A pair of shutouts, one in dramatic fashion highlighted the host St. Louis Park Oriole soccer team's doubleheader sweep of the Chaska Hawks Thursday night.
First up was the girls as Rafferty Kugler scored a goal and assisted on another to lead the St. Louis Park Orioles to a 3-0 win over the Chaska Hawks.
It was Kugler who came close to getting the Orioles first goal but Hawks goalkeeper Grace Northamer went north of the net to make an outstanding save. But Kugler did give St. Louis Park the early lead after she got a pass from Ava Bishop and the ball rolled into the net. The Oriole would wrap up the first half scoring as Northamer played far out of the crease and Rachel Young found an opening to place the ball in the goal to increase their halftime lead to 2-0.
St. Louis Park would add a goal to their ledger in the second half when Kugler made a centering pass to Ellie Kent and she lined the ball toward the net.
The Orioles improved their record to 4-1 and return to action on Tuesday, September 12 against the Bloomington Kennedy Eagles at 7 PM at Bloomington Stadium. The Hawks fell to 1-4 and will also be in action on the 12th, hosting the Bloomiington Jefferson Jaguars at 7 PM.
In the boys game, junior Zinedine Kroeten had his moment of zen, scoring the game winning goal with :02.9 remaining in the second overtime to lead the Orioles to a 1-0 double overtime win over the Hawks.
Neither team would score in 80 minutes of regulation time. Both goalkeepers, Eddie Munoz of the Hawks and William Phelan of the Orioles made outstanding saves to keep the game at 0-0. Phelan made a key save on Kevin Senica's shot and Abe Oliveras' shot went wide. Senica had a chance to put Chaska ahead with a free kick but Phelan made the stop.
It was on to overtime and just when you thought the fans were about to see the game end in a scoreless tie in the second overtime, it would end on a right side shot by Kroeten with :02.9 left to clinch the win for St. Louis Park.
Kroeten gave his reaction scoring the game winner. "I just wanted to score a goal for NCG (his friend) and JOTP." JOTP is the club team Kroeten plays for in the offseason.
The Orioles improved their record to 3-2 and head up I-94 on Saturday, September 9 to take on the St. Cloud Tech Tigers at 1 PM at Husky Stadium on the St. Cloud State University campus. The Hawks drop to 2-2 and host the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars on Tuesday, September 12 at 5 PM.
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