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Wednesday, May. 19, 2010
|=20Collinsville stuns O'Fallon in soccer upset
Kahoks to meet winner of East-West contest = for regional=20 crown
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BELLEVILLE -- The Collinsville Kahoks were plagued by the little = things=20 during a mediocre regular season.
On Tuesday, those little things were fixed and how for the = Kahoks.
Senior Alexis Trybinski broke up a scoreless game with two = second-half goals=20 and the Collinsville defense didn't give nary an inch as the = fourth-seeded=20 Kahoks stunned top-seeded O'Fallon 2-0 in the semifinals of the Class 3A = Belleville West Soccer Regional.
A lightning-fast forward, Trybinski beat Panthers goalie Hanna Poteet = from 20=20 yards out with just over 28 minutes remaining in the game for the only = goal the=20 Kahoks (11-9) would need against the Panthers.
"I think a lot of times we've dominated games this year and then we'd = make a=20 little mistake and it would cost us," Trybinski said. "But I think we're = going=20 to fix that for this postseason. That's what we've been working on in=20 practice.
"I feel that our offense has been unlucky all season and so hopefully = all the=20 hard work that we've put in will pay off."
Trybinski added an insurance tally with under five minutes remaining = after a=20 steal and nifty pass from Madalan O'Leary as Collinsville advanced to = the=20 regional title game on Friday.
The Kahoks will take on the either second-seeded Belleville East = (10-9-1) or=20 third-seed Belleville West (11-11) at 5 p.m. Friday for the regional = title.
The East-West showdown begins at 4 p.m. today at Belleville West.
Collinsville, which lost to O'Fallon 4-1 during the regular season, = withstood=20 several hard shots from O'Fallon early. Freshman Lauren Knight had three = good=20 looks from 20 to 25 yards out while senior Jessie York also had two good = shots=20 on goal in the first half.
But O'Fallon (11-4-2) could never break through against a strong = Kahoks=20 defensive wall.
"Our four backs and the subs that got in there played well. They = played under=20 control and when they got in a wall, they had a good idea what they were = going=20 to do," Kahoks coach Ron Rowden said. "When we won the ball the balls in = the=20 back, we made a couple of nice outlet passes and were able to put the = ball in=20 the net."
The cat-quick Trybinski, who had four good scoring chances and was = stopped=20 from point-blank range by Poteet with under 30 seconds to go in the = first half,=20 got Collinsville on the scoreboard as she boomed a goal into the upper = left-hand=20 corner of the net.
"That's what we need from her, good senior leadership. She's one of = one our=20 offensive award winners for the year," Rowden said of Trybinski. = "Tonight she=20 put herself in a good position to score and she took advantage of those = chances=20 to put the ball in the back of the net."
O'Fallon, meanwhile, had trouble generating any kind of offense in = the second=20 half.
"We had our chances in the first half and a couple more in the = second. But=20 that wasn't how we normally played this year," said a very dejected = Panthers=20 coach Craig Dippel. "They (Collinsville) played well. They moved the = ball well=20 and we didn't do a very good job of adjusting today. I think maybe our = youth=20 showed today. We've got a lot of young kids."
Madalan O'Leary set up the Kahoks' second goal as she stole the ball = deep=20 inside Panthers territory and crossed to Trybinski who beat Poteet from = point=20 blank range.
"I thought we played very, very well as a team in all areas tonight," = Rowden=20 said. "Give our girls credit. They weren't happy just to be playing = here. They=20 came in here tonight with the purpose of winning a soccer game. It was = an=20 excellent effort by everyone."
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