

“They got some good steals that led to a couple of counters,” said Flynn, whose father, Joe, was a standout baseball player at Harbor High and Santa Clara University. Briana Livingston added two goals, Tasaria Kilpatrick had one goal and four assists and Mia Raimondi had one goal and one assist. Flynn had three goals - giving her 163 on the season - and two assists. Senior goalie Cathryn Perry made 10 saves for the Knights and she got plenty help from her teammates, like Stephens and Healey, who kept a hand up on defense and made field blocks.Įvelyn Burns led the Chargers with four goals and two assists. Juniors Olivia Harris and Addison Lane, and sophomore Summer Stelck each added a goal. Sophomore Kayla Matthies scored three goals for the Knights. (Two other SCCAL teams - Santa Cruz and Aptos - will will square off in the CCS D-II championship Saturday.) That was the last loss for the Knights, the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s regular season and tournament champion.

23, when the Knights suffered a 10-6 loss to the 11-time section champion. Soquel and the Gators squared off in the third-place match at the NorCal Invitational at SHP on Oct. Soquel High’s goalkeeper Cathryn Perry blocks a shot in the second period of the CCS Open Division semifinals against Leland on Tuesday at Saint Francis High in Mountain View. 1 seed Sacred Heart Prep (26-2) at San Benito High at 10:25 a.m. They’ll look to earn their first title Saturday against No. With the win, the Knights (24-3) advanced to their fourth section title game since 2013. “Communication on offense really helped us knowing where to go, for us to set picks, and do drives until one of us gets open.” “I think us just working as a team, working together really helped us catch up,” said Kelsey Matthies, the Knights’ Arizona State-bound senior. We’re just so excited.”Īfter Stanford University-bound Jenna Flynn put the Chargers up 6-2 with 4:07 remaining in the second quarter, the Knights tightened up their defense, counter-attacked and exploded for five unanswered goals in a span of 1 minute and 25 seconds for a one-goal lead. “We’re ecstatic,” said Knights senior co-captain Deijah Stephens. For instance, most of their players practiced in the ocean during the last spring, when school facilities were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 3 Chargers.Īfter all, in addition to challenging themselves with a brutal nonleague schedule this season, the prepared Knights have been in scarier waters - literally. 2 seed Knights, who calmly and cooly rallied for a 16-11 victory over the No. The match was another day at the beach for the No. MOUNTAIN VIEW - Soquel High’s girls water team didn’t flinch when it faced a four-goal deficit against Leland early in the second quarter of the Central Coast Section Open Division semifinals on Tuesday night at Saint Francis High.
