CLU HOPES PLAYOFF STORY HAS NEW END.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Facing UC San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. in the postseason usually means the end of the season for the Cal Lutheran women's soccer team, but the Regals couldn't be happier about facing the Tritons today in the semifinals of the Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. West Regional at San Diego. ``We are ready to beat them,'' CLU (language) CLU - (CLUster) An object-oriented programming language developed at MIT by Liskov et al in 1974-1975. CLU is an object-oriented language of the Pascal family designed to support data abstraction, similar to Alphard. goalkeeper Kim Nelli said. ``UCSD's always been a huge game for us. We've been waiting for this.'' The Tritons (15-1-1) hold a 13-1 advantage in the all-time series against CLU, including wins that ended five of the Regals' previous six playoff appearances. CLU's lone victory - 2-0 in San Diego, Oct. 9, 1992 - was the last time UCSD UCSD University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, California) UCSD User Centered System Design UCSD Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District (Illinois) UCSD Ultra Cool Sexy Dudes lost a regular-season game to a Division III opponent. Last month, the Tritons beat CLU 3-0. While UCSD had a first-round bye, the Regals reached the 5 p.m. semifinal by defeating Chapman 2-1 on Wednesday. Holly Martin and Alia Khan scored to provide the come-from-behind win in which CLU kept the ball primarily in Chapman's defensive half of the field after miscommunication mis·com·mu·ni·ca·tion n. 1. Lack of clear or adequate communication. 2. An unclear or inadequate communication. led to an early Panthers goal. The victory is just CLU's third in nine playoff games and first since 1992 for the team that has never advanced past regionals. It is also coach Dan Kuntz' first playoff win with the women's team. ``Our team is just the highest it's ever been,'' Nelli said. If CLU wins today, it plays at 1 p.m. Sunday at UCSD against the winner of the Santa Cruz-Puget Sound semifinal. Puget Sound Puget Sound (py  `jĕt), arm of the Pacific Ocean, NW Wash., connected with the Pacific by Juan de Fuca Strait, entered through the Admiralty Inlet and extending in two arms c. went four overtimes, unable to break a 1-1 tie, in it first-round game at Willamette and won 4-3 on penalty kicks. The West region champion faces the South champion next weekend. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO CLU's Betsy Fisch, right, beats Chapman's Cary Groseclose during Wednesday's match. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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