CARMEL VALLEY ---- After her last save, Jahna Jordan looked up, spied her teammates and there was a moment where no one said anything.

A few seconds later, it finally hit.

Jordan's last save, just her third of Thursday's CIF San Diego Section Division I semifinals, was the biggest of the game because it handed Fallbrook High a 1-0 victory over Torrey Pines.

And it also gave the No. 3 seeded Warriors (19-6) a berth in Saturday's championship match at Scripps Ranch against No. 1 San Pasqual, a 2-0 winner over Rancho Buena Vista in the other semifinal game.

This will be Fallbrook's first trip to the finals since losing to La Costa Canyon in 2004. Fallbrook's last CIF title was in 1991.

Jordan, a junior goalie, gave up a goal to Stephie Cowles after the first two strokes missed. The first one was wide and the second one hit the post.

"At that point, you know it's not going to be your night,'' Torrey Pines coach Kari DiGiulio said. "Fallbrook dominated the game and we did everything we could to make it to strokes.''

When Melissa Maultsby converted her backhanded stroke shot, the Warriors had a 3-1 lead and it all came down to Jordan's next save.

She dove to her right and blocked Sophie Edelman's shot, prompting that moment of silence before the Warriors piled on top of Jordan.

"Are you kidding me?'' said Jordan about the silence after her save, the first one since getting two in the first half. "Did this really just happen?

"We've lost to Torrey Pines so many times over the years I can't believe we pulled it out.''

Tied 0-0 after regulation, the seven-on-seven 10-minute overtime and the sudden-death 10-minute seven-on-seven period, Fallbrook converted its first two penalty strokes by Lauren Hughey and Christine Russell.

That put the pressure on Jordan, who failed in stroke play just a few weeks ago against the Falcons on the same field.

This time, she got the one save she had to have.

"Last time here I let my nerves get the best of me,'' Jordan said. "I kept letting shots bounce into the net.

"I thought if it's meant to be that we win here, then it's meant to be.''

The tempo of the game was such that Fallbrook should have gained the final spot much earlier, but the Warriors failed to convert an 18-7 edge in short corners.

Falcons goalie Heather Schlesier kicked out nine other shots for the No. 2 Falcons (16-8-1).

"We had enough scoring chances for a couple of games,'' Fallbrook coach Kathy Waite said. "I thought we had the potential to do this before the season.

"I kept wondering if it would happen as the game wore on. Stopping their first two strokes brought Jahna's confidence back. She was so strong.''

Fallbrook has now won three straight games since dropping a 1-0 decision at San Pasqual on Nov. 6. Fallbrook also dropped a 2-0 game at home to the Eagles on Oct. 21.

"Saturday is going to be so much fun,'' Jordan said. "I'm very, very excited now.''

Contact staff writer Terry Monahan at 760-739-6648.