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Going for the Goal: Presentation's Aubrey Ellzey (right) scored two goals for the Panthers in a 3-1 win over Notre Dame-Belmont in the CCS semifinals.
Photograph by Paul Myers
Panthers wind up second in CCS soccer
Presentation reaches basketball semifinals
By Dick Sparrer
Just getting to the finals in Central Coast Section championship play is quite an accomplishment for any team. But getting there and winning it all is the ultimate achievement.
The Presentation girls soccer team achieved one accomplishment, but not the other when the Panthers made it to the CCS Division II championship game, only to lose a 3-2 heartbreaker to Harbor in overtime.
The Panthers earned their place in the finals with a 2-0 win over Palo Alto and a 3-1 victory over Notre Dame-Belmont. Once there, Presentation matched Harbor goal for goal in regulation, but the Pirates scored in overtime to claim the CCS championship.
Taylor Numann scored two goals to help push the title game to its limits. The clubs were locked in a 2-2 at the end of regulation before the Bucs won it in OT.
Presentation earned its place in the championship match with a convincing 3-1 win over Notre Dame-Belmont in the semifinals. Junior midfielder Aubrey Ellzey had two goals and an assist to lead the Panthers to the important win.
Belmont knocked in a first-half goal to lead 1-0 at intermission, but Ellzey knotted the game 1-1 with an unassisted goal early in the second half.
Ellzey scored off assists from sophomore Nicki Nigos and senior Jennifer Tuttle to give the Panthers the lead, then Nigos scored off an Ellzey assist to give Presentation an insurance goal.
Goals by Tuttle and sophomore Amanda Brandt had given the Panthers a 2-0 win over Palo Alto in the first round of the playoffs.
Presentation finished the season 12-5-6 overall.
Panthers in semi's
The Presentation girls basketball team opened the CCS Division III playoffs with back-to-back wins over El Camino and Seaside to advance to the semifinals against Burlingame on Feb. 27, 6 p.m., at Valley Christian in San Jose.
The Panthers, 18-9 for the year, opened the playoffs with a 65-40 win over El Camino, then crushed Seaside 66-19.
Burlingame (27-3) had beaten Los Altos 51-28 and Terra Nova 54-45 to move on to the CCS semi's.
The winner of Wednesday's game will move on to the CCS Division III championship game on March 2, 2 p.m., at Santa Clara University's Leavey Center. Santa Cruz (21-7) and Sacred Heart Cathedral (20-7) meet in the other semifinal game on Wednesday at Valley Christian.
Nicole Yarwasky tossed in 18 points and Liz Cerone and Katie Mello added 11 apiece to lead the Panthers to the important win over El Camino in the CCS opener.
Presentation outscored EC in every quarter on the road to the 25-point victory.
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