The Hemet girls’ soccer team advanced to the CIF State SoCal Division 4 Regional championships Saturday, March 4, and squared off against the same opponent they faced in CIF Southern Section championship match they played one week prior, the Crean Lutheran Saints. The Bulldogs were one of four teams from Southern California to do so, which included the Carter and Ramona girls’ soccer teams and the San Gorgonio boys’ soccer team.
While No. 5 seeded Hemet (19-3-3) suffered a 1-0 loss to Crean Lutheran in the Southern Section Division 5 championship Saturday, Feb. 25, they were hungry to get back on the field to prove they were the better team. In the Regional playoffs, the Bulldogs took out Monte Vista of Spring Valley 3-1, and would score three goals in the second half to knock off top seeded El Rancho of Pico Rivera, 4-1. The two wins got them the rematch they worked so hard for, and they did not disappoint.
Putting an exclamation point on their season, Hemet defeated the No. 3 seeded Saints 2-0, and they did so on the road, a feat that they did not accomplish the first time they met.
The roster for Hemet, with position and grade, includes: Iraima Ramos GK (9), Janett Vazquez F (11), Jordynn Carlisle D (10), Bridget Arnold F (12), Presley Searl M (12), Tyariz Hernandez M (11), Makenna O’Neal D (12), Natalie Arnold D (12), Olivia Uribe M (12), Melissa Tenorio M (11), Priscilla Ramirez F (10), Katelyn Rathbone F (10), Izabella Davis D (10), Stephanie Cabello M (11), Kennedy Estanislao M (12), Denise Cortes M (11), Allyson Jamisola M (10), and Reece Powers GK (10). Coaches: Craig Dwinnell and Steve Strutz. (As listed on MaxPreps, and the CIF State program guide)
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