QO defeats Whitman 1-0 in OT (2) to win 4A West Regional Final

And here are said details:

The game was played on the beautiful new turf field at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, MD. You could not ask for a more perfect venue for a Regional Final, and in fact the State Semi-final will be played on the same field.

All game long the Cougars possessed the ball extremely well, moving the ball around the field, playing our pattern possession style of play. The midfield was well connected with each other and the defense and forwards also were in top form. Chances and opportunities were plentiful for both teams, but we made it all the way through regulation to a 0-0 tie.

In the first OT period both teams continued much as they had for the previous 80 minutes with some slight pick-up in pace towards the end of the first OT.

The second OT got off to a rocking start as Junior forward Leah Prentice had an awesome run down the left side, cut in and blasted a ball off the crossbar! A minute later Whitman had a 1 v 1 with the Cougar keeper, and Senior Goal Keeper Amanda Whitney charged off her line to cut the angle and came up with a huge save to deny Whitman's goal! Seconds after that play te ball was expertly brought up field with a series of deft passes by Yvonne Latour, Emily D'Italia, Julie Starnes to Latour again, who fed Junior Ele Margelos, who beat her defender and drilled a left footed shot into the upper left corner of the Whitman goal! QO wins in the 2nd OT period 1-0!

Said Coach Keiller, "If it wasn't for our goalkeeper making a clutch save, we wouldn't have won that game, there were chances down the stretch to score for both teams."

State Semi Finals are Saturday at Richard Montgomery High School and Coach Keiller informs me that we are the home team! Go Cougars!