from theledger.com

DAVENPORT | Haines City girls soccer coach Alicia Manautou admitted she felt like she was having at least a few heart attacks on the sidelines during the Hornets' Class 4A-District 9 quarterfinal match with Ridge Community.

Much like her Hornets though, Manautou lived to fight another day.

The sixth-seeded Hornets got two goals from Cynthia Baraja and heart-stopping play from goalkeeper Sara Castro as they avenged two blowout regular-season losses to the Bolts with a 4-2 victory Tuesday night at Ridge.

Haines City will next play Kathleen, which rolled past Tenoroc, 8-0, in an earlier quarterfinal.

Most of Manautou's anxiety emanated from the play of Castro, who frequently challenged and beat Ridge players to loose balls most of the night.

Castro made 15 saves including two that ended up saving the match in the second half. Castro, at the last second, turned away Maite Calixte's hard shot that was bound for the top left corner of the goal midway through the second half that would've tied the game. Castro also turned in point-blank stop on Jenna Carey. The goaltender misplayed a ball that bounced over her head and off the top of the post and turned around just in time to see Carey try to deflect the ball into the goal, but Castro stopped it and preserved the Hornets' lead.