SOUTHERN SEC. GIRLS' WATER POLO: THIS TIME, AGOURA'S DEFENSE DOMINATES AGOURA 5, VENTURA 2.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer VENTURA - So this is what happens when the Agoura High girls' water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. team makes only 5 of 25 shots. The Chargers' defense - overshadowed by an offense that outscored 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. opponents by an average of more than 10 goals a game and opened the playoffs with a 24-goal outburst - stole the spotlight, and Agoura remained just as difficult to beat as usual. Second-seeded Agoura defeated Ventura 5-2 in Saturday's Southern Section Division IV quarterfinal quar·ter·fi·nal adj. Of or relating to one of four competitions in a tournament, whose winners go on to play in semifinal competitions. n. 1. quarterfinals A quarterfinal round. 2. A quarterfinal match. at Ventura High, advancing the Chargers to Wednesday's semifinal. ``It was all defense today,'' Agoura coach Jason Rosenthal said. ``We've always prided ourselves on defense. I never felt like we didn't have control of the game because our defense was real solid.'' Agoura's Lindsay Llewellyn and Megan O'Linn scored two early goals to put the Chargers (23-6) up 2-0 less than three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. into the game, at which point Ventura had yet to take a shot. Llewellyn swatted away the Cougars' first attempted shot, then the Chargers' shots went awry a·wry adv. 1. In a position that is turned or twisted toward one side; askew. 2. Away from the correct course; amiss. See Synonyms at amiss. . Those that were on target often were blocked by Ventura goalkeeper Nicole Eash. Despite having taken 14 shots, Agoura led only 4-1 at halftime. ``We were getting tons of shots,'' Rosenthal said. ``We weren't getting good ones.'' The Cougars weren't getting shots, period. Those they took were usually stopped by Agoura goalkeeper Cassandra Ojenda, who had four saves. Shayna Johnson brought Ventura within one on a goal early in the third quarter before Ashley Coleman Ashley Coleman (born 1981) was Miss Teen USA 1999, representing her home city of Camden and the state of Delaware. She was the first delegate from Delaware to win the national title. and Amy Antonsen extended Agoura's lead later in the period. Neither team scored again until Coleman scored in the fourth quarter. ``This is good for us,'' Rosenthal said. ``We'll go back and watch the tape and see what mistakes we made. You don't want to play every game up until the final 24-0. We can see what we need to improve from this.'' |
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