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(May 22, 2012) - Dulles District co-champions Briar Woods and Tuscarora will meet for the fourth time on the season as they advanced to the finals of the district tournament with wins Tuesday night.
The top-seeded Falcons -- Briar Woods beat Tuscarora in penalty kicks in a one-game playoff for the top seed -- took care of Park View Tuesday, 4-1, while Tuscarora shut out Loudoun County, 2-0.
The two teams will meet Thursday at Briar Woods at 6 p.m. Park View will host Loudoun County in the consolation game Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Briar Woods (16-1-2) got two first half goals from junior Mateus Lacerda to lead 2-0 at the break. The first goal came with 24:10 left in the first half and then with 13:22 left.
In the second half, Briar Woods went up 3-0 with 33:26 left in the contest when sophomore Collin Verfurth played a great ball into the penalty area that sprung junior Michael Venkat free on the right side. Venkat calmly slotted the ball past the Patriot keeper for the 3-0 margin.
Park View missed several great chances to get on the scoreboard with a ball cleared off the line, a great save by Falcon keeper Nick Der-Hecopian and then a misfire on an open net from six yards out but the Patriots finally scored with 26:50 left when senior Willy Avila drilled a free kick into the back of the net at the far post from the edge of the 18.
Briar Woods ended any thoughts of a Park View comeback when sophomore Andrew Waldrip and senior Elliott Bostelman executed a textbook give-and-go with Waldrip passing to Bostelman and then receiving the ball back as he sprinted untouched past the Patriot back line. His easy finish with 13 minutes left made it a 4-1 final.
Tuscarora got goals from Dulles District Player of the Year junior Angel Ceron Garcia and junior Miles Davis. All district goalie Adam Kight earned the shut out for the Huskies.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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The goalkeeper for tonights game was Nick Der-Hacopian
ReplyDeleteSorry about that Nick ... Amazing save in the second half on that breakaway!
ReplyDeleteAdam went out at half time with a head injury
ReplyDeleteBriar Woods>>>>>>
ReplyDeleteWho played keeper in second half for Tuscarora .. I'll add him into the story ...
ReplyDeleteHere is an edited (for taste!)comment just posted: "Looks like everyone gets a trophy in the Dulles District, Since when have you ever heard of a CoChampionship! There is only one CHAMPION in the Dulles District and it's Briar Woods."
ReplyDeleteWhen I first started covering Dulles District I was surprised to learn that the winners and losers of 1-game playoffs after regular-season ties are both considered district champions. The 1-game playoff is for seeding purposes only for district and region ... so both schools will hang Dulles District regular-season title banners from their gym walls ...
BUT only one will hang a district tournament banner ... so Thursday should be fun!
p.s. Stop w/ the Snoop Dogg slang ... I'm not that old!
I have to agree - these two teams played twice in the regular season - Tuscarora beat Briar 1 - 0; Briar turned around and beat Tuscarora 2 - 0. Then they competed head-to-head in yet another game, which Briar Woods also won. Based on these stats, why Briar Woods is not named the outright District Champion is something that makes absolutely no sense!
DeleteDoes anyone know the start time for tonights game. 6pm or 7:45pm.
ReplyDeleteThanks
Soccer will follow the boys lax game which starts at 6 p.m. Soccer listed as 7:45 start ... assuming lax doesn't got OT and the weather doesn't turn iffy!
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