Katz came out on fire this weekend at the Morgan Hill Halloween Soccer Tournament! Facing four games, with the point based system, the Katz came out and dominated the tournament. West Coast Defense held steady throughout the weekend from Addison McNeil, Taylen Dayak, Bella Hansen, and Sydney Stephens. In the first game, Katz refused to let the Gilroy Infinity line up any shot in the first half. Katz only allowed one goal the whole game, made from a penalty kick by the Gilroy Infinity. Sophia Rodriguez scored, assisted by Alexis Zamora, then Sydney Stephens scored, assisted by Addison McNeil. Karly Martins and Sydney Stephens were each able to find the back of the net. Katz won 4-1. This gave the Katz 9 points in the tournament. The second game Taylor Conover fires a shot in the goal in the first five minutes of play. Then from a smart throw in by Taylen Dayak, Sydney Stephens was able to place it in the goal right away. Sydney assisted by Dayak again managed to sneak in another goal. That did not stop the Katz from fighting for more, as Sydney Stephens drove in an incredible header straight to the net! Katz continued their shots of terror, with Cailey Sasaki assisted by Alexis Zamora, not once but twice in the same game, bringing the Katz up 6-1. Second half saw much more passing by the Katz, but Hansen was able to drive in another goal with a penalty kick. Katz won 7-4, giving them 18 points in the tournament and a four point advantage going into Sunday's games. 

Sunday saw the Katz continue their domination with a 5-0 win against the OV Toros and outstanding  defense all weekend and aggressive attack continued with four goals in the first half, Taylen Dayak, Cailey Sasaki, and Karly Martins each take perfect shots when the opportunity came up. In the second half, Natalie scored, assisted by Taylor Conover, and Karly Martins firing it in from midfield. This win gave the Katz another nine points in the tournament and an incredible lead. The final game the Katz face a tough game against the Sentinels SC but Katz kept their solid defense in place and prevented the Sentinels from scoring in the first half. There were shots taken from Alexis Zamora and Karly Martins early on, but the only goal came when Sydney Stephens lined up a shot outside the box that hit the top of the goal post before bouncing down right in the zone where Zamora was standing by ready to capitalize- and capitalize she did! Parker Black had amazing saves from the goal keeping the lead through the first West Coast Katz ended the game in a tie, but were able to walk away with four more points in the tournament. 

Head coach, Adaurie Dayak, stated after the tournament, “I am so proud of the Katz. They have improved so much since last year and have taken everything we have worked hard on in practice seriously and executed it in the games this weekend.” 

Katz ended the weekend claiming the Championship at the Thriller Classic Tournament coached by Coach Adaurie & Karen Dayak