GIRLS' SOCCER: LANCERS BACK IN SEMIS T.O. 1, WESTLAKE 0.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News WESTLAKE VILLAGE -- Whether it was Kirsten DiPippo's first-half ejection ejection /ejec·tion/ (e-jek´shun) 1. the act of casting out or the state of being cast out, as of excretions, secretions, or other bodily fluids. 2. something cast out. 3. or the play of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. junior goalkeeper Laura Brain, Westlake was left seeing red Thursday night. As a result, the Warriors' run in the Southern Section Div. II girls' soccer playoffs met an untimely stop sign. Megan Meyer buried a 30-yard shot in the 24th minute and Brain recorded seven saves for her sixth consecutive shutout to lead the visting Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. to a 1-0 quarterfinal victory. "That was amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. ," said Brain, sporting a red goalkeeper uniform. "That was a game of a lifetime." It quickly became a game to forget for Westlake (12-3-8), the lone wild- card entry left in the quarterfinals, after the Warriors were forced to play more than 50 minutes with only 10 players after DiPippo was issued a red card for an apparent use of profanity Irreverence towards sacred things; particularly, an irreverent or blasphemous use of the name of God. Vulgar, irreverent, or coarse language. The use of certain profane or obscene language on the radio or television is a federal offense, but in other situations, profanity . Westlake still controlled the run of play in the second half, but Kate Edwards and Kylie Noun 1. kylie - an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex kiley boomerang, throw stick, throwing stick - a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower McDonald couldn't escape double- and triple-teams to net the equalizer. "You hate to see it come to an end like that," Westlake coach Frank Marino said. "But they gave 100 percent effort ... it's maybe the most proud I've been in my seven years here." Meyer's goal, set up by Jennifer Arauz, lifted Thousand Oaks (21-4-3) to its second semifinal berth in three years. "It seems like they had this curse over us," said Meyer, who helped snap the Lancers' seven-game winless streak against Westlake. "It feels so good to get this thing off our chest." Said Lancers coach Geoff Raives: "If we didn't play Westlake, it wouldn't have been the same. We knew we had to go through them to make this season complete." |
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