Torrey Pines falls to Serra in CIF field hockey semi-finals (by Ken Grosse)

Post date: Nov 18, 2019 4:43:58 AM

How much did first-year Head Coach Courtney Spleen’s Torrey Pines field hockey team improve during the 2019 season? Let’s start on Sept. 10 when the youthful Falcons were routed, 9-0, by perennial section power Serra. Eleven days later the same two clubs tangled in tournament play and the Conquistadors again prevailed, this time 5-1.

Since that day, Torrey Pines regrouped, lost just one more game, were perfect (10-0) in winning the Avocado West League title and secured a No. 3 seed in the CIF Open Division bracket. Following a 1-0 quarterfinal triumph over Mission Vista, they came into Thursday’s CIF semi-final riding a 13-game winning streak. (more)