It was Tara Worley’s fifth straight Southeastern district tournament title.

It was the capper of Worley’s fifth straight regular season championship.

It was the 100th victory of Worley’s seven-year career at Lakeland.

But after the Worley girls defeated Nansemond River 6-0 in the tourney final Friday at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex, Worley still wasn’t completely contented.

&uot;I think we’ve gotten stuck at regional semifinals for so many years that we won’t be satisfied until we get to the next level,&uot; said Worley, whose girls have come within a game of state competition for the past four years. They’ll play Granby Tuesday in the first round of Eastern Region competition. Should Lakeland win, they’ll play in the semis for a chance to become the first Suffolk high school to get to states.

Stephanie Owen slapped in two goals and Lindsey Cutchins had two goals and two assists to finish out a tournament Most Valuable Player-winning performance.

&uot;We really have to prepare (for regionals),&uot; said Cutchins, who had two assists in her team’s 6-1 defeat of Western Branch in the first round of the tournament Wednesday. &uot;Before every game, we sit on the bus for five minutes, visualizing what we want to do. We need to practice a lot. We’re ready to go to the state championships.&uot;

Owen got her first goal just over 10 minutes in on a Chelsey Salmon assist. About 10 minutes later, Salmon passed to Klee, who shot a pass to Cutchins in the center. Cutchins sent the ball back to Klee, who slipped a shot into the right side of the net for a 2-0 halftime lead.

Six minutes into the second half, Salmon took an assist from Klee for a goal. With 10 minutes to go, Salmon came in from the right side and passed to Cutchins in the center for a 4-0 lead. Cutchins scored again with 3:27 left, and sent an assist to Owen at the 1:17 mark.

Because River took second in the tournament, and the regular season, they’ll also move to regional competition, battling Maury Tuesday at the Sportsplex.

jason.norman@suffolknewsherald.com