GIRL'S SOCCER PREVIEW YOUNG LANCASTER COULD CHALLENGE.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Taking away one part of its attack left the Lancaster girls' soccer team with a loss in the wild-card round of last season's playoffs. With multiple pieces missing early this season, the Eagles are facing more struggles. But the belief of what can be achieved when all those pieces come together keeps Lancaster encouraged. The Eagles are expected to challenge defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill for the Golden League title and could be the program's first team to advance past the first round of the playoffs. ``We're going to have a good team,'' Eagles coach Rick Acuna said. ``But for now we're still young. ``Right now, we're going in pieces, working on one thing at a time.'' Strikers Laci Fults and Stephanie Meek meek adj. meek·er, meek·est 1. Showing patience and humility; gentle. 2. Easily imposed on; submissive. , who combined for 40 goals and 14 assists last season, have yet to find their groove and the defense is struggling to succeed without last season's speed. Lack of speed hurt the Eagles in last year's playoffs in which rain created a muddy field unfavorable to Lancaster's style of play. ``That game still bothers me,'' Acuna said. The Eagles have eight players back from that team. In addition to Fults, a senior who holds the school career and single- season scoring records, and Meek, there is 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). Michelle Hamilton Michelle Hamilton (born Roxanna Platt on 20 December 1948 in Elmira, New York) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1968 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong. Roxanna's father was killed in the Korean War. and sweeper Julie Thomas. They are joined by talented newcomers such as freshman Kathleen Prieto, who has speed and experience playing for top 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, 16-and-under club teams. She is usually a midfielder but was recently moved back to stopper to aid a defense that has struggled to move balls upfield and hampered the offense by requiring strikers to drop back. ``Offensively, I'm not too worried,'' Acuna said. Lancaster's high hopes have been tested early, though. The Eagles were outscored 10-0 in their first two matches. One of those losses was 8-0 to South Bay power Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. . The Eagles were down just 1-0 at halftime but gave up seven goals in the second half when injuries left them undermanned. Two players were absent because they were taking the SAT, one left the game with an asthma attack and others were injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in the first half. Everyone was expected back this week. ``Even though we lost 8-0, I'm not stressed out,'' Acuna said. ``If it was against any other team, it'd be different. I know what we're capable of.'' Lancaster, which was 12-11-1 and finished third in the Golden League last season, has just one playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. victory - a wild-card win - in its brief program history and has never defeated Quartz Hill. ``I expect us to compete for the league title and hopefully advance past the first round of playoffs,'' Acuna said. ``Right now we're young, but we'll be OK.'' AT A GLANCE Team: Lancaster girls' soccer Coach:Rick Acuna Last season: The Eagles went 12-11-1, 6-3-1 for third place in the Golden League and were eliminated in the wild-card round of playoffs. Top returnees: Laci Fults, Sr., F; Stephanie Meek, So., F; Michelle Hamilton, MF; Julie Thomas, So., D. Top newcomer: Kathleen Prieto, Fr., MF/D. CAPTION(S): box Box: At A Glance (see text) |
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