No. 5 Colts advance to Round 3 with 2-1 win over CCSF; travel to No. 4 Folsom Lake

REDWOOD CITY – No. 5-seeded Cañada College moved a step closer to a trip to the state championships thanks to a 2-1 win in overtime at home over No. 12 City College of San Francisco on Saturday in a second-round game of the Northern California Regional Playoffs.

The Colts advance to Round 3 and will head north to play at No. 4 Folsom Lake College on Tuesday (Nov. 26) at 7 p.m. Cañada and Folsom Lake will be meeting for the second time this season. On Oct. 25, the Colts suffered a 3-1 loss in Folsom.

Folsom Lake played No. 13 Taft College to a 1-1 tie and advanced on a 4-2 victory in penalty kicks in its second-round game on Saturday. The Falcons enter Tuesday's contest with an 11-7-4 overall record.

90 minutes of soccer wasn't enough to decide a winner between Cañada and San Francisco on Saturday.

CCSF got on the board first with a goal in the 23^rd minute. The Rams held that lead all the way until late in the second half when Noah Lake knocked in the equalizer in the 83^rd minute to stave off a Colts' defeat.

And with time running out in the second OT period, Justin Galvez scored what proved to be the game-winner in the 115^th minute off the assists from Joshua Ramos Garcia. Goalkeeper Luis Evangelista totaled 6 saves for Cañada to earn the win.

The Colts improved to 13-3-6 overall with the victory. Two more wins are needed by Cañada to advance to the 3C2A State Championships on Dec. 6 & 8 at American River College in Sacramento.