ROUNDUP: SHAW GUIDES ST. FRANCIS INTO SEMIFINALS ONCE AGAIN.

Byline: Daily News

After falling behind by two goals in the first 15 minutes, St. Francis of La Canada stormed back and shut down visiting Ganesha in a 4-2 Southern Section Division IV quarterfinal victory at St. Francis.

Ryan Shaw had two goals and two assists for the Golden Knights (21-5) and teammate Donovan Schull had two goals and Daniel Paladini an assist.

``Once we got going we lost a lot of our nervousness,'' Golden Knights coach Glen Apples said. ``We put a lot of pressure on them. We did a better job of finishing in the second half.''

Sean O'Conner had five saves for the Golden Knights, who will make their sixth semifinal appearance in the last 13 years.

-Jack Pollon

--Diamond Ranch 3, Crespi 1: Scott Inglish and Carlos Diaz each scored first-half goals to lead the Panthers over the Celts in a Division IV quarterfinal game at Diamond Ranch.

The goals were in the 29th and 38th minutes and Mario Rodriguez added the third goal nine minutes into the second half.

Crespi (19-6-1), led by forward Aaron Magpali, had opportunities. The Celts' eight shots included one that bounced off the post and two that nearly passed over the crossbar.

Diamond Ranch (23-6-1) reaches the semifinals for the first time in the school's four-year history.

-Rob Moscato 

--La Canada 4, Bishop Montgomery 1: Despite scoring a goal for Bishop Montgomey on a cross that hit a defender and bounced in, undefeated La Canada scored four of its own goals en route to victory in a Division IV quarterfinal game at La Canada.

Nick Marquand and Phil Kinney each scored two goals and assisted each other on one to lead the Spartans (22-0-1).

Erick Irvine and Lonnie Dietz each had an assist for La Canada. The Spartans outshot Bishop Montgomery 19-6.

- Jack Pollon

--Notre Dame 2, Lompoc 1: The Knights stunned No. 2 Lompoc in a Division IV quarterfinal game at Lompoc.

After winning their first two playoff games by a combined score of 14-6, Notre Dame turned on the defense and goalie Chris Alexander made 10 saves.

Captain Kevin Murray opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Shaun Anthony scored the eventual game-winning goal with 17 minutes left. Nick Folk assisted on both goals.

The Knights advance to the semifinals on Tuesday against Mission League rival St. Francis of La Canada.

-Steve Goldstein

--St. Margaret's 5, Flintridge Prep 1: Mike Nijjar scored the only goal for the Rebels (8-10-5) in a Division V quarterfinal game at St. Margaret's.

--Grant resurrection: The Grant of Van Nuys boys' soccer team, which lost 1-1 (3-2 on penalty kicks) to South Gate in the second round of the City Section playoffs, was awarded a forfeit victory over the No. 30 Rams after it was found that a South Gate player violated City Section rules by playing on a club team.

The Lancers, the No. 4 seed, will play at 3 p.m. Monday at University High of Los Angeles in the quarterfinals.

In girls' soccer:

--El Camino Real 4, Hamilton 0: Kandice McLaughlin scored three goals to led the Conquistadores (17-1-2) to a dominating victory over visiting Hamilton (11-2-2) in a City Championship quaterfinal game at El Camino Real.

McLaughlin scored all three of her goals in the second half of a lopsided game El Camino Real controlled from the opening kick.

Samantha Spencer opened the scoring for El Camino Real in the 15th minute when she converted a chip shot from in front of the Hamilton goal.

- Christian Kinney

--Chatsworth 6, Westchester 0: Jenna Fodor scored three goals and the Chancellors defense smothered the Comets in a second round game at Chatsworth.

Fodor, who has 26 goals this season, scored for the Chancellors (13-5-1) 15 minutes into the game when she blasted in a shot from 20 yards out. She added two more scores in the second half.

Leila Pate added two goals for the No. 2 Chancellors. Her first score was on a header in the 30th minute and later she scored on a shot that deflected off the Westchester goalie.

Lindsey Redlin had two assists and scored what might have been Chatsworth's most spectacular goal of the season. She took a pass on the right side and curled in a shot from 40 yards out to give Chatsworth a 3-0 halftime lead.

- Bryan Rodgers

--San Pedro 3, Kennedy 1: Kennedy (15-6-2) played an even first half with San Pedro (16-5) and scored first on a penalty kick by senior forward Ana Coria.

With six minutes left in the first half the Pirates tied the game on a goal by junior Julie Anderson.

- Shawn Clingan

--Poly 1, Canoga Park 0: Lizette Garcia scored the lone goal for the No. 13 Parrots of Sun Valley as they upset the No. 5 Hunters in a City Invitational quaterfinal game.

With the win, Poly (8-6-1) got revenge for a fourth-place finish in the Sunset Six League, in which the Hunters (8-4-3) finished third.

--Garfield 2, Verdugo Hills 0: The Dons let the game slip away five minutes into the second half when a defender muffed a pass attempt which ended into Verdugo Hills' net for an own-goal in a City Invitational game at home.

Garfield (8-5-1) plays Poly Tuesday.

--Locke 3, SOCES 2: Catie Caparula and Karina Moran each scored unassisted goals for SOCES of Reseda but the team fell short in a City Invitational quarterfinal game.

SOCES (8-4), which finished 6-3 in the Magnet League, made history with its playoff run as it was the only team from its league ever to reach the quarterfinals.