Chimes Athlete of the Week: Women’s soccer’s Annmarie Alvarez

The junior forward’s golden goal and strong offensive play helped the Eagles to their first win of the season.

Joel Ashor, Sports Editor • September 5, 2018

Forward Annmarie Alvarez during the Eagles’ game vs. CSU Dominguez Hills on Aug. 30, 2018. Courtesy of George Rodriguez/Biola Athletics

The start of the season is one of the best times for players to step up and make a statement. Junior forward Annmarie Alvarez did just that, scoring in both her shots on the goal during Biola’s home opener to lead her team to a 3-2 overtime win against Cal State University Dominguez Hills.

Her first goal of the game put the Eagles ahead 1-0 when she pushed a pass from junior defender Colie Martin into the goal for Biola’s first score of the season. The two teams battled into overtime, where Alvarez tallied her second goal of the game to secure the win for the Eagles, ripping a shot past the goalie on a cross from junior forward Sarah Jeffries.

Alvarez has put the whole conference on notice, earning PacWest Women’s Soccer Player of the Week honors mainly for her performance against the Toros.

She has been a powerful presence on offense in the Eagles’ first two games, creating opportunities for her teammates while her two goals led the PacWest. For her excellent display on offense, Alvarez has earned Chimes Athlete of the Week.

Last two games: 2 goals, 0 assists

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Joel Ashor, Sports Editor

Joel Ashor is a junior broadcast journalism major with a love for sports, friends, and history. Joel is a Notre Dame football, Angels baseball, and Boston Celtics fan. [email protected] Growing up in the small city of Santa Maria, California as the youngest of four boys, I was always surrounded by things much earlier than normal, due to the fact that I experienced things through my much older brothers. One of the things I experienced was sports, and when I started watching and seeing what it looked like to be on a sports team, I fell in love. In my family, sports is not really an option, it just is something that we all do. Luckily my parents never had to force me or my brothers to play sports because we all had a passion for it. From a young age I immersed myself in the culture of sports, watching any sport that was on, growing a particular liking to college football. My uncle attended the University of Notre Dame, and my whole family are die-hard Irish fans. Naturally I became one as well, and I remember Saturday mornings with the family quite clearly. As I grew older I began to see and understand more about what it took to broadcast a live sports game, and I became quite intrigued by it. I decided I wanted to be involved with sports for the rest of my life and cover it in some form. One of the sports commentators I look up to greatly and have always liked is NBC sports reporter Bob Costas, who is a jack of all trades broadcaster and covers all sports from the Olympics to football and many more. I aspire to be a broadcast journalist someday, and the Chimes is an excellent way to hone my skills and continue to practice writing and talking about sports. I look forward to my growth while working with the Chimes in reporting accurately and quickly, and cannot wait to cover Biola sports.

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