First at Santa Cruz High, now at Long Beach State University, Summer Laskey and Julia Moore are soccer teammates for the fifth time in the past seven seasons.

With Laskey set to graduate, this season will be their last together — and they’re hoping to end their run as 49ers the same way they did when they led the Cardinals to a Central Coast Section title back in 2020: As champions.

“The energy and connection we had growing up playing together has only gotten stronger,” Moore said. “It’s crazy to think how much time has flown by.”

Laskey and Moore are leaders on the pitch at LBSU: Besides being three-year starters, the two are among four players whom 49ers coach Mauricio Ingrassia tapped to serve as team captains.

“Summer’s intense, but also very easy to talk to,” Ingrassia said. “As a senior, she has a different feel to the season — she knows how to be acting. Summer also knows how to connect with players very easily.

“Julia’s growing into a leadership role. She leads by example on the field. She’s very difficult to defend and grows into her role every day.”The former Cardinals have very different styles of play. Laskey is like a sprinter: The senior forward’s short bursts of speed on the front row of Long Beach State’s attack propel her past defenders and put her in prime position to launch shots past opposing goalkeepers.

“Summer’s hard to deal with as an attacking player,” Ingrassia said. “She has the most high-speed runs on our team by far every single game. She’s a goal scorer who stretches out defenses with her high-end speed.”

Laskey has scored 10 goals in her college career, including a career-high six in 2022, but has yet to convert one this year. She did assist on one on August 18 in Long Beach State’s 2-0 victory over the University of San Diego.

Even so, Laskey doesn’t need to score to make an impact on the field, according to Moore.

“She has this on-field energy that changes games and puts players under pressure immediately,” Moore said. “She has this grit to get the ball back and make plays that’s super apparent every time.”

Whereas Laskey is like a sprinter, Moore is more like a distance runner: The junior midfielder, who made the All-Big West Conference second team as a freshman two seasons ago, easily logs 11,000 meters during the course of a match while racing up and down the field, according to Ingrassia.

“She’s like a horse that can go for-freaking-ever,” Laskey said.

Moore has scored one goal this season, converting a penalty kick against Santa Clara University, then the No. 11-ranked NCAA Division I team in the country, on Aug. 22.

It was a redemptive moment for Moore, who missed a PK during a shootout in last year’s Big West tournament final, which LBSU ultimately lost to UC Irvine, thereby missing out on an NCAA tournament bid.

“That was a pretty sweet moment for me,” Moore said of her goal against Santa Clara. “I sent it to the same spot (as in the Big West final), but this time with more confidence.

“I was really happy it went in.”

A kinesiology and fitness major, Laskey believes she may have some soccer left in her: She’s hoping a pro team somewhere will take a chance on her.

“I’ve always wanted to live in Europe,” she said. “It’s hard to find an excuse to live in Europe unless it’s either school or soccer. But getting the opportunity to play here would be cool, too.”

Even if she doesn’t turn pro, Laskey sees herself working with athletes, perhaps as an athletic trainer or a strength and conditioning coach for a professional soccer team.

Moore, meanwhile, is majoring in molecular cell biology. She’s leaning toward attending medical school once her college soccer career is over.

For now, though, she and Laskey are focused on capturing the Big West title that just eluded them last season.

“Summer is showing tremendous leadership, and Julia has taken her game to a new level,” said Ingrassia, Long Beach State’s coach. “I’m enjoying every moment of it. Their chemistry together makes them invaluable.”