Trevians scramble for OT win

Good soccer teams create their good luck, and that’s what New Trier did Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Pepsi Showdown presented by the Chicago Sun-Times at Oak Park.

Trailing for the first time all season, the No. 2 seeded Trevians (6-0) rallied late to edge upset-minded Homewood-Flossmoor 2-1 in overtime and advance to next Saturday’s semifinals, also at Oak Park.

Sophomore Dani Fraelick notched the game-winner with 4:47 left in the extra session. Alicia Johnson sent a free kick from 58 yards out into the H-F penalty area, where a streaking Anna Keefer fired a shot at keeper Emily Oliver.

Oliver blocked the shot but couldn’t control it, and in the ensuing scramble Fraelick scored.

‘‘Anna Keefer was in there, and she played it,’’ Fraelick said. ‘‘It hit the keeper, but we were both ready for the rebound and it popped right to me and I flicked it and I think it went through someone’s legs.’’

New Trier, found itself trailing 50 seconds into the second half when the eighth-seeded Vikings (3-2) caught the Trevians napping on a free kick.

Melanie Coderre faked a shot and ran to the right wing, where Chelsea Jones’ pass found her unguarded. Coderre beat keeper Caroline Kerr with a 12-yard shot.

New Trier attacked relentlessly after that, but Oliver made two great saves. First, she knocked Jane Voris’ six-yard shot around the left post with 19:00 left, then she dived to her right to stop Jessie Wall’s 28-yard free kick.

But the Trevians tied it with 5:45 left on a fluke goal when Amber Fry’s free kick from just outside the right side of the box was deflected past Oliver by a defender.

‘‘We knew she was a strong keeper, but we just said we’ve got to take low shots, follow up everything and if we play with intensity we’ll get it,’’ Fraelick said. ‘‘Once we got that goal, we just beat them with our intensity.’’

New Trier’s semifinal opponent is No. 3 seed St. Charles North (3-0), which ended 12th-seeded Hersey’s Cinderella run with a 2-0 victory. Sophomore Alyssa Peterson scored in the first half off a pass from Leah DeMoss and set up Ashley Capone’s header with 19:41 left in the second half.

The other semifinal will pit top-seeded Wheaton North against No. 5 York. Wheaton North (7-1) defeated Wheaton Academy 3-1, and York (5-0) knocked off No. 4 Maine South 2-1 on a goal by Colleen Sestan with 48 seconds left.