DIV. II GIRLS SEMIFINALS: HART TURNS PASS INTO GOAL : HART 1 WESTLAKE 0.Byline: Heather Gripp Daily News Staff Writer The kick that wasn't meant to be a shot ended up being the most valuable one of the game. An attempted pass by Shelly Durando found its way into the net and earned the Hart High girls' soccer team a spot in the Southern Section semifinals for a third straight year. Durando's goal with less than two minutes remaining was the only one in Thursday's Division II quarterfinal quar·ter·fi·nal adj. Of or relating to one of four competitions in a tournament, whose winners go on to play in semifinal competitions. n. 1. quarterfinals A quarterfinal round. 2. A quarterfinal match. as the visiting Indians eliminated No. 1 Westlake 1-0. ``I was actually trying to cross it,'' the junior said minutes after she was mobbed on the field by her screaming teammates. ``I just prayed before. ``I was waiting for fate to play its part. I've dreamed of those.'' Durando received the ball amid a cluster of players in front of the goal following a Hart throw-in. Her kick went up and around Warriors goalkeeper Clair Connor. ``It was just an unlucky goal that happens in soccer,'' Westlake coach Rick Hansen
CC, OBC, LLD (honoris causa), D.Litt. (honoris causa) (born August 26, 1957) is a Canadian paraplegic athlete and activist for people with spinal cord injuries. said. ``I saw it go up,'' said Hart 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). Erin Misaki, who was near the net when the play happened. ``A lot of times those balls that go up like that, the goalies lose it in the sun or something. ``We definitely deserved to score.'' Misaki had the game's best shot on goal when a tripping call inside the box gave Hart (20-5-3) a penalty kick in the 50th minute. Connor made a diving A DIV Associate of Divinity save on Misaki's shot and got up in time to stop the follow-up shot In firearms, a follow-up shot is the shot(s) fired subsequently after the first shot. Follow-up accuracy is the accuracy of the follow-up shots, which is usually determined by the recoil and handling of the firearm. as well. ``She made a gnarly (jargon) gnarly - /nar'lee/ Both obscure and hairy. "Yow! - the tuned assembler implementation of BitBlt is really gnarly!" From a similar but less specific usage in surfer slang. save on that PK that saved our butts then,'' Hansen said. ``That was incredible, that was awesome. It was a huge moral builder and when it turned the other way. . . . When you fight that hard and lose with a minute and a half left, it (stinks).'' After an evenly matched first half spent primarily in the midfield, Hart controlled much of the second half. Connor and Katie Peck peck: see English units of measurement. faced a combined six shots while Hart's Cassondra Keading made three saves. The loss to the unseeded Indians ends Westlake's season at 19-2-1. ``I asked them for heart at the beginning of the game,'' Hansen said. ``I asked them to give it everything they had. They poured their heart and soul out there on the field. They gave it everything on the field, that's all I can ask for. The scoreboard is unlucky and a bummer bum·mer n. 1. Slang An adverse reaction to a hallucinogenic drug. 2. Slang One that depresses, frustrates, or disappoints: Getting stranded at the airport was a real bummer. , but that's the way it goes.'' Hart will next face Mira Costa Tuesday at a site to be determined. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Hart High's Shelly Durando, left, with Westlake's Jenna Ainsworth, scored the winning goal for Hart. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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