The Skyline Trojans needed at least one win in their final two regular season games against De Anza College and Cabrillo College to have any hope of moving into the top 16 and making it into this years Northern California Playoffs. In both games the Trojans battled, knowing their season was on the line, and despite a tremendous effort in a 2-1 loss to De Anza and a 0-0 draw against Cabrillo, Skyline finished tied for 18th and will just miss the playoffs again this year.

SKYLINE 0, CABRILLO 0

In their regular season finale the Trojans traveled to Aptos to take on Cabrillo College and after playing possibly their best game of the season had to settle for a scoreless tie. Skyline played an inspired 90 minutes of soccer and had a chance to take the lead late in the second half when freshman midfielder Mia Borzello split a pair of Cabrillo defenders and got off a low shot that beat the Cabrillo goalkeeper, but found the left post.

Skyline defenders Selena Rodriguez, Shelley Mattais, and Simone Torres held the dangerous Cabrillo forwards in check most of the game and goalkeeper Mary Castro stopped a first half penalty to keep the game scoreless at the half.

SKYLINE 1, DE ANZA 2

For the second time this season Skyline battled conference champions De Anza College but fell by a goal 2-1. Trailing by one at the half Cynthia Martinez scored her team leading 17th goal of the season in the 60th minute to tie the game a 1-1.

The Trojan defense, lead by Selena Rodriguez, Elli Sanchez and Nancy Mejia held strong, denying De Anza a clean look at goal for much of the second half. However, in the 88th minute, the game was decided after a penalty was awarded to De Anza for a Skyline handball in the penalty area. Despite already stopping one penalty kick in the game, goalkeeper Mary Castro could not keep the second free kick from finding the back of the net.

SKYLINE 1, CHABOT 2

With just three games remaining in the 2007 season the Skyline Women's Soccer team needed a win friday at Chabot College of Hayward to assure themselves a spot in this years Northern California Soccer playoffs. Despite grabbing an early lead Skyline surrendered two unanswered goals to Chabot and fell 2-1.

Cynthia Martinez scored her team leading 16th goal of the season in the 20th minute, taking a pass from Mia Borzello and beating the Chabot keeper with a low shot. Chabot got one goal back late in the first half and then took a 2-1 lead just a minute in to the second half . The Trojans searched for the equalizer the rest of the way second half but could not find the back of the Chabot net.

Skyline will travel to De Anza College of Cupertino on Tuesday Nov. 6th at 3:00pm.

Skyline pushed their win streak to four games with back to back home victories over West Valley College and Evergreen Valley College. With yesterdays 5-1 win over EVC the 2007 Trojans set a new single season mark for wins and moved back into the Northern California playoff picture.

SKYLINE 5, EVERGREEN VALLEY 1

Mia Borzello scored three goals for Skyline in the second half to break open a close game as Skyline improved to 13-4-2 on the season. Leading just 2-1 entering the second half Borzello scored goals in the 46th, 55th and 70th minutes, giving her 15 goals on the season.

Leigh Ann MacMullen got Skyline on the scoreboard early with her 8th goal of the season in the 15th minute. Darya Davallou doubled Skyline's lead in the 23rd minute with her 5th goal of the year to make the score 2-0.

Skyline will travel to Chabot College on Friday, Nov. 2nd at 1:00pm.

SKYLINE 1, WEST VALLEY 0

On Saturday Skyline topped West Valley College for the first time in the programs history. Cynthia Martinez scored in the 35th minute and the Skyline defense kept West Valley from earning the equalizer the rest of the way. Goalkeeper Mary Castro earned her 9th shutout of the season and now holds the school record for shutouts in a season.

The win is the Trojan's 12th of the season, tying the mark set by the 2003 women's soccer team. With four games remaining Skyline will look to break the all time mark against Evergeen Valley College on Tuesday at 1:00pm as they celebrate Sophomore Day at Skyline.

SKYLINE 5, LAS POSITAS 2

The Skyline College Women's Soccer team won their 11th game of the season on Tuesday with a 5-2 road victory at Las Positas of Livermore. The Skyline record for wins in a season is twelve, and with five games remaining on their schedule the Trojans are hoping to set a new record this season.

Against Las Positas the Trojans took a 2-0 lead after Cynthia Martinez and Leigh Ann MacMullen each scored midway through the first half. Las Positas got a goal back just before the halftime break and the Trojans began the second half looking to add to their one goal lead.

Mia Borzello scored her twelfth goal of the year early in the second half to push Skyline's advantage back to two goals, but Las Positas answered with a goal of their own a few minutes later to make the score 3-2.

Leigh Ann MacMullen scored her second of the game and seventh of the season in the 60th minute to give Skyline a 4-2 lead, and Simone Torres put the game away in the 89th minute with her fifth goal of the year.

Skyline (11-4-2) will host West Valley College, the defending Coast Conference champions, on Saturday, Oct. 37th at 12:00pm.

Skyline faced two of its' closest neighbors this week as they hosted Canada College of Redwood City on Tuesday and San Francisco City College on Thursday afternoon. With both Canada and SF City located just 20 miles from Skyline, local bragging rites were once again on the line as Skyline looked to climb back into the Northern California playoff picture.

SKYLINE 6, SFCC 0

The Trojans faced SF City on Thursday and for the second time this season Skyline kept the Rams off the scoreboard and grabbed a 6-0 victory. Freshman forward Leigh Ann MacMullen score three goals in the first half to give her four goals in the last two games.

Mia Borzello added a 11th goal in the 30th minute and Cynthia Martinez scored her 13th of the season just before halftime to give Skyline a 5-0. Simone Torres opened the second half with her fifth goal of the year to give Skyline a 6-0 lead. Goalkeeper Mary Castro recorded her eighth shutout of the season with the help of defenders Selena Rodriguez, Laura Augostini, Kaitlin Ford and Shelley Mattias.

Skyline (10-4-2, 5-3-1) will travel to Livermore on Tuesday Oct. 23rd to face Las Positas College at 4:00pm

SKYLINE 2, CANADA 2

On Tuesday, Skyline and district rival Canada College of Redwood City battled to a 2-2 draw. The Trojans fell behind early in the game, but tied things up in the 30th minute when Mia Borzello found Alex Mogannam at the top of the penalty area and her shot found its' was past the Canada goalkeeper.

Canada took the lead back early in the second half, but Borzello again set up a Trojan goal when she connected with Leigh Ann MacMullen, who settled the ball and beat the keeper from just outside the six yard box. Skyline had several good scoring opportunities in the final fifteen minutes, but were unable to take the lead.

With the tie, Skyline pushed its unbeaten streak against Canada to four games, and moved back into contention for this years Northern California playoff race.

The Skyline College women's soccer team hit the road for two conference games this week and after earning a hard fought 2-1 win at Hartnell College of Salinas they suffered through a wet and soggy 3-1 loss at Ohlone college of Fremont.

SKYLINE 1, OHLONE 3

Things started well for the Trojans at Ohlone with Jessica Portillo putting Skyline ahead in the 15th minute with a upper corner finish 25 yards from goal, but that was all the scoring the Trojans could find in a game played in a steady down poor in Fremont.

Ohlone tied the game before the break and in the second half put constant pressure on the Skyline back four before finding the winning goal in the 60th minute. Freshman forwards Darya Davallou and Jenny Ashley Perez battled in the mud, hoping to find the equalizer, but it was not to come and a late Ohlone goal sealed the loss for Skyline.

The Trojans will return home to face Canada College of Redwood City as part of a double header with the Skyline Men's Soccer team on Tuesday, October 16th at 1:00pm.

SKYLINE 2, HARTNELL 1

Skyline built a 2-0 halftime lead at Hartnell College of Salinas and held on in the second half to grab the road win. Elli Sanchez scored her first goal of the season in the 20th minute and Cynthia Martinez scored her team leading 12th in the 40th minute to give the Trojans and edge at the half.

In the second half Hartnell turned up the pressure on the Skyline defense and pulled to within one goal in the 75th minute. Skyline goalkeeper Mary Castro saved the win for Skyline after stopping a Hartnell penalty kick in the 88th minute.

Skyline (8-3-1) moved down one spot to #15 in the latest NSCAA/Adidas National rankings released this week.

After two disappointing losses in Coast Conference divisional play, the Skyline Women's soccer team got back on track with a 6-0 non-conference win over Contra Costa College.

Against Contra Costa, Skyline pushed into the attack early, but could not find the back of the net until the 27th minute when Mia Borzello scored off a corner kick from Jessica Portillo. Portillo put Skyline ahead 2-0 with her sixth goal of the season in the 33rd minute and then Borzello tallied her second goal of the half and tenth of the season in the 35th minute.

Leigh Ann MacMullen gave Skyline a 4-0 lead just before the half, beating the Contra Costa keeper high for her first goal of the year. In the second half Skyline struck quickly for two goals in the first five minutes as Cynthia Martinez scored her team leading 11th in the 46th minute and Natalie Christine scored her first in the 49th minute.

The Trojans pushed their record to 8-3-1 overall and will travel to Hartnell College of Salinas on Tues. Oct. 9th at 2:00pm.

Skyline's seven game win streak came to a crashing halt when they faced two of the top teams in the Coast Conference, falling 2-1 to De Anza College of Cupertino on Friday and 3-1 to Cabrillo College of Aptos yesterday.

SKYLINE 1, CABRILLO 3

Just hours after learning they had received their first ever spot in the NSCAA/Adidas National rankings at #14, the Skyline College Trojans dropped their second straight conference game at home, 3-1 to Cabrillo College of Aptos.

Cynthia Martinez put Skyline ahead just 14 minutes into the match when she collected a loose ball from a Cabrillo defender and beat the keeper low for the 1-0 lead. Cabrillo answered back just five minutes later and then took the lead 2-1 with another goal just before the half.

In the second half goalkeeper Mary Castro made several big saves to keep Skyline in the game, but the Trojans attackers never found the back of the Cabrillo net. Skyline (7-3-1, 4-2) will host Contra Costa College on Thursday at 3:00pm.

SKYLINE 1, DE ANZA 2

On Friday, Skyline lost their first Coast Conference game of the year. 2-1 to De Anza College of Cupertino. The Trojans never seemed to catch up with the speed of De Anza and found themselves trailing by two goals at the half.

In the second half, Skyline tightened up their defense, not allowing De Anza many good scoring opportunities, and when Cynthia Martinez scored her ninth goal of the season in the 80th minute the Trojans trailed by only one goal. In the closing moments of the match Skyline pushed for the equalizer but could not come up with it and fell 2-1.

SKYLINE 5, HARTNELL 0

The Skyline Trojans won their seventh straight game on Tuesday, 5-0 over Hartnell College of Salinas. Mia Borzello and Jessica Portillo each scored twice, Cynthia Martinez added one goal and two assists, and the Skyline defense held Hartnell scoreless for their sixth shutout of the season.

Borzello put Skyline ahead in the 25th minute, slotting home her seventh goal of the season off an assist from Martinez. Portillo collected her fourth goal of the year after Skyline earned a penalty in the 34th minute.

Skyline built on the 2-0 halftime lead with three goals in the second half. Martinez briefly took the team lead in goals with her 8th in the 48th minute, until Mia Borzello scored her 8th of the season and second of the game in the 60th minute. Goalkeeper Mary Castro had three saves and collected her sixth clean sheet of the season, dropping her GAA to .533.

Skyline (7-1-1, 3-0) will face De Anza College of Cupertino on Friday, Sept. 28th at 3:00pm, as the second half of a doubleheader featuring the Skyline Men's team against Canada College of Redwood City at 1:00pm.

SKYLINE 5, TAFT 0

The Skyline College women's soccer team pushed their win streak to five games when they defeated Taft College of Bakersfield 5-0 on Tuesday afternoon. Since taking a loss in their second game of the season, the Trojans have not only won five straight games, but have not allowed a goal in five consecutive shutouts.

Against Taft, Skyline opened the scoring early when Jessica Portillo gave the Trojans the lead in the 4th minute with her third goal of the season. Mia Borzello put Skyline up 2-0 ,scoring her team leading 6th goal in the 26th minute.

In the second half Skyline put the game away with three goals, two from Darya Davallou and one from Simone Torres. Alex Mogannam collected a season high three assists and Cynthia Martinez set up two Trojan scores.

Goalkeeper Mary Castro made two saves helping the Trojans grab their fifth straight shutout. Skyline (5-1-1) will travel to Evergreen Valley College in San Jose on Friday night at 7:00pm in a return to Coast Conference play .

SKYLINE 4, REDWOODS 0

Skyline traveled to Eureka in Saturday to face College of the Redwoods and returned home with their fourth straight win. Four different Trojans scored in the 4-0 win, starting with Nancy Mejia who scored her first goal of the season in the 26th minute.

Leading by just one goal at the half, Skyline doubled their lead in the 47th minute when Darya Davallou and Simone Torres combined to beat the keeper with crisp combination passing inside the Redwood's six yard box.

Mia Borzello and Cynthia Martinez each scored in the second half for Skyline. Borzello made it 3-0 in the 74th minute, scoring her fourth goal of the season and Martinez capped the scoring in the 79th minute, grabbing the team lead with five goals.

Goalkeeper Mary Castro held Redwoods scoreless and pushed her shutout streak to four games, lowering her GAA to .667.

Skyline (4-1-1, 2-0)) will host Taft College on Tuesday, Sept. 18th at 1:00pm.

SKYLINE 3, LAS POSITAS 0

On Thursday, Mia Borzello scored three times to lead Skyline past Las Positas 3-0 in their second Coast Conference game of the season. For Skyline, it was the second straight game with a player scoring three goals and it also pushed the Trojans shutout streak to three games.

Skyline was held scoreless for the first half , having trouble finding a way past the Las Positas defense. Early in the second half Borzello latched onto a pass from Ellie Sanchez and beat the LPC keeper to give Skyline a 1-0 lead. Borzello continued her breakout game, scoring twice late in the second half to put the game away for Skyline.

Goalkeeper Mary Castro made two key saves and held on to record her third straight shutout of the season. Skyline (3-1-1, 2-0) will travel to College of the Redwoods in Eureka on Sat. Sept. 15th at 12:00pm.

SKYLINE 5, SFCC 0

Skyline opened their 2007 Coast Conference schedule with a 5-0 win over San Francisco City College. Sophomore forward Cynthia Martinez scored three goals and added an assist as Skyline built a 3-0 lead by halftime. Mia Borzello and Simone Torres each scored a goal and had an assist to cap off the Trojans first road win of the season. .

Skyline defenders Selena Rodriguez, Shelley Mattais and Caitlin Ford held City to just three shots on goal and Mary Castro collected her second shutout of the season, lowering her GAA to 1.20.

Skyline (2-1-1) will host Las Positas College on Thursday, Sept. 13th at 2:00pm.

SKYLINE 2, OHLONE 0

The Skyline College Women's Soccer team won their first game of the 2007 season with a 2-0 shutout of Ohlone College of Fremont. Cynthia Martinez scored her second goal of the season in the 45th minute and Darya Davallou added another goal in the second half, her first of the year. Sophomore goalkeeper Mary Castro had two saves, earning her first shutout of the season.

Skyline (1-1-1) will hit the road for the first time this year when they travel to City College of San Francisco on Tuesday Sept. 11th @ 1:00pm for their first Coast Conference game of the season.

SKYLINE1, MODESTO 5

The Skyline Women's Soccer team faced nationally ranked Modesto JC in their second match of the season and despite tying the game 1-1 late in the first half the Trojans could not find another goal and fell 5-1, suffering their first loss of the season.

Modesto (3-0-0) came in ranked pre-season #4 nationally by the NSCAA, having scored ten goals in each of their first two games. Early on the Trojans used their home field advantage to keep Modesto under pressure and scoreless. Trailing by one Skyline sophomore forward Cynthia Martinez scored her first goal of the season, settling the ball at the top of the box before unleashing a shot that beat the Modesto keeper high.

In the second half Modesto began to dominate play, but Skyline still managed several scoring opportunities, just no goals. Skyline (0-1-1) will host Ohlone College of Fremont on Friday, Sept. 7th at 2:00pm before opening their 2007 Coast Conference schedule on Tuesday, Sept 11th at San Francisco City College at 1:00pm.