GIRLS' SOCCER: HAT TRICK BY OAKES LIFTS ECR EL CAMINO REAL 3, HAMILTON 0.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News Michelle Oakes watched with pride last season as she assisted on the winning goal by her sister, Katie, in El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
In Wednesday's semifinal match, all eyes were on George and Cheryl Oakes' youngest child, including those of older sister Jill. And they were treated to one of the defining moments in Michelle's stellar career. Oakes recorded a hat trick hat trick n. Sports 1. Three goals scored by one player in one game, as in ice hockey. 2. Three wickets taken in cricket by a bowler in three consecutive balls. 3. , all in the second half, in her final home game to lead the host Conquistadores to a 3-0 victory over fourth-seed Hamilton (14-3-1), lifting ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) to its seventh consecutive City final. "I wasn't planning any of it," said Oakes, who led the top-seeded Conquistadores (19-2-4) to their 30th consecutive 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. "I just wanted to go out and play hard and do whatever I could to help my team win. But the opportunity came and I took advantage of it." Oakes capitalized Capitalized Recorded in asset accounts and then depreciated or amortized, as is appropriate for expenditures for items with useful lives longer than one year. on a poor clearance inside Hamilton's penalty box to score in the 43rd minute, then benefited from a ball that ricocheted off goalkeeper For the close-in weapon system, see . In many team sports, a goalkeeper (termed goaltender, netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports) is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the Marisa Escamilla's arm following a cross from Megan Quinn with 10 minutes left. She secured the hat trick with a 20-yard shot that caromed off Escamilla's hands and under the crossbar in the 74th minute. "We had so many opportunities to score in the first half, but I'm never worried because the game is 80 minutes and we're always 80 minutes ready," ECR coach Eric Choi said. "In order for us to get to (the City final), I challenged the seniors to lead us there. Michelle stepped up and led us and so did Erin Kelly. I'm very proud of my girls." Ashley Menin recorded five saves, with Chelsea Forte, Jessica Stadheim and Erin O'Leary preserving the shutout Not to be confused with Shootout. In team sports, in American English, a shutout (a clean sheet in soccer) refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball. . "(In the second half) we knew that we needed to come out and do something," O'Leary said. "It was our last home game and we had to go for it." |
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