It was the first of back to back home doubleheaders for the St. Louis Park soccer teams Thursday night as the Orioles hosted the Cooper Hawks with the girls shutting out the Hawks 1-0 and the boys with a 2-0 victory over Cooper.
The girls opened up the festivities and got a second half goal from Samantha Baer 5:17 into the second half to lead St. Louis Park to a 1-0 win over Cooper.
Neither team erased the zeros from the scoreboard in the first half. The Hawks suffered a loss early in the game when goalkeeper Dayja Schwichtenberg left the game due to an injury. She was replaced Aryanna Jiron.
In the second half, the Orioles got a break as Jiron was playing far out of the net. Baer found an opening on the right side of the net and put the ball in the goal. It would turn out to be the game's only goal.
St. Louis Park improved their record to 5-4 and will host the Minneapolis South Tigers on Friday, September 23 at 7 PM. Cooper fell to 5-3-2 and hosts the Chanhassen Storm on Tuesday, September 27 at 7 PM.
Now to the boys game as the Orioles got a goal in each half to beat the Hawks 1-0.
The Orioles, playing without six players due to injuries, including goalkeeper Felix Hengel and senior co-captain Daniel Decker had to bring up six players from the junior varsity team. No problem for St. Louis Park in the first half as Zinedine Kroeten would score from the left corner and they would lead 1-0 at halftime.
One of the junior varsity players got a shot to score as Sam diamond was award a free kick. But his shot went off a four player Cooper wall. St. Louis Park came up big on defense as goalkeeper William Phelan saved Eddie Ogamba's shot. The Orioles would clinch the win on a center slot goal from Miguel Ocampo with 27:36 left in regulation time.
St. Louis Park improved their record to 3-5-1 and hosts the Minneapolis South Tigers on Friday, September 23 at 5 PM. Cooper lost their eighth straight game and fell to 2-8. The will host the Chanhassen Storm on Tuesday, September 27, also at 5 PM.
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