Carmel likes the name of that Tune

Ian Tune dealt with a torn quadriceps muscle for most of the soccer season and missed numerous games for Carmel Catholic.

He worked his way back into Carmel's lineup just in time for the playoffs and made his presence felt Tuesday.

Tune scored the game-winning goal in the third overtime, as the No. 15 seed Corsairs upset third-seeded Stevenson 1-0 in the Class 3A Mundelein regional semifinal.

Carmel (11-11-3) will next play No. 6 Wheeling (15-6-2) at 1 p.m. Saturday for the regional final at Mundelein.

Tune took a pass from Drew Wycoff and sent a shot past Patriots keeper Brandon Olson and off a defender, scoring his fifth goal in the 105th minute.

"The goal ranks pretty high since we lost to Stevenson earlier in the season," Tune said. "We just believed in ourselves and believed in each other."

Carmel's game plan was to stifle Stevenson (11-3-5) and its dangerous offense.

"We wanted to keep it zeros as long as possible," Carmel coach John Halloran said. "I told the boys it will come down to one chance and we had to take advantage. Our defense did a great job and made Stevenson take shots from 25 yards out and didn't let Stevenson inside to get a good shot off. "

Carmel's Nick Sturm, Phil Gross, Kevin Quinn, Joe Monroe, Jack Stefanski and Shane Eimloth all helped shut down the Patriots. Keeper Lukas Manieri earned his sixth shuout, making 12 quality saves, including four in the first overtime.

"Every time a shot came to me, I just wanted to stay focused," Manieri said. "I was just watching the ball go into my hands each time. It all worked out in the end and I was lucky to get a shutout."

Stevenson experienced deju vu. The Patriots lost to Deerfield in the third overtime last year.

"It's been a little cruel the last two years," Stevenson coach Mark Schartner said. "There's no constructive thing we could do differently against Carmel.

"Carmel had one chance and we talked about them putting nine players back. They would counter against us with one great chance. Our chances didn't fall and it was one mistake. They had a good plan.

"We had a fantastic season and we shouldn't hang our heads down on it."

Wheeling 2, Mundelein 1: In the second game at Mundelein, the Widcats got first-half goals from Joel Del Toro and Sanjit Shah. Trevor Rubin picked up an assist.

"We just played the game that we normally play," Wheeling coach Ed Uhrik said. "We've got an attack-minded team."

Mundelein (9-9-5) got its goal from Adam Reister off a Bryant Portillo assist in the final 13 seconds.

"It was a good soccer game," Mundelein coach Dave Ekstrom said. "We had some chances early and we couldn't put it in."