There was no time left on the clock when Leland's Kellee Gleed hammered home a goal to lift the Chargers to a thrilling 2-1 overtime win over Monta Vista last week in the Santa Teresa Division of the Blossom Valley Athletic League.

"It was just awesome," said Leland coach Kris Baker. "It was straight out of the movies."

"Time was ticking down and our timer was calling out the seconds," added the coach. "There were eight seconds remaining when a foul was called. We had a free hit from the short corner, and we took it to the top to Kellee."

"There was no time left when it went in," said Baker. "It was great—she did what she had to do."

The win helped the Chargers improve to 6-5-2 in the division and to 11-7-4 for the year.

Leland has hopes that the victory could be enough to get the Chargers into the Central Coast Section playoffs. Leland needed to beat league champ Saratoga on Nov. 4 and hope for a St. Ignatius loss the same day to get in.

The Chargers helped their own cause with a 1-0 win over SI last week. Jesse Talaugon scored the game's only goal to lift Leland to the win.

The locals came back two days later with the overtime win over Monta Vista. Jessie Kolte scored a second-half goal off a Liz Perez assist to tie the game 1-1, then Gleed won it in overtime.

Gleed, a senior, is one of three co-captains on the Leland squad this fall. Seniors Jenna Ramona and Deepi Mann are other captains.

Kolte tops a list of promising freshmen at Leland, and junior Kelly Quane is an "awesome defender," said Baker. The coach also singled out goalkeepers Sara Boring, a junior, and Taylor Bailey, a sophomore, for their play.

Leland started the season strong with a second-place finish in the Willow Glen Jamboree, but the Chargers struggled in the first half of the league season.

"If we had started our turn-around just a game or two earlier, our chances [of making the playoffs] would be better," admitted Baker. "But we're real close—we're right up there. We'll just have to wait and see."

Baker is encouraged by a strong crop of young players in her program.

"Field hockey is becoming more of an outside sport, instead of just high school," she said, referring to outside camps and club teams. "So players are coming in with experience."