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Hudson Scores Early, Shuts Out Zephyrhills

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By BART O'CONNELL, Tribune correspondent

Published: January 18, 2008

BROOKSVILLE - Hudson midfielder Lindsay Zullo stole Zephyrhills' first pass, out-ran the defense and scored her first of two goals 14 seconds into Thursday's Class 4A-District 8 quarterfinal, leading the top-seeded Cobras to a 4-0 victory and a berth in tonight's final at Nature Coast High.

Hudson (19-3-2) will face No. 2 seed Springstead (17-2-4), which beat Gulf 1-0 in double overtime, tonight at 7:30 p.m. The teams tied each other twice, both 0-0, in the regular season.

Zullo, who played with an ankle injury, scored her second goal in the 12th minute on a similar sprint down the right sideline. Kristen Jones and Brittany Maniatis added second-half goals, while keeper Jessie Imbimbo had eight saves to shut out the Bulldogs (12-9-4).

The Eagles' game-winner was scored by Taylor McKinney, redirecting a cross from Ashley Walker with her right foot. Springstead dominated the first-half against the Bucs (17-9-1), but Gulf appeared to be the less fatigued later.

Bart O'Connell

East Bay Falls To Sarasota In Semis

PLANT CITY - East Bay (12-2) struggled to create shots on goal as the Indians fell in 6A-8 district semifinals 2-1 to Sarasota (13-9-5).

East Bay struck first in the 24th minute on a 20-yard shot from Julie Rolfe from the edge of the penalty area. In total in the first half the Indians had a 9-4 advantage on shots on goal.

Sarasota tied the match in the 47th minute on a Sabrina Freeman shot, before the Sailors took the lead on a 25-yard effort from Brooke Anderson.

In the first match, Sarasota-Riverview (10-8-2) defeated Durant (6-10-2) 2-1 with a Rams' goal that followed less than two minutes from the Cougars game-tying goal deep in the second half.

The Rams first goal came in the sixth minute on a Paola Caceido free kick. Durant's tying goal came in the 73rd minute when Christina Faliero hit a cross to Nicole Grinnell, who drilled a shot into the back of the net. The tie was short-lived as the Rams put in the decider on a hard shot by Shelby Kelly.

Jarrett Guthrie

Bloomingdale, Newsome Advance

TAMPA - Stiff defense from both sides pushed the action to the middle of the field, as Bloomingdale defeated Freedom 1-0 in the Class 5A-District 8 semifinals.

A chip 15 feet from the goal by Susan Schwartz was the difference for the Bulls.

The victory puts Bloomingdale (12-3-2) in tonight's final against Newsome, a 3-0 winner against King in Thursday's late semifinal.

On Thursday, Aileen Herrera, marked Freedom's best scoring threat, Monique Lamotte, who was all but shut down.

Scott Purks

CLASS 2A-6: Seffner Christian took leads in the first and second half, but couldn't hold either as it was eliminated by Santa Fe Catholic, 3-2, in the district semifinals.

Bianca Lopez had given the Crusaders a 1-0 halftime lead before Santa Fe's Kelsey Martinez tied the game early in the second half. Seffner retook the lead in the 49th minute on Lopez's second of the game, but the Crimson Hawks' Katie Delgado scored nine minutes before full time to tie the game for a second time. Martinez added her second goal of the game soon after to eliminate the Crusaders from the postseason.

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