By Ed Piper
La Jolla went ahead, 7-5, early in the second quarter on Stella Tezcan's goal on Taylor Goldstein's pass against Valhalla in the CIF Open Division semifinals Tuesday night, Feb. 17.
And at this point early in the match, the Vikings were scoring easily on a formula of pass to the center, catch the Norseman defense off-guard, and score the goal.
In fact, it seemed that Coach Tom Atwell's squad, much fortified since last year, had enough firepower to overcome Valhalla, though they were playing with them, not forging any kind of steady lead.
Finally, much to Coach Paola Vizcarra's second-seeded team's credit, their persistence paid off and the Norse ended the third quarter leading, 10-9, then added to that advantage to ultimately lead, 14-9, with 5:27 left in the game. It seemed insurmountable.
Junior Aviana Cavaiola scored two goals, then classmate Cora Pfau scored three--including a shot that was sitting on the edge of the cage entrance, then drifted in to score--but time ran out and Valhalla went home with a 15-14 win and ticket to face number-one Bishop's Sat., Feb. 21 in the finals.
Bishop's smothered El Camino, 22-4, in the other semifinal to reach the final.
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