DEFENSE IS DIFFERENCE : CHAMINADE 1, WESTLAKE 0.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer Chaminade High's time is now. Its defense showed that. Westlake will have to wait.But if Monday's girls' soccer game is any indication, Westlake will have its moment one day, perhaps soon. Chaminade, with eight seniors and a Southern Section Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. championship under its belt, won 1-0 on sophomore midfielder
In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). Mindy Wyatt's goal in the 29th minute. And the top-ranked Eagles (4-0) could have had two more goals had Kerrie Clavadetscher not shot wide each time. But Westlake (1-1) showed that even with seven sophomores and seven freshmen, it can play - and dominate, as it did for much of the second half. It even had a goal nullified nul·li·fy tr.v. nul·li·fied, nul·li·fy·ing, nul·li·fies 1. To make null; invalidate. 2. To counteract the force or effectiveness of. by an offsides off·side also off·sides adv. & adj. 1. Sports Illegally ahead of the ball or puck in the attacking zone. 2. call. ``They got the game, we got the match,'' Westlake coach Tahn Hyun said. Even Wyatt agreed. She had seen many of Westlake's players during the club season when her club team opposed the Las Virgenes Blazers The Blazers (in some cases, short for Trail Blazers) is the name of several professional and collegiate sports teams:
She also knew about forward Meghan Daly and midfielders Tasha Spangler, Jenna Wirtz and Naomi Chu, who keyed the attack. Of these four, only Daly is a senior. ``They've got a ways to go, but they could do it,'' Wyatt said. What separates the two teams now is the Chaminade defense. As much as the Warriors pressured, the Eagles turned them away. Goalie Kim Nelli made two diving saves. Sweeper Erin Kelley stayed back far enough to stifle any Warriors breaks. Jennifer Taylor Jennifer Taylor can refer to: People
Westlake's defense, especially sophomores Kristina Von Krog and Lauren Loftus, did fine in slowing Chaminade's rotating ro·tate v. ro·tat·ed, ro·tat·ing, ro·tates v.intr. 1. To turn around on an axis or center. 2. forwards (the Eagles played seven players up front), but it failed once in stopping Wyatt, who said she was doing the job a left midfielder is supposed to do. ``Someone kicked it up. The defender went to kick it out. I blocked it, took it in and shot,'' Wyatt said. Westlake likely will do more of that as the season progresses. |
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