GIRLS' SOCCER: TIE DOESN'T HELP EITHER TEAM IN MARMONTE RACE WESTLAKE 1, T.O. 1.Byline: Kevin Connelly Kevin Connelly was born in Middlesbrough, England. He is an impressionist comedian, and after dinner speaker and is probably most famous for his role on the popular BBC television programme 'Dead Ringers'. Special to the Daily News WESTLAKE VILLAGE - Entering Wednesday night's Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. game against rival 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. , the Westlake girls' soccer team couldn't afford another a loss if it had any hopes of capturing the league title. The host Warriors also knew a tie would create a must-win situation Friday at Agoura. Thousand Oaks, coming off a two-goal loss at Moorpark, was even more desperate for a victory in its bid to repeat as league champion. Junior midfielder 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 scored off a pass from Megan Connor in the 47th minute, but Thousand Oaks sophomore Annabel Naish took advantage of a defensive lapse 14 minutes later, as neither team improved its position following a 1-1 tie. ``You're never happy with a tie,'' Thousand Oaks coach Geoff Raives said. ``But I'm happy with the way the girls fought back and didn't give up when we went down early.'' The 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. (8-3-5, 5-2-4) - who shared the league title last season with Royal of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - were outshot 8-6. Thousand Oaks dodged many quality scoring chances by Westlake (9-2-5, 5-1-4), which played the Lancers to a 2-2 tie Dec. 17. The Warriors, who won six consecutive league titles before finishing third last season, had a great look at the net in the 31st minute when Kate Edwards delivered a well-placed cross to Rebekah Olin, but the bounce was mistimed mis·time tr.v. mis·timed, mis·tim·ing, mis·times To time inaccurately or inappropriately; misjudge the timing of: The basketball team mistimed the final play and lost the game. and Olin's 10-yard shot sailed over the net. Olin's potential winning goal was denied by Thousand Oaks goalkeeper Laura Brain, who stopped a 15-yard shot in the 72nd minute. ``This (tie) changes things up a bit,'' Westlake coach Frank Marino said. ``We have to win out now to have a shot at (the league title). It's disappointing because we really had this game.'' Westlake and Thousand Oaks remained in a third-place tie with 14 points, trailing first-place Agoura (9-1-6, 7-0-4) and Moorpark (9-7-3, 7-2-2), which suffered a 2-1 loss Wednesday to Simi Valley. |
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