Toledo - Perrysburg head coach Jorge Diaz and Sylvania Northview head coach Rick Burgin are in very familiar territory - yes both these teams are a storied tradition in northwest Ohio as of late but tomorrow on the campus of Lake High School someone has to go home. Perrysburg (15-2-2) know this level very well as the last 4 years they have seen themselves in the Regional semifinal in 2011, winning the title in 2012 and advancing back to this same level here in 2014 - as for Northview they won their first Regional title and advanced to the State semifinal in 2011 (knocking out #1 Perrysburg 1-0)...but these teams want that chance to advance to the Elite Eight on Saturday at a site to be determined by the OHSAA. Both of these teams had to get by very tough opponents in the District final last Thursday with Perryburg holding off a pesky Anthony Wayne team that had won 11 straight games entering the final 1-0 on an Allex Brown goal and the Lady Kats had to go down to penalties to defeat Notre Dame Academy 2-1 (4-1 on kicks) in Findlay after senior Allison Rieger leveled the game with 20 minutes left in regulation. "At this juncture of the tournament we stress what it means to have success and play hard and show effort" said Perrysburg coach Jorge Diaz "We know this team very well and know that we have to play our best game to advance to the next match" - Perrysburg defeated the Lady Kats 2-0 on October 8th and have looked very strong all the way through. As for Sylvania Northview (13-4-2), the Lady Kats brutal regular season schedule has gotten them to this point and as they look to get to another Regional final it will take a quality game to knock off the NLL champions Perrysburg. Leading the way for the Jackets is senior veterans Allex Brown (FW) and Lindy DeLong (DF) - both of these young ladies know the moment and look to build to the strong body of work Perrysburg has put in these last 5 seasons - as for the Kats senior Allison Rieger has stepped up immensely with goals at the big moments of the game . Seniors Megan Kupetz and Hannah Creech have done a terrific job in controlling the middle for the Lady Kats and their strong defense and junior goalkeeper Kathleen Duwve have been tough to break down and concede a goal on Duwve. Both teams are very stout when it comes to defending and being organized - will be a terrific match on Tuesday night at Lake High School at 7PM and can be seen on tape delay on BCSN.
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