The Fresno City College women’s soccer team (7-1-2, 1-0 conference) was victorious in their match against Reedley (1-4, 0-1 conference) on Tuesday to open conference play, defeating Reedley College 5-0.

Coming off a tie against Lake Tahoe on Saturday, FCC scored four times against Reedley. Sophomore Taylor Alkire opened the scoring in the 10th minute, continued the Rams’ scoring onslaught with a second goal in the 44th minute.

Freshman Ariana Rodriguez Perez and sophomore Justine Sanchez piled on goals in the 17th and 44th minutes, ending the first half with a commanding 4-0 lead.

Following a productive first half, the Rams were kept off the scoreboard for much of the second half, seeing only Nia Valero adding a fifth goal in the 85th minute, also coming off an assist.

During the first half, Rodriguez Perez scored her second goal in as many games coming off of an assist from Raina Wristen.

“We talked at halftime about just executing better. Our speed of play I thought was weak and our finishing was terrible,” head coach Oliver Germond told reporters at Sideline Chronicles. “You can get away with it in games like this, but you play in close games like we did in Tahoe, it catches up with you. We just got to get better and I don’t feel like we got better today.”

Opening conference play with a victory, the Rams look to capture their 13th conference title in Germond’s 18th year as head coach.

“It takes a lot of work to be successful,” Germond said. “Winning is [difficult], especially after you win a state championship  because everybody uses you as their measuring stick.”

The women’s team will face College of the Canyons (2-6, 0-0 conference) on Friday in Santa Clarita. FCC goes into the matchup with 41 goals, compared to just seven Canyons’ goals.