL title on the line with the match against Winters this Thursday, Acosta told the Herald the adjustment he made between the first match up with Winters.

The Herald saw the adjustment work vividly in the game against Colusa. He added in the first match up at Winters, Live Oak had scoring opportunities, but they just didn’t go in the back of the net and that’s how the game of soccer goes.

The Lady Lions hosted Pierce on Tuesday before they host Winters on Thursday afternoon.