It's congested in there," Chamberlain said. "You can't get through a crowd like that."

Almost to perfection, the Indians won the ball in the midfield, got it out to the wings and worked it back toward the middle.

Still had nothing to show for it.

"We had so many opportunities," Venice senior Myra Jenkins said. "We just didn't finish it."

Chamberlain thought it was another chance squandered when Tori Bolyard worked the ball down the right side and crossed to Dana LaRocque, who clanged yet another shot off the post.

This time, though, Jenkins was charging in to follow up the rebound.

Jenkins' goal with 3:30 remaining in the second 10-minute overtime session ended the Class 5A-District 12 tournament and Lakewood Ranch's grasp of the trophy.

The Indians' 1-0 victory denied the Mustangs their sixth straight district title.

Playing in the regionals for the fourth time -- the first time since 1996 -- Venice (16-2-1) will be home to play Seminole (12-2-2), which fell in a 2-1 decision to Seminole Osceola, at 7 p.m. Thursday in the regional quarterfinals. Lakewood Ranch will visit Osceola at 7 p.m. Thursday.

"Tori crosses it in. Dana takes the shot. And nothing happens again," Chamberlain said. "All of a sudden this amazing jet player comes through and knocks it in. I didn't even see Myra coming in there."

Jenkins thought LaRocque's shot would cross the goal-line, but kept charging anyway.

After she scored, Jenkins didn't have the energy to scream.

"I just started crying," she said. "I've never been so happy before. I wish we did it earlier, because I'm a little bit tired now."

The Indians owned the action throughout the first 80 minutes, taking 23 shots and putting 12 on goal.

The Mustangs (17-3-1) had only two shots on goal and launched eight in regulation.

Come overtime, Lakewood Ranch sensed the match and another district title was there for the taking.

"In the overtime, we needed to push up more," Mustangs coach Guy Virgilio said. "We knew it was going to be one of those games where all you needed was one chance. Unfortunately, they got that chance."

"Their counter attacks were hurting us later in the game," Chamberlain said.

The Indians' ability to win most of the 50-50 balls in the midfield enabled them to control the action. Midfielders Tina Trujic, Colleen Murphy, Ariel Young and Jenkins were instrumental.

"They won the ball in the middle of the field. That's where they created everything," Virgilio said. "They had more players in the middle. Every time we kicked the ball, it went to them."

And every time Venice kicked it at the goal, it went off the cross bar, post or just wide.

"Deep down I knew we were going to pull through," Jenkins said.