Thursday night was The Battle of St. Louis Park Soccer as the St. Louis Park Orioles hosted their city rival the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights with the girls routing the Orioles 6-1 and the boys holding off BSM 2-1.
First up was the girls game where Kiya Gilliand broke open a close game with two goals in a four goal second half to lead the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights to a 6-1 victory over the St. Louis Park Orioles.
The Red Knights would take the early lead when Nicolette Bisson made a left side pass to Lauren Hillins and she would connect. They would go up by two on Grace Horejsi's center slot goal. The Orioles would end the shutout as a result of BSM goalkeeper Clara Luger playing far out of the crease. Vesna Dennison headed downfield, saw the opening on Luger's right side and sent the ball past the goal line. The Red Knights led 2-1 at halftime.
BSM would put the game away in the second half with four unanswered goals. Siena Carver would score from the left side and Gilliand would tally twice, the second goal on a rebound. Brooklyn Miller would wrap up the Red Knight scoring as she received a pass from Kayla Smart and sent it to the net.
The Red Knights, ranked fifth in Class AA improved their record to 4-3-2 and will head up I-35 on Saturday, September 17 to take on the Hermantown Hawks at 3 PM. The Orioles fell to 1-6-1 and will also be in action on the 17th, hosting the Park Center Pirates at 11 AM.
Since Anson Opara took over for Chato as head coach of the Orioles soccer team, they have gone 4-1-2 since the season opening loss to Wayzata. Opara and the Orioles got a big win Thursday night as they upset the fifth ranked team in class AA, the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights 2-1.
St. Louis Park got on the scoreboard when Robel Tefara, making his first start of the season, lined an indirect free kick into the net. BSM would tie the game on Matthew Robinson's goal from the far right side of the net. The Orioles would regain the lead on Abdi Abdullahi's goal with 14:34 left in the first half and it would eventually be the game winner since both teams would play solid defense the remainder of the game.
The Orioles improved their record to 4-2-2 and will return to action on Monday, September 19 as they head to Chaska for a 5 PM game against the Hawks. The Red Knights fell to 4-2-1 and return to action on Saturday, September 17 as they head to Minneapolis Southwest to face the Lakers at 3 PM. It was the first game this season where BSM has given up two goals.
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