SOCCER ROUNDUP: CHAMINADE ON ITS WAY.

Byline: Daily News

St. Bonaventure got off easier than most first-round opponents of the Chaminade girls' soccer team, but the effect was the same.

Led by two goals from senior forward Kim Taylor, Chaminade of West Hills defeated visiting St. Bonaventure of Ventura 4-0 in Friday's opening round of the Southern Section Division IV playoffs, keeping the Eagles confident in their ability to win a fifth consecutive section title.

Senior forward Tara Donoghue and freshman forward Cassidy Runyon also added goals for second-seeded Chaminade (19-4-2).

The Eagles are used to opening the playoffs by scoring in double figures. Despite a lower scoring game, Friday's contest was equally lopsided.

Chaminade outshot the Seraphs 23-1. The Eagles were up 3-0 at halftime and used a defense anchored by Lauren Nussbaum, Courtney Hooker, Nasrin Pak and Megan Powers to keep St. Bonaventure from coming anywhere near the goal box. The Seraphs' only shot came in the 55th minute.

Taylor started the Eagles' scoring in the 15th minute. Donoghue scored three minutes later and Taylor extended her school single-season and career scoring records by heading in her 27th goal of the season in the 21st minute.

- Heather Gripp

In other Southern Section girls' soccer:

--Etiwanda 3, Valencia 2: It has been a breakthrough season for Valencia, which dethroned seven-time champion Hart to win its first Foothill League title. The Vikings, however, were unable to overcome another hurdle, the first round of the playoffs.

Valencia (19-4-2), which has never advanced to the second round, fell behind 3-0 at halftime of the Southern Section Division I match at home against Etiwanda (17-5-6) and fell short despite a furious second-half surge.

Switching to three attackers in the second half with Courtney Morgan, Jaisa Creps and Jaisa Creps, Valencia cut the deficit to 3-2 in the opening 10 minutes of the second half against the Mt. Baldy League's No. 3 entrant.

Sophomore Melanie Ervin took a crossing pass from Creps and freshman Danielle Malkowski scored on a header off a corner kick for Valencia's scoring.

- Kirby Lee

--Arcadia 9, Highland 0: Top seeded Apaches (23-0-3) advanced to the Division I second round with an easy victory over the visiting Bulldogs of Palmdale (12-9-1).

Junior midfielder Shelly Marshall led Arcadia with four goals. Senior midfielder Paula Wizel added a goal and three assists.

Highland didn't have a shot on goal and crossed midfield only five times. Senior goalkeeper Sandra DeLestre had 10 saves.

Apparent miscommunication between school officials caused Highland to be an hour late for the game. Referees allowed the Bulldogs only a 10-minute warmup.

- Shawn Clingan

--Oak Park 2, El Segundo 1: Krista Clinton and Allison Bernstein both scored a goal and Liz Young had eight saves for the Eagles (18-6-1) in a Division IV game at Oak Park.

--Milken 2, Westridge 0: Romy Barber and Jenny Rich both scored for the Wildcats of Los Angeles (16-1-1) in a Division V game at Balboa Park.

--Bonita 1, Calabasas 0: The visiting Coyotes finish their season at 13-10-1.

In City Section boys' soccer:

--San Fernando 4, Birmingham 0: The eighth-seeded Tigers used a balanced offensive and defensive attack as they disposed of the Patriots of Van Nuys at San Fernando.

The Tigers (8-2-1) got goals from four different players and jumped out to a 3-0 lead at the half.

Humberto Hernandez scored in the 10th minute for San Fernando, followed by Miguel Sanchez in the 15th minute and Juan Lopez in the 30th minute as the Tigers had a three-goal halftime lead.

- Jack Pollon

--ECR 4, Venice 1: Jason Lara scored three goals, including two late in the game, as the top-seeded Conquistadores of Woodland Hills (23-3) got past the Gondoliers (6-7-1) at El Camino Real.

Lara, whose first goal broke a 1-1 tie in the 28th minute, had three goals off headers in a five-minute span.

- Julio Cortez

--Banning 2, Monroe 1 (OT) Fernando Gutierrez scored seven minutes into the first overtime period to give the 12th-seeded Pilots the home victory over the 21st-seeded Vikings.

Monroe, which fell behind on a goal in the third minute, had forced overtime with six minutes remaining in regulation when Misael Cruz was tripped and Jorge Quiroz converted the penalty kick.

- Rich Hammond 

--Reseda 1, Franklin 0: Reseda midfielder Alfredo Ayala scored on a header in the 58th minute of the second half for the only goal of the game to give the Regents a first round playoff victory over Franklin at Reseda.

The play started when Luis Hernandez sent a textbook cross from just outside the goalie box on a free kick to Ayala, who was stationed near the far post. Franklin was briefly energized after the goal but had only one good scoring opportunity the rest of the game.

- Christian Kinney

--Poly 2, Belmont 2 (Poly wins 4-3 on penalty kicks): Rene Zelaya and Freddy Vargas scored in regulation for the 29th-seeded Parrots of Sun Valley (10-9-1) to help score the upset at Belmont High.

--Grant 4, Elizabeth 0: The 14th-seeded Lancers of Van Nuys (13-13) got two goals apiece from Johnny Amaya and Rick Perez to win at Grant.

--Hollywood 3, Sylmar 0: William Guardado, Elder Ruiz and Arturo Alfaro all scored for the 11th-seeded Sheiks (14-3-3) in a win over the 22nd-seeded Spartans at Hollywood High.

--Chatsworth 1, Manual Arts 1 (Manual Arts wins 6-5 on penalty kicks) : It was a tough afternoon for Chatsworth, seeded 17th, which lost to the Toilers at Manual Arts.

In Southern Section boys' soccer:

--Paraclete 5, Yucca Valley 0: Paul Watts and Marques Davidson each scored two goals for the Spirits of Lancaster (15-1-3) at Paraclete.