COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: JOHNSON'S TIMING GREAT FOR TROJANS.Byline: Lindsay Czarnecki Special to the Daily News USC's Kasey Johnson had been scoreless through the Trojans' first 21 games, but her roommate and fellow freshman Megan Ohai predicted the future before the Trojans' third-round NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
As one of the taller players on the team, Johnson, a 5-foot-10 defender, is consistently a target on free kicks because of her height. "I wasn't planning on it coming straight to me, which it did, but it was funny because Megan, before the goal happened was like 'Kasey you gotta score' and I said 'I got this,' so that was pretty funny," Johnson said. "We always mess around because she scores a lot of goals." Johnson's timely header off captain Ashley Nick's free kick in the 48th minute was a long-awaited strike for the Sierra Madre Sierra Madre, city, United States Sierra Madre (sēĕr`ə mä`drā), residential city (1990 pop. 10,762), Los Angeles co., S Calif., at the foot of Mt. Wilson; inc. 1907. There is some light manufacturing. native, and was the winning score in a 1-0 victory, sending the Trojans to the quarterfinals. "I got a lot of phone calls and text all night from friends and family," Johnson said. The Trojans leave for West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. today and will play the Mou ntaineers on Friday. College of the Canyons' women's volleyball team has advanced to the state championships Friday at Fresno Pacific University. The No. 8 Cougars pulled out a five-game victory (30-26, 30-20, 15-30, 17-30, 15-13) over No. 1 Irvine Valley College Irvine Valley College (IVC) is a community college in Irvine, California and it is a part of the California Community Colleges system. Irvine Valley College and its sister college, Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, comprise the South Orange County Community College , handing the Lasers their only loss of the season. Priscilla Bremer had 16 kills, six aces and eight blocks in the match. COC See chip on chip. , the top seed from Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , will face San Joaquin Delta on Friday night in Fresno at 5:30 p.m. The UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX men's soccer team (9-8-3) faces Santa Clara (15-1-4) tonight at 7 p.m. in Santa Clara in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Bruins advanced after defeating New Mexico 1-0 on a free kick in the last two minutes by Kyle Nakazawa last weekend. Santa Clara features the nation's top goalkeeper, Kevin Klasila (Loyola of Los Angeles), who has a 0.47 goals-against average. The Bruins lost to the Broncos 2-1 in overtime on Sept. 22. The USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. men's water polo team, which won the MPSF MPSF Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title, enters the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed for the third consecutive season. The Trojans will face Loyola Marymount on Saturday at noon at Stanford. Cal, the No. 2 seed, will face No. 3 Navy. The Trojans lost last year's title game to Cal. UCLA junior setter Nellie Spicer was the only Bruin named to the All-Pac-10 team. For Spicer, it was the third time in her career that she received the honor. Rachell Johnson, Ali Daley, and Kaitlyn Sather were named honorable mention, while Katie Mills and Dicey McGraw were given all-freshman honorable mention honors. lindsay.czarnecki@dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The 5-foot-10 Kasey Johnson has been a valuable part of the Trojans' run in the NCAA Tournament, especially on free kicks. Courtesy of USC |
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