Undefeated Oviedo stays atop rankings
A trio of state-ranked girls soccer teams top the latest Sentinel Super Six entering region final games tonight.
Wins for Oviedo and Lake Nona would set up an all-Central Florida Class 5A state semifinal Friday between schools sharing the same nickname: Lions.
Oviedo, No. 2 in both the state and national winter rankings by TopDrawerSoccer.com, is on the road against Gainesville Buchholz. No. 14 Lake Nona hosts Palm Harbor University.
Montverde Academy, ranked No. 4 in the state, earned close wins in the first two rounds of Class 4A region play. The Eagles reached the 2A state final a year ago.
The season is over for Winter Park, Timber Creek and Lake Mary.
Trinity Prep, which enters the Second Six after knocking out Bishop Moore on penalty kicks in a 2A region semifinal, hosts Gainesville P.K. Yonge in a region final.
Teams are listed with previous ranking, if different, and current W-L records in parentheses:
No. 2 team in Top Drawer Soccer’s winter national rankings now has 20 shutouts after wins against Dr. Phillips and Lake Mary.
Eagles, ranked No. 4 in state, defeated Viera on penalty kicks and won 2-1 over Melbourne in region semis.
Lions moved to No. 14 in state after 2-1 OT win vs. nationally-ranked Lithia Newsome and 1-0 win vs. Plant City in quarterfinals.
Wildcats, who beat Timber Creek in regular season, missed out on regionals after losing in district semis to Lake Nona.
Season ends for Wolves with back-to-back losses to Lake Nona (3-1) in district final and Newsome (5-0) in region opener.
Rams defeated Apopka 7-0 in region quarterfinal before losing to Oviedo for third time this season, 3-0, in semifinals.
Bishop Moore (13-6-4); Port Orange Spruce Creek (14-3-2); Apopka (16-7-1); Dr. Phillips (17-3-1); Trinity Prep (12-8-1); Harmony (16-4-2).