Sunrise Girls Win Two Championships in Title Town

(click for Gator Showcase u10 and u11 pictures)

U10s and U14s Win, U11s Make Finals

Gainesville, Florida (February 19, 2007) – Sunrise entered four teams in the Gator Showcase and took away trophies for two championships and one finalist. Both the u10 and the u14 Premier teams won the titles, the u11s finished as a finalist.

The u14 Premier team went a perfect 5-0 in the tournament. In preliminary play, the girls defeated Space Coast (2-0), NWFSC Force (5-1), and the host Gainesville Glory (1-0). That set up a semi-final match against PBU. This was another hard fought battle between the two teams, and Sunrise won on PKs 2-1. The final was against the Manatee Magic. Manatee advanced to the finals by tieing Naples and winning over PBU, Jacksonville and CGSA (Georgia). In the championship, Sunrise won 2-0.

For the tournament, Tatiana Penagus led the way with five goals, Haleigh Stremanos had three, Sarah Motta two and Melisa Camacho had one.

The u10s won the title in a rematch of the Orange Classic championship with a 5-2 win over West Pines. Sunrise had previously won the Orange Classic with a 1-0 score. Sunrise opened up the tournament with a win over a good Bay United Sharks team 4-1. The game was 2-1 at half but Sunrise scored two late in the game to put it away. The second game, played in 38 degree weather with a wind chill of 31 degrees at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, was against Space Coast. This was the second meeting between the two teams and Space Coast played terrific defense and the game ended in a 1-1 tie. Sunrise won the final game in bracket play with a 5-0 victory over Lanier Gold (Georgia).

In the championship against West Pines, Sunrise scored two goals in the first twelve minutes. Brittany Simpson scored on a shot almost from the corner that caught the inside of the back post and fell into the goal. Dallas Dorosy followed with a goal that also hit the inside of the same right post. Dorosy scored another ten minutes into the second half off of a beautiful cross from Julia Jaffe. Pines came back to make it 3-1 scoring on a corner kick. Sunrise made it 4-1 when Simpson’s long pass down field hit Jaffe in stride and put her in a 1v1 against the keeper. It became 5-1 when a Jaffe cross found Dorosy in the second six and she knocked it in. Pines scored a final goal in the closing minutes to end the game with a 5-2 Sunrise win.

The u11s had a very good tournament and finished 3-1, losing only in the championship game of the Gator Division. The team defeated the GSA Adrenaline and Auburndale, then was matched up against the CFU Extreme for what was effectively a semi-final game as both teams were 2-0. The game was very close but Sunrise managed to win 3-2 for a shot at TCU in the finals. The championship game was tied 1-1 until the final 15-minutes when TCU scored twice to win the game.

The u14 Select team finished 1-2 in the tournament.

The u11s and both u14 teams are in FLUGSA playoff action this weekend.