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SOCCER
Shutouts
After losing or tying every non-conference match but one, the Dons
strung together three straight victories in the Orange Empire Conference.
Each was a 4-0 shutout, following a
1-1 tie to open OEC play. The Dons are
3-2-2 in OEC and 4-6-4 overall.
Strong goalie play kept Santa Ana
College in every game, with the trio
of Ismael Rivera, Andres Figueroa and
Cyrus Mohseni combining for a .735
save percentage. Mohseni boasts an
impressive .96 goals against average
to lead the conference. The three have
pitched four shutout games so far
this season.
Forwards David Yepez and Carlos
Barrios are tied for the team lead with
six goals. Yepez is in fourth place in
the OEC with 16 points and leads the
conference with 28 shots.
Midfielder Dong Beom Seo has five
goals this season as well. Seo and Barrios are tied for seventh place in the
OEC with 14 points.
The Dons next play at home Oct. 30
vs. the Norco College Mustangs at
3 p.m. / JORGE CAMPOS
HEADACHE / Midfielder Kacee Thoren (center) has suffered about six concussions during her career. / Diana Viera / el Don
TRAUMA / BY DIANA VIERA
BRAIN INJURIES RISE ON THE PITCH
F
reshman defender Kelly Hanna never thought she would
end up in the emergency room with a head injury.
Following a corner play in a match earlier this season,
Hanna leaped over one of her teammates after an opposing
player took out her legs. Hanna landed on her upper back, as
her head slammed against the turf.
“I got hit really hard on my right temple. When I got up everything was kind of slow and I couldn’t hear. My blinking
was slow and I couldn’t understand what anyone was saying or
what was happening.
“I felt disgusting actually. I felt really
bad, and dizzy, and I could not walk by
myself,” Hanna said.
Santa Ana College’s athletic trainers
have a series of procedures to follow
when they suspect an athlete has sustained a head injury during play.
“Our protocol is immediate removal
from the game, whatever game it is. We
examine them; we usually do what is
called a SCAT3, which is a neurological test to see what their functions are,
if they have any red flags, headaches,
things like that. It tells us what state of
mind they’re in, how badly they may
have been injured, and we can tell then
from that, did they have a concussion or
was it just something else,” SAC Athletic
Trainer Gary Kinney said.
Concussions are the second most common injury experienced by collegiate fe-
male athletes, accounting for about nine
percent of the total number of injuries
sustained in women’s sports, according
to figures gathered by the NCAA.
“This season I think we’ve only had
one, but it can vary. Last year we had
two, if not three,” Women’s Soccer Head
Coach Jaymie Baquero said.
Midfielder Kacee Thoren has a history
of concussions. She wears a helmet to
prevent or mitigate symptoms related to
brain injuries.
“At SAC I haven’t had any because they
sat me out last season so I didn’t get any
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