Citizen Staff Writer
ROUNDUP
RAYMOND SUAREZ
rsuarez@tucsoncitizen.com
No. 3 Mountain View blanked 4th-seeded Sunnyside 4-0 Wednesday night at Tucson High in the Class 5A-II Southern Region soccer quarterfinals.
Kerri Lenihan scored for Mountain View in the 38th and 73rd minutes.
The Mountain Lions will play No. 2 Rincon/University in a semifinal Friday at Tucson High at 4 p.m.
In the 5A-I Southern Region quarterfinal, Sierra Vista Buena defeated No. 4 Casa Grande 2-1 in overtime at Tucson High.
Stephanie Combs scored for the Colts in the 34th minute. The Cougars responded in the 42nd minute with a goal from Ashton Graham on an assist from Tiffany Tevenal.
In overtime, Sarah Hansen secured the win for Buena with her goal in the 90th minute.
Buena plays No. 2 Tucson High on Friday at 6 p.m.
The championship games for the 5A-I and 5A-II Southern Region soccer tournaments – boys and girls – will be played at Tucson High on Saturday.
Boys soccer
The 4th-seeded Salpointe Lancers get a shot at redemption for a regular-season loss when they face No. 2 Sierra Vista Buena at 4 p.m. Thursday at Tucson High in the 5A-I Southern Region semifinal.
Buena beat Salpointe 2-1 on Jan. 20.
In the 5A-II Southern Region semifinal Thursday at 6 p.m., No. 3 Sunnyside plays No. 2 Mountain View at Tucson High.
The Mountain Lions defeated Sunnyside 3-2 in their regular- season game Jan. 20.
Girls basketball
Tanque Verde protected its home floor Wednesday night, pulling away just enough in the second half to defeat Immaculate Heart 34-31.
The Hawks outscored the Knights 9-4 in the third quarter and were able to hang on in the fourth quarter for the three-point win.
Kristin Cray scored 10 points for Immaculate Heart.