SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFF SOCCER ROUNDUP: THOUSAND OAKS GIRLS' TEAM EARNS ITS FIRST TITLE-GAME BERTH.Byline: Daily News The Walnut girls' soccer team was hoping the moment would never come, but Thousand Oaks' size, speed and aggressiveness couldn't be denied forever. After living in the Mustangs' final third for most of the match with nothing to show for it, 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. forward Rachel Morris Rachel Morris DHP, MCAP is a British psychotherapist and counsellor who practises in Manchester, UK.[1] Morris has appeared as an expert on several television programmes including Little Angels and Say No to the Knife for BBC Three,[2] watched Alyson Birgel's curling curling, winter sport, similar in principle to bowls and quoits (see horseshoe pitching), played on an ice court by teams of four. Each player hurls a squat, circular stone—weighing 38 lb (17. free kick into the penalty area get poked straight to her running free at the top of the box. Morris didn't waste it, re-directing a right-footed shot into the back of the net in the 77th minute to give the Lancers a 1-0 victory Tuesday and their first appearance in a championship game after eliminating the host Mustangs in the Southern Div. II semifinals. "I can't explain how I feel," said Lancers coach Geoff Raives, whose team finally advanced to the championship after three trips to the semifinals in the last four years. "These girls worked the entire game. We kept talking about if we work hard, we'll win. "We had about a hundred chances and the one we put away was probably the least likely one you would expect to put away. It popped straight to her (Morris). I was pulling her off and on (the field) because she was struggling, then she comes on and wins the game. It was awesome." The Lancers (19-4-2) had two-to-three times as many chances, including a breakaway break·a·way adj. 1. Designed to break, bend, or fall apart easily upon impact, especially to create an illusion, as with a theater prop, or for safety, as with a highway sign or barrier. 2. in the third minute and a shot that ricocheted off the crossbar in the 62nd. Nadia Link's breakaway in the 64th minute sailed over the crossbar for Walnut. -- Fred J. Robledo BOYS' SOCCER DIV. V Oaks Christian 4, Salesian 3 (3 OT): Harrison Hanley's goal in the 102nd minute led the host Lions (18-4-3) to the semifinal upset of top-seed and defending-champion Salesian of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. (17-1-1). Hanley, who gave Oaks Christian of Westlake Village a 3-2 lead in the first 10-minute overtime period Noun 1. overtime period - a period of overtime play to resolve a tie; e.g. basketball extra time, overtime - playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie , helped the Lions advance to the title match for the first time since 2005. "Our 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. match was pretty brutal, but this one tops it," said Lions coach Sebastian Alvarado, whose team outlasted Sierra Vista of Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, city (1990 pop. 69,330), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles, in the fertile San Gabriel valley; settled 1870, inc. 1956. Its industries include metal fabrication, printing, and plastics manufacturing. 4-3 in overtime Thursday. "These guys don't give up. We played a very good team today and it shows how hard it is to go undefeated in high school soccer. For these guys to show that kind of character in this situation is incredible." Jimmy Carter tied the score at 2-2 with nine minutes left for the Lions, who received a goal from Andrew Bierschenk. |
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