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Posted on: Saturday, February 10, 2007

Mid-Pac, Pac-Five to play in girls final

By Leila Wai
Advertiser Staff Writer

Interscholastic League of Honolulu teams Pac-Five and Mid-Pacific will play for the Meadow Gold Dairies/HHSAA Girls Soccer Division II State championship tonight.

Mid-Pacific needed two overtimes to beat Roosevelt, 1-0, and Pac-Five made quick work of Campbell with two goals in the first 11 minutes in a 4-0 win yesterday at the Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Stadium.

The Wolf Pack (5-5-2), the ILH champions, and Owls (6-7-1) play tonight at 6 p.m.

Mid-Pacific senior midfielder Miya Quinn scored one minute, 10 seconds into the second overtime to lift the Owls into the Division II championship game.

"I think it helps us that we play an integrated schedule," Mid-Pacific coach Dave Pai said. "We play Punahou, Kamehameha and 'Iolani. We got killed by them, but we're used to playing great players. It teaches us how to play better defense."

Quinn scored after senior defender Melissa Gomes took a free kick near the halfline. Gomes' kick went to the right side of the 18-yard box to sophomore forward Chantel Jeffries, who shot the ball to the left side of the goal. Jeffries' shot was deflected in the box and bounced to Quinn, who was running to the left post.

"I blacked out," Quinn said. "I just ran through and did anything to get it in the goal."

The first half was played mostly in the middle of the field, with four shots by the Owls to one by Rough Riders (13-2-1). Mid-Pacific had a 16-3 advantage on shots for the game.

Mid-Pacific put the pressure on with two solid chances midway through the second half. One was on a 23-yard free kick by sophomore midfielder Shannon Rosenberg into the upper left corner that Roosevelt goalkeeper Joy Nakahara snatched out of the air. Another came on a pass from Jeffries, who popped the ball up into the air for freshman forward Sahara Searle, but Searle's shot went straight to Nakahara.

PAC-FIVE 4, CAMPBELL 0

Senior midfielder Ashley Medcalf scored two goals, freshman midfielder Samantha Hyde and freshman midfielder Nicole Craig each added one.

"It's what we wanted," Pac-Five assistant coach Dave Barker said. "It was nice to take control early in the game."

He also liked that the Wolf Pack were able to rest their starters for both of their tournament games.

"That will really make a big difference," he said.

Medcalf scored on a header off a corner kick by senior forward Janelle Toner six minutes into the game.

Hyde scored five minutes later from inside the 18-yard box on a nice combination play by the Wolf Pack. Sophomore midfielder Christine Tamamoto dribbled in from the right sideline and passed it to Medcalf, who one-touched it to Hyde.

Medcalf scored five minutes into the second half on a 20-yard shot into the left side of goal.

Craig scored with 10 minutes left in the game on a cross from senior midfielder Brittney Hutchins, whose ball was blocked by the goalkeeper, but the ball bounced out of her arms and went directly to Craig.

CONSOLATION

KAPA'A 2, HAWAI'I PREP 1

Dominique Bartolo broke a 1-1 tie with her goal in the 69th minute for the Warriors. Hawai'i Prep took a 1-0 lead on Noelani Enos' goal in the 23rd minute, but Kapa'a's Brittney Carvalho tied the game two minutes later with her goal.

CHRISTIAN LIBERTY 1, ST. ANTHONY 0 (PK)

The Canefire outscored the Trojans, 3-2, in penalty kicks. Bre Becker, Olivia Long and Remi Wada scored for Christian Liberty, while Bree Montalvo and Whitney Williams scored for St. Anthony.

Reach Leila Wai at lwai@honoluluadvertiser.com.