SLP Orioles Stomp SPA Spartans

 The St. Louis Park offense was as hot as the weather at game time and heating up was Ryan Rasmussen, who scored four goals and assisted on four others to lead the host Orioles to a 18-3 drubbing of the St. Paul Academy Spartans Thursday afternoon.  

The Orioles put the game away in the first half with ten unanswered goals.  Lilly Fandel Thompson began the scoring 3:00 into the half, followed by two straight goals from Rasmussen.  Ailish Fitzpatrick would score on a free shot to put St. Louis Park ahead by four.  Emilia Johnson would also factor into the Orioles equation.  She made a nifty pass to Rasmussen and she would get the hat trick.  Johnson would tally twice with her second goal :27 after her first.  But it was more than Johnson and Rasmussen who found the net.  Margaux Pollock made an inside pass to Katie Grimm and St. Louis Park's lead extended to eight.  Erin Koslowski drove down the field like traffic on Lake St., cut into the center slot and fired the ball into the net.  Rasmussen would feed the ball to Madeline Anklam and she sent the ball across the goal line to increase the lead to ten.  But there would be a bright spot for Spartan fans as Mia Hofmann scored on a free shot with 1:20 left in the first half and the Orioles led 10-1 at the half.  

Heading into the second half, the Orioles added three goals to their ledger.  The first came on a center slot goal from Meg Ridgway.  Then Johnson got her hat trick off a pass from Rasmussen.  Rasmussen would pick up her fourth assist on Pollock's goal.  SPA would end St. Louis Park's run on Charlotte Going's goal.  With a lead of more than ten goals, there was running time and Riley Ridgway would keep it that way as she sent the ball to the net.  There was a little life for the Spartans when Hofmann scored her second free shot goal.   Since the game was decided early, Oriole head coach Kate Pearson sent in some junior varisty players.  One who would enter the scoring column was Ruby Viot.  Viot would center the ball to Rasmussen and she would score her fourth goal.  Anna McCallon circled the net and found an open spot to land the ball.  Grimm would conclude the scoring with :46 to play.  

St. Louis Park improved their record to 6-2 and will host the Hopkins Royals Saturday, May 14 at 10:30 AM .  SPA fell to 2-3 and will also be in action on the 14th as they head to Apple Valley to face Eastview/Eagan at 2 PM.