Wednesday, September 20, 2023

SLP Oriole Girls tie-Boys Beat Waconia Wildcats

 Mid-week soccer action took place Wednesday night as the St. Louis Park Orioles hosted the Waconia Wildcats with the girls recorded their second 3-3 tie against a Carver County school (the first was Chanhassen on September 7) and the boys broke a 2-2 tie with two second half goals to beat the Wildcats 4-2.  

First up was the girls where Vesna Dennison matched her uniform number with her 20th goal of the season to tie the Waconia Wildcats 3-3.  

Audrey Falkman began the first half scoring for the Wildcats, followed by a liner from Addison Bryfczynski to put Waconia ahead by two.  The Orioles erased the shutout on Hanna Wilsey's right side goal.  But Bethany Langer scored from the right side with 1:07 left in the first half to give the Wildcats a 3-1 halftime lead.  

St. Louis Park would bounce back with two second half goals.  The first came when Sophia Dvorak fed Lucia Versailles and she sent it top shelf to tie the game at two.  Then came Dennison, who scored the game winner Monday night against Chaska.  she line the ball over the goal line to even the score at three and that's how the game ended.  

The Orioles improved their record to 5-2-2 and begin a two game road trip Saturday, September 23 at Hopkins at 11 AM.  The Wildcats improved to 3-8-1 and will also return to action on the 23rd, hosting the Eagan Wildcats at 1 PM.  

On to the boys game that saw Elijah Proost score two second half goals to lead the St. Louis Park Orioles to a 4-2 win over the Waconia Wildcats.  

Both teams tallied twice in the first half.  The Orioles would pull out to a two goal lead as Marco Cucci would strike first, then Lucas Tangelson was fouled in the penalty area and awarded a penalty kick.  His shot went through the net and the officials ruled that the goal counted.  The Wildcats would counter with two goals.  The first came from Tyler Sjodin and the second by Elijah Lund with :18.9 in the first half.

St. Louis Park would clinch the win in the second half as Proost put the ball in the net twice.  His first goal 1:33 into the second half gve the Orioles the lead and the second came when John Ryan passed to Proost at the near post and he fired a shot into the net.  

The Orioles extended their unbeaten streak to four games and improved their record to 3-4-1.  They will travel to Hopkins on Saturday, September 23 to face the Royals at 9 AM.  The Wildcats fell to 3-5-2 and will also return to action on the 23rd as they host the Eagan Wildcats at 3 PM.  

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