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Mighdoll, Schwartz each score two goals in Saratoga 3-1 wins
By Dick Sparrer
Jason Mighdoll and Elise Schwartz are both senior forwards for Saratoga soccer teams this winter.

But they had even more in common than that for their respective teams last week--they each posted two-goal games to lead the Saratoga boys and girls to identical 3-1 victories.

Mighdoll knocked in one goal unassisted and scored another off an assist from senior forward Neema Haghshenas to lead the Saratoga boys to a 3-1 win over Lynbrook in the El Camino Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League.

Haghshenas, who along with senior midfielder Kai Lo and junior defender Julien Cromer serves as a Saratoga co-captain, also scored a goal for the Falcons off a Cameron Bunker assist.

The win helped Saratoga nose over the .500 mark in league play, but the Falcons slipped back to an even record after a tough 1-0 loss to Fremont later in the week. Saratoga is now 4-4-2 in the division and 5-8-2 for the year.

Schwartz, like Mighdoll, single-handedly outscored the opposition when she knocked in two penalty kicks to lead the Falcons to a 3-1 win over Gunn in De Anza Division play. Senior defender Katherine Bertelsen scored off a Julie Seago assist to round out the Saratoga scoring in the win.

Saratoga improved to 3-6-1 in the division and to 9-7-1 for the year with the win over the Titans.

The Falcons had opened the week with a 3-2 win over Palo Alto. Freshman Sophie Sequeira had a goal and an assist in the win and Bertelsen and Lisa Brenner also scored goals. Aleks Aleksic had an assist.

Saratoga lost a 2-1 heartbreaker to Monta Vista despite a second-half goal by Sequeira off a Schwartz assist.

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