Girls soccer: Terra Linda wins first section title on game’s last kick

Prep girls soccer playoffs: Benicia’s season ends in extra time heartbreaker

SAN RAFAEL — Soccer is a game of highs and lows. On Saturday, the Benicia High School girls soccer team experienced a bit of both. After scoring a late equalizer to send the North Coast Section Division IV championship match to extra time, the Panthers conceded an own goal in stoppage time of the second overtime period to suffer a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to Terra Linda. “We had nerves that were on us, which is going to happen because it’s not lik…

Girls soccer: Terra Linda wins first section title on game’s last kick

The Terra Linda High girls soccer team made history on Saturday in about the most dramatic way possible. The Trojans turned potential tragedy into triumph in the final minute of double overtime, successfully defending a dangerous Benicia free kick at one end then launching a counter attack that resulted in a corner kick that would serve as the last action of the game before penalties. Daisy Ruiz scored after the corner taken by Isabelle Rossetti…