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North can't crack long Jesuit streak By RANDY HAMMERICKSEN BEAVERTON -- Top-ranked Jesuit hasn't lost a girls soccer game in four years. The Crusaders' 84-game unbeaten streak continued at North Medford's expense Saturday in the Class 4A quarterfinals. The Crusaders punched in four goals in the opening 30 minutes and riddled the Black Tornado, 7-0, at Tualatin Hills Recreation Center. North Medford finished its season with a 12-3-1 record. Jesuit (17-0) advances to the semifinals Tuesday against North Eugene, a 2-0 winner over Centennial. During their unbeaten streak, the Crusaders have been tied twice and have won four straight state championships. They're tracking another title in 1998, with seemingly nobody standing in the way of disrupting their scoring machine or penetrating their air-tight defense. Jesuit smothered what had been a prolific North Medford offense. Senior forward Laura Schott led Jesuit with four goals, including three in the first half, as the Crusaders took a 4-0 lead. "We were really on today," said Schott. "Things were clicking from the start, and we were ready to play." North Medford went into the game knowing that senior forward Lu Crenshaw would not play because an ailing ankle hadn't responded to treatment as coach Dick Darcy had hoped. North then lost midfielder Julia Clark before the game with a knee injury suffered in warm-ups. To compound North's plight, midfiedler Kelsey Chamberlain was lost early in the game with a knee injury. "We were really hurting at that point," said Darcy. "But you have to keep playing. "It wouldn't have mattered if we had all of them, including Lu. (The Crusaders) are that good. I don't think I could coach Oregon State and beat Jesuit." Schott scored Jesuit's first, third and fourth goals. Midfielder Jenny Luisi scored the team's second goal. "I think we kind of let down after scoring the first four goals," said Jesuit coach Ken Skipper. "It's a natural reaction. We're trying to concentrate on getting better in games when we get big leads. We still have things to work on to get better." Schott has scored 33 goals this season in limited playing time. Since the Crusaders rarely are pressed and reserves play almost as much as the starters. Schott has scored 113 goals in her four-year career. Before Jesuit first admitted girls in the mid-1990s, four schools had strung together three straight title runs: Aloha 1977-79, Reynolds 1983-85, Beaverton 1986-88 and Tigard 1991-93. Jesuit's four-and-counting matches Aloha's record for the most overall titles. "You can't take anything for granted," said Schott, who has signed a letter of intent with California. "We can be beaten, if we're not ready to play. That's why we were so focused and ready to play today." Schott added her fourth goal to start the second-half scoring, and midfielders Heidi Egelhoff and Meaghan Loughlin added goals. "Our closest game was a 2-0 win over Crescent Valley," said Skipper. "And they didn't get a shot on goal in the whole game. So, we've had to learn to concentrate on continuing to play hard and focus on what we want to do." Jesuit thwarted North Medford scoring opportunities all day. North had limited shots, and when it did have a chance to score, the Crusaders' stopped the drives. North's Tennille Bennett managed to kick in a goal, but it was negated by an offside call. `We'll be back next year," said Darcy. "We only have three seniors, and we will be tough again." Midfielder Heather Johnson played a strong game, said Darcy, along with fullbacks Jamie MacLauchlan and Bethanie Bryant. "The effort was good in the back," said Darcy. "We started building for next year today. I feel good about the team because of the many kids coming back and a good group of young kids coming into the program next year." Today's Sports Index Mail Tribune Copyright� The Mail Tribune 1998, Medford,