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Published October 29, 2009 05:29 am - MADISON TOWNSHIP — Comfort can go a long way for an athlete — and usually does. Streaks fall in a shootout Madison comes up just short in district semi against Mentor BOB ETTINGER Star Beacon MADISON TOWNSHIP — Comfort can go a long way for an athlete — and usually does.
The Mentor boys soccer team showed a lot of comfort in a tough situation and used it for a 3-2 shootout win over Madison in a Division I district semifinal at Madison on Wednesday. Mentor will play at Mayfield (who beat Brush, 5-1, on Wednesday) for the district championship on Saturday at 7 p.m. The Cardinals outshot the Blue Streaks, 4-2, in penalty kicks after the teams battled to a 2-2 tie through 110 minutes — 80 in regulation and 30 in two overtime periods. “(Penalty kicks) are the lousiest way to end a game,” Madison coach Chris Mullan said. “Those are part of what we do at practice. We were confident.” Mentor, shooting first, took a 1-0 advantage when Nick Canala hit the back of the net. Goalkeeper Zach Moscons then guessed right and stopped a shot by the Blue Streaks’ Brandon Grubb. Brandon Lindros then planted his shot in the net just before Moscons again made a save, this time on a shot by Madison’s Merritt Furpahs, and the Cardinals (11-7-1) held a 2-0 advantage in the shootout. “(Making the first two shots and stopping theirs) usually helps,” Mentor coach Brady Dean said. “It’s huge. “We do practice them a lot. At this point in the year, (a match) could go to a shootout. At one point in practice we made something like 10 in a row and Zach had stopped three or four in a row.” “It takes a whole lot of confidence (to make those saves),” Moscons said. We practice every day at it. I had a lot of confidence in our shooters, they have a lot of skill. I’m proud of the team. “My job is to save the penalty kicks. I pulled it out for us. The shooters did the same.” “Our first two were really worn down,” Mullan said. “We didn’t have so many subs. Merritt played with cramps (in his legs). “We didn’t strike (the shots) well and they did. When you don’t set the tone, bad things happen. They were more comfortable over the ball than we were.” The Cardinals took a 3-0 lead when Nathan Simko’s shot went into the back of the net. Eric Gavorski made it 3-1 when he tallied and Cody Sanders followed a miss by the Cardinals’ Keith Nedrah by making his shot to draw the Blue Streaks to within one, 3-2. 
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