GIRLS' SOCCER: WESTLAKE RESPONDS WITH WIN.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News WESTLAKE VILLAGE -- When the Westlake High girls' soccer team needed Kate Edwards to play her best game of the year, the senior responded. When coach Frank Marino needed his four freshmen to provide an offensive spark against one of the Marmonte League's top defenses, they delivered. And when the Warriors
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. , they answered the challenge. All of the components added up to a frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: night for visiting Moorpark, which suffered a 2-0 loss to the Warriors in a battle of league unbeatens. ``It's the best game we've played all year when we needed it the most,'' said Marino, whose team extended its league unbeaten streak to 18 in a row since a 1-0 loss last year at Moorpark. ``They started off fast, but after that we just kind of settled down and played. I'm really proud of all of them.'' Freshmen Bridget Berman and Sara Riazi helped Westlake (7-1-5, 5-0-3) shift the momentum in the 10thminute. Berman played a perfect pass from just inside the midfield mid·field n. Sports 1. The section of a playing field midway between goals. 2. Players whose usual positions are in the midfield. mid line, which Riazi gathered a step in front of a Moorpark defender and beat 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 Miranda Rodriguez in the lower-left corner of the net. It was the first of several combinations strung together by Berman, Riazi and fellow ninth-graders Andrea Todak and Nicole Gilbert, which kept the Musketeers (4-3-5, 3-1-4) chasing all night long. It didn't help Moorpark that junior Kaitlin Paletta remained sidelined nursing a hamstring injury hamstring injury Sports medicine A muscle injury of biceps femoris, seen in sprinters and runners, when a contracted muscle meets a lengthening force, overpowering intrinsic muscle resiliency Management RICE, NSAIDs, gradual ↑ of pain-free activity–eg, , as the Musketeers missed the calming presence of the Cal-bound sweeper on several occasions. ``They just outplayed us,'' Moorpark coach Frank Paletta said. ``I thought we came out strong, but we're so young and we tried to cover without KP back there, but we panicked too much. ``It's disappointing that we picked this game out of all of them not to play our best. It's disheartening dis·heart·en tr.v. dis·heart·ened, dis·heart·en·ing, dis·heart·ens To shake or destroy the courage or resolution of; dispirit. See Synonyms at discourage. .'' Edwards, a central 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). who has commited to Rice, added an insurance goal in the 68th minute by converting a penalty shot after she was tripped in the penalty box. But her impact loomed much larger for the Warriors, who recorded their seventh shutout and remained unbeaten in their past 11 games. ``We needed her (Friday) and she stepped up and played incredible,'' Marino said. Said Paletta: ``Edwards was on fire. She won every ball in the midfield.'' erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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