ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE: AVC WOMEN ON THE DEFENSIVE.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer LANCASTER - Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley College's women's soccer team turned to a more defensive system out of necessity after suffering significant personnel setbacks earlier this month. The Marauders went from a 4-4-2 alignment - with four defenders, four midfielders and two strikers - to a 4-5-1, in which only one forward is employed. AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C lost midfielder Laura Teddy (Palmdale High) for three games after she suffered cracked ribs and a concussion in a physical Oct. 1 encounter against Chaffey of Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Cucamonga (răn`chō k  'kəmäng`gə), city (1990 pop. 101,409), San Bernardino co., S Calif. .
Freshman defenders Felicia Darnold (Quartz Hill) and Courtney McFarlane (Quartz Hill) left the team for personal reasons within days of Teddy's injury. Teddy and Darnold were both starters. ``We basically had to retool re·tool v. re·tooled, re·tool·ing, re·tools v.tr. 1. To fit out (a factory, for example) with a new set of machinery and tools for making a different product. 2. our system halfway through the season,'' AVC coach Lemuel Galvao said. Since changing alignments, AVC is 1-1-2, with a 3-1 victory Oct. 12 over Mt. San Jacinto San Jacinto, river, c.130 mi (210 km) long, rising in SE Texas as the West Fork and flowing S to Galveston Bay. Its chief tributary is Buffalo Bayou, and both the bayou and the lower river are used for the Houston ship channel. . The lone loss was against Foothill Conference leader Rio Hondo Rio Hondo may refer to:
``We're learning how to adjust to the switch,'' Galvao said. ``We've adapted well.'' Galvao said his first priority in making the change was solidifying the team's defense, but the Marauders have been surprisingly productive out of the alignment, scoring seven goals in their first three games in the 4-5-1. Opponents tend to station more defenders on the side of the field AVC positions its striker, Galvao said, creating opportunities for a midfielders to attack lightly defended territory in front of the goal. --Final push: AVC (5-5-3, 3-3-2) is essentially out of contention for a playoff berth, but Galvao's goal is finishing out the season by winning at least three of the final four games. That would guarantee a third-place finish Noun 1. third-place finish - a finish in third place (as in a race) finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the in conference. Galvao said a strong finish would nicely cap the graduating sophomores' AVC careers, and it would bolster the program's reputation in the area, aiding recruiting. ``If we win three of our last four, we can say we were 6-4-2 (in conference) and finished third,'' Galvao said. ``It gives us something to work with.'' --All-America: Sophomore forward Wendell White Wendell White (born 23 November 1964 in Barbados) is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler. He has played one first-class match against the USA and five List A matches for Bermuda, including the 2005 ICC Trophy. was named to the prestigious Street and Smith Preseason Community College All-America basketball team. White, who last season was the program's first freshman selected first- team all-state, is the first Marauders All-American. Gideon Rubin (818) 713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com |
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