Though there was torrential rain late Monday afternoon, the weather cleared up in St. Louis Park for a Metro West Conference doubleheader as the Orioles hosted the Bloomington Kennedy Eagles with the boys winning 4-1 and the girls recording a 2-0 shutout.
Umbrellas were out in the St. Louis Park stadium bleachers as the boys game opened with wet weather and closed with two consecutive goals from David Benjamin that led the St. Louis Park Orioles to a 4-1 win over the Bloomington Kennedy Eagles.
The Orioles came into the game with an unanswered goal streak at 17 but it would come to an end on Diego Perez's rebound goal to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead. However, the lead would be short lived as Randy Mayele would score from the left side to tie the game at one to end the first half scoring.
St. Louis Park would put the game away in the second half with three straight goals. Mayele would assist on two of them. He would center the ball to Nikolas Pantazides in the center slot and he would put the Orioles ahead 2-1. On the second goal, Mayele had another good centering pass, this time to Benjamin and he would tally with 13:00 remaining. Benjamin would score his second goal off a pass from Thomas Salamzadeh and that would end the scoring.
The Orioles extended their winning streak to seven games and improve their record to 7-0-1. They return to action on Thursday, September 20 against the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars at 7 PM at Bloomington Stadium. The Eagles ended a two game winning streak and fell to 4-4-1. They will also be in action on the 20th as they head up to New Hope to face the Cooper Hawks at 7 PM.
On to the girls game as the Orioles broke a scoreless tie with two second half goals to beat the Bloomington Kennedy Eagles 2-0.
Neither team would erase the zeros from the scoreboard in the first half. In the second half, the Orioles took the lead as Anna Jennisen sent the ball up field and in went off Alma Beaton and into the net. St. Louis Park suffered a blow in the second half when freshman goalkeeper Sophia Romero left the game due to an injury. She would be replaced in the net by Zio Leon Vega. Vega would make her presence known with a couple of key save that would keep the Orioles ahead. They would add an insurance goal after Kennedy goalkeeper Madeline Hergott blocked Aliviah McClinton's shot and as Hergott was playing far out of the net, McClinton dribbled the ball toward the left side of the goal and found the opening to put the ball in the net.
Both teams will be back in action on the 20th. The Orioles improved their record to 4-3-2 and will play at Bloomington Jefferson at 4:45 PM. The Eagles fell to 1-3-3 and will also head for New Hope to face the Cooper Hawks at 5 PM.
Between games, the 2018 St. Louis Park Homecoming court was presented with Daniel Cummins named king sand Jayda Witherspoon queen.
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