GIRLS' SOCCER: TIE HURTS LOUISVILLE'S TITLE HOPES LOUISVILLE 0, CHAMINADE 0.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News For the second consecutive game, the fifth time in eight Mission League matches and the 10th time this season, the Louisville of Woodland Hills girls' soccer team recorded a 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. . The difference between Monday's contest against visiting Chaminade of West Hills and the other nine was that it might have cost the Royals a shot at the league title. Louisville spent the majority of the second half on Chaminade's half of the field, but after scoring three times in Friday's victory over Alemany of Mission Hills, the Royals couldn't manufacture a goal against the Eagles, resulting in 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: scoreless draw at Crespi High in Encino. ``This result really hurt us,'' said Louisville coach Jose Perez, whose team recorded a 2-1 victory over the Eagles (7-6-2, 3-2-2) on Jan. 9 at Chaminade. ``The truth is, this is almost league for us. We almost couldn't afford to lose a point (in our last three games). When we were at (3-0-2), we had the league (title) in our hands, but if you can't score, you can't win.'' Louisville (8-4-8, 4-1-3) - the Daily News' fourth-ranked team - is still a point ahead of Harvard-Westlake of Studio City (10-2-3, 5-1) in the Mission League standings, although the Wolverines have played two fewer matches. Chaminade remained in third place ahead of Flintridge Sacred Heart The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of the divine love for humanity This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church and also used in the Anglican Church. of La Canada Flintridge (14-3-3, 2-1-3) - which played Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks to a scoreless tie Monday - and holds the tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie over the Tologs, having gone 1-0-1 in the season series. ``It almost helps us because when you're on the road, you want to get a point any way you can,'' Chaminade coach Tracy Powell said. ``I just hope now that Flintridge beats Harvard-Westlake or Louisville, because if we can make it in the top three with a team of mostly underclassmen, that would be huge.'' Louisville received strong defensive play again from Carrie Clarizio and Mackenzie Kerin, who neutralized neu·tral·ize tr.v. neu·tral·ized, neu·tral·iz·ing, neu·tral·iz·es 1. To make neutral. 2. To counterbalance or counteract the effect of; render ineffective. 3. Chaminade's speedy tandem (Tandem Computers Inc., Cupertino, CA) A former major manufacturer of fault-tolerant computers founded in 1974 by James Treybig and provider of the early 21st century technology for HP's enterprise computing strategy. of Magda Besser and Lauren Battung. Louisville missed two golden opportunities in the second half when Heather Slattery's header (1) In a disk or tape file, a set of data that resides permanently at the beginning. It may be used for identification only (type of file, date of last update, etc.), or it may describe the structural layout of the contents, as is common with many document and database formats. was saved by Megan Sataloff in the 65th minute and Danielle Balderrama's shot six minutes later was cleared off the goal line by Chaminade defender Jordann Schoonover. ``We can play beautiful soccer and possess the ball the entire game,'' Perez said. ``I just wish I had someone who can (consistently) score.'' Erik Boal, (818) 713-3607 erik.boal(at)dailynews.com |
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