Thursday, May 4, 2017

SLP Orioles Clobber Cooper Hawks

After starting the season 0-3, the St. Louis Park Orioles have finally put things together as SJ, Anna Roethler and Talia Simonett scored hat tricks to lead the host Orioles to a 14-1 rout of the Cooper Hawks Thursday night.

The Orioles got out of the chute early after an inside foul on the Hawks awarded a free shot to Sarah McCallon and the freshman scored :50 into the game.  Roethler would put the Orioles up by two with a center slot goal and the scoring barrage had just begun for St. Louis Park as they would score nine more unanswered goals that would include two more from Roethler.  Also striking twice were SJ, who also picked up two assists.  Simonette would also add a pair of goals and she picked up an assist on the next goal when she made a centering pass to SJ that resulted in a goal.  McCallon would score her second goal off a pass from Rose Colacino and Dania El Ghandour would also tally.  But there would be no shut out for the Orioles as Samarah Ballard would score with 3:18 left in the first half and the Orioles took an 11-1 halftime lead.

With a ten goal lead entering the second half, the remainder of the game was played in running time.  The Orioles moved the ball around, taking time off the clock and also put the ball in the net three times.  Simonett would open the scoring and made some really good passes to set up the last two goals.  The first was to Grace Lynch and the final goal was scored by Anna Nicholls.

The Orioles improved their record to 2-3 and host the Hutchinson Tigers on Monday, May 8 at 7 PM.  The game was rescheduled from April 27 due to the frigid weather in the St. Louis Park area.  In their last two games, St. Louis park has outscored their opponents 32-6.  The Hawks fell to 0-4 and host the Hermantown/Proctor Stealth on Friday, May 5 at 7 PM.

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