SLP Orioles Clobber Cooper Hawks

It's been a big week for St. Louis Park junior Sarah McCallon.  For the second time in two games, she scored five goals and added two assists to lead the host Orioles to a 14-2 rout of the Cooper Hawks Thursday night.

If you missed the first five minutes because you were stuck in rush hour traffic, you missed a lot of white balls entering the Hawks net as St. Louis Park scored seven goals.  McCallon would account for four of them, including the first coming from an inside pass by Grace Lynch :44 into the game.  Lynch would score the second goal as the Orioles tallied five times in a span of 1:59.  Halle Weinmann would also score as well as Anna Nicholls, who also assisted on McCallon's fourth goal.  But it wasn't just the starters who contributed to the offensive onslaught.  Two freshman would also get credited for goals.  The first was Emilia Johnson, followed by Ryan Rasmussen :24 later.  Grace Schultz would score on a free shot to send the game into running time due to the ten goal lead.  She would score her second goal as the used speed, finesse and footwork to get the ball into the slot.  A junior varsity call up also contributed late in the first half as Luna Labell would put the Orioles up by a dozen with 1:54 left on the first half.  Fortunately, for Cooper fans who made the trip from New Hope, Crystal and Robbinsdale, there would be no shut out as Anna Palony would find the net and St. Louis Park led at halftime 12-1.

With the game still in running time in the second half, there wasn't a lot of scoring.  The Orioles moved the ball around and took time off the clock as Nicholls scored off a pass from McCallon.  The Hawks would get their second goal when Stephine Sorenson scored on a free shot and that would wrap up the cooper scoring.  St. Louis Park would add one more goal, the fifth of the game from McCallon with 8:31 to go.

The Orioles improved their record to 4-2 and head to Chaska on Monday, May 6 to face the Hawks at 7 PM.  The Cooper Hawks fell to 1-5 and won't return to action until Tuesday, May 14 when the host Chaska at 7 PM.