Lions Come to Play, Beat Regents

Fri, Feb 2nd - For the second time in a week the the Lions of Oaks Christian played Regents of La Reina this time at Wildflower Park (LR's home site). The Lions set the tempo right from the start clearly dominating play throughout. The lions had a season high total number of fouls and a couple of yellow cards which is a result of the high level of intensity of which they played. Scoreless through the first half the girls, led by the seniors, huddled together for some motivational encouraging of each other. It must have done the trick because the Lions took the lead early into second half when Melissa Dahl scored her first goal of the season heading in a beautiful assist from Hannah MacKechnie's free kick. La Reina responded the next few minutes with a desperate intensity, but OC equalized the effort with some great play by Noelle Salter in goal. Then they reestablished their dominating paly and added a security second goal when Casey DaSilva assisted Kelly Johnson who took advantage of a clear look at the goal firing 30 yards out and beating the keeper to near post. Noelle had to faced a last minute surge by the Regents. Noelle made several combination saves including one series just before the final whistle.

Two more games remain to the regular season, at Santa Paula on Monday and hosting St Bonaventure on Wednesday. OC needs one win to clinch although could qualify with less. Monday they will play to clinch a playoff berth and Wednesday they will play for revenging their previous loss to StB. Stat to note...OC has a won seven straight rematches versus D5 opponents that had beat the Lions in the previous match.
Watch out Seraphs, here come the Lions!