Torrey Pines overwhelms Poway, 3-0, in impressive CIF debut (by Ken Grosse)

Post date: Nov 16, 2018 6:30:28 AM

One week ago, the Torrey Pines field hockey team finished its regular season with a 2-1 loss to visiting Avocado West League rival Canyon Crest. The defeat left the Falcons 16-5-1 overall, dropped them into a tie with CCA for the Avocado West title and their play against the Ravens, a team they had defeated earlier in the season, was not exactly awe-inspiring. In fact, some were questioning the No. 3 CIF Open Division Championship seeding the Falcons were awarded two days later.

Suffice to say the seeding committee knew what it was doing and the lackluster performance against CCA was well back in the rearview mirror Tuesday night, Nov. 13, as Torrey Pines thoroughly dominated sixth-seed Poway, handing the visiting Titans a 3-0 CIF quarterfinal defeat which could have easily been worse. Busby had a simple explanation for her team’s turnaround. (more)