Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Second Half Outburst Leads SLP Orioles to Rout of Kennedy Eagles

 Picking up where they left off after their season opening rout of Park Center, Vesna Dennison scored four second half goals to lead the host St. Louis Park Orioles to a 10-1 rout of the Bloomington Kennedy Eagles Tuesday night.  

The Orioles struck early as Hanna Wilsey scored on a rebound goal.  Ava Krueger would put St. Louis Park ahead by two with 15:03 left in the first half.  The score would have been higher but keeping the Eagles in the game was the spectacular goalkeeping of senior Stephanie Duran.  She made a couple of outstanding saves.  The first came from reserve player Stella Bentley and the second when Krueger headed downfield toward the net, sent the ball toward the net but it was Duran who prevented any further first half goals.  

Heading into the second half, the Orioles would get two straight goals from Dennison, followed by a liner from Anna Turcotte that landed in the net and increase the St. Louis Park lead to five.  Dennison would get the hat trick and Krueger would tally a second time, extending their unanswered goal streak to 19.  The streak would come to an end as Kennedy's Kelsey Cruz Rojas would end any hopes of a shutout.  The Orioles would respond :14 later on Wilsey's second goal.  Dennison would find the net a fourth time and Alicia Margalli would conclude the scoring with 1:32 to play.  

St. Louis Park improved their record to 2-0 and will host the Minneapolis South Tigers on Thursday, August 31 at 7 PM.  The Orioles have outscored their opponents in two games 22-1.  Bloomington Kennedy fell to 1-1 and will host the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders on Tuesday, September 5 at 7 PM at Bloomington Stadium.  


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