Football Recap: El Capitan Gauchos vs. Merced Bears
El Capitan entered their tilt with Merced on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They managed a 31-27 win over the Merced Bears. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Gauchos also won the last time the pair played on October 3rd.
A big part of El Capitan's victory came down to the chemistry between Ariel Ochoa and her top target Avnoor Bains. Ochoa threw for 354 yards and five touchdowns while completing 83.7% of her passes while Bains picked up 185 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Bains was no stranger to the big play, lighting up the secondary with a catch that went for 68 yards.
Merced's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Antonia Lejarde, who threw for 306 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.8% of her passes, and also rushed for 40 yards. Lejarde has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last seven times she's played. Makiiah Sims also helped out as she racked up 102 receiving yards.
El Capitan is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. As for Merced, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-7.
As of now, neither El Capitan nor Merced have any future games scheduled.
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