The Menlo boys soccer team wrapped up its Santa Cruz trip with a pair of shutout victories over Scotts Valley and Harbor on Friday and Saturday.
The Knights picked up a convincing 7-0 win over Harbor on Saturday at Depot Park. Senior co-captain Marc Velten-Lomelin scored twice - once in each half - and assisted on two other goals. Junior Jonny Ebrahimian opened the scoring in the second minute off a pass from Velten-Lomelin. Ebrahimian finished with two goals and an assist.
Max Colowick scored four minutes later on a pass from fellow junior Bobby Shove. Sophomore Trevor Perez made it 3-0 in the 15th minute on another assist from Velten-Lomelin, who then scored in the first minute of the second half on an assist from senior co-captain David Quezada. Ebrahimian got his second in the 52nd on a pass from junior Connor Nelson. Velten-Lomelin picked up his second goal a couple of minutes later on a pass from Ebrahimian.
Sophomore Alex Morgan rounded out the scoring in the dying minutes on a pass from twin Aaron Morgan. Junior goalkeeper Santy Mendoza earned his second shutout of the season.
A day before, the Knights shut out Scotts Valley 2-0. Nelson opened the scoring in the 12th minute with a fierce drive from 25 yards out after some good work down the line Ebrahimian. Junior captain Ben Lasky took advantage of a mistake by the Scotts Valley goalie, and calmly finished into the empty net from 35 yards out. Senior Grant Dumanian earned the shutout in his first start in goal with help from the backline of junior Luca Espinosa, sophomores Kripa Dharan and Cordon, Colowick and seniors Sebastian Abadi and Quezada.
